
British Railways Special Cattle Van, 1951
- Made:
- 1951 in Lancing carriage works
- railway company:
- British Railways






Cattle Van, railway wagon, No. 3733 8 ton Special Cattle Van, British Railways (Southern Region), built Lancing Works 1951. (Built to diagram number 3141, construction span 1930-1951, number built 60). Length over buffers: 29' 5"; weight: 8 tons.
By the time this van was built in 1951, railway cattle traffic in Britain had been in decline for some time. By 1962 British Railways had reduced the number of stations which would accommodate cattle traffic, and the practice was eventually stopped.
Details
- Category:
- Locomotives and Rolling Stock
- Object Number:
- 1988-7012
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
length over buffers: 8966 mm,
width: 2590 mm
weight: 8128kg
- type:
- railway wagon
- taxonomy:
-
- vehicles and vehicle components
- vehicle
- rolling stock
- credit:
- British Rail, Historical Relics