Hornby R60265 RailRoad BR Railfreight, VIX Ferry Van, DB787299 - Era 6
Overview:
During the 1950s/1960s, European freight traffic was transported in long-wheelbase van wagons that featured larger sliding doors, sliding side vents and air brakes. It was common for BR van wagons to incorporate a 10ft wheelbase and have a capacity of a 12-ton load. Only specialist wagons were used by BR to carry goods as part of the cross-channel fleet that could operate on train ferries.
To keep up with the competition of European freight traffic, BR designed an improved ferry van to Dia. 1/227. These improvements included a large sliding door on each side, capacity for a 20-ton load, four sliding vents on each side and both air and vacuum brakes. Over headstocks, the van was nearly 42ft long, and the wheelbase came to a jaw-droppingly large 26ft 3in wheelbase. Between 1962 and 1964, Pressed Steel constructed a total of 400 vehicles for cross-channel freight traffic.
The introduction of bogie vehicles in the 1970s and 1980s for cross-channel traffic superseded the need for ferry vans. They were utilised for other duties such as departmental, barrier vehicles and domestic goods traffic with VBA and VDA vans.
Brand:
Hornby
MPN:
R60265
Barcode:
5063129029562
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