4248 at the London Transport Museum |
Information | |
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Number built: | 50 |
Built: | 1923 |
Builder: | Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company |
Motor: | British Thomson-Houston GE69 electric motors (600v DC fourth rail) |
Power: | 400 hp (298 kW) |
In 1938 forty-eight cars were rebuilt and reclassified as Q23 Stock. In 1958-60 fourteen cars were converted into trailers and survived in service until 1971. Two cars were converted to double cabbed cars and used singly on the South Acton shuttle. These two cars continued to be used until 1959 [2] when they were scrapped along with most of the rest of the fleet. Two cars have been preserved.
Preserved car |
Aboard the car with suitable passengers from Swinging London! |
[1] Brian Hardy, Underground Train File Surface Stock 1933-1959 (Capital Transport, 2002) p. 46
[2] Ibid. p. 57