373-740A – BR 10 ton meat van crimson dress-up The first 50ft Arc Roof

The first 50ft Arc Roof coaches arrived before the turn of the century and were some of the company’s most successful – the Diagram 268 Corridor Third becoming the most numerous of any corridor vehicle to be outshopped by the LNWR’s Wolverton Carriage Works during the pre-Grouping era

carrying all the hallmarks of this iconic design

6 Fence Sections

Built at Crewe by BREL

373-740A – BR 10 ton meat van crimson dress-up The first 50ft Arc RoofBritish Railways (BR) inherited a wide range of rolling stock upon Nationalisation in 1948, much of which was aging or in need of modern replacement and so a programme to build new vehicles soon commenced. These new vehicles were built to a variety of standardised designs, for covered vans most of the new designs centred around a 10ft wheelbase chassis with a metal and wood body on top. Alongside general merchandise vans, several specialist types were