2021年9月22日 · BR built a standardised plough ballast van, based on the LMS design. The diagram 1/597 without doors represented only the first 4 wagons of lot 2186, the final diagram 598, although designated only to lot 3285 was more …

2023年9月14日 · English: Ballast brake vans, used for spreading ballast evenly beneath and between the rails, are given the telegraphic code name 'Shark'. The British Railways 'Shark' was based on a design by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (one of which survives today) who in turn based their's on a Caledonian Railway design. 206 of these BR brake ...

DB993898 is a 20-ton Ballast Plough Brake of a type referred to as a 'Shark'. As a ballast train moved slowly along a section of track, a plough attached to the last wagon would be used to spread the newly-dropped stone ballast.

The introduction of BR's computer-based TOPS (Total Operations Processing System) saw the plough brakes coded ZUV (4-wheeled engineering vehicle, plough brake, vacuum fitted).

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2021年3月11日 · 20t Ballast Plough Brake van or ZUV ‘Shark’ No. DB993716, built in 1956, was found dumped at Warrington Arpley on March 15, 2003. The body planking appears to be complete with no plywood replacemen­t and the livery is faded engineers yellow and grey. While the markings were faded to extinction, the builders plate remained on the underframe.

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The vans, referred to as 'shark' brake vans, were based on the predecessor LMS' design, using the LMS brake van design. [8] The Caledonian Railway had a design of ballast brake van very similar to that of the LMS type, six were built from 1902 to 1906.

2023年2月24日 · The SECR introduced a single ballast brake (illustrated here) in 1914 which became a standard design on the SR with 3 built in 1932 and 8 by BR in 1949. These vans were long lived, as all were equipped with vacuum brake. A drawing is in Bixley et al SECR wagons.