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Colin Rosenstiel · September 27th 07, 12:07 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article .com,
(MIG) wrote:

You have to remember the Standard stock to understand some of this.
They had a lot of lost space due to traction equipment. The
M-T-M+T-T-T+M-T-M formation gave a good concentration of extra
seats in the middle of the train I expect.

I think that a seven-car train would only have had three motor cars
though, wouldn't it, one of which would be in the middle somewhere?
I've never seen the picture of a control trailer (also in the middle
somewhere), but I assume that not too much space would be wasted.

Standard stock 7 car trains were usually M-T-T-M+CT-T-M or M-T-T-M+T-T-M
once uncoupling was abandoned. The latter was usual on the Piccadilly
when I went to school.

And I think it would have been the underfloor equipment of 1938 stock
that allowed motors to be more distributed.

The bigger gain for the 1938TS was more seats and doors.

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Colin Rosenstiel