Palethorpes vans worked on specific circuits from the factory near Dudley Port. They were part of a deal between the company and the LMS in 1936. The last ran on the mid-1960s. Two almost identical vans were also built by the GWR (2800/01) for the Cardiff circuit which was attached to a Stourbridge Jn to Worcester passenger train in the afternoon. The LMS vans usually went to Dudley Port for Euston and Perth (50' bogie vans) or Crewe for Heysham, (21' 4-wheel), Carlisle, Manchester and Leeds (31' 6-wheel). there were only about 14 vans in total with Palethorpes branding.