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Re: Guards Vans


"Lambing Flat" <bullack@cia.com.au> wrote in message
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> Ocean Springs wrote:
>
> > I have always assumed that a guards van is somewhat analogous to a
caboose in that a
> > member of the train crew rides on it for whatever reason.
> >
> > Is this correct? Are guards vans still used and are they attached to the
rear of the
> > train?
>
> There were exceptions, of course, Victorian Z vans did not have passenger
accommodation
> and South Australia (after Webb) used, on goods trains, some vans that
closely resembled
> cabooses.

The South Australian Railways actually had caboose brake vans (official name
for them) - they were ordered during the Webb era. Port Dock Railway Museum
has one
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Cheers

Chris Drymalik - drymalik@arcom.com.au
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