Van identity and origin at Folkestone Harbour station (ex-GWR?)

[Fat Controller]

We had a stroll around Folkestone Harbour station this afternoon. Tucked away in an area called 'goods yard', we found three vans which had been repurposed for use by some of the catering franchises. One was a planked 12t Vanfit, with 8-shoe brake gear; a second was a Shocvan from an early lot, with Duplex buffers. It was the third that somewhat mystified me. The chassis bore a cast plate bearing the inscription 'GWR 28918', but with no build date. The body seemed to have been comprehensively rebuilt. It resembled one of the ex-LMS CCTs, with a set of doors on the centre of the sides, but without the 'toplights'. Brake-gear was of the Dean/Churchward pattern.

Does anyone know  any details of this vehicle?

[Wheatley]

If this works they're visible here - 
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ogr7QKR9ToHJhcwX9

 

No idea though, sorry. 

 

[Steamport Southport]

V11.

 

http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=6862

 

Here's the other two as well for completeness.

 

http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7617

 

http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8396

 

 

Jason

Edited March 4, 2022 by Steamport Southport

[Nearholmer]

Fascinating.

 

Is the body configuration, with a central pair of doors, original? It looks like a right annoying thing to load and unload, with too little door access for the volume of the vehicle.

[bécasse]

They all look to have been replanked at some stage. I wonder whether the ex-GWR one may not have started life as a FRUIT D.

[Mike_Walker]

As a V11 it would have originally looked like this; telegraphic code Mink D.

 

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by Mike_Walker

[BernardTPM]

So it looks like the revised configuration dates, at the least, from it's time as an internal user, possibly before as a service vehicle.

Edited March 4, 2022 by BernardTPM

[Fat Controller]

Thanks for all the replies, gents.

[Wickham Green too]

At some point, they'll be joined by the three Pullman Cars from Seaburn ( currently under restoration at the East Kent ) ......... though I couldn't figure out where they could fit in last time I was in Folkestone : the obvious place ( in the station ) has been turned into a garden !

Edited March 4, 2022 by Wickham Green too
Salt ----> Sea

[Fat Controller]

10 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said:

At some point, they'll be joined by the three Pullman Cars from Saltburn ( currently under restoration at the East Kent ) ......... though I couldn't figure out where they could fit in last time I was in Folkestone : the obvious place ( in the station ) has been turned into a garden !

I suspect there's a lot of space around, amid all the 40' boxes being used as site huts and 'street-food' emporia.

 

[Wickham Green too]

Indeed, but wouldn't they want them somewhere prominent after spending a fortune on restoration ??!?

[cctransuk]

47 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said:

At some point, they'll be joined by the three Pullman Cars from Saltburn ....

 

Seaburn (Sunderland)?

 

CJI.

[Wickham Green too]

I do believe you're right ! ......... I knew they were somewhere by the salty sea - and so they will be in their new home.

 

 

In case anyone's interested, this is what sea air does to Pullmans : - 

 

Edited May 18, 2022 by Wickham Green too
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