Brake van

[John Ashworth]

A rather brightly painted brake van in Capital Park yard

Photo by John Ashworth 19/03/08

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

Colorful - is it on rails?

[John Ashworth]

That's an interesting question! As we rode past it yesterday (twice), I certainly didn't notice that it wasn't on rails, but the photo looks as if it isn't. Must have another look next time.

[Tom Macrery]

Sorry John, But if you look closely, you will see rails in your sharp photo at both ends of the van.

[John Ashworth]

Yes, soon after this photo was posted we started running to and from Hercules instead of Capital Park and we stopped going through CPK yard, so I never bothered to follow up on Kevin's question and I hadn't looked at this photo for nine months until today, when I wanted to post a link to it on another thread. As soon as I looked at it again I could clearly see the rails, and I also noticed for the first time that it's standing under an old water column.

[Stefan Andrzejewski]

This one looks brand new. I should imagine a very handy thing for FOTR to have.

[John Ashworth]

It would be nice to have one in good condition.

[Nathan Berelowitz]

We have actually got a very nice one waiting for someone to come restore it. I will get some pics this weekend to post here. It is at Hercules.