Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, LMS & BR

The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway developed the semi elliptical roof carriage in 1906 for long distance passenger traffic on 'though services; to the main North London terminals and also Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle and Yarmouth. They were designed to the limit of the loading gauge allowed on the LYR mainline'. The brakes, with a guards compartment, have a tapered waist to provide a sighting down the train, a distinctive feature copied by some other railways. The early versions used an 8ft wheelbase bogie common to other carriages of the period, but a new design of bogie was introduced in 1909. This had wider frames, providing a wider bearing surface for the axleboxes, leaf springs which were fitted inside the frames and virtually out of sight. The two bogie type were interchangeable and early carriages could be refitted with the new pattern after rebuild. Later the 10' outside frame bogie was introduced and became standard for new carriages and refurbished stock.

Initially all carriages were gas lit however this was replaced as part of a planned refurbishment with electric lighting from the end of the Great War onwards. This was not completed when LMS took over the rolling stock and many carriages remained gas lit to the end. A significant proportion of the stock was dual fitted with vacuum and Westinghouse brakes to permit through services over the Caledonian, North Eastern Railways and North British Railways.

After Grouping many of the carriages were distributed to other areas of the LMS region, notably Scotland as the LMS replaced the L&YR stock with new build carriages for the 'home' area. These modern looking carriages were kept in service in some cases up to the late 1950's

The original pattern footboards running the full length of the carriage were removed early on in the LMS period, probably at the same time as the lighting conversion was undertaken, and replaced with a suspended step between the bogies. The end bogies under the Guards compartment also had a short step. The funnels and down pipes on the coach ends were also removed by the LMS and in later years wear and tear, and lack of maintenance exposed the wooden sheet and basic timber frame construction.

When first introduced these carriages were amongst the best then available in the country. The basic design was 54 ' 0" or 56'0" x 9'0" and a number of derivatives were introduced, several of which are available from .

• Diagram 84: 6 compartment, lavatory composite - 54 built.
• Diagram 90: 8 compartment, lavatory brake third - 27 built.
• Diagram 91: 4 compartment, lavatory brake third - 14 built.
• Diagram 104: 7 compartment lavatory composite carriage - 12 built.
• Diagram 105: 5 compartment brake third carriage - 29 built.

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