CIE Bulleid Pallet Van - Grey (CIE roundel era) - Pack 2 Decoder Five different body designs

Five different body designs

A total of 10 were built at Stratford and Ashford up to 1990 latterly using Class 45 bogies

when rail traffic at the site ceased

and infrastructure/freight workings

Upper central lamp iron: present

CIE Bulleid Pallet Van - Grey (CIE roundel era) - Pack 2 Decoder Five different body designsAs palletised shipments became increasingly common, CI required wagons capable of handling this new type of freight. While bogie wagons suitable for sundries, bagged cement, and other traffic were already on the drawing board, an interim solution was needed. The result was the 12 ton Pallet Van, based on the standard triangulated wagon chassis. This development of the traditional van wagon featured offset sliding doors wide enough for pallet loading