Pre-Grouping passenger-rated Vans
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LCDR - Horse Box (1882) (1002, SECR 184) [May be rebuilt after loss in fire]
More info153
SECR - Passenger Luggage Van (PLV) (1922) (1994, DS70031) [Mess van for Oxted DEMU project]
More info270
LBSCR - Milk/Fruit Van (1908) (2178, 1525S) [Restored but not yet operational]
More info719
SECR - Birdcage Brake Van (1905) (616, 1601S)
More info5498
LSWR - Ventilated Luggage Van (1920) (1584, DS1686)
More infoSouthern Railway Vans and other passenger rated stock
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Van C (BY) (4-wheel Guard’s Brake Van) (1937) [Operational – filming support vehicle]
More info419
Van C (BY) (1937) (ADB 975548)
More info1184
PLV (4-wheel Passenger Luggage Van, later “PMV”) (1935) - Preserved as Mess & Tool Van DS164
More info1788
PLV (1942)
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PLV (1934)
More info2276
Van U (4 wheel Covered Carriage Truck, CCT) (1929)
More info2462
GBL (Gangwayed Bogie Luggage van) (body 1931, u/f 1910) [Art Gallery & Shop]
More info4430
6-wheel glass-lined Milk Tank (1933) [Operational]
More infoFurther SR vans are also on site, and the bodies of some have already been removed. These are providing underframes for the restoration of 19th century 4-wheeled carriages.
Southern Railway Van designs built under BR
LMS & BR passenger-rated Vans
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LMS - BGZ (6-wheel Gangwayed Guard’s Brake, Stove R) (1938) [Operational, Pullman livery]
More info87720
BR - 12-Ton INSUL-FISH Insulated Fish Van (1960) (083402)
More info6334
BR - BG HST Barrier Vehicle (ex Gangwayed Full Brake 81478/92128) (1957)
More info81025
BR - BG Catering Support Vehicle (ex Gangwayed Full Brake 84025, 99783 ‘Valiant’, ‘Countess of York’) (1956) [under overhaul]
More info94181
BR - CCT (1959)
More infoVans which are no longer at the Bluebell Railway
Southern Railway: Van C (BY) 442, Van C (BY) 653
Van C (BY) 683, converted to ‘Hedgehog’ tunnel gauging van DB 975807 in 1980. It came to the Bluebell in around 1999, and left again five years later, and its underframe is now under a carriage body at Blakemere.
British Railways: “Monster” CCT W600W, Bogie GUV 86722 (Post Office NJV 93722).
