LBSC EMU livery question

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Yeh, did you no know, they were the first railway to use the 1500v DC

3rd rail electrification, it was highly successful until Mr Woodham stepped onto the line as he started to munch on his newly imported desert bar (it is though he became distracted by the taste of the desert, which was for ever known as Fry's Turkish delight afterwards), if was this tragic accident that put back the development of the 3rd rail system and why the GWR never deployed any electrification projects although consideration was spasmodically given to the idea. The LBSCR decided to go with the high voltage overhead electrification - the LSWR being more daring, opting to exploit the cost advantages of the 3rd rail system, although at a much lower voltage, 660v.

The 1500v DC 3rd rail system was eventually resurrected but this time the current collection shoe was arranged to contact the side of the conductor rail thus allowing a safety cover to be installed to prevent anyone else suffering the fate of Mr Woodham (who incidentally was related by marriage, whilst being a nephew to a GWR director, to the owner of a small wrought iron dealer / repair company of the said town).....

I think Jane was being as sarcastic as I have been! :~)

":::Jerry::::" wrote in news:43c4342e$0$13619$ snipped-for-privacy@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net:

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I got as far as, "Woodham" and then thought, "hold on a minute". Very well written though, worth of pnumatic railways in 4mm. :-)

"Steve W" <

I took the train from Havant to Fratton every working day from mid 1964 to January 1966. I never saw a 4Cor/Res/Buf or Gri with the corridor connections on the ends blanked off. And believe me, if I did, I would have noticed.

And the above is how I fondly remember BR(S). Last time I saw BR was August

1968. Yes, I flew back for the last four weeks of steam and flew back to Canada August 11, the day of the day of the 15 Guinea Special.

-- Cheers

Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

Yes, 6TC set 601 and it is mentioned on the SEMG site here:

Thanks Laurie. Compared to the 7-TC, there's not too much info about the

6-TC on the SEMG site, is there?

Cheers, Steve

In message , snipped-for-privacy@notigg.not.no writes

Sorry, I was trying to be cynical. What else can BR stand for?

In message , Steve W writes

They were not removed, but I doubt if they were still in use because there was nothing to connect them to.

This whole area is new to me - I had never heard of the LMS railcars, or that lovely three car articulated set for the Oxford-Cambridge line let alone their DEMU - EMUs are not something I have ever looked at before - Frankly at this stage nothing would surprise me!

Regards

Mike

Me too :-)

the official

The codes were the official names from what I can tell, the codes gave more useful info than just a class number IMO.

What we could do with a proper set of 'lot numbers'

Actually, there is a list, but if you think it will make matters clearer think again. ;-)

The book I have is Coaching Stock of British Railways 1974, published by RCTS and has a lot of information laid out like you suggested. Because many sets (the S.R. always classified everything by sets) were reformed with vehicles from elsewhere - accident damage usually, it makes difficult understanding. Also at this period the 4REP & 4TC sets were being constructed from MK1 loco hauled stock in random order.

When you add that many of the pre war sets had been scrapped and others being reformed temporary, it makes life difficult to understand for those like me who lived in areas where there was only one type of EMU (LTS).

Apparently they were earlier editions to this book, but I have never seen them, and I am not sufficiently interested to find them, but if anyone is offering for free ;-)

Another useful book (as it allows at least a page of info on each EMU type) that has not been mentioned is "100 Years of Electric Traction" by Colin Marsden. I primarily bought these book as it vastly increased my knowledge of S.R. electrics. Perhaps there are errors, but I believe it is better than nothing :-)

Regards

Kevin Martin

Thanks for that - I will add a comment on the book - My stuff is intended to provide a simple guide for modellers (what they looked like, when they appeared, where they worked and when they were withdrawn) so people can decide if they would like one.

Regards

Mike