979018 LB&SCR Dia.8-Ton Goods Van MOD No.590 Class-88 Significantly reduces the damaging effects

Significantly reduces the damaging effects of friction on metal to metal

completing it in 2012

Opened in 1885 and closed exactly 100 years later in 1985

1:72 Scale model of a B-52D Stratofortress produced as a platinum edition plastic kit

The type received approval by the Office of Rail and Road in May 2021

979018 LB&SCR Dia.8-Ton Goods Van MOD No.590 Class-88 Significantly reduces the damaging effectsThe London, Brighton & South Coast Railway had a relatively modest number of covered vans within its fleet. It is speculated that this may be due to the number of open wagons that featured a sheet rail, so a substantial number of vans would have been unnecessary. Of course, it could simply have been that the region didnt have the quantity of perishable goods traffic to justify a much larger fleet. Almost 600 covered goods vans were built by the LB&SCR