Modelling GWR Slip Coach operation -

[KeithMacdonald]

Here's a nice video of the last GWR slipcoach to Bicester on 9th September 1960. Transcribing the narrator:
 

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At the back of the 17:10 Paddington to Wolverhampton business express was a very unusual carriage, the very last example of a slipcoach to be used in Great Britain, ever.

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The last coach itself was a Hawksworth Composite, built to lot 1690, right at the end of the GWR's independent existence. Thirteen were built, and three were converted to slipcoaches in 1958, this one being number 7374.

 

 

 

 

[Neal Ball]

9 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

Here's a nice video of the last GWR slipcoach to Bicester on 9th September 1960. Transcribing the narrator:
 

 

 

 

Lovely video… different times indeed

[Mikkel]

Excellent footage, good narration too.

[Michael Hodgson]

 

 

11 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

Here's a nice video of the last GWR slipcoach to Bicester on 9th September 1960. Transcribing the narrator:
 

 

 

 

 

At about 53secs in, the guard is seen locking the door after the passengers have boarded.

Was it usual to lock passengers into a slip coach, and if so, why?

[Siberian Snooper]

Would it be, to stop passengers alighting, until the coach has been shunted into a platform?

 

 

[The Stationmaster]

On 05/10/2022 at 21:22, KeithMacdonald said:

Here's a nice video of the last GWR slipcoach to Bicester on 9th September 1960. Transcribing the narrator:
 

 

 

 

Featuring Paddington Guard Jackie Wells although I don't think he was the Slip Guard

[Michael Hodgson]

How about slip coach working that also allows you to board a fast train en route ............... sorry, explanation is in Chinese .....

 

https://weburbanist.com/2015/01/15/non-stop-rail-2-future-trains-pick-up-passengers-in-motion/