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Brake van

Brake van and guard's van are terms used mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and India for a railway vehicle equipped with a hand brake which can be applied by the guard. The equivalent North American term is caboose, but a British brake van and an American caboose are very different in appearance and use. A brake van usually has only four wheels…

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Brake van

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Triples20
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
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Brake van

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related to Examples · 5
Brake van → Brake GangwayedBrake Standard OpenBrake, British, Examples, Micro-Buffet, Standard Open
related to The guard's duties · 4
Brake van → Firstly, On, Route, To
related to India · 3
Brake van → It, On Indian Railways, The
related to Support coaches · 3
Brake van → British Railways Mark, In, UK
related to Australia · 2
Brake van → In Australia, Some
is a · 1
Brake van → small dog box where passengers can carry their pets while travelling in the same train in a different coach
related to External links · 1
Brake van → LMS
related to Passenger brake van · 1
Brake van → The

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Brake vanis asmall dog box where passengers can carry their pets while travelling in the same train in a different coach0.90text
Brake vanrelated to AustraliaIn Australia0.60section
Brake vanrelated to AustraliaSome0.60section
Brake vanrelated to ExamplesExamples0.60section
Brake vanrelated to ExamplesBritish0.60section
Brake vanrelated to ExamplesBrake GangwayedBrake Standard OpenBrake0.60section
Brake vanrelated to ExamplesStandard Open0.60section
Brake vanrelated to ExamplesMicro-Buffet0.60section
Brake vanrelated to External linksLMS0.60section
Brake vanrelated to IndiaOn Indian Railways0.60section
Brake vanrelated to IndiaThe0.60section
Brake vanrelated to IndiaIt0.60section

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