373-601E BR VGA Van BR Railfreight Red & Grey (Speedlink) No.210538 2018-Range both optional extras

both optional extras

Easy control

for which the amphibious capability of earlier Sea Kings was not required

and made up the then numerous sleeper services that covered the length and breadth of the sixties railway network during the hours of darkness

Of all the distinctively decorated aircraft to have represented the ‘Green Tails’

373-601E BR VGA Van BR Railfreight Red & Grey (Speedlink) No.210538 2018-Range both optional extrasThe 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,