SR Class 2NOL

Southern Railway 2-NOL
In service	1934 – 1959/60
Built at	Eastleigh Works
Constructed	1934–1936
Number built	78 units
Number scrapped	All
Formation	2-car set: DMBT–DTC
Fleet numbers	Sets: 1813–1890
Capacity	24 first class, 135 third class
Operator	Southern Railway, British Railways
Specifications
Car body construction	Steel-panelled, wooden-framed body on a steel underframe
Train length	129 ft 6 in (39.47 m)
Width	9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Weight	70 long tons (71 t)
Electric system(s)	750 V DC
Current collection method	Third rail
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation 2-NOL to the electric multiple units built during the 1930s from old London and South Western Railway carriage bodies on new underframes. None of these units survived long enough in British Rail ownership to be allocated a TOPS class.

Construction

The 2-NOL (2-car NO Lavatory stock, numbers 1813–1890) units were built in 1934–1936 by taking former LSWR carriage bodies, lengthening them, and placing them on new underframes. They were intended for use on slow services on the South Coast and in South London.

Formations

Initial formations of these units were as follows (carriages were not necessarily formed in numerical order):

Unit Numbers	DMBT	DTC
1813–1823	9861–9871	9940–9950
1824–1862	9872–9910	9961–9999
1863–1882	8596–8615	9920–9939
1883–1890	9781–9788	9913–9919

Withdrawal

The majority of these units were withdrawn in the late-1950s, when the old bodies were scrapped and the underframes were re-used for new 2-EPB and 2-HAP units. There remained 31 units in stock in the Summer of 1959, but they had all been withdrawn by late 1960.

References

• Marsden, Colin J. (1983). Southern Electric Multiple-Units 1898–1948. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Limited. pp. 46–47. ISBN 0-7110-1253-9.