SR Corridor Stock
Bulleid ‘Loose’ Coaches
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In Southern Railway
livery, BTK 4325 at Clapham Junction on Monday, 24th May 1948,
with original temporary vent hoods. © K.G.
Carr ‘Mr Pamlin Prints’ (Mike King collection) |
New ’64 Corridor Coaches
In 1946 the first three-coach sets of Bulleid 64’ stock
had entered traffic ( ‘L’ sets 771 to 793 built to H.O order 3235 - BTK to Diag.2123 & CK
to Diag.2318 with 10¼”
sliding vents.
Along with these and
subsequent sets coaches were also built new and allocated ‘Loose’; these being
covered on this page.
This page is being updated and currently covers the
new 4mm releases by modelmaker Bachmann.
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Southern-liveried
CK 5771 (set 790) at Clapham Jcn. (Saturday, 2nd
April 1949) ©
J.H. Aston (Mike
King collection – negative with Bluebell Railway Museum Archive) |
Coaches built New to ‘Loose’
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1469 |
Third Open Diag.2017
(15” vents) new 17-Nov-50 CLC livery. Outshopped
BR(S) Green (Lancing) 22-Aug-57 Into Eastleigh Works 18-Aug-65, outshopped
Maroon 10-Sep-65 and transferred to ER 11-Sep-65 (wdn n/k). |
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1472 |
Third Open Diag.
2017 (15” vents) new 17-Nov-50 in CLC livery. Into
set 354 Feb-51 thence back to Loose Sep-54. Outshopped
BR(S) Green (Lancing) 31-Dec-56 Into
Eastleigh Works 18-Aug-65, outshopped Maroon 10-Sep-65 and transferred to ER 10-Oct-65
thence wdn Nov-67. |
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1478 |
Third Open Diag.
2017 (15” vents) new 1-Dec-50 in CLC livery. Outshopped
BR(S) Green (Lancing) 23-Sep-59 thence wdn Jul-67. |
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1496 |
Third Open Diag.
2017 (15” vents) new 22-Dec-50 in CLC livery. Outshopped
BR(S) Green (Lancing) 12-Dec-57 thence wdn Oct-68. |
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1500 |
Third Open Diag.2017
(15” vents) new Jan-51 in CLC livery. To
set 350 Nov-51 back to Loose 26-Dec-53. Outshopped
BR(S) Green (Lancing) 12-Jul-57. To set 212 Jun-64 thence into
Eastleigh Works 18-Nov-65, outshopped Maroon 17-Dec-65 and transferred to ScR
1-Jan-66 (wdn n/k). |
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6715 |
Brake Corridor Composite Diag.2406
(15” vents) new 11-Jun-48 in Malachite livey. Outshopped
BR(S) Green (Lancing) 11-Dec-56. Damaged Torrington 8-Aug-61 and to
Clapham Jct with damaged assessed as Vestibule end body framing and panels
smashed, End Compt. partition smashed, adrift from roof fixings, Vestibule
ceiling, ply broken, Gangway iron frame buckled, Underframe, headstock bent. Outshopped
damage repair (Lancing) 10-Oct-61 Transferred to ER 1-Jan-63 (wdn n/k). |
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6718 |
Brake Corridor Composite Diag.2406
(10” vents) new 11-Jun-48 in Malachite livery. Outshopped
BR(S) Green (Lancing) 21-Jul-58 thence wdn May-64. |
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6733 |
Brake Corridor Composite Diag.2406
(10” vents) new 29-Jul-48 in Malachite livery Outshopped
BR(S) Green (Lancing) 30-Aug-56 thence wdn Nov-64. |
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6735 |
Brake Corridor Composite Diag.2406
(10” vents) new 29-Jul-48 in Malachite livery. Outshopped
CLC (Lancing) 28-May-56 and BR(S) Green (Lancing) 17-Apr-58 thence wdn
Dec-67. |
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6736 |
Brake Corridor Composite Diag.2406
(10” vents) new 29-Jul-48 in Malachite livery. Outshopped
BR(S) Green (Lancing) 11-Apr-57 thence wdn Jul-67. |
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6739 |
Brake Corridor Composite Diag.2406
(10” vents) new 6-Aug-48 in Malachite livery. Outshopped
BR(S) Green (Lancing) 21-Jul-58 thence wdn Nov-64. |
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Southern
Railway official photograph in 1945 of prototype CK 5751 - note square
cornered vents. This coach was later incorporated into set 770 with BTK
coaches 4301 & 4302. ©
Southern Railway (Mike King collection) |
Liveries
On the Southern Region, coaching stock sets (and
multiple-units) were normally repainted (and varnished) as a complete set
leading to a significant degree of consistency within each set. Lancing
Carriage works was releasing repainted stock in SR Green early-February 1949
with Crimson Lake and Cream (CLC) appearing at least by March 1949.
Adoption of Gill Sans
During the early varnishes,
Gill Sans was adopted. Besides ‘Southern lettering, Third-class ‘3’s were
removed at this time with the First-class ‘1’ being repositioned on doors. The
table below sets out the outshopping date for this varnish from Lancing works. The
repositioning of coach numbers also occurred during early varnishes.
BR(S) Green
However, when permission
was given for the Southern Region to return to Green for its Corridor Passenger
stock it rapidly embarked on a programme to repaint at the A2 repair for a
number of vehicles in order to accelerate the return to Green. The last Crimson
Lake & Cream vehicle (last of an eight-set) outshopped from Lancing
carriage works on 17th July 1956 (the first BR Green set was outshopped
earlier on 11th July 1956).
Abolition
Second-class
On Sunday, 3rd
June 1956 British Railways abolished Second-class travel and immediately
renamed Third-class to Second-class. Any remaining Third-class ‘3’ on
pre-nationalisation coach doors were removed; usually at the next varnish (A2
exam).
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CK S5756 in
set 775 at Exeter Central on Thursday, 4th September 1958. ©
(Mike King collection) |
Diagram Numbers
Notes for ‘Coaches
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Bulleid TO (Third Open) Nos.1456-1461 had 10¼” sliding sidelight vents
and extended side panels. Nos.1462-1503 had 15” sliding sidelight vents. |
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2123 |
Bulleid BTK (Semi-open Brake Third). Nos.2501-2532, 3943-3962 & 3971-4040 had 15”
sliding sidelight vents. Nos.4301-4383 had 10¼” sliding sidelight vents. Nos.4349-4370 had extended side panels. |
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2124 |
Bulleid BTK (Semi-open Brake Third) with coupé
compartment. Nos.4209-4228 had 10¼” sliding sidelight vents. |
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2318 |
Bulleid CK (Seven-compartment Corridor Composite) Nos.5823-5837 /5848-5923 had 15” sliding
sidelight vents. Nos.5740-5750 /5752-5754 & 5799–5811 had 10¼”
sliding sidelight vents. Nos.5740-5750 had extended side panels. |
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2507 |
Bulleid RFO (Three-compartment Restaurant First
plus saloon). Nos.7677-7687 with extended side panels. |
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Recommended
reading is as follows: |
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The Illustrated
History of Southern Coaches |
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Bulleid’s SR
Steam Carriage Stock |
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Southern
Coaches Survey – Pre-grouping and BR MK1 Stock |
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Lancing 1956 |
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Prepared by C. Watts with much
thanks to the late Glen Woods, historical author Mike King (including
permission to use photographs from his collection) and the excellent work
of David Gould. |
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Formation Table |
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Livery Table |
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‡2 |
Third Open 1452 outshopped
Malachite new |
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‡3 |
Third
Open (TO) 1465 new Eastleigh 11-Nov-50 as ‘Loose’. Into set 770 Jun-63. |
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Third
Open (TO) 1486 new Eastleigh 8-Dec-50 as ‘Loose’. Into
set 353 Nov-51 thence again ‘Loose’ Jun-54. Into
set 770 Jun-64 thence ‘Spare’ Jul-65. Outshopped Eastleigh Works in
Maroon 13-Aug-65 and transferred to E.R. 14-Aug-65. |
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‡5 |
Third
Open (TO) 1491 new Eastleigh 15-Dec-50 as ‘Loose’. Into
set 352 Jun-51 thence again ‘Loose’ Jun-54. Into
set 770 Jun-64 thence ‘Spare’ Jul-65. Outshopped Eastleigh Works in
Maroon 17-Dec-65 and transferred to E.R. 11-Jan-66. |
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Third
Open (TO) 1496 new Eastleigh 22-Dec-50 as ‘Loose’. Into
set 353 Nov-51 thence again ‘Loose’ Jun-54. Into set 770 Jun-64. Wdn
Oct-68. |
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Third
Open (TO) 1501 new Eastleigh 5-Jan-51 as ‘Loose’. Into
set 352 Jun-51 thence again ‘Loose’ Jun-54. Into set 770 Jun-64. Wdn
Aug-67. |
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Third
Open (TO) 1503 new Eastleigh 12-Jan-51 as ‘Loose’. Into
set 354 Feb-51 thence again ‘Loose’ Sep-54. Into
set 770 Jun-64 thence ‘Spare’ Jul-65. Outshopped
Eastleigh Works in Maroon 10-Sep-65 and transferred to Sc.R. 11-Sep-65. |
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Outshopped
Eastleigh 17-Apr-53 as a Third Open (TO /SO) thence upgraded May-59
(retrimmed Lancing 27-May-61) to First Open (FO). Date
of repainting unclear but probably outshopped Green 12-Feb-57 (A2 exam). Remained
‘Loose’ until set 430 Jun-63 thence
set 770 Jun-64 and ‘Loose’ Jun-65. Coach
sent to ER c.Jun-67 thence wdn Sep-68.
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Set
774 has a discrepancy on the CM&EE Record Card with date ‘in’ being
12-May-59 for an A2 exam but date ‘out’ as 30-May-58. However, with an E4
exam 8-May-56 (outshopped) and the A2 exams every two years 1958 would sit
with the A2 exam of 26-Oct-60 (outshopped). |
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Cond. |
Condemned |
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Disb. |
Disbanded |
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Wdn. |
Withdrawn |
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