Talk:Southern Railway multiple unit numbering and classification

The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

Trains: in UK / Passenger trains Low‑importance

Trains Portal

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Trains, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to rail transport on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. See also: WikiProject Trains to do list and the Trains Portal.TrainsWikipedia:WikiProject TrainsTemplate:WikiProject Trainsrail transport

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Associated projects or task forces:
/
	This article is supported by WikiProject UK Railways (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by the Passenger trains task force.

There is currently a discussion on the naming conventions for British locomotives and multiple units at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (British railway locomotive and multiple unit classes). Comments from those familar with the SR classification scheme are particularly welcome. Thryduulf 22:18, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

6-digit numbers

As I understand it, other than some SWT sets which are using 4-digit numbers, a good many of the 455s show and have shown 6-digit numbers, notably with the "455" above the latter three digits. 456s have also only ever carried their full numbers. 81.110.106.169 (talk) 18:01, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Class 455's have never carried anything other than 4-digit numbers. The first two digits being the last number of their sub-class. e.g. Class 455/8 carry numbers starting 58. Your are getting mixed up with Class 465/466 "Networkers" which have always carred six digit numbers. Please do not revert unless you can provide a factual source for your claims. I woudl refer you to [www.railfaneurope.net] where they have plenty of pictures class 455's. Olana North (talk) 19:02, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SWT 455s apparently carry 4-digit numbers. However, please count the digits on the front of this unit. (Index). 81.110.106.169 (talk) 20:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Order of presentation

It might make sense to:

explain that the first figure denotes the number of cars in the set
hyphenate the class codes (ie 2-BIL etc.) since this is how they were painted on the car ends
sort the various classes alphabetically (ignoring the figure) to make them easier to find (ie 6-CIT would follow 4-CIG and precede 4-COR)

If a reference is required for some of the codes, try "British Railways Motive Power Survey". British Rail Locomotives and other motive power. London: Ian Allan. 1968. pp. 15, 17. ISBN 0 7110 0008 5. --Redrose64 (talk) 15:10, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]