GWR Goods Brake Vans
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Dia AA19 for N Gauge,
from the Graham Farish range |
Dia AA16 in 4mm, built by Dave Perkins from a D&S kit |
Dia AA1 in 7mm, built by Roger Bailey from a Peco kit |
This page summarizes the GWR Goods Brake Van diagrams in table form, and provides a downloadable list of sample Brake Van Allocations [below]. Many thanks to Steve Daly for providing the info.
GWR Brake Van Diagrams
Note that these are GWR designs only, and do not include absorbed types. For illustrations and details, refer to the superb "GWR Goods Wagons" by Atkins, Beard & Tourret.
os = Old series of Lot numbers
Dia |
Build Period |
Tare Weight T - c |
Lot Nos |
Running Nos (not complete) |
Notes |
AA1 |
1900 – 1902 |
24 – 0 |
336/ 351/ 358/ 383 |
56975 – 56984 56965 – 56974 56945 – 56964 56923 – 56944 |
6-wheel 62 vans built |
AA2 |
1902 – 1910 |
20 – 0 later 25 - 0 |
387/ 388/ 417/ 464/ 477/ 523/ 540/ 549/ 592/ 642 |
56810 – 56922 17524 17583 17592 17602 – 17781 etc |
278 vans built |
AA3 |
1889 – 1901 |
16 – 0 & 20 – 0 |
osL; 492/ 537/ 584/ 627/ 662/ 680; 5/ 7/ 11/ 38/ 57/ 74/ 94/ 96/ 136/ 158/ 174/ 195/ 221/ 249/ 268/ 282/ 298/ 338 |
56021 – 56480 17506 17564 etc |
500 vans built |
AA4 |
1892 |
14 - 0 |
os432/ 648 |
35830 35866 35953 |
Severn Tunnel vans |
AA5 |
1893 – 1901 |
14 – 0 |
21/ 24/ 26/ 31/ 46/ 50/ 60/ 64/ 188/ 213/ 344 |
40370 – 40381 40384 – 40385 40912 – 40917 60760 – 60761 |
Ballast Plough & brake van 22 vans built |
AA6 |
1890 – 1900 |
14 – 0 |
os531/ 642/ 665; 4/ 114/ 150/ 199/ 214/ 244/ 262/ 269/ 305 (os574/ 594 BG later converted) |
14101 14794 40346 – 40353 40356 – 40383 40908 – 40911 40918 – 40930 60762 – 60770 |
Permanent Way brake van 51 vans built |
AA7 |
1897 – 1898 |
13 – 0 |
206 |
56985 – 56996 |
For Metropolitan lines 12 vans built |
AA8 |
1888 – 1890 |
12 – 8 |
os445/ 523/ 568 |
17590 -17591 17594 17595 |
Goods brake van (iron) Pontnewynydd Branch 4 vans built |
AA9 |
1905 – 1908 |
24 – 0 |
489/ 556 |
60756 – 60758 (were 40598 -40560) 60754 – 60755 |
Permanent Way brake van 5 vans built |
AA10 |
1908 – 1909 |
25 – 0 |
605 |
60753 |
Ballast Plough & brake van I van built |
AA11 |
1912 – 1913 |
13 – 0 & 16 – 0 |
707/ 724/ 748/ 749 |
56483 56484 – 56492 56493 – 56502 56503 – 56517 |
35 vans built |
AA12 |
1914 – 1915 |
22 – 0 |
799 (part) |
17787 – 17791 17793 – 17821 |
ex-PW brake van 35 vans built |
Dia |
Build Period |
Tare Weight T - c |
Lot Nos |
Running Nos (not complete) |
Notes |
AA13 |
1913 – 1918 |
20 – 0 (24 – 0) |
757/ 773/ 779/ 799(part)/ 817/ 840 |
17787 – 17791 17793 – 17821 17823 – 17854 17856 – 17861 17863 – 17950 56518 - 56632 |
275 vans built |
AA14 |
1914 – 1915 |
24 – 0 |
795 |
(originally 60771 – 60790; only 1 built Order closed 1928) 14678 |
Permanent Way brake van 1 van built |
AA15 |
1918 – 1927 |
20 - 0 |
845/ 853/ 863/ 888/ 910/ 932 |
Various nos in 17xxx series, e g 17514 17523 56633 – 56782 68501 – 68700 |
378 vans built |
AA16 |
1919 |
12 – 0 |
os355/ 378 |
14888 – 14897 |
Ex-10 ton GBVs built in 1886 (originally ballast train vans) Circa 50 vans built |
AA17 |
1919 – 1920 |
20 – 0 |
856 |
56731 – 56732 |
Severn Tunnel vans 2 vans built |
AA18 |
1926 – 1927 |
20 – 0 |
981 |
68913 – 68915 68919 – 68920 68942 68948 68950 68961 68963 68965 68967 – 68968 68971 |
14 vans built |
AA19 |
1927 – 1931 |
20 – 0 |
1000/ 1017/ 1034/ 1049/ 1074 |
114740 – 114749 114776 – 114986 |
221 vans built |
AA20 |
1934 – 1943 |
20 – 0 |
1171/ 1190/ 1226/ 1277/ 1383 |
17206 – 17305 Various nos in 68xxx series incl 68791 – 68900 and 114xxx series |
354 vans built |
AA21 |
1939 – 1940 |
20 – 0 |
1370 |
17390 – 17489 |
100 vans built |
AA22 |
1939 |
20 – 0 |
1332 |
68997 |
Severn Tunnel van 1 van built |
Dia |
Build Period |
Tare Weight T - c |
Lot Nos |
Running Nos (not complete) |
Notes |
AA23 |
1942 - BR |
20 – 0 |
1432/ 1451/ 1470/ 1497/ etc (completed 1948) |
35877 – 35926 35928 – 35952 35954 – 35970 35974 – 35976 35978 – 35980 35988 – 35989 68462 – 68500 68901 – 68911 35201 – 35203 35205 – 35212 35214 35217 – 35221 35224 - 35240 35242 – 35243 35245 etc (completed 1948) |
This file gives sample allocations of GWR Brake Vans, with an emphasis on the post-grouping era. Note that this is a Microsoft Word file.
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Download Word File: Sample GWR Brake Van Allocations [390 KB] |
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