Post by arun on Mar 24, 2016 1:18:41 GMT
Not sure whether this belongs in "Historical" or here.
The last six 20T brake vans built by BR at Ashford were delivered to LT and became B580-B585. Previously, two similar brake vans had been borrowed by LT - both fitted with roller bearing axleboxes. As they were intended for use on ballast trains where they would spend a lot of time immobile, LT had one of these loan vehicles retro fitted with oil bearings [the problem being that when roller bearings are kept immobile, their surfaces start pitting].
Does anyone know whether the six permanent LT vehicles were initially delivered with oil or roller bearing axleboxes? The two preserved 20T brake vans [from this batch] which were subsequently used as match brake vans for moving condemned stock to Rotherham and such like were certainly fitted later on with roller bearings [and still had them last time I saw them at LTM Depot].
Were the roller bearings fitted as part of the conversion to match wagons or did they have them fitted earlier or later?
Arun
The last six 20T brake vans built by BR at Ashford were delivered to LT and became B580-B585. Previously, two similar brake vans had been borrowed by LT - both fitted with roller bearing axleboxes. As they were intended for use on ballast trains where they would spend a lot of time immobile, LT had one of these loan vehicles retro fitted with oil bearings [the problem being that when roller bearings are kept immobile, their surfaces start pitting].
Does anyone know whether the six permanent LT vehicles were initially delivered with oil or roller bearing axleboxes? The two preserved 20T brake vans [from this batch] which were subsequently used as match brake vans for moving condemned stock to Rotherham and such like were certainly fitted later on with roller bearings [and still had them last time I saw them at LTM Depot].
Were the roller bearings fitted as part of the conversion to match wagons or did they have them fitted earlier or later?
Arun
