KERNOW MRC 10T ROAD VAN
Aug 12, 2021
3 minutes
Words: Howard Smith
Photography: Tony Wright
A ‘road van’ is the terminology used to describe a brake van, capable of transporting goods. The London & South Western Railway’s (LSWR) 10T Road Vans were its most numerous, almost 500 being constructed from its introduction in 1884, until 1905, to Diagram 1541.
Of typical sturdy hardwood construction over a steel chassis with a 10ft 6in wheelbase, the vehicles featured hinged side doors to access goods from platform level. Their design varied little
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