A general utility van (GUV) is a type of rail vehicle built by British Rail primarily for transporting mail and parcels. They were used by both Rail Express Systems and Railtrack. Colas Rail and some train operating companies still use them.

Two of the most numerous Non-Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS) designs were the Brake Gangwayed (BG) and the General Utility Van (GUV). Whilst the BG shared the body profile of its passenger carrying counterparts, the GUV was quite different to the other Mk1 corridor stock, being flat sided and with no corridor connections &ndash ...

The British Railways Mk1 was the designation given to BR’s first standard design of main line coaching stock, and one of its most successful. Built from 1951 until the early 1960s to augment and replace the array of ‘Big Four’ and earlier ‘pre-grouping’ designs inherited from the LMS, LNER, GWR and SR, BR took the best features from ...

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British Rail built a large number of Mk1 General Utility Vans for the purpose of transporting mail and parcels around the network. Later in life, these versatile vans saw conversion for use on Motorail services and for other purposes. A few examples can still be seen dotted around the network and several have also made their way into preservation.

2011年12月5日 · parkin mk1 book also refers to some single-bolster BR1s. so although the GUV was BR's 'standard' van, they're very much a minefield of number/type of use/bogies/brakes/heating and all of these will depend on when exactly your timescale is too! Location: Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Gogledd Cymru / North Wales. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUV.

The British Railways Mk1 was the designation given to BR’s first standard design of main line coaching stock, and one of its most successful. Built from 1951 until the early 1960s to augment and replace the array of ‘Big Four’ and earlier ‘pre-grouping’ designs inherited from the LMS, LNER, GWR and SR, BR took the best

A General Utility Van (GUV) is a type of rail vehicle built by British Rail primarily for transporting mail and parcels. They were constructed between 1956 and 1960 by BR York Wagons Works, BR Doncaster Works, BR Glasgow Works, and Pressed Steel Company and they had a load capacity of 14 tonnes. SPECIFICATIONS. LOCOMOTION.

A General Utility Van (GUV) is a type of rail vehicle built by British Rail primarily for transporting mail and parcels. They were constructed between 1956 and 1960 by BR York Wagons Works, BR Doncaster Works, BR Glasgow Works, and Pressed Steel Company and they had a load capacity of 14 tonnes. LOCOMOTION. MEASUREMENTS. DOWNLOADS.

2024年7月8日 · After having a quick look through Flickr I have found photos of GUVs with and without step boards in 1973 and there is also two photos in Larkin's BR Parcels and Passenger rated stock Vol. 1 showing individual GUVs in 1974 with and without step boards.