Talk:Coaches of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway

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[edit] All Doors Corridor Coaches

I regularly used to catch trains between the North East and Derby and Bristol and the South West. Up until about 1958 or so, I'm sure I remember, the coaches were corridor stock but with doors in each compartment. In particular I would get woken up at a station just when I was trying to get some sleep.

It's been bothering me on and off for a number of years. These coaches must have been pretty prevalent, but I can find no mention of them.

There are descriptions of so-called "all doors" corridor stock by Essery on the LMS , but these finished production in the early thirties. Were they really that old, or were they Western Region ex GWR escapees?

But then you also hear little of the "porthole stock" that were used to St. Pancras. Graham Farish has announced the production of LMS Stanier coaches. Presumably these were used on the posh trains for Euston to Birmingham and Manchester.