Post Office stowage van
UK rolling stock class
ETH 3 or 4
A Post Office stowage van is a type of rail vehicle built for use in a travelling post office (TPO). Several of these have passed into preservation as they are very useful for storage on the railways.
Preservation
The preserved stowage vehicles are as follows:
Number | TOPS Code | Built | Location | Notes |
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80401 | NTA | 1959 Wolverton | Great Central Railway | Originally fitted with collection nets. |
80402 | NTA | 1959 Wolverton | Nene Valley Railway | Originally fitted with collection nets. |
80411 | NTA | 1966 York | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | Rebuilt from BSK 35003. |
80413 | NTA | 1966 York | Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway | Rebuilt from BSK 35004. |
80417 | NTA | 1968 York | Nene Valley Railway | |
80423 | NTA | 1968 York | Buckinghamshire Railway Centre | |
80429 | NTA | 1973 York | Colne Valley Railway | |
80433 | NTA | 1976 Wolverton | Strathspey Railway | Rebuilt from SK 25150. |
80435 | NTA | 1976 Wolverton | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | Rebuilt from SK 25117. |
80437 | NTA | 1976 Wolverton | Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway | Rebuilt from SK 25068. |
80438 | NTA | 1976 Wolverton | Great Central Railway | Rebuilt from SK 25139. |
In addition, 80421 was also purchased for preservation by the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, but was scrapped in July 2008.
Pre-Nationalisation TPO Stowage Vehicles:
Number | Company | Built | Location | Notes |
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70268 | LNER | 1931 Dunkinfield | Great Central Railway | Converted from Pigeon Van in 1950.[1] |
4958 | Southern | 1939 Ashford | Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway | In use as C&W store.[2] |
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