373-604A BR VGA Van 'Lovat Spring' Grey & Yellow No.210622 Brand_Arnold F7-A locomotive with operating headlight

F7-A locomotive with operating headlight

when this style of signal head came into use

with many locos transferring to other operators or being exported abroad

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For post-privatisation era modellers we have also included 37248 in West Coast Railways red and a Network Rail yellow Class 97/3

373-604A BR VGA Van 'Lovat Spring' Grey & Yellow No.210622 Brand_Arnold F7-A locomotive with operating headlightThe VGA vans were built by British Rail between 1982 and 1983 for use on Speedlink services. Not only were they longer than the VAA VDA air braked vans that went before them, they also had taller openings as the sides, which were formed from a pair of sliding doors, extended above the roof line leaving just a narrow fixed roof section along the centre line of the van. Entering traffic on Speedlink services and finished in bare aluminium with red ends,