QPW DS 90 - CE Staff & Tool van « Test Trains, Departmental railway stock & Internal Users

Current number:
90
Any other previous number(s):
S1192S
Notes:
Scrapped - Gwent Demolition, Margam 7/94 (arrived 12/93)

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Location	Date	Observer
Margam	* ****	Brian Cuttell
Gwent Demolition, Margam	* ****	Royston Morris
Three Bridges OTP	* ****	Charles Tallis
Clapham Junction	1991-05-05	Gerry Desmond
Three Bridges Open Day	1990-08-27	Dennis Graham, Keith Gunner & Peter Cummings

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DS 90

13 August 2017 - Jon Horswell

This van appears, amongst others, in the opening scene of The Eye of the Needle (1981) with Donald Sutherland. It is coded as QPV. What was the difference between a QPV and a QPW?
DS 90

14 August 2017 - Steve Jordan

The last letter of the three digit TOPS code signifies the brake type. V is the code for a vacuum braked vehicle, whilst W signifies a vacuum braked vehicle fitted with a through pipe for air brakes which allows it to be conveyed in an air braked train.