20s to Skegness + Mk. 1s

[eastwestdivide]

If you cross-reference my 1982/83 lists from further up the thread with an RCTS (or Platform 5?) coaching stock book from then, that should give you the answers. I've got such a book buried somewhere, but can't get to it right now.

From memory, the stock was LMR, and not especially posh either - I'd kind of expect most of the coaches to be on BR1 bogies, but the book would prove it either way.

[eastwestdivide]

OK, out of curiosity, I went and found the 1982 RCTS coaching stock book. Cross-referencing my earlier post, we have all of those I spotted listed as M- prefix, all dual heated, all vacuum braked only, and a mix of bogies shown as B1 and Commonwealth (CW), plus a single one with B4 bogies. I've annotated bogie types against each coach below. To repeat another earlier post, these were all scheduled (summer dated) services in the public timetable.

 

Leicester Sat 29/5/82
20186+20159 with 21242CW 25824CW 25758CW 25985CW 15942B1 25990CW 24847B1 25407B1 35055B1
i.e. BCK SK SK SK CK SK SK SK BSK, 9 coaches

Leicester Sun 30/5/82
20159+20186 with 25740CW 25777CW 25798CW 16121B4 35342CW 25754CW 25425B1 25819CW 26010CW
i.e. SK SK SK CK BSK SK SK SK SK, 9 coaches
 
Leicester Sun 6/6/82
20169+20158 and the same coaches as 30/5
 
Leicester Sat 12/6/82
20143+20166 with 35055 25407 24847 25770CW 15942 25985 25758 25824 35474CW
i.e. BSK SK SK SK CK SK SK SK BSK, 9 coaches, nearly the same as 29/5 (two different in bold)
 
Leicester Sat 26/6/82
20072+20159 with the same coaches as 12/6. My notes say rear loco failed at Boston, and instead of the 20s taking the ECS back to Derby, the 20s went onto Leicester depot, and 45002 took the ECS
 
Leicester 28/5/83
31282+31283 with 35124B1 25361B1 25432B1 25286B1 16073B1 24887B1 25360B1 24859B1 35330CW
i.e. BSK SK SK SK CK SK SK SK BSK, 9 coaches
 
Leicester Mon 30/5/83 (bank holiday)
20173+20134 with same coaches as 28/5
 
Leicester Tue 31/5/83
20070+20075 with same coaches as 28/5
 
Leicester Wed 1/6/83
20075+20072 with same coaches as 28/5
 
Leicester Sun 5/6/83
20173+20134 with 35325CW 24845B1 18415B1 18374B1 7081B1 18300B1 24854B1 18283B1 35074B1
i.e. BSK SK SK SK CK SK SK SK BSK, 9 coaches
N.B. the renumbering of the Mk1s was beginning to take effect - 25xxx SKs went to 18xxx for example, and CKs were also renumbered.
 
Leicester Sat 25/6/83
20135+20157 with 35124B1 25361B1 25432B1 25286B1 16073B1 25769CW 25360B1 25796CW 35330CW
i.e. BSK SK SK SK CK SK SK SK BSK, 9 coaches
 

[cheesysmith]

Thanks for that. I have some hachette mk1s left over from my cut`n`shuts, thinking they will be perfect for a bit of modifying into one of these rakes.