Bringing up the rear of almost every freight train, brake vans are indispensable.
British Railways
| Dia. | Description |
|---|---|
| 1/500 | B950250 to B950539. 03/49 to 07/49. Lot 2051. BR Darlington. B950344 (SDR). 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| 1/502 | Lot 2099. 2-598 2mm Scale Association |
| 1/503 | 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| 1/505 | 978-1-900298-05-6 |
Great Western Railway
| Dia. | Description |
|---|---|
| AA1 | Toad 24T GWR Swindon 6ft 6in / 6ft 6in 20′ 6 wheel Toad 2-596 2mm Scale Association 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| AA2 | Toad & Toad A 24 (later 25) GWR Swindon 13ft 0in 20′ 4 wheel Toad 2-595 2mm Scale Association |
| AA3 | Toad 16 & 20 GWR Swindon 20′ 4 wheel Toad 2-595 2mm Scale Association 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| AA4 | Toad 14 GWR Swindon |
| AA5 | Toad & Toad A 14 GWR Swindon |
| AA6 | Toad & Toad A 14 GWR Swindon |
| AA7 | Toad A 13 GWR Swindon 9ft 0in |
| AA8 | Toad 12-8 GWR Swindon |
| AA9 | Toad A 24 GWR Swindon 13ft 0in |
| AA10 | Toad A 25 GWR Swindon 13ft 0in |
| AA11 | Toad & Toad A 13 & 16 GWR Swindon 16ft 0in 2-597 2mm Scale Association |
| AA12 | Toad 22 GWR Swindon 13ft 0in |
| AA13 | Toad 20 (24) GWR Swindon 16ft 0in 2-597 2mm Scale Association |
| AA14 | Toad 24 1 GWR Swindon 13ft 0in |
| AA15 | Toad & Toad A 20 GWR Swindon 16ft 0in 2-597 2mm Scale Association 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| AA16 | Toad 12 GWR Swindon 12′ 4 wheel Toad David Eveleigh |
| AA17 | Toad 20 56731 & 56732 2 20 856 GWR Swindon 16ft 0in 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| AA18 | Toad 20 14 26 to 27 981 GWR Swindon 16ft 0in 2-597 2mm Scale Association |
| AA19 | Toad 20 221 GWR Swindon 16ft 0in 2-597 2mm Scale Association 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| AA20 | Toad & Toad A 20 354 GWR Swindon W17295 (SDR), W68777 (SDR), W68786 (SDR) W68740 Titfield Thunderbolt 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| AA21 | Toad & Toad A 20 17390 to 17489 100 39 to 40 1370 GWR Swindon 16ft 0in AVB W17391 (BHR) 978-1-900298-05-6, Rowland, Don. Twilight of the Goods. Wild Swan Books, 2019. |
| AA22 | Toad 20 68997 1 39 1332 GWR Swindon 16ft 0in |
| AA23 | Toad 20 35877 to 35926 50 42 1432 GWR Swindon 16ft 0in 2-598 2mm Scale Association W35420 (SDR), W68479 (SDR) 978-1-900298-05-6 50 1451 GWR Swindon 50 1470 GWR Swindon 66 1497 GWR Swindon 50 1527 GWR Swindon 60 to 49 1588 GWR Swindon |
London Midland & Scottish Railway
| Dia. | Description |
|---|---|
| D1656 | 20T 100 26 to 27 242 LMS Derby LMS Wagons Volume One |
| D1657 | 20T 950 LMS Wagons Volume One 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| D1659 | 20T 847 LMS Wagons Volume One Official Drawings of LMS Wagons No.2 978-1-874103-33-2 114 Part 119 136 199 200 201 241 |
| D1799 | 40T LMS Wagons Volume One |
| D1890 | 20T 150 LMS Wagons Volume One 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| D1919 | 20T 670 LMS Derby LMS Wagons Volume One |
| D1940 | 20T 100 33 671 LMS Derby Official Drawings of LMS Wagons No.1 |
| D2036 | 20T 522 40 to 41 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| D2068 | 20T 49 to 50 Some fitted. – 978-1-900298-05-6 N Gauge Society via 2mm Scale Association? |
| D2096 | 20T 731742 to 731745 4 43 LMS Wolverton “RCH Standard” LMS Wagons Volume One |
| D2148 | |
| D2155 | |
| ? | 16T N Gauge Society via 2mm Scale Association |
London & North Eastern Railway
| Dia. | Description |
|---|---|
| 34 | The first LNER brake van, introduced in 1924 and derived from earlier GNR and NER designs, was designated with the telegraphic code “TOAD B.” Built in Doncaster between 1928 and 1929, these vans featured distinctive wooden lookouts, A total of 260 examples entered service, primarily used on local goods and coal trains. These brake vans remained common into the 1960s but were gradually phased out during the post-war British Railways era. 20T 10ft 6in 978-1-900298-05-6 https://www.steve-banks.org/modelling/186-lner-early-goods-brake-van |
| 61 | LNER Toad D 20T Used on the Wenford Branch? 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| 64 | The LNER Toad E was the final design of a 10ft 6in wheelbase brake van built by the LNER in large numbers in the early 1930s. They remained a common sight on freight trains into the 1960s. LNER Toad E 20T 10ft 6in 2mm Scale Association 978-1-900298-05-6 7mm – Connoisseur Models A Pictorial Record of LNER Wagons by Peter Tatlow, OPC, ISBN 0-92888-92-7. British Railway Wagons No 5, Cattle and Brake Vans, Cheona Publications, ISBN 1-900298-05-8, two photos of vans in BR livery. LNER Wagons – An Illustrated Overview (Peter Tatlow, Pendragon 1998) pages 166 & 167 Pre-Nationalisation Freight Wagons On BR – A Pictorial Survey (David Larkin, D Bradford Barton 1977) page 61 Railways In Profile Series, No 5 BR Cattle & Brake Vans (Geoff Gamble, Cheona 1997) pages 37 & 38 https://www.steve-banks.org/modelling/188-lner-goods-brake-van-toad-e |
| 158 | 1940-built vans LNER Toad D 16ft 978-1-900298-05-6 |
Southern Railway
| Dia. | Description |
|---|---|
| 1543 | SR 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| 1550 | SR Bogie Brake Van – 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| 1559 | SR 25T 16ft 0in “Dance Hall” |
| 1560 | SR 25T 16ft 0in “Dance Hall” 978-1-900298-05-6 |
| 1579 | SR 978-1-900298-05-6 David Long |
| 1582 | SR 978-1-900298-05-6 David Long |
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- http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1004/entry-12798-2mm-scale-gwr-diagram-aa16-brake-van/
M297147 (BHR)