A pleasure to watch and a fascinating bit of learning on the British caboose!

Great looking break van conversation with informative prototype details very enjoyable thank you

Lovely conversion job! Look forward to seeing some more of your brake van reworking.

My late father had a fun time on brake van, he cadged a lift from a Hoo yard to Hither Green freight this being early or mid seventies and he thought my uncle was up front on the 33 so expecting him to stop at Gravesend where he had his car parked, the driver forgot to just dip the train so he could hop off and so this train trundled through Gravesend wending its way finally stopping at Hither Green Lee curve next to the TMD, this was of course at the end of the day and the guard and driver were knocking off for the night and my poor father ended up scrounging some cushions in Hither Green box and got the first down to Gravesend next morning... he was in a foul temper for weeks and the driver got a proper hard time from me uncle who had seniority of the Hoo drivers and my father when he knew that driver was on his patch he made him eat single yellows and reds all the way or giving him the Grain token he made him walk all the way to the box. In the end the driver got transferred to another yard far far away from the unfriendly Hoo Jnc "mafia" as he called it.

@Wallsrail

3 жыл бұрын

There were plenty of depots like that on BR. Inter depot rivalry was common to, replaced by company rivalries these days 😠 Was also punishment centres to where the "naughty boys" were sent! I found that quite amusing 😂 nowadays they'd just get the sack!!

Have a look at the latest Hornby brake vans, they are quite good

Great work on the brake van, nicely weathered.

Been considering finding out about this type for a while as one ran to Ponts Mill, so now I have the info I need! Brilliant! Thanks for a highly informative video!

I am really enjoying your videos. Your knowledge is useful to those of us who admire railways from afar. I built a dapol kitmaster brake in this guise and you have inspired me to further mods next time with the roller baring replacement. Excellent work!!

@Wallsrail

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍😀

Turned out lovely, looks well used 👍

Nice work. Very inspiring. Thks for sharing.

Great result as usual!

Brad Train

Nice work. I'm curious about the Fen Drayton trip. I presume you had to run-round the brake van as well as the locomotives in order for the brake van to be at the back so the guard could close the manual crossing barriers? How did that operation take place?

@Wallsrail

3 жыл бұрын

Quite complex shunting to get the van on the other end, but easy once shown. Planned video dedicated to Fen Drayton sand in the planning stages where it will be explained (shown) in detail......

@bindonrail46

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wallsrail Looking forward to that, especially as Fen Drayton is on 'my patch' so to speak.