The Crystal Palace Stock was built by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway as part of it's overhead electrification of London lines. Sixty cars were built by the Metropolitan Amalgamated Carriage & Wagon Works with extra trailers and motor cars built by the railway company at their own Lancing Carriage Works. All cars had cabs which allowed the LBSCR to use a variety of formations. The stock was fitted with a bow collector.
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| LBSCR catenary and train at Peckham Rye, all images [1] |
| Information |
| Number built: |
102 (34 3-car sets) |
| Built: |
1911-13 |
| Builder: |
Metropolitan Amalgamated Carriage & Wagon Works
LBSCR Lancing Carriage Works |
| Motor: |
4 Winter Eichberg electric motors (6.7 kV AC OHLE) |
| Power: |
600 hp (447 kW) |
| Formation: |
Driving Trailer Composite (DTC) + Driving Motor Brake Third
(DMBT) + DTC |
After the LBSCR was absorbed into the Southern Railway in the 1920s, the SR standardised on third rail DC electric collection. The Crystal Palace Stock, now known as Class CP by the Southern, was duly converted in 1928-9.
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| Bow collector |
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| Motor bogie |
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| Cab view |
[1] "Progress of Brighton railway electrification", Railway Times (May 6 1911) p. 433
