London Underground G/Q23 Stock

By the early 1920s the condition of B Stock was becoming a concern to the District Railway. Fifty motor cars were built in 1923 to allow for the replacement of some B Stock cars, the electrical equipment being reused in these G Stock cars [1]. Although some of these B Stock cars were scrapped others were converted to become trailers, known as H Stock. The G Stock has clerestory roofs like B Stock.

4248 at the London Transport Museum

Information
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