Can any one tell me the diagram or type of coaches used on the Alston branch.
Regards.
Bob
Push-Pull coaches used on the Alston branch.
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James Brodie
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Re: Push-Pull coaches used on the Alston branch.
Dear Sir,
Have you tried Darlington Railway Museum? Ask to look at NE Area CWDs (Carriage Working Diagrams) usually one of the coaches will be a DBC-Driving/Brake/1st-3rd. One compartment is first class the other three or four compartments being Third(Second) Class.
We had over the years two NER elliptical roofed BCs then a Gresley BC and in the final years two NER clerestory roofed coaches were reinstated back into stock after we broke the others!
Jim Brodie.
Have you tried Darlington Railway Museum? Ask to look at NE Area CWDs (Carriage Working Diagrams) usually one of the coaches will be a DBC-Driving/Brake/1st-3rd. One compartment is first class the other three or four compartments being Third(Second) Class.
We had over the years two NER elliptical roofed BCs then a Gresley BC and in the final years two NER clerestory roofed coaches were reinstated back into stock after we broke the others!
Jim Brodie.
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Bill Bedford
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Re: Push-Pull coaches used on the Alston branch.
As has been pointed out before, the Alston branch never had a push pull service.James Brodie wrote:Dear Sir,
Have you tried Darlington Railway Museum? Ask to look at NE Area CWDs (Carriage Working Diagrams) usually one of the coaches will be a DBC-Driving/Brake/1st-3rd. One compartment is first class the other three or four compartments being Third(Second) Class.
We had over the years two NER elliptical roofed BCs then a Gresley BC and in the final years two NER clerestory roofed coaches were reinstated back into stock after we broke the others!
Bill Bedford
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Re: Push-Pull coaches used on the Alston branch.
re coaching stock used on the Alston branch, it still applies the CWDs would show the types of coaches and their formation from the engine irrespective of Push/Pull or Steam Train. jb
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Re: Push-Pull coaches used on the Alston branch.
The London & North Eastern Railway (North East Area) Carriage Roster from 1st May 1932, ufn, states that the Haltwhistle/Alston trains were worked by 2 Brake Composites (1-4) (1-5) 16 First Class seats/ 90 Third Class seats. The Roster also states that 1 Brake Composite was to be detached when possible and 2 3rds to be attached as required.
At this time,the 1-5 Brake Composites might well have been ex NER Auto Coaches, indentifiable by the two "porthole" windows in driving ends of the coaches. These were used by the NER and subsequently by the LNER on their push pull services. When the LNER discontinued their push pull services in the late 1920s these coaches ran as ordinary stock.
The Clerstory Roofed coaches had 1 x First Class compartment and 5 x Third Class compartments was to NER Dia 116, these being conversions, 36 in number, from Dia 14 Third Class Coaches. The Elliptical Roofed Version, which too had the same compartment set up, was to NER dia 162, 18 built, new.
At this time,the 1-5 Brake Composites might well have been ex NER Auto Coaches, indentifiable by the two "porthole" windows in driving ends of the coaches. These were used by the NER and subsequently by the LNER on their push pull services. When the LNER discontinued their push pull services in the late 1920s these coaches ran as ordinary stock.
The Clerstory Roofed coaches had 1 x First Class compartment and 5 x Third Class compartments was to NER Dia 116, these being conversions, 36 in number, from Dia 14 Third Class Coaches. The Elliptical Roofed Version, which too had the same compartment set up, was to NER dia 162, 18 built, new.