CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) -Unfitted-Pack 1 Coach Type_C CAWD 92765

CAWD 92765

which also carry the UIC code ‘Uas’ are a like-for-like replacement for the iconic fleet of BR and Procor-built FNA nuclear flask wagons that were built between 1976 and 1988

Surveys undertaken with assistance of Erlestoke Manor Fund

with 22xxx vehicle numbering

which serves the experimental reactors at Dounreay

CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) -Unfitted-Pack 1 Coach Type_C CAWD 92765The programme of rolling stock production undertaken by Oliver Bulleid during his time as Chief Mechanical Engineer at Cors Iompair ireann (CI) in the 1950s contained a number of now iconic vehicles, among them being the humble H Van. With a 10ft wheelbase and 12 ton capacity, these unassuming vans became CIs standard covered wagon and they found their way to every point of the Irish railway network during their time in service, present in long rakes