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- British Railways inherited a variety of brake vans from each of the Big Four: GWR, LNER, Southern Railway and LMS due to the nationalisation of the railways in 1948. A brake van, on a train, is a wagon at the rear of a Goods train where a guard would sit with a hand brake. The job of this wagon was to provide extra braking force for a train and as an emergency hand brake, should an unfitted train become uncoupled from the locomotive and become a runaway train. All brake vans served the same purpose: to supplement brake-force to a train. Brake vans are operated by the Guard, a member of staff on the train, who is in charge of making sure that the lights are in the correct place. This is because a signalman would need to see the tail-lamp to know that the train had not split, so that he can clear the line. Most vans had both normal brakes and vacuum brakes. They also contained a fire for the comfort of the Guard. Many brake vans today are used on heritage railways as passenger vehicles, like on the Helston Railway and the National Railway Museum demonstration lines at York and Shildon. (en)
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- To provide for and use on all their trains carrying passengers continuous brakes complying with the following requirements, namely:
The brake must be instantaneous in action, and capable of being applied by the engine-driver and guards; (en)
- The brake must be in regular use in daily working;
The materials of the brake must be of a durable character, and easily maintained and kept in order. (en)
- The brake must be capable of being applied to every vehicle of the train, whether carrying passengers or not; (en)
- The brake must be self-applying in the event of any failure in the continuity of its action; (en)
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- British Railways inherited a variety of brake vans from each of the Big Four: GWR, LNER, Southern Railway and LMS due to the nationalisation of the railways in 1948. A brake van, on a train, is a wagon at the rear of a Goods train where a guard would sit with a hand brake. The job of this wagon was to provide extra braking force for a train and as an emergency hand brake, should an unfitted train become uncoupled from the locomotive and become a runaway train. Most vans had both normal brakes and vacuum brakes. They also contained a fire for the comfort of the Guard. (en)
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- British railway brake van (en)
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