Covered Carriage Truck

Covered Carriage Truck was a type of railway van with end doors used for moving motor cars or parcel traffic. Four wheeled CCT were banned from Motorail services in the mid-1960s.[2] These vans were designed to be used for carrying motor cars in Motorail but the tight clearances inside the body of the van and closing/opening of the end doors took a lot of time and effort from staff. The vans were replaced by General Utility Vans (GUV) and car flats.[2]

British Rail Covered Carriage Truck
CCT No. 94286 preserved on the Great Central Railway
In service1959mid-1980s
ManufacturerBR Doncaster Works,
BR Earlestown Works
Family nameBritish Railways Mark 1
Constructed1959-1961
Number built827
Fleet numbers94100–94922, 96200–96203
Capacity10 tonnes (9.8 long tons; 11.0 short tons)
Operator(s)British Rail
Specifications
Car length37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)[1]
Width8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Height12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Maximum speed70 mph (113 km/h)
Weight17 tonnes (16.7 long tons; 18.7 short tons)
Track gauge4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)

British Rail's Earlestown Works built 822 four-wheeled Covered Carriage Trucks;[1] these were preceded by a prototype, number 94100, built at Doncaster. In addition, Doncaster Works rebuilt four former LNER passenger coaches as prototype bogie CCTs numbered 96200–96203.[3]

References

  1. "British Railways CCT No.94181". Bluebell Railway. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. "Railway Freight Operations - Non Passenger Coaching Stock - Private Carriages and Motor Cars". Archived from the original on 18 May 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  3. "LNER 32480 Non-Gang Lavatory Composite (now Prototype CCTY) built 1930". Carriage Survey. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2019.


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