Rapido Trains OO 944025 BR DW150066 GWR Diagram V14 MINK A Vacuum Braked Ventilated Box Van BR Departmental Breakdown Train Red

In 1912 the GWR standardised the twin-bonnet pattern end for their ventilated box vans which continued until after nationalisation. The first vans with the revised end were given diagrams V14 for vans with vacuum train brakes for express goods trains and V16 for the unfitted version. 5,506 'fitted vans were built along with 2,759 unfitted before the underframe was changed to a 10-feet wheelbase in the mid-1920s. The majority of these vans remained in service at nationalisation, though their older 9-feet wheelbase chassis demoted them from express goods service.
This model replicates vacuum train brake fitted diagram V14 van DW150066 in British Railways engineering department red livery lettered for service as a breakdown train packing van, conveying plates and timbers used to ensure crane stabilisers are properly supported and securely prop derailed vehicles between lifts.