ThePurplePrimer Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Hi I am still working out what I need so I can calculate platform lengths and distances between run around loops etc. My stations will be very small and short so I will only be having 2 maunsell coaches behind my loco What I don't know is how these were braked - do I need a brake van or do I put a braked coach on the back ? I am thinking about getting the Hornby coaches My period covers the entire 1923 - 47 era and my first loco is M7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenman Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 In general, if a passenger train has a "brake" carriage it doesn't also need a separate brake van. You could get the two-coach "pull-push" pack of Hornby Maunsell coaches that would work perfectly with your M7. As is common with the railways there were exceptions to the principle of all passenger trains having a brake carriage; the M&GN in Norfolk, for example, had three-carriage sets which always worked with a type of 6-wheeled brake van. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted December 18, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2013 You will simply need one brake coach. The new Hornby Maunsell push-pull set consists of a brake composite and an open third, but these were only introduced in 1959. They were converted from coaches made redundant by the Kent Coast electrification. If you're not using push-pull sets then a brake third + corridor composite would be acceptable, as would a brake composite plus a corridor (or open) third. Another option would be Kernow's forthcoming LSWR gated stock - http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/product/35799/K1001_DJ_Models_1914_LSWR_PushPull_Gate_Set_number_374 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Belgian Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Curiously, a lot of the Southern's 2-car sets were formed brake 3rd + brake composite so that there was always a guard's compartment (and thus the handbrake) at the back. The Pull-Push sets (note that the Southern called them Pull-Push not Push-Pull <anal mode off>) usually had just one brake compartment. As RFS said, the forhcoming Kernow set will be a perfect partner to the M7 (or to their forthcoming O2) although they were only used on the Western Section of the Southern in your era. JE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted December 18, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2013 A lot of useful information on Southern coach sets is also available here - http://www.semgonline.com/coach/sets.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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