We are pleased to announce that the new unloading pad has received its first item with the delivery of a BR 20t Brake Van on 31st March. This vehicle will be used as one of the EOR engineering fleet, and may also be used in the future for demonstration goods trains and “Brake Van rides”.
The goods Brake Van is on loan from the London Transport Museum, who kindly arranged its movement from Neasdon depot to EOR. As with all our heritage fleet, EOR will be taking good care of this vehicle and undertaking minor restoration repairs to quickly return this into use - to be part of the engineering trains as we ready the line for reopening.
EOR would like to take this opportunity to thank London Transport Museum for kindly loaning this vehicle and we look forward to working closely with the Museum as we preserve and restore our transport heritage.
EOR’s new concrete unloading pad has been specially designed so that flat-bed vehicles can load / unload in both directions, and so not only enable safe and efficient delivery operations, but (in the absence of a turntable) also enable us to be able to “turn” locos.
Simon Hanney
General Manager, Epping-Ongar Railway
