| Southern Railway 2-NOL | |
|---|---|
| In service | 1934 – 1959/60 |
| Built at | Eastleigh Works |
| Constructed | 1934–1936 |
| Number built | 78 units |
| Number scrapped | All |
| Formation | 2-car set: DMBT–DTC |
| Fleet numbers | Sets: 1813–1890 |
| Capacity | 24 first class, 135 third class |
| Operator | Southern Railway, British Railways |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Steel-panelled, wooden-framed body on a steel underframe |
| Train length | 129 ft 6 in (39.47 m) |
| Width | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
| Weight | 70 long tons (71 t) |
| Electric system(s) | 750 V DC |
| Current collection method | Third rail |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designation 2-NOL to the electric multiple units built during the 1930s from old London and South Western Railway carriage bodies on new underframes. None of these units survived long enough in British Rail ownership to be allocated a TOPS class.
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The 2-NOL (2-car NO Lavatory stock, numbers 1813–1890) units were built in 1934–1936 by taking former LSWR carriage bodies, lengthening them, and placing them on new underframes. They were intended for use on slow services on the South Coast and in South London.
Initial formations of these units were as follows (carriages were not necessarily formed in numerical order):
| Unit Numbers | DMBT | DTC |
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| 1813–1823 | 9861–9871 | 9940–9950 |
| 1824–1862 | 9872–9910 | 9961–9999 |
| 1863–1882 | 8596–8615 | 9920–9939 |
| 1883–1890 | 9781–9788 | 9913–9919 |
The majority of these units were withdrawn in the late-1950s, when the old bodies were scrapped and the underframes were re-used for new 2-EPB and 2-HAP units. There remained 31 units in stock in the Summer of 1959,[1] but they had all been withdrawn by late 1960.
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