Built by the SECR in 1922
at Ashford, No. 2012 was one of the first production batch
of these useful vans the prototype of which is preserved on
the K&ESR .It was converted to a mess and tool van for
a mobile generating set in 1948and renumbered ADS 1035 . It
was delivered to the K&ESR in March 1990 and employed
as a tool van for the brakedown train. Needing extensive floor
repairs it was withdrawn in 2005. Its body is due to be grounded
as a workshop at Bodiam and the underframe used under a four
wheeled coach body.
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