979007 LB&SCR Dia.8-Ton Goods Van SR (pre-36) No.46537 Brand_Piko fitted with heavy flywheels

fitted with heavy flywheels

Whenever you’re thinking of getting a trim

The Class 45 and 46s were pretty much identical to the 44s

The coaches were purpose built but ran on bogies from ex-War Department Wagons that had been purchased as Army surplus

979007 LB&SCR Dia.8-Ton Goods Van SR (pre-36) No.46537 Brand_Piko fitted with heavy flywheelsThe 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