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brake van en · NOUN
Meanings
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(UK, dated) A railway vehicle used to brake a (goods) train, usually placed at the end of the train. These were essential before continuous train braking became universal.
The provision of sanding-gear on brake vans operating over such lines should be compulsory (this old Highland brake was not so fitted); [...].
1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612:
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