Yeah... as noted by several members above, the Peco fish van is mounted on a generic chassis which is used on several of the firm's models - the Ford pallet van and bolster wagon being two examples.

Before the lengthy hiatus on my B&CE layout, I actually began amassing quite a number of the Peco fish vans with the intention of simulating the night time fish trains of the 50s and 60s, which were sometimes hauled by A4 Pacifics! Strung together as a train the Peco wagons don't look too bad.... almost impressive.

But, as it says in the review of the Peco wagon on page 51 of Britain's Model Trains 2014,

"Dapol fish van is better"

Dapol fish vans it is then! ;-)

Chris

Quote from: Wingman mothergoose on April 07, 2014, 09:40:40 AM
Dapol fish vans it is then! ;-)

Chris

You'll need to hunt for them - I exhausted Model Rail Direct and some of Hattons supplies in getting my train together! Rails of Sheffield had none either, or they'd have got some custom too! Seem to be out of stock at a lot of suppliers I looked in.

Cheers,
Alan

You could try contacting Trident Trains

http://www.tridenttrains.co.uk/

He had a few in stock when I was last there a couple of weeks ago 

dave 

I'm in no rush! I've got a shed load of other stuff to do before I'm allowed to think about buying more wagons, some major trackwork and wiring alterations, sorting out my two newest locos, finishing my loco shed etc etc etc!

The Dapol vans frequently come back into stock at Hattons, so just keep your eyes open.

Here's one from yesterday:
http://www.ehattons.com/59067/Dapol_2F_019_002_Blue_spot_fish_van_87706/StockDetail.aspx

Osborns show them on their website, but no indication if in stock . Dapol also show them, however
they are at full price  (£9.40) and again no indication of stock level.

So how many fish vans usually ran together to make up a train load
Bart