SR Class 2SL

Southern Railway 2-SL
In service	1929–1954
Built at	Peckham Rye Works
Replaced	South London Line stock
Constructed	1929
Entered service	May 1929
Number built	8
Number scrapped	8
Formation	DMBT+DTC
Fleet numbers	1901–1908, later 1801–1808
Capacity	16 first class, 108 third class
Operator(s)	Southern Railway, British Railways
Specifications
Train length	127 ft 2 in (38.76 m)
Width	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Traction system	Metropolitan-Vickers
Power output	550 hp (410.13 kW)
UIC classification	Bo′2′+2′2′
Braking system(s)	Automatic air
Coupling system	Screw-link
Multiple working	Standard SR system
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)

The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation 2-SL to the small fleet of electric multiple units dedicated for use on the South London lines. None of these units survived long enough in British Rail ownership to be allocated a TOPS class.

Construction

The 2-SL (2-car South London stock, numbers 1801–1808) units were rebuilt in 1929 from the Driving Motor cars originally used in ex-LBSCR AC electric SL stock. They were intended for use on the South London lines. Originally these units had some First Class accommodation in the Driving Trailer car, but this was later declassified to Third Class only. The units were numbered 1901–1908 before 1936, when those numbers were reused for new 2-BIL units. At the same time, 4-SUB unit number 1801 was renumbered 1600.

Formations

Initial formations of these units were as follows:

Unit Numbers	DMBT	DTC
1901–1908 / 1801–1808	8723–8730	9751–9758

Withdrawal

The majority of these units were withdrawn in 1954, the exceptions being 1802 (in 1951) and 1807 (destroyed in 1940 during a World War II air raid). All were subsequently scrapped.

References

Marsden, Colin J. (1983). Southern Electric Multiple-Units 1898–1948. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Limited. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-7110-1253-9.

Electric multiple units of Great Britain

AC units (300–399):	300 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 (I) 316 (II) 316 (III) 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 325 331 (I) 331 (II) 332 333 334 341 342 345 350 (I) 350 (II) 357 360 365 370 371 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 385 387 390 395 397

AC units (700–899):	700 707 710 717 800 801 802

AC units (pre-TOPS):	AM1 AM2 AM3 AM4 AM5 AM6 AM7 AM8 AM9 AM10 AM11 LB&SCR CP LB&SCR CW LB&SCR SL MR Lancaster units

DC units (400–599):	401 402 403 404 405 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 427 430 431 432 438 442 444 445 446 447 450 455 456 457 458 460 465 466 471 480 482 (I) 482 (II) 483 485 486 487 488 489 499 (I) 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 510

DC units (Original TOPS):	411 412 413 414 421 422 423 424 431 432 441 442 451 452 453 461 462 491 492

DC units (pre-TOPS):	BEMU LMS electric units LNER Tyneside units LNWR electric units LOR electric units LYR electric units Mersey Railway electric units NER electric units W&CR electric units

Southern Railway designations:	2-BIL 2-EPB 2-HAL 2-HAP 2-NOL 2-PAN 2-PEP 2-SAP 2-SL 2-WIM 3-CEP 3-CIG 3-COP 3-SUB 3-TC 3-TIS 4-BEP 4-BIG 4-BUF 4-CAP 4-CEP 4-CIG 4-COM 4-COR 4-DD 4-DES 4-EPB 4-GRI 4-JOP 4-LAV 4-PEP 4-REP 4-RES 4-SUB 4-TC 4-TEP 4-VEC 4-VEG 4-VEP 4-VIP 4-VOP 5-BEL 5-DES 5-TCB 5-WES 6-CIT 6-PAN 6-PUL 6-REP 8-DIG 8-GAT 8-MIG 8-VAB GLV MLV TLV

Miscellaneous units:	399 499 (II) 994

Families:	1959 design 1972 design Mark 2-derived Mark 3-derived A-Train APT Aventra Civity Desiro Electrostar Juniper Networker TGV Tube¹ Velaro

British electric multiple units List of locomotives List of Diesel multiple units List of Electric multiple units List of Departmental multiple units Rolling stock of Network SouthEast 1: Grouping of different rolling stock types built to loading gauge of London Underground deep tube lines

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