Coach Designations

JohnMac

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I have downloaded a set of BR Southern coaches and I am confused as to what these suffix.s mean? all coach sets created by this author "Magandy" used these same suffix's.
Example BR Southern BCK
BR Southern CK
BR Southern FK
BR Southern RBR
BR Southern RMB
BR Southern SK
I am confident some knows the answer. Thanks JohnMac
 
Hello John Mac, the suffix letter(s) before the numbers on coaches / DMU's stood for the region within British Rail that the equipment was registered and operated on, when they were built. S was for Southern Region, E for Eastern Region, Sc for Scottish Region, W for Western Region, M for Midland Region.

I think most of the Mk1 and MK2 coaches on the DLS, by various creators, were numbered from different regions if you look a little closer.

Cheerz. ex-railwayman. :wave:
 
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BCK = Corridor Brake Composite
CK = Corridor Composite
FK = Corridor First
RBR = Restaurant Buffet
RMB = Restaurant Miniature Buffet
SK = Corridor Standard
 
An addition to the above information:

The letter at the start of the number indicated the BR region on which stock operated. Vehicles that were built before nationalisation also carried a suffix letter. So a coach built by the LMS but operated on the Western Region would carry a number like W xxxxxx M.

Hope this is helpful.

Peter
 
Prefix

Surely if a letter is 'before' anything then it is a prefix? Suffix add-ons are after.... Just to clarify.
And I have often wondered why one work starting with C is designated 'C' yet another like corridor is designated 'K'.... have we had a German working on BR at some point?

Angela
 
Surely if a letter is 'before' anything then it is a prefix? Suffix add-ons are after.... Just to clarify.
And I have often wondered why one work starting with C is designated 'C' yet another like corridor is designated 'K'.... have we had a German working on BR at some point?

Angela
Hi Angela,
I don't know about a German working for the BR but what I see is 'C' stands for composite and 'K' stands for corridor on all of them.

Cheers,
Bill69
 
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