Hornby: SR, Maunsell Kitchen/Dining First, 7869
By 1925, the Southern Railway had settled on its new standard design corridor coach of 59’ length, 9’ width and 12’ 4” height, with standard 8’ SR bogies and on August 6th that year, authority under order E98 was granted to construct six First Class Dining Saloons for the Western Section. The first of a batch of twenty six such vehicles under Diagram 2651, they were intended for the London-Bournemouth, London-Portsmouth and London-Exeter services and were of the low-windowed design.
Seating twenty four passengers in four seating bays at one end and the
Kitchen, Pantry, Service Vestibule and Side Corridor at the other, a set of
double loading doors opened into the vestibule, while the passengers accessed
the Restaurant from the gangways at either end.
Four further low windowed Dining Saloons were completed between July and
December 1929, intended for the inter-regional through sets and in May/June
1930, ten further Dining Saloons entered service, under Order 464, on West
Country workings.
Technical Specification & Detail:
- Gauge 00
- Period Era 3 (1923 – 1947)
- Operator/Livery SR
- Designer Richard Maunsell
- Age Suitability 14+