979018 LB&SCR Dia.8-Ton Goods Van MOD No.590 Class-88 Simple 3-wire connection to each

Simple 3-wire connection to each motor

The 85197 is an HO/HOm (12mm gauge) dual gauge point

Opened in 1885 and closed exactly 100 years later in 1985

lamp brackets and whistle

A small unit providing an automatic stop and start facility which only requires one reed switch to be installed

979018 LB&SCR Dia.8-Ton Goods Van MOD No.590 Class-88 Simple 3-wire connection to eachThe London, Brighton & South Coast Railway had a relatively modest number of covered vans within its fleet. It is speculated that this may be due to the number of open wagons that featured a sheet rail, so a substantial number of vans would have been unnecessary. Of course, it could simply have been that the region didnt have the quantity of perishable goods traffic to justify a much larger fleet. Almost 600 covered goods vans were built by the LB&SCR