Great Western Railway Coaches - Collett 1935 Centenary Stock

The 1935 Centenary stock is probably the most well known of all GWR coaches. Built to celebrate the 100th birthday of the GWR, they exploited extra large loading gauge of the main lines. They were sumptuous inside and impressive outside. Yet for all their fame there were only 26 coaches built in July 1935 to operate the Cornish Riviera Limited. Outside they were almost copies of the Super Saloons yet inside they were a normal train with larger than normal compartments. Unlike the Super Saloons there were a full complement of designs for first and third class passengers, restaurant cars and van thirds with large luggage spaces. The coaches featured large square cornered picture windows. The some of the corridor windows had a ⅓ height sliding pane above the fixed pane for ventilation. But the compartment windows were opened by winding a handle that lowering the whole pane. These windows did not last long. Starting in about 1938 they were gradually replaced with a fixed pane in a metal frame with sliding pane above similar to the corridor side.

Dimensions
Width over cornices	9' 1⅛
Width over body at waist	9' 7
Height to gutters	10' 6½
Height to top of roof	12' 5⅜
Height over ventilators	12' 11
Length over sides	60' 0
Length over bow ends	61' 4½
Wheelbase	53' 6

Diagram	Dimensions Length x Width Wheelbase		Numbers		Conversions
C69 7 compartment corridor third 2 lavatories.	9' bogies	6 built in 1935	4581 to 4586	C67 No. 4582 © GWR	All were condemned between 1962 and 1963.
D120 2 compartment corridor brake van third 1 lavatory.	9' bogies	6 built in 1935	4575 to 4580	D120 with part of E149 nearest, H43 and H44 beyond @ Penzance, R Spratt collection	All were condemned between 1962 and 1963.
E149 7 compartment corridor composite 1 lavatory. 4 first class and 3 third class compartments	9' bogies	4 built in 1935	6658 to 6661		All were condemned between 1962 and 1965.
E150 5 compartment corridor brake composite 2 lavatories.	9' bogies	6 built in 1935	6650 to 6656		All were condemned between 1962 and 1963.
H43 First Diner Pantry, Kitchen, 4 tables seating 4 and 4 tables seating 2	9' bogies	2 built in 1935	9635 & 9636		Both were condemned in 1962.
H44 Third Diner 16 tables seating 4.	9' bogies	2 built in 1935	9637 & 9638		Both were condemned between 1962 and 1963.