The Spiteful Brakevan

The Spiteful Brake Van was a troublesome brake van, who was subsequently crushed into pieces by Douglas, on the back of James' train.

Personality
Like the troublesome trucks and as his name implies, the Spiteful Brake Van was spiteful, rude, disrespectful and incredibly impolite to the engines, especially Donald and Douglas.

Basis
The Spiteful Brake Van was based on an LNER 20 ton brake van in the Railway Series. In the television series, he was based on a BR 20 ton standard brake van. The BR van was derived from the earlier LNER van.

Livery
In the Railway Series, the Spiteful Brake Van was painted grey with the letters NW, 13 and 20T painted on his sides in white. In the television series, he was painted grey, however, he changed to brown when Douglas crushed him.

Appearances

 * Season 1 - The Trouble With Trucks (does not speak)

Trivia

 * In the magazine story Donald and Douglas, the Spiteful Brake Van is depicted as a standard van.
 * The Spiteful Brake Van sustains a black eye due to being crushed by Douglas. This marks the first time an engine, rolling stock, or vehicle suffers physical injury to their face.
 * One of the Spiteful Brake Van's face masks would later be used on a Troublesome Truck in the second series episode, Percy's Predicament.
 * The Spiteful Brake Van has only been named NW Brake Van in the Wooden Railway and Bachmann lines.
 * Along with Annie and Clarabel, the Spiteful Brake Van is one of the many rolling stock characters whose basis is different in the Railway Series and television series.
 * The Spiteful Brake Van's Ertl description card incorrectly refers to him as an engine and says that "He does however work very hard with Donald & Douglas to keep the trucks in order", even though in the second series episode Break Van, he was causing trouble for the twins and was actually crushed to pieces by Douglas.