LMS van 500851

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	LMS 12 ton Ventilated Van, number 500851 Above: LMS diagram D1891 12 ton ventilated van 500851 at Caverswall Road, 30 May 1994 At first sight a very similar design to slightly earlier van number 117870, this one was constructed at Derby by the LMS as part of a batch of 2,996 built in 1934-5, to diagram D1891. Most of the vans to this design were built with hand brakes only, to the Moreton design, but two lots were built with full LMS vacuum brake fittings, lots 766 and 767, and 500851 was one of these. Although the underframe is absolutely identical to 117870, 500851 shows several design differences, in particular the body is three inches wider and styled differently, incorporating a new style of pressed end and vertical channel strapping. It is typical of later LMS vans built right up to 1950 before production of the BR standard van took over. Above: LMS diagram D1891 12 ton ventilated van as built Originally turned out in LMS grey livery with large letters and a cross on the doors, number 500851 was probably not repainted into bauxite livery with smaller lettering until after World War2. It would have carried a small "N" on each corner to indicate it was not part of the common wagon pool and had to run home to an LMS yard empty. After 1948 its running number was prefixed "M" to denote an LMS-built wagon. Sometime in BR days, all vans to this design had diagonal steel strapping added to the bodysides, to reinforce them. M500851 also had its LMS pattern cast axleboxes replaced with the later BR pattern, and the original horizontally planked doors have been replaced with vertically planked ones. Like 117870 this van was withdrawn from BR service in 1964 and used at Marston's brewery in Burton-on-Trent until being donated for use at at Foxfield. Initially it carried its last BR bauxite brown livery but it was substantially repaired and repainted in the mid 1980s. Its repaint into the LMS grey livery it carried when built is not quite correct for its current condition with diagonal strapping and modified doors. In 2004 it was repainted in BR bauxite livery, but requires some minor body repairs. There are many other identical vans in preservation throughout the UK, but 500851 performs a very useful role as a mobile store at Caverswall Road station and now been at Foxfield for longer than the period it was in revenue service with the LMS and BR. Below: LMS D1891 12 ton ventilated van diagram

At first sight a very similar design to slightly earlier van number 117870, this one was constructed at Derby by the LMS as part of a batch of 2,996 built in 1934-5, to diagram D1891. Most of the vans to this design were built with hand brakes only, to the Moreton design, but two lots were built with full LMS vacuum brake fittings, lots 766 and 767, and 500851 was one of these. Although the underframe is absolutely identical to 117870, 500851 shows several design differences, in particular the body is three inches wider and styled differently, incorporating a new style of pressed end and vertical channel strapping. It is typical of later LMS vans built right up to 1950 before production of the BR standard van took over.

Originally turned out in LMS grey livery with large letters and a cross on the doors, number 500851 was probably not repainted into bauxite livery with smaller lettering until after World War2. It would have carried a small "N" on each corner to indicate it was not part of the common wagon pool and had to run home to an LMS yard empty. After 1948 its running number was prefixed "M" to denote an LMS-built wagon. Sometime in BR days, all vans to this design had diagonal steel strapping added to the bodysides, to reinforce them. M500851 also had its LMS pattern cast axleboxes replaced with the later BR pattern, and the original horizontally planked doors have been replaced with vertically planked ones.

Like 117870 this van was withdrawn from BR service in 1964 and used at Marston's brewery in Burton-on-Trent until being donated for use at at Foxfield. Initially it carried its last BR bauxite brown livery but it was substantially repaired and repainted in the mid 1980s. Its repaint into the LMS grey livery it carried when built is not quite correct for its current condition with diagonal strapping and modified doors. In 2004 it was repainted in BR bauxite livery, but requires some minor body repairs. There are many other identical vans in preservation throughout the UK, but 500851 performs a very useful role as a mobile store at Caverswall Road station and now been at Foxfield for longer than the period it was in revenue service with the LMS and BR.

LMS 12 ton Ventilated Van, number 500851