Jawfin Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hello all, Could anyone kindly inform me of the numbers of the coaches used in Churchill's funeral train? The number of, "Leona," (the one at the front) in particular would be most helpful Thanks in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted January 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hello all, Could anyone kindly inform me of the numbers of the coaches used in Churchill's funeral train? The number of, "Leona," (the one at the front) in particular would be most helpful Thanks in advance Hi there Have a look at this thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/93810-winston-churchill-anniversary-train-pack/ Think you might find the info you are after there Kind regards Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted January 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2015 Wikipedia: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_Battle_of_Britain_class_21C151_Winston_Churchill#Funeral_train SEMG online: http://www.semgonline.com/misc/win-church_1.html Only the 3rd (2nd) class brake and hearse van are numbered - the other Pullman coaches are named only, as they're 1st class Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading General Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Leona is not a First and thus had a car number instead of a name. As i understand it the name Leona was added at the hotel in Ireland where it now resides. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawfin Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Thanks very much, all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawfin Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 And sorry to be a bother, but does anyone know what company 207 was built for, or anything similar of interest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 And sorry to be a bother, but does anyone know what company 207 was built for, or anything similar of interest? You mean Car 208. Some of the answers above are not quite correct, strictly speaking. According to Antony Ford It was built as the K-Type 26 seat First Class parlour car Leona in December 1927 for use on the LNER. It was transferred to the Southern for use on the Golden Arrow in September 1928. Later it was used on Ocean Liner and Royal or State Special trains. In April 1947 it was rebuilt as a Third Class Guard Parlour Car No 208 for the Devon Belle. Around 1951 it was plated over and restyled (square lavatory windows) to match the new Festival Pullmans built for the Golden Arrow that year and returned to the train. It was later re-classified as First Class but kept its number rather than given back its name and kept the three abreast (two on one side, one on the other) seating of the old third class cars. It survived to receive the blue and white livery and was sold for preservation in 1969. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 My list of the train is: Loco BOB "Winston Churchill" with 3 discs in a "V" shape. 2 on the smokebox door brackets, 1 on the lower centre bracket. Brake Car No.208 SR PMV S2464S in special "Pullman style" livery. (The centre pair of doors were fitted with windows.) The Hornby model I have has no lettering. Is this correct? First Class Car "CARINA" First Class Car "LYDIA" First Class Car "PERSEUS" Brake Car "ISLE OF THANET" The SR PMV as modelled by Hornby. This is the earlier solo release. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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