Accurascale OO ACC2423 GWR Siphon G 3207 Overseas Ambulance Train No.32 Ward Car A5 Olive Green with Red Cross Markings

The GWR traffic department made extensive use of the gangway fitted Siphon G ventilated milk vans for carrying passenger luggage, parcels and pre-sorted mail by regular passenger trains services and by the network of dedicated parcels and mail trains. In the mid 1920s a revised design of Siphon G appeared with inside body framing, the external vertical planked body now presenting a much more pleasing appearance. Vehicles to this basic style continued to be constructed into the early British Railways era, with the last being withdrawn circa 1980 having been used as newspaper sorting and packing vans, taking the daily national papers into the West of England.
During WW2 a number of Siphon G vehicles were modified for service in ambulance trains, complete with air brake systems for service in Europe. This model is finished as ward car A5 which formed part of Ambulance Train 32 painted in olive green with large red cross logos.