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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 17:12:19 GMT
I've completed the listing of this stock as far as I can go but I'm still looking to fill in gaps - any suggestions of sources gratefully received. I've ordered the Bruce book as suggested in a previous thread of mine.
B Stock can be found at www.internet-here.net/districtb.htm
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Post by metman on Nov 2, 2014 8:43:30 GMT
Brian Hardy's book of surface stock is very useful if you don't have that yet.
The B stock was very interesting as there were many types of car;
Single end motors
Double end motors
Single end motors with luggage area
Single end control trailers
Double end control trailers
Trailers
Later many motor cars were converted to trailers to run with newer stock and given new bogies as the original type were poor. These bogies actually allowed the metropolitan railway dreadnought coaches to receive these bogies when the B stock was scrapped in the late 30s-early. 40s.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 10:12:25 GMT
Firstly thank you for taking the trouble to reply. What I am particularly interested in 'cracking' is a quote in Hardy's book 'a total of 42 B stock motor cars were converted to trailers'. I am assuming that these conversions were numbered 1400 - 1431 and 1600 - 1609 in 1923/25 but the list in Hardy's book has some of these numbers missing. I am trying to find a) evidence that my assumption is correct and b) which motor cars became 1406, 1409, 1411 and the other missing numbers. As an aside I've added the forum to my reference list.
I managed to find a reference in a LURS magazine that identified the control trailers ( 11 single-ended and 21 double-ended) and I've added this information to my listing on the website. |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Nov 2, 2014 13:49:49 GMT
Hardy's book only covers stock which was still extant when London Transport took over in 1933, which explains the missing numbers which were presumably withdrawn from service some time between 1923 and 1933. The relatively early demise of so many early B stock trailers was because their frames, as well as their bodies, were made of wood, and deteriorated faster than the steel-framed motor coaches.
Incidentally, can anyone confirm that the picture in "Going Green" on page 41 captioned "An early view inside Ealing Common Depot , with ......B stock lifted in the background" actually shows a car of A stock? The arched windows do not look like any other picture of District stock I have seen, and close ups of A stock are very rare. They are not mentioned by Hardy as they had all gone by 1925.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 14:41:10 GMT
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Post by programmes1 on Nov 4, 2014 12:26:50 GMT
Reg is your guy for rolling stock.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2014 20:39:51 GMT
Sorry you lost me with the comment. Could I ask you for an explanation, please remember I am new here. Thanks Richard |
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Post by programmes1 on Nov 5, 2014 9:45:42 GMT
Sorry you lost me with the comment. Could I ask you for an explanation, please remember I am new here. Thanks Richard Sorry I thought everyone knew Reg he is one of the team on here reganorak aka .....you know who |
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