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List of Pullman coaches


richard_withers

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Try these for starters

 

 Pullman in Europe, by George Behrend, Ian Allen 1962

 

Pullman Travelling in Style by Brian Haresnape Oan Allen 1982

 

Pullman trains in Britain by R, W, Kidner Oakwood Press 1998

 

For more detail on individual types and where they were used there are the Pullman Profile series  by Anthony Ford still being published by Cresy Books

 

No 1 - The 12 wheel cars

 

No 2 - The Standard K class cars

 

No 3 - The all steel K type cars

 

No 4 - The Brighton Belle and Southern Electric Pullmans

 

More to follow.

 

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 You will need to undertake very careful research if you want to be 100% certain which Pullman cars were used on which service at any time, some WERE allocated to specific services but could be swapped on to other services if vehicles developed faults and had to be stopped for repairs. Also as new cars were introduced older cars were cascaded on to other services, and transferred to other railway companies' services. A few cars worked in the mainland of Europe before the War, but subsequently returned to Great Britain..

 

Also train services changed over the years and the demand for a certain number of cars would increase or decrease. All cars were withdrawn and stored for the duration of World War 2.

 

The big users were the Southern Railway / Southern Region and London and North Eastern Railway / Eastern/North Eastern/Scottish Regions, whereas the London Midland and Scottish and Great Western Railways were only occasional users. Before Grouping the big users were the Midland Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, but the Great Northern, Highland, Caledonian, and Great Eastern all used them for periods.

 

There were some unusual Pullman users, in particular the Metropolitan Railway who from 1910 operated two cars on principal business services between Aylesbury and Aldgate in London, the cars were 'Galetea' and 'Mayflower'. The London Transport Passenger Board continued to operate them after 1933 until 1940.

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  • 1 year later...

Ramsey's guide was usually a good source of information, but the latest copy is, I believe, three years old now. 

 

It amazes me how these old posts keep being resurected. There seems to have been a spate of this just of late. I wonder if this a symptom of there not being a FAQ section, possibly even a Hornby Wiki, that would enable people to search out facts than have been posted previously?

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