TTH&G25B

56 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:

LSWR numbering of the "New Vans" seems to have been pretty much random, which suggests that they inherited the numbers of the old ones they replaced. There is no formula, therefore, for working out the LSWR number from the SR one or vice versa.   

 

A few examples are quoted in Volume One of An illustrated History of Southern Wagons (OPC) but, unfortunately, your chosen van is not one of them. There is no discernible pattern, not the van bearing the lowest LSWR number receiving the lowest in the SR series, nor even order of age. That probably means they were renumbered in the order they got repainted into SR livery.

 

However, somebody, somewhere, may well have a full list and the most likely source would be the South Western Circle.  

 

Failing that, whatever number is on your model (unless it's in the list in the OPC book) is as likely to the one that became 55072 as any other, so I'd suggest leaving well alone until someone who does know points out what it should be.

 

John

 

PS. It occurs that an SR van would only have got into Engineers Dept. work in Manchester well into BR days, so you should really get one in BR livery.

Thanks for that appreciate it, I’ll definitely be having a look into that 

Evening all, know this is a long shot but I was wondering if anyone could help with this. I’m purchasing one of Hornby’s lswr new vans and the plan is to number it as ‘55072’ as it was based in Manchester for departmental work, and is sort of local for me.

Since the van will be in it’s lswr livery I’m trying to find out what number ‘55072’ would have carried whilst in that livery. If anyone knows I’d be extremely grateful.