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1930 Stock Car No. 803 at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
The London Post Office Railway 1930 Stock and 1936 Stock was built by English Electric. These units comprised the bulk of the fleet from the 1930s until the introduction of the 1980 Stock. The articulated units were designed to replace the earlier unsuccessful 1927 Stock, which were prone to derailments.
An initial 50 units were ordered, being built in two batches from 1930 to 1931. They reused electrical equipment from withdrawn 1927 Stock units. Due to an increase in traffic levels, ten further units were built in 1936. The numbering details of units is shown in the table below:
1930 Stock (Batch 1)
1930 Stock (Batch 2)
1936 Stock
Stock retained after 1984
Number(s)
Original
Later
752
-
753
-
754
-
755
35
756
36
757
-
758
-
759
-
760
37
761
38
762
39
763
-
Number(s)
Original
Later
793
-
794
-
795
-
796
-
797
-
798
-
799
-
800
-
801
40
802
-
803
-
804
-
805
41
806
42
807
-
808
-
809
-
810
-
811
43
Number(s)
Original
Later
812
44
813
-
814
45
815
46
816
-
817
-
818
-
819
47
820
-
821
-
822
-
823
-
824
48
825
-
826
-
827
49
828
-
829
-
830
-
Number(s)
Original
Later
923
-
924
-
925
-
926
-
927
-
928
50
929
-
930
-
931
51
932
-
Numbers
Type
New
Original
35
755
1930 (1st Batch)
36
756
1930 (1st Batch)
37
760
1930 (1st Batch)
38
761
1930 (1st Batch)
39
762
1930 (1st Batch)
40
801
1930 (2nd Batch)
41
805
1930 (2nd Batch)
42
806
1930 (2nd Batch)
43
811
1930 (2nd Batch)
44
812
1930 (2nd Batch)
45
814
1930 (2nd Batch)
46
815
1930 (2nd Batch)
47
819
1930 (2nd Batch)
48
824
1930 (2nd Batch)
49
827
1930 (2nd Batch)
50
928
1936
51
931
1936
After the introduction of the 1980 Stock, some units were retained, being renumbered into the range 35–51 in 1984. All remaining units were withdrawn in 2003 when the system closed.
Several units have been preserved, most of which are from the second batch of 1930 Stock. These are listed below:
760 (later 37) - previously on Beeches Light Railway
761 (later 38) - Launceston Steam Railway
803 – Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
806 (later 42) - Launceston Steam Railway
807 – Postal Museum Store, Loughton (previously in Science Museum, London collection)
808 – Amberley Working Museum
809 – Statfold Barn Railway (previously in National Railway Museum, York)
London Post Office Railway rolling stock
Locomotives:
1926 electric locomotives
Electric units:
1927 - 1930 - 1936 - 1962 - 1980
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