No 79933 - 'Tevan'

‘Tevan’ was the GWR telegraphic code for a ‘special traffics’ van.

79933 was originally built as a 'Mica B' refrigerated meat van (see 105860) to diagram X7 under lot 890 in 1922. It was rebuilt at Swindon in 1938 to Diagram V31 under Lot 668 as a ‘Tevan’. These vans were lined internally with zinc sheeting and were used exclusively to carry tea from the J Lyons depot at Greenford and cocoa from Messrs JS Fry at Somerdale, Keynsham.

The ‘Tevans’ formed part of the nightly express fitted goods train, ‘The Cocoa’, which left Bristol Temple Meads Goods at 9.55pm for London, calling at Bristol East Depot to collect the ‘Tevans’ which had been brought in from Messrs JS Fry at Keynsham loaded with cocoa. The train was scheduled to arrive at Paddington Goods at 2.40am where the ‘Tevans’ were detached and worked by pilot engine to Fry's depot at Ladbroke Grove at 4.25am for unloading. The empty vans were worked to J Lyons depot at Greenford where they were loaded with tea and then worked to Acton where they were attached to the 1.05am Acton to Bristol express goods ‘The High Flyer’, thus completing the circuit.

Build date

1922

Built at

GWR Swindon

Lot Number

890

Diag No

X.7

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