NEW & EXCLUSIVE
RAPIDO LBSCR BRAKE VANS

We are delighted to announce our latest EXCLUSIVE OO Gauge project with Rapido Trains UK - the humble LB&SCR 10T 4-Wheel Brake Vans and the 20T 6-Wheel Brake Vans!

The models will depict these diminutive brake vans in a variety of liveries, including early and late LBSCR, and pre- and post-1936 Southern Railway eras. We are pleased to say that the project has already completed the design stage and you can pre-order your models right now for release in Late 2026/ Early 2027.

These new models are perfect to pair with Rapido's existing & forthcoming LB&SCR rolling stock as well as their recently released Class E1 0-6-0T locomotives!

4-Wheel Van: £44.95 • 6-Wheel Van: £46.95

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PRE-ORDER YOUR BRAKE VAN:

LBSCR 10T 4-WHEEL BRAKE VANS

LBSC 4 Wheel Brake Van - LB&SCRy No.264

£44.95

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LBSC 4 Wheel Brake Van - LB&SCR No.29

£44.95

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LBSC 4 Wheel Brake Van - LBSC No.250

£44.95

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LBSC 4 Wheel Brake Van - SR (Pre-36) No.55758

£44.95

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LBSC 4 Wheel Brake Van - SR (Pre-36) No.55812

£44.95

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LBSC 4 Wheel Brake Van - SR (Post-36) No.55803

£44.95

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LBSC 4 Wheel Brake Van - SR (Post-36) No.55840

£44.95

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LBSCR 20T 6-WHEEL BRAKE VANS

LBSC 6 Wheel Brake Van - LB&SCR No.274

£46.95

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LBSC 6 Wheel Brake Van - LB&SCR No.307

£46.95

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LBSC 6 Wheel Brake Van - LBSC No.281

£46.95

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LBSC 6 Wheel Brake Van - LBSC No.310

£46.95

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LBSC 6 Wheel Brake Van - SR (Pre-36) No.55880

£46.95

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LBSC 6 Wheel Brake Van - SR (Pre-36) No.55893

£46.95

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Features Include:

Highly detailed model with separately fitted parts including highly detailed brake gear, window glazing, handbrake, running boards, rails, lamp irons, and a chimney.
Versions representing the vans in their early life are fitted with grease axle boxes, whereas later versions have LBSC oil axle boxes.
Both the 4 and 6-wheeled vans' interiors contain two guards’ desks, a stove, and a brake lever.
All versions are fitted with metal bearings, NEM Pockets, and 8-spoked wheels.

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PROTOTYPE INFORMATION:

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway had a large variety of goods brake vans in their fleet, many of which were of a diminutive size compared to other railway companies' brake vans.

The 10t 4-wheel brake van and 20t 6-wheel brake van were no different. They were designed by Lawson Butzkopfski Billinton as an improvement to the older Stroudley brake vans; they would be more commonly referred to as ‘Billinton Brakes’. Billinton favoured verandas on his designs, rather than the ‘Road’ van design that had been adopted by Stroudley on his earlier examples, and A.H. Panter on some of his later built LBSC vans.

Around 90 Billinton 10t 4-wheel brake vans were built between 1894 and 1907, and 20 examples of the 20t 6-wheel vans were built by contractors between 1900 and 1902.

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