I know this should properly be asked in UK Railway, but I am not
currently subscribed to that group, and I know quite well that there are
people here who could answer my question!

At the weekend, I visited the Severn Valley Railway station at Bewdley,
and stayed to watch a couple of trains go past. Since our last visit,
the SVR now puts notices on their rolling stock explaining what the
carriages are, and when they were built. Some are pretty obvious, like
"1934 3rd class open" or "3rd class corridor", but what, please, is a
"corridor brake composite"?
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Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 6 June 2004

"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
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but what, please, is a
"corridor brake composite"?

This is one http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bl...pics/6575.html

HTH

Ian

"1934 3rd class open" or "3rd class corridor", but what, please, is a
"corridor brake composite"?
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Nice and easy - all you do is break down the words in the names of the
coach:

Corridor - It's got a corridor/compartments in it. (as opposed to an 'Open'
carriage - where you've just got seats without any compartments)

Brake - It's got a guards brake compartment (i.e a compartment where the
guard can apply the brake from?)

Composite - The coach is made up of different classes of travel facilities.
(1st class/2nd class in the same carriage).

Hope this helps.

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 at 12:35:45, coopsweb wrote:


"1934 3rd class open" or "3rd class corridor", but what, please, is a
"corridor brake composite"?
--

Nice and easy - all you do is break down the words in the names of the
coach:

Corridor - It's got a corridor/compartments in it. (as opposed to an 'Open'
carriage - where you've just got seats without any compartments)

Brake - It's got a guards brake compartment (i.e a compartment where the
guard can apply the brake from?)

Composite - The coach is made up of different classes of travel facilities.
(1st class/2nd class in the same carriage).

Hope this helps.


Yes, thanks! I knew "Corridor" and "Brake" is fairly self-explanatory,
but it was "composite" that floored me.... Thanks.
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Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 6 June 2004

In message , Annabel Smyth
writes
At the weekend, I visited the Severn Valley Railway station at Bewdley,
and stayed to watch a couple of trains go past.

Hope you enjoyed your time up in "my" neck of the woods, then, while I
was toiling away in, er, London!

Glad someone else was on hand with the "Corridor Brake Composite"
answer, too!
--
Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK
Registered "Blue Badge" Tourist Guide for
London & the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk