Miss Prism Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 For pre-tank milk churn traffic, the GWR had air-cooled 6-wheeled Siphons. Thousands of 'em. Apart from the bogie fruits and full brakes, what did the LSWR have? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Four wheel ventilated vans which were used for milk, meat, fruit and parcels (though probably not all at once). I came across a kit for a 25' one last year; I think there were more than one length and may have been a 6 wheel one as well. Edit - it was a 23' one and it can be seen here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckjumper Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 There's also a 31' 4" 6-wheeler here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 The LSWR had the five 31'4" vans as above and sixteen 32' vans - all these were 6 wheelers. These were the only "dedicated" vans, otherwise the LSWR used 4 wheel or bogie passenger luggage vans. Skimming Gordon Weddell's book, a 26 van train leaving Wateroo had 4 bogie vans, 4 six wheel milk vans and the rest were 4 wheel PLVs including three from the M&SWR. Other trains had S&DR vans. As Jonathan noted, whilst the LSWR built very few dedicated vans, the requirement to avoid contamination meant that PLVs would either be used for milk traffic or not permitted for milk traffic. Hope this helps, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
10800 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 See also p120 of Tatlow Vol 3 (Historic Carriage Drawings, NPCS). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 Thanks. Interesting point about the dedicated PLVs, Bill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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