Graham Farish BR 20T Brake Van
At nationalisation, British Railways inherited a broad range of different types of brake van and, for a short while, continued to build to GWR and LMS designs. However, when eventually they got round to choosing a standard design, they chose that of the former LNER. As diesel locomotives replaced steam in the 1960s, guards began to travel in the rear cab of the locomotive, and brake vans quickly became redundant. Our sample of the BR standard brake van is 377-526B in BR grey as B951759.