I have been researching the articulated coaching stock used on the Silver Jubilee and Coronation trains before WW2, but the one thing I can not seem to find, at least online, is what numbers they actually used. There are snippets of info that I found, but no definitive lists. I have been looking into the books written on LNER coaches, but they are impossible to get access to from my country unfortunately (for a reasonable price at least). Is there any way of figuring this out without those written sources (perhaps someone here has the info I'm looking for ). Thanks in advance!
One Silver Jubilee set, initially of seven vehicle bodies articulated 2-3-2, modified to eight bodies articulated 2-3-3.
Four 'Coronation' sets, all of 8 vehicle bodies, articulated 2-2-2-2:
Two sets on the Coronation service, with the addition to each of an observation car during summer schedule operation,
One set on the 'West Riding Limited' service,
One set kept available as spare.
Is this the information required?
There were further LNER articulated carriage sets: the Quad and Quin articulated sets for high density suburban services; and the 'Tourist stock' probably best known.
I am looking for the actual running numbers on the coaches themselves. For example, I know that the Coronation BTO-TO twins had numbers in the 17xx range, and the FO-FO's in the 111xx range, but what the actual numbers of these Coronation coaches were I can not seem to find. For the Silver Jubilee sets I can't find any info at all. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places, that's why I came here
). Thanks in advance!
