Talyllyn Railway guard's brake and luggage van Nº5 wheels Only one prototype has been

Only one prototype has been preserved

but the archives have no record of this

coupling chains and dumb buffers

which was characteristic of other Stirling designs

white lettering proclaiming the builder and the fact that this was a diesel locomotive - see recommended bibliography for further details

Talyllyn Railway guard's brake and luggage van Nº5 wheels Only one prototype has beenHistory Constructed by Brown, Marshall & Company in 1866, No. 5 is a combined guards brake and luggage van suited to all types of train. As originally built it had an open verandah on the brake compartment. Later modifications included the fitting of duckets (lookouts) and the filling in of the open ended brake section. Also the removal of the sliding doors and ducket on the south facing non platform side. The ducket on the platform side also formed