For the opening of the line, two goods vans were acquired.

The name was adopted, as originally the animals were housed in railway goods vans.

The goods vans used the same underframe, and were fitted with double sliding doors on each side.

Passenger carriages are four wheeled ex Switzerland and also some converted from goods vans.

At the south end were two bay platforms, between platforms 5 and 6, used for short trains and goods vans.

Only two Barry Railway wagons, two iron mink goods vans, are known to still exist today.

It was a long train, with 27 wagons loaded with salt, two loaded goods vans, and brake van, hauled by a tender locomotive.

The Tramway owned locomotives, passenger carriages capable of carrying 70 people and goods vans, with timber wagons and other rolling stock hired from Queensland Railways.

Two ex-Royal Navy Armaments Depot goods vans (formerly stored at Long Marston, Warwickshire).

The train was turning away from him, the leading coaches and goods vans out of sight around the bend ahead, and he leaned out of the window and looked up.

The 1927 bogie goods vans were originally fitted with heavy diagonal wooden cross braces at each end, but these were later replaced with single diagonal angle-iron braces.

The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust took delivery of two ex-Navy goods vans and a two-car diesel multiple unit on loan in October/November 2011.

In 1967, the track on Standard Quay was lifted, although a tiny section survives and Iron Wharf still has a few railway goods vans, now used by the boating fraternity.

Historically the open wagon was the most common type of vehicle used for general merchandise traffic in Britain, with covered wagons ('goods vans') being used for specific types of goods requiring greater protection.

Finally in March 1889, the contractor reported that the permanent way was ready, but the Tramway Committee had to ask for a further £5,000 to complete the works plus purchase a locomotive and two goods vans.

There is anecdotal evidence that passenger trains stopped unofficially on request at the private farm sidings at Ash, also that goods vans were left loose on the running line between stations overnight for farmers to load.

The trainsets of the MSR were originally planned for mixed use, consisting of an engine, 5 passenger coaches with outward facing seats (divided into first class, second class and third class), three goods vans and two further vans.

From 1927 to 1930 through coaches from Boulogne to Vichy were first class, with second class coaches and goods vans added to the train at Paris-Nord The train transferred from Paris-Nord to Paris-Lyon via the 'little circle'.

After the withdrawal of services on the line, the East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society leased the station site and a short length of the line from British Railways and moved some of their steam and diesel locomotives and rolling stock, including goods vans, to Helmshore.