BR Insulated Fish Van Dia. 801
The BR Insulated Fish Van was based on an LNER pre-nationalisation design. They were wooden bodied and roofed with double skin walls, heavily insulated. The body was 21ft 8in on a 15ft 0in wheelbase running on 3ft 1½in wheels. They were built for long distance relatively high speed running and unlike the LNER vans they were fitted with roller bearings. They were painted in freight stock white livery (for insulated and refrigerated vehicles) with black lettering and because of the roller bearings marked with a large blue circle on the side which gave rise to the "blue spot" nickname.
The first batch of 500 vans were numbered E87000-E87499
E87500 - E87683 were built in 1960 under Lot 30344
E87695 - E87954 were built in 1960 under Lot 30384
E87958 - E88056 were built in 1961 under Lot 30442
978-0-85153-320-9, 978-0-85153-320-9
http://www.bluebellrailway.co.uk/bluebell/wagon/87720.html
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BR General Parcels Rolling Stock On British Railways David Larkin Bradford Barton 978-0-85153-320-9 |
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British Railway Non-Passenger Rolling Stock (Railways In Profile Series No. 6) Geoff Gamble Cheona Publications 978-1-90029-806-3 |
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British Railway Vans (Railways In Profile Series No.3) G. Gamble Cheona Publications 978-1-900298-03-2 |
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British Railway Vans Volume 2 (Railways In Profile Series No.11) G. Gamble Cheona Publications 978-1-900298-14-8 |
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British Railways Mark 1 Coaches Keith Parkin Historical Model Railway Society 978-0-90283-522-1 |
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British Railways Mark 1 Coaches - Supplement Keith Parkin Historical Model Railway Society 978-0-90283-518-4 |
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Magazines | ||
British Railway Modelling December 2000 Vol.8 No.9 Freight Only - Natural Selection (Evolution of BR "Blue Spot" Fish Vans) |
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http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/wagon/87720.html |