Great Western Railway Coaches - Churchward's Early Designs

Churchward's early coaches are a mixture of experimentation and perpetuating previous designs but with a small 'improvement'. His first experiment was to increase the length of a Dean clerestory coach; D39 was really a Dean D30 stretched from 56' to 68' long. On the other hand, Churchward changed the roof a C23 to a high elliptical roof and produced his C25 diagram. He then took it one step further by combining the increase in length with the new roof and produced E78 composites. None of the designs though increased the width to 9' which became Churchward's standard width for most of his designs.

Diagram	Dimensions Length x Width Wheelbase		Numbers		Conversions / Withdrawn Date
C25 10 compartment third	58' x 8'6 50'6 wheelbase 9' Light Bolster bogies	20 built in 1905 in 2 lots	1029 to 1032, 1034 to 1039 1040 to 1042, 1044 to 1047, 1050 to 1052		All condemned between 1947 and 1959
D39 4 compartment brake third with 1 lavatory corridor	68' x 8'6 10' Dean bogies 61' wheelbase Later fitted with 9' American bogies Lewis: CEE7W	1 built in 1902	2400	JN Slinn collection	Guards lookouts removed in 1921 1950 - 2400
E78 8 compartment brake composite 2 first class, 2 second class and 4 third class compartments with 3 lavatories corridor	69' x 8'6 9' American bogies 62'6 wheelbase	10 built in 1905	(7)645 to (7)654	E117, © Photomatic	1953 - 7646, 7653 1954 - 7648 1955 - 7654 1956 - 7647, 7651
1st class seating changed to 2 abreast (previously 3 abreast) became E100 1955 - 7650
Guards lookouts removed became E117 1953 - 7645 1955 - 7649, 7652
L13 Post Office Sorting Van	70' x 8'6 63'6 wheelbase	3 built in 1905	834 to 836		1948 - 834 1959 - 835
L14 Parcels Van	70' x 8'6 63'6 wheelbase	3 built in 1905	830 to 832		All condemned in 1945
M11 Parcels Van	70' x 8'6 63'6 wheelbase	5 built in 1905	825 to 829		All condemned between 1954 and 1956

Diagram

Dimensions
Length x Width
Wheelbase

Numbers

Conversions / Withdrawn Date

C25

10 compartment third

58' x 8'6

50'6 wheelbase

9' Light Bolster bogies

20 built in 1905 in 2 lots

1029 to 1032, 1034 to 1039

1040 to 1042, 1044 to 1047, 1050 to 1052