Ex-LNER Gresley Buffet
| During 1966 the early Mk 1 RBs were being taken out of
service to be converted into EMU (Rep) vehicles which action led to some
Gresley RBs being transferred to the Southern Region to cover the shortfall
during the last year of steam operation. The coaches concerned were mainly used
on the Ocean Liner Boat Trains. The vehicles as at June 1966 were: By the time of the July 1967 appendix they were no longer required, however the vehicles to be withdrawn list shows the following:9121 9117 |
| S9117E pictured at Clapham Junction during November 1966
9117 would have been transferred somewhere between these dates but precisely when is not known. It seems doubtful that these vehicles would have been painted green at his late stage, something this B/W photograph doesn't assist with! photograph by Ray Soper |
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S9127E between a Bulleid and a MkI in a train at Clapham
Junction on 17th November 1966.
photograph by Ray Soper |
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