Boxcars and Vans

The **boxcars** and **vans** are freight cars that are often used for delivering numerous different types of freight that most cannot either get wet or are too light to deliver in an open wagon.

## Utility Vans

The **utility vans** are freight cars used for transporting goods and merchandise throughout various standard gauge railways. Sometimes, they're used on special trains, or "specials".

### SE&CR Diagram 960 PMV (*4 wheels*)

These **SE&CR Diagram 960 PMV (4 wheels)** are vans used for transporting goods and merchandise throughout various railways. They have four wheels.

#### Technical Details

##### Basis

These vans are based on the BR Mk 1 GUV.

A real general utility van

### SE&CR Diagram 960 PMV (*bogie wheels*)

The **SE&CR Diagram 960 PMV (bogie wheels)** are vans used for transporting goods and merchandise throughout various standard gauge railways. They are quite common on most freight and goods trains. Their bogies allowed them to run easier on tighter turns.

#### Technical Details

##### Basis

The utility vans are based on the South Eastern & Chatham Railway Diagram 960 Parcels and Miscellaneous Vans (PMV) with added bogies. The Sodor Mail Cars vans share the same basis.

A 4-wheel SE&CR Diagram 960 PMVA bogie variant of the wagon, which may have served as the inspiration for adding bogies to the 4-wheel version
#### Livery

These vans are painted dark red brown. Some have dark brown vents.

## NER Vans

The **North Eastern Railway Vans** are vans used for transporting goods and materials throughout the standard gauge railways.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

Despite having "**N.E.**" on their sides, these vans are based on LNWR 6 ton refrigerated vans that are used on the railways, such as British Railways.

### Livery

The NER vans are painted dark grey. and have "**N.E.**" painted in white on both sides.

## GWR Ventilated Vans

The **GWR Ventilated Vans** are vans used for transporting goods and materials throughout the standard gauge railways.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

These vans are based on the GWR Diagram V24 ventilated vans that are used on the railways, such as British Railways.

A GWR ventilated van in real life
### Livery

The GWR ventilated vans are painted in dark brown. They have medium grey roofs.

## LBSC Railway 8 Ton Vans

**LBSC Railway 8 Ton Vans** are vans used for transporting goods and materials throughout the standard gauge railways.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

The LBSC Railway 8-ton vans are based on the real LBSC Railway Diagram 8 8-ton vans that are used on the railways, such as British Railways.

An LBSC Railway 8 ton van in real life
### Livery

The LBSC Railway 8-ton vans are painted grey. They have rooftops painted in a darker shade.

## LMS 12 Ton Vans

The **LMS 12 Ton Vans** are rolling stock used for transporting goods and materials throughout the standard gauge railways.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

The LMS 12-ton vans are based on the real LMS Diagram 1828 12 ton covered steel vans that are used on the railways, such as British Railways.

A van in real life
### Livery

The LMS 12-ton vans are painted in the same shade of brown. They have rooftops painted dark grey.

## LNER 12 Ton Vans

The **LNER 12 Ton Vans** are vans used for transporting goods and materials on the standard gauge railways.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

The LNER 12-ton vans are based on the real LNER Diagram 102 12 Ton Vans that are used on the railways, such as British Railways.

A LNER 12 ton van in real life
### Livery

These vans are painted brown with black roofs.

## Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Vans

The **Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Vans** are vans used for transporting goods and materials throughout the standard gauge railways.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

These vans are based on the real Lynton and Barnstaple Railway box vans, scaled up from narrow gauge to standard gauge.

A Lynton and Barnstaple van in real life

## Salt Vans

The **Salt Vans** are vans that are often used for transporting fish and are often used in fish trains throughout various standard gauge railways. They're also used for transporting goods and merchandise.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

These vans are based on the 10-ton Salt Wagons.

A Salt Van in real life
#### Livery

The salt vans have been painted two different shades of cream, brown, gray, red, and white.

## Gallery

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## Hi-Cube Boxcars

**High cubic capacity** (**hicube**) **boxcars** have become more common in the US. These are taller than regular boxcars and as such can only run on routes with increased clearance (see loading gauge and structure gauge). The excess height section of the car end is often painted with a white band to be easily visible if wrongly assigned to a low-clearance line.

## Technical Details

### Basis

The hi-cube boxcars are based on the 86-foot High-Cube Boxcars.

A real Hi-Cube Boxcar

## Chuggington Boxcars

**The Chuggington Boxcars** are some of the most popular pieces of freight cars back home in Chuggington. They're a common sight behind most chuggers along any of the lines of the Transportainian Railway Co. They're seen in a variety of liveries and are often used for carrying items such as foods and other fragile things.

### Technical Details

#### Basis

Boxcars have seemingly no exact basis due to their unusually curved roofs and buffers.

### Liveries

For the most part, boxcars are unpainted wood, though they do sport mustard yellow doors and frames. Their footplates and roof frames have been shown to be painted red, green, and blue.

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