The brake van in the passenger trains (usually the first and last coaches in the train) is a part of a coach and consists of an enclosed room/cabin with two small seats facing opposite each other, one seat having the writing table for the guard to assist writing and working his train, the opposite seat being a spare.

The brake van (also known as the guard's van) is an important part of every goods train. It can usually be found at the back of a goods train and carries the guard. Did you know? The Railway Series story "Break Van" is a pun on the name "Brake van" as in the story, the van is broken.

British Railways inherited a variety of brake vans from each of the Big Four: GWR, LNER, Southern Railway and LMS due to the nationalisation of the railways in 1948. A brake van, on a train, is a wagon at the rear of a goods train where a guard would sit with a hand brake.

STUART JORDAN explains how brake vans operated. Early LNER brake van. Before the widespread adoption of goods wagons fitted with automatic brakes, freight trains would have a brake van at the tail end. The brake van was manned by the guard, who would watch over the train from the open ends of the van (GWR Toad Brake Vans only had one open end).

The GWR Toad is a class of railway brake van, designed by and built for the Great Western Railway. Used by the GWR from 1894, and post-1947 by the Western Region of British Railways, its role was a safety brake on goods trains in the West of England, the Midlands and Wales.

Brake van and guard's van are terms used mainly in the UK and Australia for a railway vehicle that has a hand brake which can be applied by the guard. The equivalent North American term is caboose but a British brake van and a caboose are very different in appearance because the former usually has only four wheels while the latter usually has ...

2015年4月19日 · The humble brake van was an every part of the railway scene up until the advent of continuous brakes for most freight stock in the early 1970’s. They initially served two purposes: to provide additional braking for ‘unfitted’ goods trains and of course somewhere for the guard to travel; later vans were also 'fitted' for…

The brake van (also known as the guard's van) is an important part of every goods train. It can usually be found at the back of a goods train and carries the guard. Brake vans are equipped with a strong brakes to assist with slowing and stopping the train.

Brake Vans (also known as the Guard's Vans) are an important part of every goods train. It can usually be found at the back of a goods train and carries the guard. Brake Vans have been on the Island of Sodor since the North Western Railway's construction and first year opening in 1915.

The brake van, also known as the guard's van, guard's car or the caboose (in American narrations), is an important part of every goods train. It carries the guard and is equipped with a strong brake to assist with slowing and stopping the train. From here, the guard can keep an eye on the train in case of problems, such as hot axle boxes, or ...