SONIC to produce Vanwide Wagons

[Ben A]

Hello all,

Just to confirm that, other than agreeing it was a good idea, Revolution has had no involvement in this model.

It is all down those working with Sonic Models.

In terms of liveries, the further you go back in time the harder research into specific wagon liveries becomes; in the 1950s, 60s and early 70s it seems clear that photographers tended to reserve expensive film for important things like locomotives.

Indeed, it is only thanks to the foresight of photographers such as Paul Bartlett that we have any kind of record of these important vehicles at all.

cheers

Ben A.

[bluedepot]

hi everyone

sorry to go off at a tangent, but which 4 wheel small vans (10 or 12 tons) lasted the longest on br in revenue service?

i know vea lasted for mod use.  and original vanwides lasted a while too as per this thread.

how late did non br designed and built vans operate?

I know a few went into departmental and stores use but just wondered which other small vans managed to last the longest in actual revenue use.


tim

[crepello]

I think you'll have to study David Larkin's Working Wagon books to get an answer to that.

[Steven B]

how late did non br designed and built vans operate?

Have a look through the various folders within Paul Bartlett's site:
https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/paulbartlettsrailwaywagons

A quick look suggests most wagons to pre-1948 designs were gone by the end of the 1960s. Vacuum fitted and specialist wagons tended to last longer. Many survived beyond that in departmental/internal user roles. ICI's bogie limestone hoppers were built between 1936 and 1953 with many still running in the 1980s.


Steven B

[bluedepot]

cheers for the replies.

I looked through a lot of van pictures on the paul b website now!

interesting to see the vans that ended up as stores vans and departmental use

also interesting to see the vans built by br but to big four designs too.

anyway I have a br plywood fruit van on the way, bought on ebay. i may weather it and recode it with a z tops codes.  i also have two standard 12 t vans coded vvv and some sonic vanwides on order.

I am becoming addicted to collecting rolling stock, but I enjoy looking up info on the real wagons and looking at pictures or preserved wagons.

cheers


tim

[Steven B]

also interesting to see the vans built by br but to big four designs too.

BR continued to build locos, coaches and wagons to pre-nationalisation designs for many years. The Mk1 carriage didn't appear until three years after nationalisation. Many of the wagon types were later still.



Steven B