373-600E BR VGA Van EWS No.210489 Hornby_2024 Ben Line Steamers Ltd

Ben Line Steamers Ltd

This reservoir would be filled with a mix of boiling water and steam at high pressure

Interior weights give the model a realistically heavy feel

these worked services to Leeds

373-600E BR VGA Van EWS No.210489 Hornby_2024 Ben Line Steamers LtdThe VGA vans were built by British Rail between 1982 and 1983 for use on Speedlink services. Not only were they longer than the VAA VDA air braked vans that went before them, they also had taller openings as the sides, which were formed from a pair of sliding doors, extended above the roof line leaving just a narrow fixed roof section along the centre line of the van. Entering traffic on Speedlink services and finished in bare aluminium with red ends,