Category:BR Carriage classification codes

BR used a system for identifying carriage types using alphabetical codes, based on that previously used by the LNER. The notes below relate to carriages found on the SVR.

Carriage class and internal layout

For passenger carriages, one letter indicated the class of carriage, normally F (First), S (Second, later Standard), T (Third) or C (Composite, ie more than one class). A second letter would indicate the layout, typically O (Open) or K (Corridor). Thus a carriage with Third Class compartments off a corridor would be designated TK.

The letter T when used as a prefix to another carriage class meant ‘Tourist’, indicating 2+2 seating, for example TSO (Tourist Standard Open).

Guard's compartment

The code for carriages including a guard’s compartment would be prefixed by B (Brake), for example BTK. A carriage with a guard’s compartment and a through gangway for passenger access, but with no passenger seating was designated BG (Brake Gangwayed). A specialised form, BGP, indicated a Pigeon-van.

Restaurant carriages

Carriages with catering facilities, or whose principal use was for dining, were normally prefixed R (Restaurant). B as a suffix indicated Buffet. Common forms included RB (Buffet with cooking facilities) and RMB (Restaurant Miniature Buffet, serving snacks).

Other variants

The suffix Z indicated a 6-wheeled vehicle (for example the Barry Railway Composite coach is designated CZ).

Certain letter combinations were entirely descriptive; these included ROY (Royal Coach), INSP (Inspection Saloon), SLEP (Mk 3 Sleeper), GUV (General Utility Van) and POS (Post Office Sorting)

Subcategories

This category has the following 27 subcategories, out of 27 total.

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