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The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation 2SL to the small fleet of electric multiple units dedicated for use on the South London lines. None of these units survived long enough in British Rail ownership to be allocated a TOPS class. The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ...
A multiple unit is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive. ...
Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...
This article is about the railroad stock management system TOPS. For the DEC PDP-10 operating systems, see TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 The Total Operations Processing System, better known by its initials TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock (railroad cars) owned by a...
Construction The 2SL (2-car South London stock, numbers 1801-1808) units were rebuilt in 1929 from the Driving Motor cars originally used in ex-LBSCR AC electric SL stock. They were intended for use on the South London lines. Originally these units had some First Class accommodation in the Driving Trailer car, but this was later declassified to Third Class only. The units were numbered 1901-1908 before 1936, when those numbers were reused for new 2Bil units. At the same time, 4Sub unit number 1801 was renumbered 1600. The LB&SCRs coat of arms, displayed above the entrance to Gipsy Hill railway station. ...
The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation SL to the fleet of AC electric multiple units used on the South London lines. ...
The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation 2Bil to the electric multiple units built during the 1930s to work long-disatnce semi-fast services on the newly electrified lines from London to Eastbourne, Portsmouth and Reading. ...
The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation Sub to the wide variety of electric multiple units that were used on inner-suburban workings in the South London area. ...
Formations Initial formations of these units were as follows: | Unit Numbers | DMBT | DTC | | 1901-1908 / 1801-1808 | 8723-8730 | 9751-9758 |
Withdrawal The majority of these units were withdrawn in 1954, the exceptions being 1802 (in 1951) and 1807 (destroyed in a World War II air raid). All were subsequently scrapped. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe...
External links - Preserved Carriage Database
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