RMweb Gold mabel Posted November 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2016 I have found the attached image after days of trawling Google images. Can anyone shed any light on the livery of the 1st carriage, (maunsell ?), and what type of carriage is the 2nd and last vehicle in the picture? The picture is dated 1939 at Wokingham. Please note that the pic is copyrighted to the John Neve collection, and despite trying, I can't find a site where I can ask permission to use it. Apologies in advance Thanks Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Holliday Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I suspect that all the coaches are Great Western stock, so the livery is chocolate and cream. The second vehicle is a typical GWR clerestory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 It's not at Wokingham. Too big, wrong buildings, and no third rail! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted November 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2016 Possibly Southampton? A Cardiff - Portsmouth service? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted November 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2016 Possibly Southampton? A Cardiff - Portsmouth service? Isn't that a Bournemouth line headcode? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidnutter Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Looks like the first coach is a later Churchward with the 2nd and 4th being classic clerestory's. The 3rd coach looks like a Collett. It is Southampton Central though, not Wokingham or even Woking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mabel Posted November 22, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2016 Thanks for your help chaps. As I said, Wokingham was how the photo was captioned. So, did SR provide motive power for through trains from other regions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2016 DN&SR? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted November 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2016 DN&SR? Think most of those trains ran to the Terminus station....not sure there were many which ran through Central and points west from the Newbury line. But of course could be wrong there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I thought the DN&S used Southampton Terminus, and GWR engines. A through train to Bournemouth, arriving from the GWR at Basingstoke, and changing engines there? I think in another thread we (Stationmaster) established that the through headcode, carried by SR locos to and from Oxford, was the same as 'standard' express passenger headcode outside of the SR (one disc/lamp directly above each buffer), but if the loco was changed at Basingstoke??? Or, a train routed off the DN&S actually running to Bournemouth, having changed engines at Eastleigh? Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted November 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2016 I did briefly wonder if it could have been an MSWJR service between Soton Terminus and Cheltenham via Andover, but, again, wrong headcode. Hopefully someone with a definitive answer will pop along, I'm intrigued now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWCR Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 A through train ran for many years from Plymouth to Portsmouth, could this be the one?. I have no idea of the route detail or the stock used. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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