RMweb Gold Dan Randall Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) Hi all As the title suggests, I'm wondering if any BR shock absorbing pallet vans made it into preservation and if so, where can I find an example for measuring and photographic purposes please? Here are a couple of examples from Paul Bartlett’s excellent photographic collection…. With hinged doors.... http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brpalshocvan/h119d9af8#h119d9af8 With sliding doors…. http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brpalshocvan/h119d9af8#hfbf330b Regards Dan Edited March 15, 2013 by Dan Randall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn-on-the-platform Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 The South Devon Railway have a shock absorbing van. I'm no expert in the area so I'm not sure if its exactly the type you're looking for, and I can't find a photo on the internet at the moment. I hope this helps! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) There seems to be at least one, of the sliding door variety, courtesy of the Railway Heritage Register site (though the shock status isn't mentioned in the entry). http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8404 Adam Edited March 15, 2013 by Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) We have, on the Mid Hants, a shoc van and a couple of palvans, (scroll down) perhaps you could glean some info from each? Edited March 15, 2013 by PhilH 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 There seems to be at least one, of the sliding door variety, courtesy of the Railway Heritage Register site (though the shock status isn't mentioned in the entry). http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8404 Adam That's one of them, possibly an MOD one rather than a BR one, but I don't think there is a difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 There was one down on Bristol Docks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15, 2013 I'm not sure but I think there is a shock van or shock open on the NVR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 There seems to be at least one, of the sliding door variety, courtesy of the Railway Heritage Register site (though the shock status isn't mentioned in the entry). http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8404 Adam That's a rare wagon - hope they realise what they've got................. We have, on the Mid Hants, a shoc van and a couple of palvans, (scroll down) perhaps you could glean some info from each? What a cracking collection of wagons 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted March 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2013 What a cracking collection of wagons As an aside I had the freight train at our recent gala. I had the Black 5 and had to work the thing hard up the 1 in 60 - the train comes in at 291 tons. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 we got talking about them in this thread a while ago which includes some pics if any use. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/40983-what-crane-is-this/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dan Randall Posted March 15, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2013 Adam - Thanks for the link to the sliding door variant. One down, one to go! PhilH - Thank you for bringing to my attention the large number of interesting wagons on the Mid Hants. When I get some free time, I feel a visit will be in order. Thanks also to everyone else for their input so far. Regards Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 There's a grounded body at Rothley on the Great Central Railway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I seem to remember a couple (possibly including the Rothley example above) in the Grounded Van Body thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 As an aside I had the freight train at our recent gala. I had the Black 5 and had to work the thing hard up the 1 in 60 - the train comes in at 291 tons. Well it was a Black Five - now a proper Southern engine would have waltzed away with it....................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 We have a shoc pallet van (sliding door to left hand side) on the Avon Valley Railway at Bristol. IIRC when it arrived it was in army green so is probably an ex mod example. Gordon A Bristol 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Presumably the one pictured in the link I posted above? I rather assumed that it was ex-BR and ex-MoD but freely admit to knowing naff all about the MoD's wagon stock. Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hi Adam, That is probably the one, there may be a second on site from the same source. I will keep my eyes open next Sunday. Gordon A Bristol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Presumably the one pictured in the link I posted above? I rather assumed that it was ex-BR and ex-MoD but freely admit to knowing naff all about the MoD's wagon stock. Adam I believe the MoD's purpose-built Palvans were longer than the BR ones, being somewhat closer to the APCM vans in length. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hello. I remember there being at least a couple of PalVans at Bo'ness some years ago but don't recall if they were the shoc variety or not. Painted a light (faded) green from memory. Hope this helps, David. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hello. I remember there being at least a couple of PalVans at Bo'ness some years ago but don't recall if they were the shoc variety or not. Painted a light (faded) green from memory. Hope this helps, David. Boness has standard Palvans, after they had been in private use for a local traffic flow at Kilmarnock http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/johnniewalkerpalvan Paul Bartlett Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dan Randall Posted March 19, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thanks for confirming the Boness Palvans are the standard variety Paul - it would have been rather a long drive from Wiltshire, only to find they're the wrong sort! The sliding door variant on the Avon Valley Railway on the other hand, is only about 20 miles from me. Thanks to Adam for bringing it to my attention and also to Pete McFarlane for the close-up of the grounded body at Rothley. I'm still hoping there's a hinged door variant out there somewhere, but at least I have something to be getting on with in the meantime. Regards Dan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Just in case anyone's still looking for hinged door shoc palvan, I found one this week! I stumbled across this thread while trying to confirm that it was what I thought it was. I think there were only 75 of these built. Location is here: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4466929,-2.4083845,105m/data=!3m1!1e3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 I think we have a couple at Bitton, Bristol. I will have a look tomorrow afternoon. Gordon A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 1 minute ago, Gordon A said: I think we have a couple at Bitton, Bristol. I will have a look tomorrow afternoon. Gordon A I think you have at least one with the later door type (sliding rather than hinged). Neither type was built in large quantities and there are few survivors. Not sure if the original enquirer is still on here but I thought I'd add a couple of pics in case other people are searching for info on these. Cheers, Mol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted March 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2021 50 minutes ago, Gordon A said: I think we have a couple at Bitton, Bristol. I will have a look tomorrow afternoon. Gordon A This was at Bitton a couple of years ago..two different visits I think... Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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