The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designations 6 PUL, 6 CITY and 6 PAN to electric multiple units built to work the routes between London and Brighton, West Worthing and Eastbourne. None of these units survived long enough in British Rail ownership to be allocated a TOPS class number. The 6 PUL units were designated 6 COR until 1935 (the COR designation was later used for 4 COR units).
After trials with this unit had been completed the set was disbanded, and the two prototype driving cars were reformed into 6 CITY units 2041 and 2042 respectively. Unit number 2001 was then reused for one of the production 6 PUL units.
Construction
The 6 PUL (6-car Pullman stock, numbers 2001–2020) and 6 CITY (6-car City stock, numbers 2041–2043) units were built in 1932 to provide high quality accommodation on the newly electrified London to Brighton route. Units of both types each included a Pullman composite kitchen car, which were built by Metropolitan Cammell and numbered 256 to 278 in the Pullman Car Company series.
The 6 CITY units differed from the 6 PUL units only in that the three trailers other than the Pullman car had all first class accommodation. They were dedicated for use on the London Bridge to Brighton route (as opposed to the London Victoria route on which the 6 PUL units were used), and were intended for the trains used by City workers, hence their designation.
The 6 PAN (6-car Pantry units, numbers 2021–2037) units were introduced in 1935, upon the extension of the electrified network to Ore. They were similar to the 6 PUL units, except that the Pullman car was replaced by a first class dining car with a pantry. From this time, 12-car trains were often formed from a 6 PAN coupled to either a 6 PUL or 6 CITY.
Until the arrival of the 6 PAN units, the 6 PUL units had been referred to as 6 COR (6-car Corridor stock) and, as explained below, the designation COR was again used by this stock in later years for various reasons. The numbers of all three types of unit were revised in January 1937 from 20xx to 30xx.
Formations
Initial formations of these units were as follows (coaches were not formed in numerical order):
Units
Type
DMBTO
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer
DMBTO
2001–2020
(later 3001–3020)
6 PUL
11003 to 11045
(odds bar 11015/41)
TTK 10001 to 10020
TCK 11751 to 11789 (odds)
TPCK Pullman Car (see below)
TCK 11752 to 11790 (evens)
11004 to 11046
(evens bar 11016/42)
2021–2037
(later 3021–3037)
6 PAN
11047 to 11079 (odds)
TTK 10021 to 10053 (odds)
TFK 12260 to 12276
TFKP 12501 to 12517
TTK 10022 to 10054 (evens)
11048 to 11080 (evens)
2041–2043
(later 3041–3043)
6 CITY
11001, 11002, 11015
TFK 12251, 12254, 12257
TFK 12252, 12255, 12258
TPCK Pullman Car (See below)
TFK 12253, 12256, 12259
11041, 11042, 11016
The Pullman cars used in these sets were numbered and named as follows:
Number
Name
Unit
Number
Name
Unit
Number
Name
Unit
Number
Name
Unit
275
Anne
3001
256
Rita
3002
257
Grace
3003
260
Elinor
3004
263
Ida
3005
265
Rose
3006
266
Violet
3007
277
Lorna
3008
271
Alice
3009
274
Daisy
3010
276
Naomi
3011
278
Bertha
3012
258
Brenda
3013
259
Enid
3014
261
Joyce
3015
262
Iris
3016
264
Ruth
3017
267
May
3018
268
Peggy
3019
269
Clara
3020
272
Gwladys
3041
273
Olive
3042
270
Ethel
3043
Reformations and conversions
Between May 1942 and May 1946, the Pullman cars in these units were withdrawn and stored at the Pullman workshops in Brighton. This was part of the general withdrawal of Pullman and other restaurant and dining cars from railway stock during World War II. During this period, the 6 PUL and 6 CITY stock were referred to as 5 COR. When the Pullman cars were returned to service, not all were inserted into the same units that they had been in before the war. Those that were reformed were:
Number
Name
Unit
Number
Name
Unit
Number
Name
Unit
Number
Name
Unit
275
Anne
3012
256
Rita
3043
278
Bertha
3001
264
Ruth
3042
267
May
3041
272
Gwladys
3017
273
Olive
3002
270
Ethel
3018
During 1947 and 1948, the three 6 CITY units were converted to non-standard 6 PUL units by reclassifying their three Trailer First vehicles into a Trailer Third (numbered 10113–10115) and two Trailer Composites (11862–11867).
After the 6 PUL and 6-PAN units were disbanded, many of the carriages continued to run in service together with former 4-RES and 4-COR stock. These reformed units were classified either 4 PUL, 4 COR, 4 COR(N), 6 COR or 6 TC.
Units
Type
Period used
Formed from
Trailers
601
6 TC
1965–1967
COR/PAN/PUL cars
TTK/TCK/TTK/TTK
3041–3050
6 COR
1965–1966
PAN/PUL cars
TTK/TTK/TFK/TTK
3054–3059
4 PUL
1964–1968
6 PUL Pullman kitchen in RES unit
TFK/TPCK
3065–3071
4 COR(N)
1964–1969
6 PUL Trailer Third in RES unit
TFK/TTK
3159–3168
4 COR
1965–1969
PAN/PUL/RES cars
TFK/TTK
6 TC
The 6 TC unit was formed in 1965 to trial push-pull equipment that would allow a diesel locomotive to be operated remotely from the driving cab in the multiple unit. It was
composed of former 4Cor driving motor cars, which had their motors removed and the end gangways removed, and 6 PAN/6 PUL trailer cars. At the same time a Class 33 locomotive was modified to work with the unit.
From early 1966, the experimental train was used on the Oxted line, and was later transferred to the Clapham Junction to Kensington Olympia service. The trials were successful, and led to the production of the 3 TC and 4 TC units for working the Bournemouth line with Class 33/1 locomotives. However, the 6 TC unit had a short life, and was withdrawn after incurring accident damage.
Accidents and incidents
On 23 January 1948, a passenger train formed by a 6 PUL and a 6 PAN unit overran signals at London Bridge and collided with an empty stock train formed by two 6 PAN units. Three people were killed and 34 were injured.[1]
On 25 August 1958, 6 PUL unit No. 3014 and 6 PAN unit 3032 formed a passenger train that was involved in a head-on collision with a sleeper car train at Eastbourne, East Sussex after the latter overran a signal. Five people were killed and 40 were injured.
Preservation
Former 6 PUL Pullman cars 264 Ruth and 278 Bertha have been preserved, and are now used as ordinary locomotive-hauled Pullman cars. Number 264 is part of the Venice Simplon Orient Express fleet, working charter trains on the main line, while 278 is at Carnforth under private ownership.
The underframes of several PUL and PAN unit carriages were reused by the engineering department as long-welded rail carriers and crane runners.
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