Post Office stowage van


A Post Office stowage van is a type of rail vehicle built for use in a travelling [post office]. Several of these have passed into preservation as they are very useful for storage on the railways.

Preservation

The preserved stowage vehicles are as follows:
NumberTOPS CodeBuiltLocationNotes
80401NTA1959 WolvertonGreat [Central Railway (preserved)|Great Central Railway]Originally fitted with collection nets.
80402NTA1959 WolvertonNene Valley RailwayOriginally fitted with collection nets.
80411NTA1966 YorkGloucestershire Warwickshire RailwayRebuilt from Brake [Standard Corridor|BSK] 35003.
80413NTA1966 YorkRushden, [Higham & Wellingborough Railway]Rebuilt from BSK 35004.
80417NTA1968 YorkNene Valley Railway
80423NTA1968 YorkBuckinghamshire Railway Centre
80429NTA1973 YorkColne Valley Railway
80433NTA1976 WolvertonStrathspey RailwayRebuilt from SK 25150.
80435NTA1976 WolvertonGloucestershire Warwickshire RailwayRebuilt from SK 25117.
80437NTA1976 WolvertonBo'ness & Kinneil RailwayRebuilt from SK 25068.
80438NTA1976 WolvertonGreat Central RailwayRebuilt from SK 25139.

In addition, 80421 was also purchased for preservation by the Embsay and [Bolton Abbey Steam Railway], but was scrapped in July 2008.
Pre-Nationalisation TPO Stowage Vehicles:
NumberCompanyBuiltLocationNotes
70268LNER1931 DunkinfieldGreat Central RailwayConverted from Pigeon Van in 1950.
4958Southern1939 AshfordPontypool and Blaenavon RailwayIn use as C&W store.