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Passenger Carrying Coaches

SR Corridor Stock
Bulleid Sets 850 to 865

BSK 2529 in set 864 at Axminster on Saturday, 20^th September 1958.

© Ted West (Mike King collection)

‘L’ sets 850 to 857

In 1951 the last sets of Bulleid stock to enter traffic were with 3 Cor (three-coach Corridor) ‘L’ sets 850 to 857 and 3 Cor ‘H’ sets 858 to 865. Built to H.O order 3583, these coaches had 15” sliding vents.

3 Cor ‘L’ sets 850 to 857 were initially used London – Dover – Ramsgate – Margate. However, for June 1955, sets 851 to 857 were transferred from the SED to the SWD as ‘L’ sets (Waterloo –Salisbury – West of England /Waterloo - Weymouth). However, set 850 remained on the SED as an ‘L’ set (London – East Grinstead – Tunbridge Wells – Brighton) until it too was transferred to the SWD for June 1959.

In March 1966 those sets remaining in traffic were officially disbanded.

Set	Notes
854	Augmented for 1964 summer season with Maunsell SK coaches 1211, 1887 & 1824; these coaches being withdrawn October 1964.
855	Augmented for 1964 summer season with Maunsell SK coaches 1277, 1265 & 1879; these coaches being withdrawn October 1964.
857	CM&EE Record Card states withdrawal date for BSK 2516 as being 16^th April 1976 but yields no clue as to its use prior to withdrawal. BTK 2515 is now preserved on the Bluebell Railway.

CK 5909 in set 851 at Eastleigh on Saturday, 21^st July 1962. Note the lack of intermediate buffers - these they were eventually restored to these sets by 1964.

© Peter H. Swift (Mike King collection)

‘H’ sets 858 to 865

3 Cor ‘H’ sets 858 to 865 (Waterloo –Salisbury – West of England) were originally intended as 3 Cor but each was initially augmented with two Corridor Thirds during the 1951 and 1952 summer seasons. These coaches had 15” sliding vents.

In March 1966 those sets remaining in traffic were officially disbanded.

Set	Notes
858	Strengthened to five coaches during summer 1951. Augmented summer 1952 with ‘Loose’ TK coaches 107 & 130 (15” vents diag.2019). As a 5 Cor, set 858 was eventually allocated to the ‘Royal Wessex’; possible following outshopping from Lancing on 20^th March 1962.
859	Strengthened to five coaches during summer 1951. Augmented summer 1952 with ‘Loose’ TK coaches 105 & 129 (15” vents diag.2019). CM&EE Record Card states side buffers fitted 29^th October 1962.
860	Strengthened to five coaches during summer 1951. Augmented summer 1952 with ‘Loose’ TK coaches 116 & 117 (15” vents diag.2019).
861	Strengthened to five coaches during summer 1951. Augmented summer 1952 with ‘Loose’ TK coaches 102 & 101 (15” vents diag.2019).
862	BTK 2516 is now preserved on the Bluebell Railway.
863	Strengthened to five coaches during summer 1951. Augmented summer 1952 with ‘Loose’ TK coaches 121 & 117 (15” vents diag.2019). In Jun-53 TK 129 went to set 837.
864	Reduced to 2-set c.Jun-62 for use on ‘Royal Wessex’ services (Swanage portion) with BSK 2529 becoming ‘Loose’. Set disbanded June 1963 with CK 5922 to set 858 and BSK 2530 to ‘Loose’.
865	CM&EE Record Card states side buffers fitted 15^th November 1962.

CK 5912 in set 854 at Eastleigh on Monday, 21^st September 1959.

© Ted West (Mike King collection)

Formation of Sets

‘L’ Set No.	Formed /Reform.	BTK No. (Semi-open)	TK. No.	CK No.	TK. No.	TK. No.	BTK No. (Semi-open)
850	1-Feb-51 (3 Cor)	2501 (New)	-	5908 (New)	-	-	2502 (New)
Disb.	Mar-66
851	1-Feb-51 (3 Cor)	2503 (New)	-	5909 (New)	-	-	2504 (New)
Wdn	4-Dec-65
852	1-Feb-51 (3 Cor)	2505 (New)	-	5910 (New)	-	-	2506 (New)
Disb.	Mar-66
853	1-Feb-51 (3 Cor)	2507 (New)	-	5911 (New)	-	-	2508 (New)
Disb.	Mar-66
854	20-Mar-51 (3 Cor)	2509 (New)	-	5912 (New)	-	-	2510 (New)
Strengthened	Jun-64 (6 Cor)*	"	1211^‡1 (ex.974)	"	1887^‡2 (ex.974)	1824^‡3 (ex.983)	"
Reverted	Sep-64 (3 Cor)	"	-	"	-	-	"
Disb.	Mar-66
855	30-Mar-51 (3 Cor)	2511 (New)	-	5913 (New)	-	-	2512 (New)
Strengthened	Jun-64 (6 Cor)*	"	1277^‡4 (ex.958)	"	1265^‡5 (ex.Loose)	1879^‡6 (ex.Loose)	"
Reverted	Sep-64 (3 Cor)	"	-	"	-	-	"
Disb.	Mar-66
856	9-Apr-51 (3 Cor)	2513 (New)	-	5914 (New)	-	-	2514 (New)
Wdn	Apr-64
857	13-Apr-51 (3 Cor)	2515 (New)	-	5915 (New)	-	-	2516 (New)
Disb.	Mar-66
‘H’ Set No.	Formed /Reform.	BTK No. (Semi-open)	TK. No.	CK No.	TK /CK No.	BTK No. (Semi-open)	Set Livery
858	13-Apr-51 (3 Cor)	2517 (New)	§	5916^‡7 (New)	§	2518 (New)	CLC
Strengthened	Jun-52 (3 Cor)	"	107^§(Loose)	"	130^§(Loose)	"	CLC
Reverted	by Jun-53 (3 Cor)	"	-	"	-	"	CLC thence Green
Augmented	Jun-62 (5 Cor)	"	100^‡8 (ex.Loose)	"	5895^‡9 (ex.Loose)	"	Green
Reformed	Jun-63 (5 Cor)	"	"	5922^‡10 (ex.864)	"	"	Green
Reformed	Jun-64 (5 Cor)	"	"	15913^‡11 (ex.Loose)	"	"	Green
Reformed	Feb-65 (5 Cor)	"	"	"	42^‡12(ex.Loose)	"	Green
Disb.	Mar-66
859	20-Apr-51 (3 Cor)	2519 (New)	§	5917 (New)	§	2520 (New)	CLC
Strengthened	Jun-52 (3 Cor)	"	105^§(Loose)	"	129^§(Loose)	"	CLC
Reverted	by Jun-53 (3 Cor)	"	-	"	-	"	CLC thence Green
Disb.	Mar-66
860	20-Apr-51 (3 Cor)	2521 (New)	-	5918 (New)	-	2522 (New)	CLC thence Green
Wdn	6-Nov-65
861	May-51 (3 Cor)	2523^‡13 (New)	-	5919 (New)	-	2524 (New)	CLC thence Green
Reformed	Feb-65 (3 Cor)	3957^‡14 (ex.266)	-	"	-	"	Green
Disb.	by 1965
862	1-May-51 (3 Cor)	2525 (New)	-	5920 (New)	-	2526 (New)	CLC thence Green
Disb.	Mar-66
863	1-May-51 (3 Cor)	2527 (New)	-	5921 (New)	-	2528 (New)	CLC thence Green
Disb.	by Mar-65
864	1-May-51 (3 Cor)	2529^‡15 (New)	-	5922 (New)	-	2530 (New)	CLC thence Green
Reformed	c.Jun-62 (2 set)	2529 (To Loose)	-	"	-	"	Green
Disb.	Jun-63
865	25-May-51 (3 Cor)	2531 (New)	-	5923 (New)	-	2532^‡16 (New)	CLC thence Green
Reformed	Jun-64 (3 Cor)	"	-	"	-	4352^‡17 (ex.291)	Green
Disb	by Dec-65

Notes
#	See livery table for painting dates of coaches prior to insertion into set.
*	Order of set formation to be confirmed.
Ϯ	Believed during A2 exam
¶	New
§	Augmented with Loose TK coaches for summer 1951 and 1952 services (see notes for more details). Sep-52 saw sets 863 to 865 revert to 3 Cor. However, all sets were 3 Cor by Jun-53.
HW	High Window coach (Maunsell)
‡1	TK 1211 (HW to diag.2001 with two lavatory vents). Ex.974. Wdn Oct-64.
‡2	TK 1887 (HW to diag.2008 with flush panelling). Ex.Loose. Wdn Oct-64.
‡3	TK 1824 (HW to diag.2001 with two lavatory vents). Ex.983. Wdn Oct-64.
‡4	TK 1277 (HW to diag.2001 with two lavatory vents). Ex.958. Wdn Oct-64.
‡5	TK 1265 (HW to diag.2001 with two lavatory vents). Ex.Loose. Wdn Oct-64.
‡6	TK 1879 (HW to diag.2008 with flush panelling). Ex.Loose. Wdn Oct-64.
‡7	CK 5916 (15” vents diag.2318) to ‘Loose’ Jun-64, set 66 Jun-65 thence wdn Aug-67.
‡8	TK 100 (15” vents diag.2019) new ‘Loose’. Set 858 Jun-62. Wdn Jul-67.
‡9	CK 5895 (15” vents diag.2318) new ‘Loose’. Set 858 Jun-62. To ‘Loose’ Jun-65 thence wdn Oct-67.
‡10	CK 5922 (15” vents diag.2019) new set 864. Set 858 Jun-63. Wdn Jan-67.
‡11	CK 15913 (BR Mk1 diag. no.128 to Lot 222 - Metro- Cammell) new ‘Loose’ Oct-56 then set 858 Jun-64. To W.R. 20-Nov-71.
‡12	SK 42 (15” vents diag.2019) new set 265 Jun-50 thence ‘Loose’ Jun-59, set 897 Nov-59, ‘Loose’ Jun-64. Set 858 Feb-65. Wdn Jul-67.
‡13	BTK 2523 (15” vents diag.2123). Wdn Jan-65.
‡14	BTK 3957 (15” vents diag.2123) ex.266. Wdn Aug-67.
‡15	BTK 2529 (15” vents diag.2123) to ‘Loose’ c.Jun-62 with set 864 reduced to 2-set for use on ‘Royal Wessex’ services.
‡16	BTK 2532 (15” vents diag.2123) new set 865. Wdn 18-Apr-64.
‡17	BTK 4352 (10¼” vents & extended side panels diag.2123) ex.291. Wdn Sep-66.
Cond.	Condemned
Disb.	Disbanded
Wdn.	Withdrawn

BTK 2521 and CK 5918 (set 860) at Eardley Road sidings on Sunday, 1^st July 1951. Note the lack of intermediate buffers on the vehicles. These were removed from sets 850 to 865; eventually being restored by 1964.

© Denis Cullum (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.

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 outshopped from Lancing carriage works appears to have been on 17^th July 1956 with the first BR Green set outshopped on 11^th July 1956.

Where currently known, the table below provides the outshopping paint-date of the coaches used in these sets; for strengthened sets their original coaches all entered service in Crimson Lake & Cream livery with replacement and augmentation coaches being shewn in italic typeface.

‘L’ Set No. (formed)	Coach No.	Coach Type	Diag. No.	BR(S) CLC	BR(S) Green	Wdn
850 (1-Feb-51)	2501	BTK	2123	1-Feb-51	2-Oct-59	Aug-67
	5908	CK	2318	1-Feb-51	2-Oct-59	Aug-67
	2502	BTK	2123	1-Feb-51	2-Oct-59	Aug-67
851 (1-Feb-51)	2503	BTK	2123	1-Feb-51	22-Jul-57	4-Dec-65
	5909	CK	2318	1-Feb-51	22-Jul-57	4-Dec-65
	2504	BTK	2123	1-Feb-51	22-Jul-57	4-Dec-65
852 (1-Feb-51)	2505	BTK	2123	1-Feb-51	30-Aug-57	Sep-66
	5910	CK	2318	1-Feb-51	30-Aug-57	Aug-67
	2506	BTK	2123	1-Feb-51	30-Aug-57	Jul-67
853 (1-Feb-51)	2507	BTK	2123	1-Feb-51	29-Dec-59	Aug-67
	5911	CK	2318	1-Feb-51	29-Dec-59	Sep-66
	2508	BTK	2123	1-Feb-51	29-Dec-59	Jul-67
854 (20-Mar-51)	2509	BTK	2123	20-Mar-51	8-Feb-57	Mar-67
	5912	CK	2318	20-Mar-51	8-Feb-57	Sep-67
	2510	BTK	2123	20-Mar-51	8-Feb-57	Jul-67
	1211	SK	2001	9-Sep-50	8-Feb-58^Ϯ	Oct-64
	1824	SK	2001	31-Jan-51	23-Jul-57^Ϯ	Oct-64
	1887	SK	2008	26-Aug-55	17-May-57	Oct-64
855 (30-Mar-51)	2511	BTK	2123	30-Mar-51	10-Jul-57	Aug-67
	5913	CK	2318	30-Mar-51	10-Jul-57	Sep-67
	2512	BTK	2123	30-Mar-51	10-Jul-57	Aug-67
	1265	SK	2001	19-Aug-53	18-Jun-58^Ϯ	Oct-64
	1277	SK	2001	26-Jun-51	4-Nov-57^Ϯ	Oct-64
	1879	SK	2008	No	4-Nov-59	Oct-64
856 (9-Apr-51)	2513	BTK	2123	9-Apr-51	28-Oct-57	Apr-64
	5914	CK	2318	9-Apr-51	28-Oct-57	Apr-64
	2514	BTK	2123	9-Apr-51	28-Oct-57	Apr-64
857 (13-Apr-51)	2515	BTK	2123	13-Apr-51	6-May-57	Sep-66
	5915	CK	2318	13-Apr-51	6-May-57	Jul-67
	2516	BTK	2123	13-Apr-51	6-May-57	16-Apr-76
‘H’ Set No. (formed)	Coach No.	Coach Type	Diag. No.	BR(S) CLC	BR(S) Green	Wdn
858 (15-Apr-51)	2517	BTK	2123	15-Apr-51	16-Jul-57	Aug-67
	5916	CK	2318	15-Apr-51	16-Jul-57	Aug-67
	2518	BTK	2123	15-Apr-51	16-Jul-57	Aug-67
	15913	CK	128	No	Oct-56	W.R.
	5922	CK	2318	1-May-51^¶	29-Dec-59	Jan-67
	5895	CK	2318	20-Dec-49^¶	8-Dec-57^Ϯ	Oct-67
	100	SK	2019	8-Sep-50^¶	3-Feb-58^Ϯ	Jul-67
	42	SK	2019	Dec-49^¶	Sep-58	Jul-67
859 (20-Apr-51)	2519	BTK	2123	20-Apr-51	26-Oct-60	Apr-67
	5917	CK	2318	20-Apr-51	26-Oct-60	Jul-67
	2520	BTK	2123	20-Apr-51	26-Oct-60	Dec-67
860 (20-Apr-51)	2521	BTK	2123	20-Apr-51	18-Oct-57	6-Nov-65
	5918	CK	2318	20-Apr-51	18-Oct-57	6-Nov-65
	2522	BTK	2123	20-Apr-51	18-Oct-57	6-Nov-65
861 (1-May-51)	2523	BTK	2123	1-May-51	17-May-57	Jan-65
	5919	CK	2318	1-May-51	17-May-57	Aug-67
	2524	BTK	2123	1-May-51	17-May-57	Oct-66
	3957	BTK	2123	10-Dec-49^¶	15-Nov-57	Aug-67
862 (1-May-51)	2525	BTK	2123	1-May-51	23-May-57	Oct-67
	5920	CK	2318	1-May-51	23-May-57	Oct-67
	2526	BTK	2123	1-May-51	23-May-57	Mar-67
863 (1-May-51)	2527	BTK	2123	1-May-51	21-Oct-59	May-66
	5921	CK	2318	1-May-51	21-Oct-59	Sep-66
	2528	BTK	2123	1-May-51	21-Oct-59	May-65
864 (1-May-51)	2529	BTK	2123	1-May-51	29-Dec-59	Jul-67
	5922	CK	2318	1-May-51	29-Dec-59	Jan-67
	2530	BTK	2123	1-May-51	29-Dec-59	Aug-67
865 (25-May-51)	2531	BTK	2123	1-May-51	6-Aug-58	1-Jan-66
	5923	CK	2318	1-May-51	6-Aug-58	4-Dec-65
	2532	BTK	2123	1-May-51	6-Aug-58	18-Apr-64
	4352	BSK	2123	28-Jan-55	27-Jan-58	Sep-66

BSK 2529 with carriage roundel for the Royal Wessex at Eastleigh on 1^st June 1962.

© Ted West (Mike King collection)

Diagram Numbers

Diag.
2001	Maunsell TK (Corridor Third 1930-1934 High Window). Coaches numbered 1131-on had two lavatory vents.
2008	Maunsell TK (Corridor Third 1935-1936) built with slender overall finish of each coach assisted by narrow cantrail guttering. Frameless sidelights were virtually flush with the coach sides (larger lights having large radius corners); visible screw heads where bodyside steel sheeting fixed to the wooden sidelight frames.
2019	Bulleid TK (Eight-compartment Corridor Third) Nos.26-130 had 15” sliding sidelight vents. Nos.1932-1936 had 10¼” sliding sidelight vents.
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
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.

With leading coaching set 863, the 5pm Waterloo - Yeovil Junction semi-fast approaches Vauxhall hauled by Schools no. 30925 'Cheltenham' on Saturday 25^th August 1962. No.30925 was withdrawn in December 1962.

On the same day 17-year-old singer Eva Narcissus Boyd (performing as ‘Little Eva’) scored her first and only number hit ‘The Loco-Motion’.

© Ben Brooksbank (Geograph/CC-by-SA)

Recommended reading is as follows:

The Illustrated History of Southern Coaches
Mike King
[ISBN 0 86093 570 1]

Bulleid’s SR Steam Carriage Stock
David Gould
[ISBN ?]

Southern Coaches Survey – Pre-grouping and BR MK1 Stock
Mike King
[ISBN 978-0-86093-665-7].

Lancing 1956
Glen Woods
[ISBN 9 780956 765529]

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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