LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Central Goods Yard: mrcgy924a

Close up of image 'mrcgy924' showing one of the Midland Railways' four-wheel non-ventilated covered vans being unloaded. Also called a 'Box' van these vehicles were used to transport goods that required a dry atmosphere or a secure environment. The ventilated vans were often built to a similar design but with ventilators fitted at either end of the van. The van being unloaded is, together with the one on the right, smaller than the others and would probably have had a wooden chassis. The difference in size might be because its a much older design and being allocated to a line with a more severe loading gauge. The dray is fitted with a tarpaulin cover that was designed to slide back in order to allow a sack truck to be used.

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