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.

31450 swings off a curve at Crewe on 11th August 1990 with the vans reduced to two BR designs: GUV and Mk.1 BG. In colour the various degrees of weathering really stand out, with a tendency for the BGs, which were also being used with passenger trains, to be cleaner.

General Utility Van (GUV) Type : BR Mk1A GUV. Number : 86742/93742/96111. TOPS code: NX. Coach weight: 30 tons. Capacity : 14 tons. Lot number: 2976. Length: 57ft. History : This General Utility Van was built by the Pressed Steel Co, in Linwood, Scotland in January 1959, and delivered to BR Southern Region. It was built upon the BR Standard

Coaches and wagons had there own parts to play in British Railways. In the TOPS each coach or wagon had a coad and this was used in programing. BR had 4 different marked coaches and one unbuilt variant. They where: Stores vehicle for Concrete Products/ General Stores. Stores Vehical for general stores/transformers. Stores Vehicle - Transformers.

By the 1930s (possibly earlier) the German railways operated a number of wagons and vans built to suit the British loading gauge for use on ferry services to the UK. The vans, coded Gfh by the Germans, ran on a 23 feet wheelbase chassis with a body 35 feet long and (at least some) had the 'caboose' brake man's compartment added to one end.

86105 is a BR Mark 1 General Utility Van. These vehicles were built for use on express passenger services as well as parcels and freight trains, and were classed as Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock. The side doors allowed loading …

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.

The GUV as used for storage, painted green 15 February 2020 (Richard Salmon) This General Utility Van has come to the Bluebell for use as storage space. It was purchased from VSOE at Stewarts Lane. It is the standardised BR design, comparable with the SR-designed Utility Van, in its 4-wheel or bogie versions, such as our own 2531 and 4601.

The NLX newspaper vans were a specialized development of the British Rail GUV (General Utility Van), designed with key modifications for newspaper transport. Unlike standard GUVs, these vans featured gangway ends, allowing staff to move between vehicles during transit, and were fitted with a toilet and an opaque window for added crew ...

2011年3月21日 · Note published withdrawl data (Gould) are incorrect and some continued in use until early 1987. The Southern Railway had very distinctive Bogie 'parcels' guards and scenery vans, the last of which were built by BR. Collection includes some transferred to engineers use.