brake van

English

Noun

brake van (plural brake vans)

(Britain, rail transport, dated) A railway vehicle used to brake a (goods) train, usually placed at the end of the train. These were essential before continuous train braking became more universal.

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References

“brake van” (US) / “brake van” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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