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Brake van is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BRAKE VAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Brake van

Brake van and guard's van are terms used mainly in the UK, Australia and India for a railway vehicle equipped with a hand brake which can be applied by the guard. The equivalent North American term is caboose, but a British brake van and a caboose are very different in appearance, because the former usually has only four wheels, while the latter usually has bogies. Many British freight trains formerly had no continuous brake so the only available brakes were those on the locomotive and the brake van. Because of this shortage of brake power, the speed was restricted to 25 mph. The brake van was marshalled at the rear of the train so both portions of the train could be brought to a stand in the event of a coupling breaking. When freight trains were fitted with continuous braking, brake vans lost their importance, and were discontinued by many railways. However, they still continue on some important railways, such as the Indian Railways, besides the heritage railways.

Definition of brake van in the English dictionary

The definition of brake van in the dictionary is the coach or vehicle from which the guard applies the brakes; guard's van.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRAKE VAN

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WORDS THAT END LIKE BRAKE VAN

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Synonyms and antonyms of brake van in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «brake van» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRAKE VAN

Find out the translation of brake van to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brake van from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brake van» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

刹车面包车
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

van freno
570 millions of speakers

English

brake van
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रेक वैन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فان الفرامل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тормозной вагон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

van freio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্রেক ভ্যান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

frein van
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Van brek
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bremswagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブレーキバン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

브레이크 반
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brake van
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phanh van
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரேக் வான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रेक व्हॅन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fren kamyoneti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

van freno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hamulce van
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гальмівний вагон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

van frână
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Translator English - Greek

van φρένων
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af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rem van
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Translator English - Swedish

broms van
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

bremse van
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAKE VAN»

The term «brake van» is regularly used and occupies the 105.745 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAKE VAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brake van

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRAKE VAN»

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Comeng 3: Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering ...
—BDV brake van 53. —BDX open 255. —BSV sheep 183. —BWH hopper 184, 185. —CH coal 236. —CHS coal 263, 264, 265. —CLO louvre 261. —CO covered 184. —Flat, general 256, 256. —Flat, slab transfer 259. —G coal 4, 242, 242, ...
John Dunn, 2013
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Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine
These engines would, with passenger trains, take fivc carriages and one brake- van, equal to a load of 42 tons, though on some occasions they had hauled eight loaded vehicles, weighing in all about 56 tons; while with goods trains the usual ...
3
Brake Van: Rolling Stock, Parking Brake, Conductor ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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Articles on Freight Equipment, Including: Caboose, Brake ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine
A special brake van was built by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company for these experiments, to which the Westinghouse automatic brake was applied, with four dynamometers, like the one described, attached to it. Nos.
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Single Track Obsession: A Book of Extraordinary Railway Journeys
Pause for water during driver-training My parents returned to Sheffield Park by one of the service trains, but my brother had arranged a treat for me-a ride back on the brake van! Although I had travelled on the Horsted Keynes-Sheffield Park  ...
Rob Sissons, 2008
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Sources 1796-1949
See Tjandi Brahu Brain. M. 35 a Brake]. . . . van 351 Brake]. H. van 354 Brakel. J. van 353 Brakei. W. van 409 Brake] Buys. J . van. See Kettelarij-van Brakel Buys. J. Brakell. de Vaynes van. See Vaynes van Brakell. de Brarnbang 381 Brand.
‎1983
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Votes & Proceedings
Loose couplings of the ordinary description will be used throughout. The rear brake-van to be of the bogie type, and fitted with a continuous brake, working a plain cast-iron shoe on each wheel of both bogies, and with ressure gauges showing ...
New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, 1802
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Committees and Commissions in India: 1947 - 73 ; a Concept's ...
In a number of cases the trains were started without recording on the certificate the vacuum available in the engine or the brake van. In some cases fictitious readings of vacuum in the brake van were recorded. We consider absence of vacuum ...
Virendra Kumar, 1994
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A Selection of Cases Illustrative of the English Law of Tort
The following statement of facts is taken from the written judgment of Kennedy, J. : — "The claim is for damages for serious injury inflicted on the plaintiff, a girl of nineteen years of age, in July, 1 900, by a brake-van belonging to the defendants  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRAKE VAN»

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Award for preservation skills
Alasdair has a 50 per cent share in a railway brake van, which he has recently repainted and sign-written to complement locomotive L.92, the ... «Torquay Herald Express, Jul 15»
2
West Somerset Railway Association annual Steam Fayre and …
You can also explore the rally site, bordered by the railway 'turning triangle', on a steam hauled 'brake van' ride. There is something for all the ... «Somerset County Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Secunderabad - Guwahati Spl Train extended
... AC III Tier, ten Sleeper Class, one General Second Class Chair Car, two General Second Class and Two Second Class Luggage Cum Brake Van Coaches. «TeluguPeople, Jun 15»
4
Goods train derails
According to sources, the incident occurred at 1.30 p.m. when the empty last wagon (just before the guard's brake van) of the train from the ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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58 Special Trains for Godavari Pushkaram
... AC III Tier, 10 Sleeper Class, 1 Second class chair Car and 2 General Second Class Coaches and 2 Second Class Luggage cum Brake van. «TeluguPeople, Jun 15»
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Chennai – Mysore Shatabdi Express to get additional AC chair car …
... two sleeper class and one luggage-cum-brake van coaches (from Kochuveli starting July 3 and from Dehradun / Haridwar starting July 6). «NYOOOZ, Jun 15»
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Special trains to Tirupati
... 14 coaches viz, one AC II Tier, two AC III Tier, seven Sleeper Class, two General Second Class and two Luggage cum Brake Van Coaches. «The Hans India, Jun 15»
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Four Spl Trains between Tirupati-Secunderabad
... 14 coaches viz, one AC II Tier, two AC III Tier, seven Sleeper Class, two General Second Class and two Luggage cum Brake Van Coaches. «TeluguPeople, Jun 15»
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SCR to extend spl trains between Kachiegua-Sai Nagar Shirdi
... III Tier, seven Sleeper Class and six General Second Class and two Second class Luggage Cum Brake van CoachesUNI KNR VV ADB1055. «Web India, Jun 15»
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Two summer specials from Sainagar Shirdi
... comprise of an AC 2-tier, two AC 3-tier, seven sleeper class, six general second class and two general second class cum guard's brake van. «Times of India, Jun 15»

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