Great Western Railway Coaches - Collett Sunshine Stock

The 1936 Sunshine Stock appears to have inspired by the Centenary Stock in that they had very large observation windows on the corridor sides. So large that the waist of the coach was lower than on any other GWR design. Each compartment had an equally tall window with sliding ventilators at the top. As there were only 4 doors per coach, one at each end per side, the opportunity was taken to intersperse the corridor side windows with droplights, similar to the door droplight, but only taller to match the fixed windows. The door droplights were aligned so that the top was level with the top of the main windows. Initally the livery had to be altered because the windows were so deep. The low waist resulted in there being an appreciable area of cream below the door droplights and toilet windows. So the class designations and running numbers were put above the lining on the cream. But when the Hawkesworth livery appeared the number and other writing was put between the two lines of lining.

After the first 4 designs (C70, D121, E151 & H53) were outshopped there followed a slight styling change. The brake composites (E152) had the doors and windows aligned and could thus be painted in the standard livery. A further styling change occurred and on the later designs not only were the droplights aligned, but compartment window bottoms were raised to align with the droplights.

Dimensions
Width over cornices	8' 11⅛
Width over body at waist	9'
Width over handles	9' 5⅛
Height to gutters	10' 6½
Height to top of roof	12' 5⅞
Height over ventilators	12' 11

Diagram	Dimensions Length x Width Wheelbase		Numbers		Conversions
C70 8 compartment corridor third, 2 lavatories	60'11½ 54'5¼ wheelbase 9'bogies	28 built in 1936 40 built in 1936	4304 to 4331 4444 to 4483		All were condemned between 1963 and 1965.
D121 4 compartment corridor brake third, 1 lavatory	60'11½ 54'5¼ wheelbase 9'bogies	56 built in 1936	4066 to 4125 D121 corridor side © JAGH Coltas	D121 corridor side © JAGH Coltas R Spratt Collection	All were condemned in 1963.
E151 7 compartment corridor composite, 2 lavatories 3 first class and 4 third class compartments	58'7 52'1 wheelbase 9' bogies	6 built in 1936 10 built in 1936	6853 to 6858 6606, 6607, 6611, 6612, 6614, 6617, 6618, 6620, 6622 & 6623		All were condemned between 1962 and 1965.
H53 3 compartment corridor buffet third, 1 lavatory	60' 53'6 wheelbase 9' bogies	2 built in 1937	9643 & 9644		Condemned in 1962.
D121 compartment side - C60/C62 high waist 1930 Tapered Side Stock - C77 large wondow 1938 Stock - D121 corridor side © JAGH Coltas
E152 6 compartment corridor brake composite, 2 lavatories	60'11½ 54'5¼ wheelbase 9'bogies	20 built in 1936	6859 to 6862, 6925, 6932, 6940, 6965, 6967, 6971, 6973, 6981, 6982, 6985, 6988, 6991 to 6994, 6997	© R Spratt collection	All were condemned between 1963 and 1965.

A20 7 compartment corridor first, 1 lavatory	60'11½ 54'5¼ wheelbase 9'bogies	10 built in 1937	8043 to 8052		All were condemned in 1964/5.
C73 8 compartment corridor third, 2 lavatories	60'11½ 54'5¼ wheelbase 9'bogies	75 built in 1937	1442 to 1516		All were condemned between 1963 and 1965.
D124 4 compartment corridor brake third, 1 lavatory	60'11½ 54'5¼ wheelbase 9'bogies	43 built in 1937	1583 to 1603, 1605 to 26	D124 No. 1614 @ South Devon Railway 2009 © Geof Sheppard / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) Compartment side. There has been an extra door added to the nearest compartment at some time. The later D127 all had this extra door.	All were condemned between 1963 and 1966.
E153 6 compartment corridor brake composite, 2 lavatories	60'11½ 54'5¼ wheelbase 9'bogies	20 built in 1937	6378, 6379, 6384, 6385, 6397, 6400, 6406, 6407, 6466, 6467, 6472, 6473, 6474, 6484, 6486, 6489, 6490, 6496, 6499, 6529	© R Spratt collection	All were condemned in 1962/3.
E154 7 compartment corridor composite, 2 lavatories 3 first class and 4 third class compartments	58'7 x 9' 52'1 wheelbase 9' bogies	8 built in 1937	6001, 6002, 6004 to 7, 6010, 6036		All were condemned between 1962 and 1964.
E155 7 compartment corridor composite, 2 lavatories 4 first class and 3 third class compartments	59'10 53'4 wheelbase 9' bogies	18 built in 1937	6049, 6053, 6056, 6057, 6059, 6062, 6084, 6106, 6109 to 12, 6114, 6116, 6128, 6132, 6136, 6140		All were condemned between 1962 and 1965.