Class 71 on newspaper trains

[Trofimow]

I've been enjoying the book on the class 71 locos by Simon Lilley and John Wenyon in which mention is made of overnight combined newspaper/parcels/passenger trains being one of the regular Class 71 (or rather HA) duties.

 

Can anyone provide any information on the likely formation of these trains around 1960/61?

I guess this would be too early for dedicated newspaper GUVs so are we talking a motley selection of NPCS vans?

What about the passenger vehicles - what sort, how many and whereabouts in the train?

 

Any information on what to include/exclude in a train would be welcome.

[Metr0Land]

Not exactly what you've asked for but here's an undated shot of Class 74 on Soton-Waterloo ecs of combined coaches and vans. All the stock would have been around in 1960.

 

Class 74 No. 74001 approaching Woking by Michael Atkinson, on Flickr

[robertcwp]

I've been enjoying the book on the class 71 locos by Simon Lilley and John Wenyon in which mention is made of overnight combined newspaper/parcels/passenger trains being one of the regular Class 71 (or rather HA) duties.

 

Can anyone provide any information on the likely formation of these trains around 1960/61?

I guess this would be too early for dedicated newspaper GUVs so are we talking a motley selection of NPCS vans?

What about the passenger vehicles - what sort, how many and whereabouts in the train?

 

Any information on what to include/exclude in a train would be welcome.

There are probably some formations in this book.

[Trofimow]

Thank you very much for that Robert.

 

That book is an absolute mine of information and does indeed provide answers to my questions and will be a great help in putting together more accurate formations for the layout.

 

Trouble is, I've found it so fascinating that I'll now be on the lookout for more.

[AberdeenBill]

Thank you very much for that Robert.

 

That book is an absolute mine of information and does indeed provide answers to my questions and will be a great help in putting together more accurate formations for the layout.

 

Trouble is, I've found it so fascinating that I'll now be on the lookout for more.

 

Fascinating indeed to see individual vehicle numbers assigned to the Golden Arrow and Night Ferry sets [but two(!) RBs seems like overkill for the latter].    There is also a tantalising mention of SWD set numbers in the footnote to the Night Ferry page.  

 

Bill

[Simon Lee]

Fascinating indeed to see individual vehicle numbers assigned to the Golden Arrow and Night Ferry sets [but two(!) RBs seems like overkill for the latter]. There is also a tantalising mention of SWD set numbers in the footnote to the Night Ferry page.

 

Bill

The need for two RB was due to the fact that the Night Ferry passengers where Immigration and Customs cleared at Victoria, but the train also conveyed foot passengers and local passengers from Dover, both were offered a buffet service but had to be physically kept apart for Customs and Immigration purposes. Edited December 26, 2017 by Simon Lee