GWR_Modeller Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 After reading an earlier post I have looked for "John Lewis' definitive 'Great Western Auto Trailers' in 2 volumes". Unfortunately there only seems to be a couple of copies of vol 1 available from the secondhand dealers on the internet. Does anybody know of a seller with vol2? Regards, Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Slightly off topic but here's a couple of photos from my collection (original photographers unknown) of auto trains, The first is a 517 class propelling a single trailer through an unknown station, possibly in the Oxford area. The second is 14xx class 1421 at Marlow? The trailer is either one of the GW built compo trailers with the single window in the driving end or one of the very similar B.R. conversions from brake 3rd's, Hope they are of interest. Ray. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 The one at Marlow is one of the BR conversions from a D117 brake third. Chris 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I think the High Wycombe to Banbury might have been the longest autotain distance about 40 miles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2018 If there was a limit over the distance that an auto train could be worked, it would have been presumably imposed by the GW/WR guideline that any journey that lasted over 2 hours from start point to terminating point should have corridor stock with toilet access; so that the 57xx pannier hauled Newport-Brecon service, about 30 miles but very slow, had corridor stock. It took longer to get to Brecon from Newport than it did to get to Paddington. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hughes Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 If there was a limit over the distance that an auto train could be worked, it would have been presumably imposed by the GW/WR guideline that any journey that lasted over 2 hours from start point to terminating point should have corridor stock with toilet access; so that the 57xx pannier hauled Newport-Brecon service, about 30 miles but very slow, had corridor stock. It took longer to get to Brecon from Newport than it did to get to Paddington. Certainly that limit was more honoured in the breach than the observance; in the early 60s the Salop - Aberystwyth stoppers were sometimes made up on non-corridor stock, much to the disgust of the guards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2019 Certainly that limit was more honoured in the breach than the observance; in the early 60s the Salop - Aberystwyth stoppers were sometimes made up on non-corridor stock, much to the disgust of the guards. As such limit did not appear to officially exist (and I've never come across it in any Instructions going right back to 1920 and including those applicable from 1960 to 1972) it would appear that nothing was being observed in the breach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Slighty off topic but here is a standard tank at Saunderton in 1959 with an autocoach oviously not in auto mode but in the prototype for anything category David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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