GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Tyseley Shed: gwrt343

GWR Railcar No 2 is seen with its side panel removed to provide access to the engine as it stands in front of Tyseley's Repair Shops in June 1937. The success of railcar number 1 prompted the Great Western to place an order with AEC for a small series of six railcars in February 1934, the same month that number 1 entered regular service. A number of improvements in the design was made on this series, the largest of which was the instalment of two AEC 8.85 litre diesel engines raising the maximum speed to 80 mph. The first three units, numbers 2 to 4, were to be fitted with a buffet bar for use as an express businessman's service between Birmingham and Cardiff, but no decision could be made on the body of the last three and so construction of these bodies was held over for the time being. Courtesy of 'The Great Western Archive'.

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