Class Z Bogie Brake vans Z221-228 |
During the Second World War a group of seven older clerestory roofed vans was rebuilt with new bodies (type 15a). These formed the pattern for a batch of eight new vans in 1946 (Z221-8), which used old coach bogies (type 15b). They lasted well, with only 228 going before the general cull of brake vans in the mid 1980s. Three of them even survived that lasting as accident vans until the nineties. Details are in the table below. | ||||||
No. | New | Written off | Written back | to VC | to ZD | Written off |
221 | August 1946 | August 1985 | ||||
222 | August 1946 | March 1984 | ||||
223 | August1946 | August 1985 | ||||
224 | September 1946 | March 1984 | ||||
225 | September 1946 | VC5106 July 1975 | May 1991 | |||
226 | September 1946 | August 1974 | July 1975 | VC5155 May 1976 | ZD226 November 1976 | June 1993 |
227 | November 1946 | August 1974 | VC5107 July 1975 | July 1991 | ||
228 | November 1946 | August 1975 |