KMRC announces new production run of our Exclusive ex LSWR / SR Diagram 1541 10T Road Vans

Kernow Model Rail Centre have announced seven new versions of their ex LSWR / SR Diagram 1541 10T Road Vans and includes a Longmoor Military Railway version for the first time. First introduced by the London & South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1884 they were later classified as Southern Railway Diagram 1541. Almost 500 of these vans were built between then and 1905 making them the most numerous LSWR Goods Brake Van. Such goods brake vans with side doors through which parcels or other goods could be loaded, were known as road vans. Included within the seven versions are different liveries including original LSWR, pre-1936 Southern Railway, British Railways grey, Longmoor Military Railway, and No. 5706 that is preserved on the Bluebell Railway. The tooling has also catered for the Mainland and Isle of Wight versions with either straight or cranked step board supports (as fitted on the IoW versions) and round or ribbed shanked buffers. The Longmoor Military Railway obtained seven of these…