Provincial Wagons' new GNR Passenger Van

[leslie10646]

 

I promised pictures of my GNR Class Y5 van, which has been available for over a month now.

The vans were originally built about a 100 years ago as Bread Vans, but were subsequently rebuilt for use as luggage / sundries vans. The obvious big change was the fitting of sliding doors, a feature beloved of the GN. The vans were to be found hanging on the back of passenger trains, especially on secondary line passenger lines like the that from Dundalk to Omagh and Bundoran. Latterly, they were quite a feature on the much-lamented "Derry Road", often hauled by AEC and later BUT railcars. They lasted through to the 1960s and at least one was repainted in CIE green.

The kit comes with transfers for several numbers in the series and costs £35 (roughly €40) post paid. As usual, if you are ordering more than kit, I'll knock off a little as I save in postage.

Leslie

[Galteemore]

Looks lovely! Just right against that U tender in the pic....

[Patrick Davey]

Very nice Leslie - order coming!