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2 Hap/2 Sap - Class 414

photograph by David Smith

2 Hap N°6050 seen at Clapham Junction on 11th April 1976, working a Waterloo to Windsor service.
There were a total of three sub-classes, as below:
Class 414/1
1951 Type Stock, SR Rebuilds on 2 Nol underframes, 5601 to 5636, motor coach numbers 14521 to 14556 (dia. 2130, schedule CP-1A), driving trailer numbers 16001 to 16036 (dia. 441, schedule DW).
Class 414/2
1951 Type Stock, BR Standard underframes, 6001 to 6105, motor coach numbers 65393 to 65434 (dia. 400, schedule CQ-3A), driving trailer numbers 77115 to 77156 (dia. 441, schedule DX).
Class 414/3
1957 Type Stock, BR Standard underframes, 6043 to 6105, motor coach numbers 61241 to 61303 (dia. 400, schedule CR), driving trailer numbers 75361 to 75423 (dia. 441, schedule DZ).
1957 Type Stock, BR Standard underframes, 6106 to 6146, motor coach numbers 61648 to 61688 (dia. 400, schedule CU), driving trailer numbers 75700 to 75740 (dia. 441, schedule DAD).
1957 Type Stock, BR Standard underframes, 6147 to 6173, motor coach nos 61962 to 61988 (dia. 400, schedule CU-1A), driving trailer numbers 75995 to 76021 (dia. 441, schedule DAD-1A).
Diagram related to the internal layout of vehicles and schedule to the mechanical and electrical specification.

5624 had an SR-type 4-EPB open motor coach. The original motor coach (14544) was replaced sometime between May 1968 and May 1969 with a diagram 2129 vehicle (from a 1951 Type EPB). Later still it was reformed again with motor coach 65409 (dia. 400, schedule CQ-3A) that was originally in unit 6017.

N.B. The terms '1951 Type' and '1957 Type' do not refer to building dates but to the style of electrical equipment used. The first Hap to be built was 6001 which was completed at Eastleigh in June 1957 with the first of the SR Rebuilds completed around February 1958 (reported in March 1958 Railway Observer).

In 1974 forty units were downgraded to second/standard class only followed in 1977 by a further eleven units. These were reclassified as 2 Sap. They were all restored to Hap status by 1980.

Click on the thumbnails for a larger image.
  • 5604
    Hove
    Unit N°5604, the first of two 1951 type Haps, on the 7:05 p.m. from Brighton approaches Hove on 5th April 1976.
    Photograph by Glen Woods.
  • 5624
    Hove
    In reverse chronological order, 5624 on the rear of a West Worthing to Brighton train departs from Hove. This is the train seen in the distance in the above picture of unit N°5604, 5 April 1976.
    Photograph by Glen Woods.
  • 6090
    Waterloo
    Unit N°6090 sits at Waterloo, 2nd June 1984.
    Photograph by Neil Walkling.
  • 4321
    Bournemouth
    Unit N°4321 seen sitting in the sidings at Bournemouth.
    Photograph by Paul Febrache.
  • S16035S
     
    The side corridor of SR bullied 2 Hap N°S16035S of unit 5635 taken from a passing train at New Cross Gate Carriage sidings on the 30th August 1981, by this time the unit was declassified as a Class 418/0 2 Sap having been relegated to inner suburban duties on the Central division. Sadly none of these magnificent units was preserved, the MBSO was refurbished and reformed with ex-4 Sub trailers into a 4 EPB while the Driving Corridor Composite was scrapped upon withdrawal.
    Photograph by Neil Walkling.
  • 6090
    Waterloo
    Unit N°6090 siting at Waterloo, 2nd June 1984.
    Photograph by Neil Walkling.
  • 2-Hap
    Underframe
    Preserved 2-Hap N°4311, of the 1959 batch, residing at the Coventry Railway Centre pictured here on 18th August 2002. This is one side of the underframe of DMBSO 61287.
    Photograph by Colin Duff.
  • DTCL
    Bogie
    A trailer bogie on DTCL 75407 of unit N°4311.
    Photograph by Colin Duff.
  • DMBSO
    Motor Bogie
    The motor bogie - minus pickup on DMBSO 61287.
    Photograph by Colin Duff.

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