A GWR brake van has become the first beneficiary of the attentions of the West Somerset Railway’s (WSR) newly formed ‘Wagon Division’. The group aims to recreate a typical 1940s goods train. Scott Barnes, group leader of WSR Wagon Division said:
“Our first project is the GWR 813 Preservation Fund owned diagram AA20 Toad brake van No. 68765. Work started on August 6 when a start was made on sanding one of the sides. I also painted a small section as a test panel. It was amazing to see how faded the brake van had become after six years of use.”