Southern Railway 2-NOL | |
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In service | 1934 – 1959/60 |
Built at | Eastleigh Works |
Constructed | 1934–1936 |
Number built | 78 units |
Number scrapped | All |
Formation | 2-car set: DMBT–DTC |
Fleet numbers | Sets: 1813–1890 |
Capacity | 24 first class, 135 third class |
Operators | Southern Railway, British Railways |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | Wooden body on a steel underframe |
Train length | 129 ft 6 in (39.47 m) |
Width | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
Weight | 70 long tons (71 t; 78 short tons) |
Electric system(s) | 750 V DC Third rail |
Current collector(s) | Contact shoe |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation 2-NOL to the electric multiple units built during the 1930s from old London and South Western Railway carriage bodies on new underframes. None of these units survived long enough in British Rail ownership to be allocated a TOPS class.