{"product_id":"hornby-r60351","title":"R60351 - Hornby - OO - RailRoad BR 20T Brake Van","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrake vans were an essential fixture on freight trains where the continuous brake was not available. Loose-coupled wagons only had hand-operated ‘sprag’ brakes which had to be applied individually, for example, before descending a gradient. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrains were prone to broken coupling chains, so the brake van was essential for bringing a train to a halt under such circumstances. From 1968, the requirement for a brake van to be coupled to a fitted train (wagons with vacuum brakes) was removed from the rule book. BR adopted the LNER ‘Toad D’ van as the basis for its own standard brake van design. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis OO gauge model van is an example of a BR 20T Brake Van.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"380\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 285pt;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"25\" style=\"height: 18.75pt;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" class=\"xl66\" width=\"380\" style=\"height: 18.75pt; width: 285pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Hornby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53873684742483,"sku":"R60351","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/2985\/0963\/files\/R60351-Railroad-BR-20T-Brake-Van.jpg?v=1780411126","url":"https:\/\/www.harburnhobbies.co.uk\/products\/hornby-r60351","provider":"Harburn Hobbies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}