British Rail Class 405
| British Rail Class 405 | |
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 Prototype 4-sub Unit |
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| In service | 1941-1983 |
| Manufacturer | SR Eastleigh |
| Number built | 185 sets |
| Formation | power car + 2 trailer cars + power car |
| Operator | Southern Railway and British Railways |
| Specifications | |
| Maximum speed | 75 mph 121 km/h |
| Weight | DMBS - 39–43 long tons (40–44 t) |
| Engine(s) | Early units: 4 x 275 hp (205 kW) traction motors total 1,100 hp (820 kW) Later units: 4 x 250 hp (190 kW) traction motors total 1,000 hp (750 kW) |
| Braking system(s) | Air (Westinghouse) |
Under the British Rail TOPS computer system, Class 415 was allocated to surviving examples of the Southern Railway (United Kingdom) 4-Sub Class electric multiple units built between 1941 and 1951. Details of the origins and history of that class are found in the SR Class 4Sub article.
[edit] History
179 out of the 184 new units constructed between 1946 and 1951 were still surviving at the introduction of the TOPS computer system in the early 1970s,[1] but were expected to have limited working lives. All surviving units were allocated to Class 405, but divided into two sub-classes. Sub-class 405/1 included the former Southern Railway sets numbered between 4112 and 4387, and sub-class 405/2 included the former British Railways sets built after 1949 and numbered 4601 and 4753.[2] All had been withdrawn by 1983.
[edit] Preservation
Class 405/2 unit number 4732 is currently Stored at the Electric Railway Museum, Baginton.
[edit] References
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Unit 4692 at Beckenham Junction 1979
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Unit 4617 at Epsom 1979
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Unit 4729 at Epsom 1979
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