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GWR Toad
The GWR Toad was a railway brake van, designed by and built for the Great Western Railway. From 1894, it was used by the GWR and post-1947 by the Western Region of British Railways to act as a safety brake on goods trains in the West of England, the Midlands and Wales. No longer within Network Rail operational use, a number have survived within preservation and on many heritage railways due to its long open veranda and large enclosed cabin, making it an ideal, cheap and versatile passenger carriage. ==Background== By HM Railway Inspectorate law, every goods train needed a brake van attached at the end of it. This was because most wagons were only fitted with hand brakes, and so the brake van had an important part to play in the safe running of goods trains by adding additional braking capacity. Once trains fitted with vacuum brakes were introduced (from 1904 on the GWR), a guard was required to travel at the rear of every train to ensure that it stayed as one train.
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