What's in a name?

Broadly speaking the District and later London Transport used letters allocated in alphabetical order starting at A and working up to R. There were probably a few gaps on the way and when the Met became part of the same organisation some of their stock was redesignated T stock. Presumably after the R stock had been built it was realised that they would run out of letters eventually and since the early lettered stock was long gone an alternative strategy for picking the letters might be a good idea hence the next surface stock built after the R stock became A(mersham) stock.

This is quite interesting, because, AFAIK, there wasn't any 'generalisation' [if thats the right word] on tube stock before the so called Standard Stock. Some of us know Standard Stock as Pre 38 Tube Stock. Most tube stock now, is denoted by its year of construction, ie Bakerloo's is 72 Stock, Central is 92 Stock, etc. With regard to surface stock, I tend to use the same system as the tube's but add the letter before A60, or 'Cravens A60 stock', C69, or D78. Would be interesting to find out how this all started. I'll have a look through my personal library and try and come up with answers. When the surface stock gets the so called 'common fleet', I wonder what we will call it???

ROFL!!! ;D ;D ;D

Same as what I'm now beginning to call the 92 Stock; virtually every 'weld' on every cab end car is held together by sticky tape.

'G' for 'garbage' ?

(Not very optimistic, I'd say).

So it won't be 'P' for Plastic then! ;D

You have been told wrong, the new stock will be referred to as "S" stock.

it's obviously G for Granda well you're my Granda anyway
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Nah!... If I had a train named after me it would probably be "Clapped out wheezy old B*stard"