Grounded Vans

[SZ]

On a hill road up from Llanfihangel Rhydithon, one mile southeast of Dolau on the Heart of Wales line

 

[Steamport Southport]

There's a few there. Top one is the relevant one.

 

http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=13240

http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=16793

http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=16792

http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=16791

http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=16794

http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=16796

http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=16795

 

 

Jason

[rodent279]

Grounded van used as booking office at Crowborough Miniature Railway, Sussex. Is this a GWR Fruit D?

[corneliuslundie]

I mentioned the van on the BCR site in Bishops Castle a while ago. It is now in a very good state and being used as a second hand bookshop.

There is another van which I spotted from the bus in Montgomery, behind one of the cottages on Station Road - ironically almost exactly where the station would have been if that bit of the Bishops Castle Railway had ever been built. Unfortunately there is too much summer foliage on Google Streetview for it to be visible.

Jonathan

 

[BernardTPM]

2 hours ago, rodent279 said:

Is this a GWR Fruit D?

Two Fruit A bodies pushed very close together.

[rodent279]

3 hours ago, BernardTPM said:

Two Fruit A bodies pushed very close together.

Not listed on the railway heritage wagon survey pages. Only thing shown in Crowborough is a bogie bolster.

[figworthy]

Whilst RMWeb was off line, I spotted a van body heading down the M3 at Winchester (on a trailer).  No piccies as I was driving at the time.

 

Adrian

[dagrizz]

I haven't checked the previous 20 pages so apologies if this has been mentioned before. I saw this at the site of Lowesby station in Leicestershire today.

 

 

Incidentally, the station itself is in very good condition.

 

  

Graham

[corneliuslundie]

Re the van on the BCR site in Bishops Castle, I am told it is a former banana van.

Jonathan

[Artless Bodger]

Years ago I saw what looked like the end of a grounded van, or possibly coach body in a garden near our house, over the years the hedges have grown up and all but obscured it from the road. Yesterday the owner was cutting said hedge so I took the opportunity to ask whether it was a railway van body. Answer no, but perhaps interesting in its own right, he had been told when moving in (by neighbours) that it was a Pickfords horse drawn van (pantechnicon I suppose). Apparently rather decayed but still has wheels, parts much covered in roofing felt. 

[PhilJ W]

1 hour ago, Artless Bodger said:

Years ago I saw what looked like the end of a grounded van, or possibly coach body in a garden near our house, over the years the hedges have grown up and all but obscured it from the road. Yesterday the owner was cutting said hedge so I took the opportunity to ask whether it was a railway van body. Answer no, but perhaps interesting in its own right, he had been told when moving in (by neighbours) that it was a Pickfords horse drawn van (pantechnicon I suppose). Apparently rather decayed but still has wheels, parts much covered in roofing felt. 

I hope its restorable, there can't be many such vehicles in existence.

[Enterprisingwestern]

1 hour ago, PhilJ W said:

I hope its restorable, there can't be many such vehicles in existence.

 

Better get moving then!

 

Mike.

[Binky]

A re-roofed VEA spotted at Dungeness on the South coast.

[Fat Controller]

1 minute ago, Binky said:

A re-roofed VEA spotted at Dungeness on the South coast.

If you drive around the Dungeness area, you'll find a lot of former railway vehicles incorporated into larger structures.

BTW, I don't think the Vanwide in the photo was rebuilt into a VEA; the 'B'-prefixed number is still visible on the LH door.

[Binky]

On 23/06/2022 at 21:29, Fat Controller said:

If you drive around the Dungeness area, you'll find a lot of former railway vehicles incorporated into larger structures.

BTW, I don't think the Vanwide in the photo was rebuilt into a VEA; the 'B'-prefixed number is still visible on the LH door.

 

Well spotted!

 

Yes I believe the practice of turning coaches into bungalows was quite popular on the South coast. I stayed in a property like this near Selsey many years ago. There's an interesting article here: https://www.shorehambysea.com/last-bungalow-town-railway-carriages/

Edited July 31, 2022 by Binky
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[pete_mcfarlane]

That Vanwide is probably the youngest grounded body at Dungeness by about 60 years. Pretty much everything else down there is SER/LCDR/SECR. As an example this looks like a SECR bogie coach of some kind (or 2 x SER 6 wheelers). 

 

 

 

[PhilJ W]

The carriages at Dungeness are well recorded. Just go to the Vintage Carriages Trust website and look under the location Dungeness.

[darrel]

Is this the furthest away from a railway and the furthest north for a pair of grounded vans? Next to the road to Uig, Isle of Lewis 

[PhilJ W]

2 hours ago, darrel said:

Is this the furthest away from a railway and the furthest north for a pair of grounded vans? Next to the road to Uig, Isle of Lewis 

There's an ex BR van body used as a store in Malta.

[PhilJ W]

9 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

There's an ex BR van body used as a store in Malta.

[sir douglas]

2 in a cottage garden near Liverton a few miles south of Loftus, spotted on google maps while playing Geoguessr,

[BernardTPM]

Both LNER, the top one the post-war plywood variety.