979002 LB&SCR Dia.8-Ton Goods Van LB&SCR No.3820 DCC-8 000 tons per year shipped

000 tons per year shipped from Weymouth to London

symbolizes a bygone era of British transportation excellence

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The class were built to handle long distance freight and mineral trains but were soon displaced once larger engines started to be built

979002 LB&SCR Dia.8-Ton Goods Van LB&SCR No.3820 DCC-8 000 tons per year shippedThe London, Brighton & South Coast Railway had a relatively modest number of covered vans within its fleet. It is speculated that this may be due to the number of open wagons that featured a sheet rail, so a substantial number of vans would have been unnecessary. Of course, it could simply have been that the region didnt have the quantity of perishable goods traffic to justify a much larger fleet. Almost 600 covered goods vans were built by the LB&SCR