British Rail Service Vans of the 50’s and 60’s  

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British Rail Service Vans of the 50’s and 60’s
British Rail Service Vans of the 50’s and 60’s
British Rail Service Vans of the 50’s and 60’s
British Rail Service Vans of the 50’s and 60’s
British Rail Service Vans of the 50’s and 60’s British Rail Service Vans of the 50’s and 60’s British Rail Service Vans of the 50’s and 60’s

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1592437
Area
Model cars
Title
British Rail Service Vans of the 50’s and 60’s
Brand
Vanguards
Manufacturer
Collection
Number
BR1002
Car brand
Various
Model
Variant
Type
Delivery Van, Gift set, Limited Edition
Scale
1:43
Colour
Production year of the model car
1996
Number produced
First year of production original car
Country of origin of the model
England
Barcode / EAN / UPC
Dimensions
Details
British Railway Service Vans of the 50's and 60's 2-piece set BR1002 - VA 3001 Austin A40 Van - VA 11001 Morris Minor Van Limited Edition 5.000 pcs. (with certificate) British Railways came into being in 1948 as an amalgamation of the four regional companies: Great Western (GWR), Southern (SR), London Midland & Scottish (LMS) and London & North Eastern (LNER). For about three years BR’s road transport fleet remained in the old companies’ liveries with ‘BRITISH RAILWAYS’ painted over the obliterated company names. As new vehicles were purchased, these were painted in BR’s first standard livery colour of all-over maroon. BR SOUTHERN REGION SERVICE VAN This Austin A40 van is in British Railways original all-maroon livery and carries the ‘double-sausage’ logo. This single-colour livery was superseded during the 1950s by the so-called ‘blood and custard’ colour scheme of carmine and deep cream which itself was replaced by a ‘stone’ livery. BRITISH TRANSPORT HOTELS VAN The Morris Minor van in this set represents a light van in service with British Transport Hotels in the 1960s. It is in the all-over ‘stone’ livery that was used by British Rail from 1961, and carries the double-arrow logo – sometimes unkindly called ‘the arrows of indecision’. This logo persisted in use until early 1996.