CIE Bulleid Pallet Van - Brown (CIE roundel era) - Pack 2

CIE Bulleid Pallet Van - Brown (CIE roundel era) - Pack 2As palletised shipments became increasingly common, CI required wagons capable of handling this new type of freight. While bogie wagons suitable for sundries, bagged cement, and other traffic were already on the drawing board, an interim solution was needed. The result was the 12 ton Pallet Van, based on the standard triangulated wagon chassis. This development of the traditional van wagon featured offset sliding doors wide enough for pallet loading

Class 37/6 - 37607

Vacuum pipe and Flush Sided doors

DCC ready or factory-installed DCC Sound options

albeit with the odd coal turn

with separate vacuum brake gear

2c Ph2 SO (ex-FO) 4103 Orange Roof

a feature removed from the final I89 order which were fitted with elliptical wooden cab roofs

Mid 1980s period

in 2013 it was purchased by two members of the Derwent Valley Light Railway

BR green with double arrow logos and wrap-around yellow nose panels

37421 is still a regular atop PLPR (Plain Line Pattern Recognition) and UTU (Ultrasonic Testing Unit) formations and is expected to remain a key component of the operator’s fleet for several years to come

Train heating equipment