38-123 BR VAB Van BR Freight Brown No.200043 pecorama Hornby’s Gresley 61ft 6in coaching

Hornby’s Gresley 61ft 6in coaching stock represents a standard design that Nigel Gresley continued from his days as CME at the Great Northern Railway

Sound files produced specifically for the Bachmann Branchline Class 450 EMU using recordings from real units

A common train formation saw two PCVs marshalled at either end of a train comprising two General Utility Vehicles (GUVs)

complete with the linkage between the two ‘V’ hangers

much of which was aging or in need of modern replacement and so a programme to build new vehicles soon commenced

38-123 BR VAB Van BR Freight Brown No.200043 pecorama Hornby’s Gresley 61ft 6in coachingIn the late 1960s British Railways required air braked stock to operate its new Air Braked Network services which would later be known as Speedlink and the Cov AB (Covered, Air Braked) van provided the answer, becoming BRs first general purpose air braked van. Introduced from 1969, the Cov ABs had a modern appearance in comparison to the wooden box vans in widespread use at the time and the side of the van was constructed from a pair of doors,