Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Vans

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Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Vans
Background Information
First appearance	Thomas, Percy and the Coal (1986)
Last appearance	Gordon Takes a Tumble (2002)
Creator(s)	David Mitton Britt Allcroft
Character Overview
Country	Island of Sodor England (formerly for some)
Technical Details
Basis	Lynton & Barnstaple Railway vans
Gauge	4'8½" (1,435 mm; standard gauge)
Vehicle	Rolling stock
Type	Closed wagons
Wheels	4 each
Designer(s)	Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
Builder(s)	Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
Year built	1897
Railway	North Western Railway

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Vans are large enclosed vans. Some were at one point used as spare vans for the Flying Kipper.

Personality

Sentient vans fall into the category of Troublesome Vans.

Technical Details

Basis

These vans are based on the real Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&BR) 1897 four-wheeled vans, scaled up to standard gauge.

A real L&BR four-wheeled van

Types of van designs

Standard

Raised buffers

Liveries

These vans are primarily painted black or dark brown. Some of these vans have rust and white graffiti on them. A van painted light grey also appeared in an annual story.

A dark brown van

A black van

Vans with white graffiti

A light grey van

Appearances

• Television Series
• Other Media

Thomas & Friends Series 2 - Thomas, Percy and the Coal, Old Iron, Percy and the Signal, Dirty Work, A Close Shave, Break Van, Thomas Comes to Breakfast, Daisy, Percy's Predicament, Ghost Train and Woolly Bear Series 3 - Thomas, Percy and the Dragon Series 4 - Fish Series 5 - Cranky Bugs, Horrid Lorry, James and the Trouble with Trees, Baa! (deleted scene), Double Teething Troubles, Toby's Discovery (scrapped model) and Something in the Air Series 6 - Harvey to the Rescue, The World's Strongest Engine (deleted scene) and Gordon Takes a Tumble

Books 1987 - Pop Goes the Diesel and Dirty Work and A Close Shave and Daisy and Percy's Predicament and Woolly Bear 1990 - Thomas and the Breakdown Train 1991 - A Close Shave and Percy's Predicament 1992 - Choo-Choo, Peek-A-Boo, Diesel's Devious Deed and Other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories, Thomas and the Freight Train and Thomas the Tank Engine Counts to Ten 1995 - The Midnight Ride of Thomas the Tank Engine 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine's BIG Lift-and-Look Book 2000 - Thomas Sorts It Out 2001 - Thomas Tells a Lie 2002 - Thomas and the Rumors and other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories 2004 - Your Favourite Thomas the Tank Engine Story Collection 2005 - Thomas Goods Encyclopedia 2006 - Thomas' Big Storybook 2008 - The Close Shave 2014 - Nine Favorite Tales Annual Stories 1991 - Rusty Red Scrap Iron Magazine Stories 1988 - Dirty Work and A Close Shave 1992 - James' Truck Video Games 1997 - Digital Plarail Thomas the Tank Engine Vehicle & Scene Set

Trivia

• One of these vans had raised buffers to match the engines and other rolling stock. This particular van along with its face-mask is now in possession of Twitter user ThomasTankMerch.
• One of these vans made its last appearance in the widescreen version of the sixth series episode, Gordon Takes a Tumble. A van can be faintly seen tumbling down the hill when Gordon and his goods train begin to derail.
• One of these vans used to be on display at the Discover Thomas & Friends Exhibition.
• These trucks were referred to as "Hippo Wagons" by the modelmakers.
• A yellow van with Kenyan patterns and a CGI face was released with Nia's Plarail pack.

Merchandise

• Tomica
• Waku Waku (discontinued)
• Plarail
• Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
• TrackMaster (discontinued)
• Motorized (discontinued)
• Capsule Plarail
• Bachmann (narrow gauge; discontinued)

References

North Western Railway

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