Brake Post Office Stowage Van

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Preserved Great Western Railway vehicle no. 814 at the Didcot Railway Centre.
Preserved Great Western Railway vehicle no. 814 at the Didcot Railway Centre.

A Brake Post Office Stowage Van is a type of rail vehicle built for use in a Travelling Post Office (TPO).

British Rail built nine of these vehicles between 1959 and 1968, to two similar designs, both based on the Mark 1 coach design. They were numbered in the range 80450-80458. Following the Great Train Robbery, vehicles from 80456 onwards featured a revised design with smaller windows.

In the early 1970s, British Rail introduced the TOPS classification system. Vehicles were given the TOPS code NU, followed by an A if they were air-braked, or an X if they had both air and vacuum brakes.

[edit] Preservation

All three of the latter-build Mk1 vehicles have been preserved. Also a survivor from GWR has also made it into preservation.

Number TOPS Code Built Location
80456 NUA 1968 York Nene Valley Railway
80457 NUA 1968 York Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway
80458 NUA 1968 York Great Central Railway
Number Company Built Location Notes
814 GWR 1940 Swindon Didcot Railway Centre Only exchange equipped coach with nets on both sides

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Coaching stock of British Rail
Mark 1 - Mark 2 - Mark 3 - Mark 4
Passenger coaches
Mark 1: BCK - BFK - BSK - BSO - BSOT - CK - FK - FO - RB - RBR - RF - RKB - RMB
RU - SK - SLC - SLF - SLSTP - SO - TSO		   
Mark 2: BFK - BSK - BSO - BSOT - BUO - DBSO - FK - FO - FOT - PFB - PFK - PFP
RFB - RLO - RMBF - RSS - SK - SO - TSO - TSOT
Mark 3: BFO - CO - FO - RFM - SLE - SLEP - TSO - TSOB (Locomotive-hauled)
TF - TGS - TRB - TRFB - TRFK - TRSB - TS (HST trailers)
Mark 4: FO - RBF - RSB - TSO - TSOE
Non-passenger coaches
Mark 1 BG - BPOT - BV - Courier - GUV - PCV - POS - POT
  Mark 3 & 4: DVT edit
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