A small number of LNER Gresley and Thompson era Travelling Post Office Vans survived into the 1970's. All those built to the same or similar design to these are included here although many had actually been condemned before publication of the 1972 'The Coaching Stock of British Railways' book.
Built: 1937
Order number: 787
Diagram: 164
Total: 3
Sorting Van
Number
Withdrawn
Disposal
70293
pre1972
Originally 2440.
70294
1972/73
Originally 2441. Preserved at Bulmers Railway Centre, Hereford. Moved to East Anglian Railway Museum, then to Great Central Railway 1981.
70295
pre1972
Originally 2442.
Built: 1936
Order number: 723
Diagram: 164
Total: 2
Sorting Van
Number
Withdrawn
Disposal
70296
pre1972
Originally 4202.
70297
1945
Originally 4203. Body destroyed by enemay action at Wood Green in 1945. Chassis used for replacement (see below).
Built: 1946
Order number: 1185
Diagram: 164
Total: 1
Sorting Van
Number
Withdrawn
Disposal
70297
1972/73
Replacement body on original underframe. Original body destroyed by enemy action at Wood Green in 1945 (see above).
Built: 1937
Order number: 787
Diagram: 164
Total: 3
Sorting Van
Number
Withdrawn
Disposal
70298
pre1972
xxxx
70299
pre1972
xxxx
Built: 1933
Order number: 481
Diagram: 163
Total: 4
Sorting Van
Number
Withdrawn
Disposal
70300
pre1972
Originally 2151
70301
1971
Originally 2152
70302
pre1972
Originally 2153. Steelbreaking and Dismantling Company, Tapton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
70303
pre1972
Originally 2154
Built: 1946
Order number: 1188
Diagram: 342
Total: 1
Stowage Van
Number
Withdrawn
Disposal
70640
pre1972
xxxx
Built: 1949
Order number: 1245
Diagram: 356
Total: 1
Sorting Van
Number
Withdrawn
Disposal
70641
1974/75
xxxx
Built: 1949
Order number: 1266
Diagram: 356
Total: 5
Sorting Van
Number
Withdrawn
Disposal
70642
pre1972
xxxx
70643
1974/75
xxxx
70644
1972/73
xxxx
70645
1972/73
Slag Reduction Company, Parkgate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
