Pill Box Brake Van 2
by Chris Thaxter
Title
Pill Box Brake Van 2
Artist
Chris Thaxter
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Southern Region 1023 a restored Pill Box brake van. Brake van and guards van are terms used mainly in the UK, Australia and India for a railway vehicle equipped with a hand brake which can be applied by the guard. Many British freight trains formerly had no continuous brake so the only available brakes were those on the locomotive and the brake van. Because of this shortage of brake power, the speed was restricted to 25 mph (40 km/h). The brake van was marshalled at the rear of the train so both portions of the train could be brought to a stand in the event of a coupling breaking.
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May 26th, 2013
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