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PULLMAN CAR SERVICES
The Quality of Service is Remembered Long after the Price is Forgotten
SPECIAL EDITION No.8.
‘00’ & ‘TT’ Gauge Tri-ang & Hornby SR Utility & Luggage Van 1958 to 2015.
©?
1958 Model of R226 in Green Livery No.S2355S, note the Type II coupling and open axle box bogies.
©T.Bye.
2011 Model of R4451 in Pullman Umber & Cream Livery, note the Type III coupling and closed axle box bogies.
Pullman Car Services-Archive - Special Edition No.8 - 00 & TT Gauge Tri-ang & Hornby SR Utility & Luggage Van 1958 to 2015.
Issue 1 - March 2016 - Page 1 of 23
The model as produced in 1958 is loosely based on the Southern Railways ‘Corridor Luggage Van’ of which a total of 120
were built in three batches between 1930 & 1931.
These unique vans were all constructed at the SR Ashford works, with the use of underframes of London & South Western
‘bogie block’ suburban coaches originally constructed between 1902 & 1912.
The underframes used were of two different lengths originally 49’ - 0” & 51’ - 0”, for the conversion these were all
lengthened to 51’ - 3” (ex 49’ - 0”) & 53’ - 3” (ex 51’ - 0”).
The first batch of 50 vans used 51’ - 3” underframes to order number 443, diagram 3100, and were constructed between
March & October 1930.
The next batch of vans used both 49’ - 0” & 51’ - 0” underframes which were lengthened to the 51’ - 3” to diagram 3098 &
53’ - 3” to diagram 3099, these were constructed between November 1930 & May 1931.
The final batch of 30 vans to order number 573 again used both 49’ - 0” & 51’ - 0” underframes which were lengthened to
the 51’ - 3” to diagram 3098 & 53’ - 3” to diagram 3099, these were constructed between July & September 1931.
All the vans were 7’ - 103/4” wide and utilised their original London & South Western bogies of 1902 – 1912, but with coil
springs replacing the original elliptical bolster springs.
Southern Railway Allocated Running Numbers:
Diagram Number:
Running Number:
Tare:
3098.
2331 - 2354 & 2482 - 2490.
25t.
3099.
2281 - 2330.
26t.
3100.
2355 - 2370 & 2461 - 2481.
25t
In 1945 droplights were fitted to the centre pair of doors to a number of vans, these being identified as follows: Diagram:
Altered Diagram:
Original SR Allocated Numbers:
3098.
3096.
2333/5/7/9/43/4/6-9/52.
3099.
3097.
2355/6/62/5/7/9.
3098.
3096.
2482/3/4/6/7/90.
3099.
3097.
2464/7/8/9/72/4/5/7/8/9.
Withdrawal for the vans commenced in February 1959 and was completed in November 1961.
Company:
Southern Railway.
SR Classification:
Bogie Luggage Van (later GBV/COR PMV).
Number Built:
120 in total to three diagrams.
Length:
51’ - 3” & 53’ - 3”.
Width:
7’ - 103/4”.
Bogies:
London & South Western Railway.
Type of Gangway:
Scissor-type with adaptors to enable them to be coupled to Pullmangangway coaching stock.
Running Number:
2281 to 2370 & 2461 to 2490.
Tare Weight:
25t Diagram 3098 & 3100 & 26t Diagram 3099.
Braking:
Vacuum.
Builder:
Southern Railway Ashford Works.
Date Authorised:
April 1928, April 1929 & April 1930.
Date Into Traffic:
1930 to 1931.
Alterations:
1945 droplights were fitted to the centre pair of doors to a number of vans.
Date of Withdrawal:
Withdrawn February 1959 to November 1961.
The exception to the above relates to van S2464, withdrawn in November
1961, only to be re-instated as a hearse van and repainted into Pullman livery
of umber & cream.
A detailed history of S2464 has been produced and published in February 2015.
PCS-A ‘SOUTHERN RAILWAY GANGWAYED BOGIE LUGGAGE VAN S2464’.
This history is readily available free of charge and available by Email request to
[email protected]
9” Utility Van.
The origin of the model is with John Gordon Hefford who joined Rovex in 1951, which coincidently was acquired by Tri-ang
(Lines Bros Ltd) also in 1951. Prior to joining Rovex, John Hefford owned the Zenith Model Company which made the
motors for the Princess Elizabeth locomotive, Rovex took over Zenith in early 1951.
John Hefford had considerable knowledge of railways, and headed the design team and he was heavily relied upon
in choosing new models to extend the range until his untimely death in 1964.
John Hefford based the model loosely on the prototype Southern Railway Passenger Luggage Van of 1930 & 1931 as
designed by R.E.L Maunsell. The first model appeared in 1958 in both Green (R226) and Maroon (R227).
Over the years the colour of the maroon plastic version deepened in shade. In 1961 the running number tool was replaced
with one which printed a smaller impression and in this form it survived until 1961, never to see closed axle boxes.
The green version continued in production until 1963 and did receive the new bogies. It carried the number S2355S and
experienced the same number shrinking in 1961 that other models went through. This was followed shortly by a change to
the yellow-green shade of plastic which affected all other green mouldings at that time.
The green version may be found with the number S2357S and, no doubt, there are maroon versions numbered S2355S.
To date a total of four train set/packs have been produced that have contained a model of the Utility/Luggage Van.
The first being a train set produced by Tri-ang in 1965 as RS61 ‘Old Smoky’, and contained a green utility van with red doors
with no number allocated on the body sides.
The second being a train set produced by Tri-ang Hornby in 1969 as set RS7 ‘Local Passenger’, and containing a rail blue
utility van allocated the No.S2355S.
The third being a train pack produced by Hornby in 2010 as R2952 ‘Imperial Airways’, containing an Olive-Green liveried
luggage van allocated the No.2291.
The fourth being a train pack produced by Hornby in 2015 as R3300 ‘Sir Winston Churchill’s Funeral Train’ containing an
umber and cream liveried Luggage Van with no number allocated on the body sides.
The SR Utility Van.
In the period 1958 to 1969 the product identity of the model was as a ‘SR Utility Van’.
Production:
Catalogue Number:
Livery Applied:
Running Number:
1958 - 1963
1958 - 1961
1958 - 1961
1958 - 1961
R226
R226
R227
R227
Blue-Green Livery
Blue-Green Livery
Maroon Livery
Maroon Livery
No.S2355S.
No.S2357S.
No.S2357S.
No.S2355S.
1962-1963
R226
Yellow-Green Livery
No.S2355S.
1964 - 1965
R726
Green with Red Doors.
Within RS61 ‘Old Smoky’ train set.
No number displayed.
1967
R226
Yellow- Green Livery
No.S2357S.
Production:
Catalogue Number:
Livery Applied:
Running Number:
1968
R226
BR Electric-Blue with Light Grey Roof
No.S2355S.
1968
R226
BR Electric-Blue with Light Grey Roof
No.S2357S.
1969 - 1970
R226
BR Rail-Blue Livery with Dark Grey Roof
No.S2355S.
?
BR Rail Blue Livery
Within RS7 ‘Local Passenger’ train set.
No. S2355S.
1969
The SR Luggage Van.
On the re-introduction of the model in 1994 the product identity of the model was as a ‘SR Luggage Van’.
After a gap of 25 years the model was released in 1994 in two liveries.
Production:
Catalogue Number:
Livery Applied:
Running Number:
1994 -1996
R178
SR Malachite
No.2300.
1994 -1996
R174
SR Olive Green Livery
No.2355.
1998-2000
R4056
SR Olive-Green Livery
No.2281.
1998-2000
R4057
No.2330.
2000-2003
R4122
BR Blue Livery
No.S2390S.
2002-2004
R4057A
SR Malachite-Green Livery
No.2315.
2004-2005
R4057B
No.2299.
2005-2007
R4057C
No.2326.
2010-2011
-
2011 only
R4451
2015 only
-
No.2291.
Within R2952 ‘Imperial Airways’ Train Pack, with white roof.
(Limited Edition 1,500).
Pullman Umber & Cream Livery
Pullman Umber & Cream Livery
Within R3300 ‘Sir Winston Churchill’s Funeral’ Train Pack.
(Limited Edition 1,500).
Couplings Fitted:
Type II - 1958.
Type III - 1962.
Bogies Fitted:
X29
X329
X531
Underframe:
1958 to 2015, standard as fitted to the 9” coaching stock models.
- 1958 - Open axle boxes.
- 1959 - Open axle boxes.
- 1962 - Closed axle boxes.
©Pat Hammond - ‘Tri-ang Hornby The Story of Rovex Volume 2 1965-1971 - Page212’.
Tri-ang Hornby R226 Green 1967 - Electric Blue 1968 - Rail Blue 1969.
Tri-ang Railways:
Electric Train Set.
Set Reference:
RS61 Set Old Smoky Set.
Introduction:
1965 (One year only).
Number of sets Produced:
5,000 (Sold out).
375 of the sets made in Australia in 1965 and available for three years.
©?
Set Contents:
R251 Origin -
BR (R M Deeley) 3F 0-6-0 Tender Locomotive No.43775
in lined black livery and referenced as a Grimy Locomotive
with Synchro-Smoke.
R29 Origin -
9” Maroon & Cream Passenger Coach with interior seating.
R226 Origin -
9” Utility Van in Green Livery with 12 Red Liveried openingdoors.
R485 -
Super 4 Double curve x 8.
R481 -
Super 4 Straight x 2.
©?
©Dave Poynter.
©?
R226 Origin - 9” Utility Van in Green Livery with 12 Red Liveried opening doors.
Tri-ang Hornby:
Electric Train Set.
Set Reference:
RS7 Local Passenger.
Introduction:
1969 (One year only).
5,000.
©?
Set Contents: R152 Origin -
BR Blue Livery with double arrow 0-6-0 Diesel Shunter
No.D3035.
R727 Origin -
BR Mk1 Composite Coach No.15865 with interior seating.
R226 Origin -
9” Utility/Luggage Van in Blue with opening doors
No.S2355S.
R485 -
Super 4 Double curve x 8.
R481 -
Super 4 Straight x 2.
R487 -
Power Clip.
R488 -
Uncoupling Ramp.
©?
Hornby:
Train Pack.
Set Reference:
R2932 Imperial Airways
Introduction:
2010-11.
1,500.
©T.Bye.
Set Contents:
R
-
-
SR T9 Class 4-4-0 Locomotive No338 with 8 wheel tender in
Olive-Green livery.
R
-
-
SR Maunsell 6-Compartment Brake Composite Coach
Olive-Green livery No.6583.
R
-
-
First class Pullman Kitchen car IBIS (matchwood).
R
-
-
9” SR Bogie Luggage Van in Olive-Green livery with opening
Doors No.2291.
©T.Bye.
©T.Bye.
Hornby:
Train Pack.
Set Reference:
R3300 Sir Winston Churchill’s Funeral Train.
Introduction:
2015.
1,500.
©T.Bye.
Set Contents:
R
-
-
BR Battle of Britain Class No.34051 Winston Churchill in
BR Brunswick Green livery.
R
-
-
First class Pullman Parlour car PERSEUS.
R
-
-
First class Pullman Kitchen car LYDIA.
R
-
-
9” Bogie Luggage Van in Umber & Cream livery with
opening doors, with no body side number.
©T.Bye.
©T.Bye.
Transforming the Tri-ang R226 Utility Van.
This article covers transforming the Tri-ang R226 Utility van with the use of available kits.
The upgrade of this model was undertaken by Graham R 'Muz' Muspratt and recorded within the
SEmG website in 2004.
The upgrade being applied to the Tri-ang version of the Utility van although the later re-released
versions are generally identical but with, slightly finer under frame detail finer scale wheels.
It is believed the upgrade can be applied to the later released models.
The model in all versions has poor underframe detail, incorrect bogies and the wrong roof profile.
The three pairs of side doors on each side are oversize in thickness and the mounting points
un-prototypical as they have been made so that they can be opened.
The Roxey Mouldings detailing kits is such that it reuses the doors, however Roxey do sell separately
etched replacement doors complete with separate strap hinges that can be used if required (this etch
also contains footboards to save making from the plasticard supplied with the kit).
The Tri-ang body moulding represents the Diagram 3099, 53ft 3ins corridor luggage vans that were
built during 1930 and 1931 on old L&SWR coach under frames, originally these had wooden centred
Maunsell wheels later replaced with steel disc wheels.
©Graham R 'Muz' Muspratt.
The Tri-ang R226 Utility Van No.S2357S.
©Graham R 'Muz' Muspratt.
Transformed! View of 2356.
© Graham R 'Muz' Muspratt.
View of 2356.
© Graham R 'Muz' Muspratt.
Close-up of the centre section of 2356.
Roxey Mouldings Available Detailing Kits.
http://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/category/1/store-home/
L&SWR white metal Bogies.
Under frame details comprising; Battery Boxes, vacuum cylinders, Vee hangers, Dynamo, handbrake wheels.
Roof ventilators, Gangways, Wire, Plasticard and glazing.
An optional extra, supplied separately, are the Roxey Mouldings etched replacement doors.
South Eastern Finecast.
http://www.sefinecast.co.uk/Contents.htm
SE63 - Flush Glaze Windows.
Disassembly.
The roof, body and coarse under frame detail are all separate mouldings and are easily separated.
The bogies on the Tri-ang version are riveted on and need to be carefully drilled out; these can then be
discarded as new bogies and bolster are provided in the detailing kit.
Body.
Carefully remove the doors, and then remove the hinge pegs although not mentioned in the kit instructions
it would also be worth reducing their thickness slightly. The hinge locations on the body need to be removed.
The doors should be refitted and extended by one plank using plasticard (or use the Roxey etched doors).
Footboards should be added under each pair of doors. Replacement cast corridor connections and buffers
are included in the kit and therefore also need to be removed from the original body prior to being replaced.
Underframe.
New detailing parts are supplied for vacuum brake equipment, dynamo, battery boxes, queen posts and
brass wire for the trussing.
Bogies.
The supplied Roxey L&SWR etched brass and white metal bogies were made up in accordance with the
instructions.
Roof.
The roof profile of the Tri-ang version is slightly incorrect, it can be left to personal preference whether to
correct this or not (a diagram is included in the instructions to aid this). As there is enough thickness in the
moulding to file to the correct profile I feel it is well worth the additional effort to get it right.
Once happy with the corrected profile add replacement rain strips using micro strip and the cast ventilators.
Overall.
This is good detailing kit resulting in a nice model. As can always be expected from Roxey Mouldings kits the
supplied components were well cast / etched and came complete with a detailed single sided A3 sheet of
instructions including line drawings and location plans for the under frame components.
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Tri-ang TT System (3mm) SR Utility Van.
Work on Tri-ang’s TT system commenced at the Margate factory in 1954, the launch of the system came in
the Spring of 1957 with first model of the Utility Van appearing in 1960.
The final TT catalogue was the eighth edition and published in 1964, but sales continued with existing stock
until 1968.
In 1968 G & R Wrenn purchased all remaining stocks, which was then branded as Wrenn Table Top Railways.
T85 Utility Van - Maroon Livery.
©?
T85 - S224S - Utility Van Maroon.
©?
The maroon Utility Van was available for a very short period of time.
It featured in the Tri-ang TT 4th edition (1960) and 5th edition (1961) UK catalogues and price lists but by 1962 it
had disappeared, although, it was later listed in the August 1962 USA Trade Price List and Order Form;
presumably to sell off existing surplus stock.
When first released, the T85 maroon Utility Van was initially numbered S224S whilst its sister, the T135 green
Utility Van, carried the number S227S.
T135 - S227S - Utility Van Green.
©?
T135 - S227S - Utility Van Green.
Within Rob Hampton’s article on Tri-ang TT (Train Collector, September 2008), he stated that the maroon
Utility Van later carried the S227S number. Somewhat inevitably with Tri-ang, from time to time the
numbering tools tended to get mixed up and this explains why the less common version of the maroon Utility
Van can be found with this number.
©?
TT & 00 Gauge Models Differences.
The ‘TT’ model differed to the ‘00’ model mainly in that the access doors did not open, also the doors did not
have the two sets of grab handles, only one grab handle was moulded, and this was located below the door
access handles. Roof detail above cant rail level was in sections up to the door rain strip.
Catalogue Price List:
Cat No:
T85
Maroon
T135
Green
Aug
1960
7/11
Jan
1961
8/11
Aug
1961
9/-
Jan
1962
-
Jan
1963
-
Jan
1964
-
Jan
1965
-
Aug
1966
-
Jan
1967
-
7/11
8/11
9/-
9/-
8/11
9/11
9/11
11/1
11/3
The only two running numbers that existed for the model being S224S & S227S... until the following.
The New Discovery.
©?
Rolande Allen, whilst talking to Peter Waddington, Peter happened to ask, “Have you seen the Maroon TT Utility
Van with the number 46205?” Rolande wasn’t disappointed. Naturally, he said that he had not, but would try
to find out what he could. Some frantic sorting through his Tri-ang Railways archive quickly, and rather
surprisingly, revealed a result.
The Railway Modeller - March 1960.
The Railway Modeller featured and briefly reviewed a number of new releases by Tri-ang in both OO and TT-3
gauges. Page 72 illustrated ‘the TT-3 bogie luggage van’ and stated that it was available in maroon or green.
The featured photograph was of a Tri-ang, in-house produced, publicity illustration of a pre-production
model; not a photograph of an actual model which had been supplied to the magazine for review.
Although in black and white the model featured is clearly the maroon version and carries the running
number 46205 - a number that was never thought to have been carried on models released to the general
public.
©Railway Magazine - March 1960 - Page 72.
The Black & White photograph that appeared within the Railway Magazine, March 1960.
TT-Bogie Luggage Van No.46205.
The Model.
The first question which came to mind was whether this Utility Van was the pre-production model which had
been featured in the photograph or was it actually one of a very few which had been released for sale to the
general public?
It is difficult to be certain about this. However, in the absence of any other examples having been discovered,
for the present, it seems likely that this is a pre-production model. Perhaps, a very few additional examples
were manufactured and distributed as samples to the company’s area sales representatives.
©?
The second question was why does this model carry the running number 46205?
There appears to be no logical reason for this other than there had been an urgent need to complete the preproduction model for the photographic publicity and a heat-printing tool had been hastily prepared using a
number of an existing Tri-ang model.
The following information has been copied from Ramsay’s British Model Trains Catalogue 8th Edition,
pages 647 & 648.
Production:
Catalogue Number:
Livery Applied:
Running Number:
1961.
T85.
Maroon.
BR 46205.
1961.
T135.
Green.
BR 46205.
1961.
T85.
Maroon.
BR S224S.
1961.
T85.
Maroon.
BR S227S.
1961-1967.
T135.
Green.
BR S2278.
1961-1967.
T135.
Green.
BR S227S.
Select bibliography: My thanks as ever to both Pat Hammond & Simon Kohler for their assistance in the compiling of this history.
Ramsay’s British Model Trains Catalogue 8th Edition (Vol 2) - Pat Hammond - BRM – ISBN 978-1-907292-66-8.
The Story of Rovex Volume 1 1950-1965 - Pat Hammond - New Cavendish Books - ISBN 1-872727-29-8.
Southern Railway Passenger Vans - D.Gould - Oakwood Press Reprint 1995 - ISBN 0-85361-428-8.
An Illustrated History of Southern Coaches - Mike King - Oxford Publishing Co - Second Revision 2008 ISBN 978-0-86093-570-4.
Dave Poynter.
Rolande Allen.
Graham ‘Muz’ Muspratt.
http://www.tri-angtt.org.uk/
http://www.trainsetsandmodelrailways.co.uk
http://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/category/1/store-home/
www.tri-ang.co.uk
www.semgonline
Pullman Car Services-Archive.
Photographs.
Where possible, I have credited the copyright below each photograph, and endeavoured to source those
remaining uncredited as detailed thus ©?
In the event that an uncredited photograph is recognised, I would appreciate being advised in the event a
further updated issue of the history is produced.
©PCS-A - Issue 1 - March 2016.
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