Brake van and guard's van are terms used mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australia and India for a railway vehicle equipped with a hand brake which can be applied...
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variety of brake vans from each of the Big Four: GWR, LNER, Southern Railway and LMS due to the nationalisation of the railways in 1948. A brake van, on a...
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(link) "BR DB 993856 Ballast/Plough Brake Van built 1956". www.ws.rhrp.org.uk. "BR DB 993760 Ballast/Plough Brake Van built 1954". www.ws.rhrp.org.uk. "Epping...
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A railway brake is a type of brake used on the cars of railway trains to enable deceleration, control acceleration (downhill) or to keep them immobile...
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The GWR Toad is a class of railway brake van, designed by and built for the Great Western Railway. Used by the GWR from 1894, and post-1947 by the Western...
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Ton "Toad" Goods Brake Van 17908". Bluebell-railway.co.uk. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2013. "LBSCR 1590 (body only) Goods Van built 1908". www...
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communication equipment. Brake van A Brake van is a wagon equipped with a hand brake which can be applied by the guard. The brake vans are attached to trains...
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break' (see brake) Band brake Bicycle brake systems Brake-by-wire (or electromechanical braking) Brake bleeding Brake lining Brake tester Brake wear indicator...
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numbered 9701 to 9714, were converted from Mark 2F Brake Standard Open (standard class coaches with brake van) carriages. Modifications included adding a driving...
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An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses...
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Watercress Line owns many BR wagons along with a few SR Pillbox Brake Vans, two LMS vans, a Great Western three-axle tanker, a recently built cattle wagon...
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Great Western Railway wagons (redirect from GWR Brake Van)
vacuum brakes, instead handbrakes were fitted to individual wagons and trains conveyed brake vans where guards had control of screw-operated brakes. The...
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continuous brakes on it would be released, and the only brakes holding it against the gradient would be the hand-operated brakes in the rear brake van. For...
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Helston Railway (section BR 20-ton standard brake van)
117) DMU, A Mark 1 Suburban Brake, A R4 Peckett 0-4-0ST, A B3 Peckett 0-6-0ST, Kingswood, two BR 20 ton standard brake van, a Type 17A Wickham Trolley...
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List of characters in The Railway Series (redirect from Toad the Brake Van)
by Douglas, he runs the Little Western with Duck and his two autocoaches, Isabel and Dulcie. Oliver also has his own brake van, Toad. GWR 1400 Class...
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bicycle brake reduces the speed of a bicycle or prevents the wheels from moving. The two main types are: rim brakes and disc brakes. Drum brakes are less...
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Australia). On trains not fitted with continuous brakes, brake vans provided a supplementary braking system, and they helped keep chain couplings taut...
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Representatives of all classes of goods vehicles and brake vans (including combined brake van and passenger carriage) used on the narrow gauge lines...
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(link) "LSWR 56046 Brake Van built 1898". ws.rhrp.org.uk. "SR 55724 Goods Brake Van built 1934". ws.rhrp.org.uk. "SR 55710 Goods Brake Van built 1934". ws...
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Ballast/Plough Brake Van built 1951 BR B 950133 Goods Brake Van built 1950 SR S 55167 Goods Brake Van built 1948 M&GN 12 (body only) Goods Brake Van built 1881...
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small items, such as sleepers, in addition to their role as a brake van. Six brake vans numbered B580–5 were built for London Transport by British Railways...
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Stock postal sorting van No 186, 1885". Science Museum Group Collection. Retrieved 18 August 2022. "Great Northern Railway brake van | Science Museum Group...
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Upwell Tramway 4-Wheel Coach Maggie Ollerenshaw The Spiteful Brake Van A troublesome brake van, who was subsequently crushed into pieces by Douglas, on the...
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but rides are available in a variety of vehicles including a converted brake van. In the last few years the site has undergone restoration with 1⁄4 mile...
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complicated shunting operation was blocking the main line. In the confusion a brake-van and six wagons loaded with paraffin were left uncoupled on a gradient...
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Railway and North Eastern Railway jointly provided two new saloons and a brake van for use over their lines. Edward VII used this for the first time on 7...
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Bowes Railway (section Locomotives and brake vans)
Lambton Hetton & Joicey Collieries Brake van No 1. In use. L.M.S. No 2, built for use in Derby. In use. L.M.S. No 3 Brake van. Awaiting repairs. B24 - The Queen...
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(Nintendo), a mushroom-like character in the Mario franchise Toad the Brake Van, a character in The Railway Series and in Thomas and Friends Toad, a character...
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"SR 392 Full Brake built 1938". Railway Heritage Register. Retrieved 10 March 2023. "SR 1855 Four-wheel PMVY (Parcels & Miscellaneous Van) built 1940"...
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retaining their wagon number (most notably brake vans in the 963xxx series that were formerly passenger brake vehicles). By the end of the 1960s, British...
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