55018 ‘Ballymoss’ railtour rake 19/02/1978?

[codek]

OK, here's a fun one. On 19th Feb 1978 Deltic ballymoss ran out on the gwr!

what a sight eh?

So, there's some history here:

http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/780219rp.html

http://www.napier-chronicles.co.uk/18_29-1-78.htm

And by judicious googling i've found the following:

4206	Mark I TSOs.
4233	MK1 TSO 4233 Named ‘Rebecca’
4753	Mark I TSOs.
21185	BCK
13347	Mark I FKs.
13352	Mark I FKs.
4763	Mk1 TSO
4758	Mk1 TSO
4215	Mk1 TSO
25644	3rd class corridor carriage, mainline electrification (Eastbourne) SK
5181	Mk2 TSO
1913	Mark I RUB

but as you can see i have a lot of gaps!

I dont know anything about coach numbers, is it fair to say 4206 being a similar number to 4233 will be the same? I fear not!

I'd have thought one would be a restaurant car? would one have been a brake car too?

Thanks!
Dan

PS: i'd love to submit the results back to those sites above, incase they want to update their details.

 

[Magdalia]

1913 is a Mark I RUB.
4206/15/33 and 4753/58/63 are all Mark I TSOs.
5181 is a Mark II (not IIA) TSO.
13347/52 are Mark I FKs.
21185 is a BCK.
25644 is an SK.

 

[codek]

wow BRILLIANT!! Thanks! I guess my googling fu is failing me! Or maybe it's not out there, which is sad if so

 

[Magdalia]

wow BRILLIANT!! Thanks! I guess my googling fu is failing me! Or maybe it's not out there, which is sad if so

I did this the 20th century way, by looking them up in a book.

If you are interested in this sort of information, then check out second hand bookshops at preserved railways, where used copies are often available at reasonable prices.

 

[codek]

ok definitely. there are books about coach formations etc then? any particular ones to recommend? I've got various NSE books, but this is slightly older..

It seems quite a mishmash of a rake!

 

[Magdalia]

Not train formations, but definitely lists of vehicle numbers with specification details.

My source is the platform 5 coaching stock pocket book 1980. People really serious about this have the RCTS coaching stock books.

 

[codek]

Not train formations, but definitely lists of vehicle numbers with specification details.

My source is the platform 5 coaching stock pocket book 1980. People really serious about this have the RCTS coaching stock books.

ok great thanks for that! And thanks for the help, really pleased to get this resolved so quickly, i've been pondering it for ages!