979018 LB&SCR Dia.8-Ton Goods Van MOD No.590 Class-88 000 alternative fuel vehicles

000 alternative fuel vehicles

lamp brackets and whistle

Simple 3-wire connection to each motor

Opened in 1885 and closed exactly 100 years later in 1985

then delivered to its final destination

979018 LB&SCR Dia.8-Ton Goods Van MOD No.590 Class-88 000 alternative fuel vehiclesThe London, Brighton & South Coast Railway had a relatively modest number of covered vans within its fleet. It is speculated that this may be due to the number of open wagons that featured a sheet rail, so a substantial number of vans would have been unnecessary. Of course, it could simply have been that the region didnt have the quantity of perishable goods traffic to justify a much larger fleet. Almost 600 covered goods vans were built by the LB&SCR