The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation 2Wim to the small fleet of electric multiple units dedicated for use on the Wimbledon to Croydon line. 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...
The 2Wim (2-car Wimbledon stock, numbers 1809-1812) units were rebuilt in 1930 from former Trailer First cars originally used in ex-LBSCR AC electric SL stock. They were intended for use on the line between Wimbledon and Croydon. Originally these units had some First Class accommodation in the Driving Motor car, but this was later declassified to Third Class only. The units were numbered 1909-1912 before 1936, when those numbers were reused for new 2Bil units. 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. ...
Formations
Initial formations of these units were as follows:
Unit Numbers
DMBC
DTT
1909-1912 / 1809-1812
9818-9821
9951-9954
Withdrawal
All four units were withdrawn in 1954 and subsequently scrapped.
Class390 no. 390029 "City of Stoke-on-Trent" at Birmingham New Street on 24th September 2003 with a service to Wolverhampton.
The Class390 is the fastest domestic electric multiple unit operating in Britain, (only the Anglo/French Class373 used by Eurostar is faster), with a top speed of 225km/h (140mph), although limitations of the signalling systems limit the units to a maximum speed to 125mph.
This allowed the final Class 90 locomotives to be withdrawn, and inroads were made into the main Class 87 fleet.
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