The length at the least

I have searched and searched for a diagram or scale drawing of the Southern Railway's 4-wheel Covered Carriage Truck/General Utility Van, with no success. I have found two scale drawings, but neither has measurements on it. I was able to find the length listed, thirty-two feet, but it was not specified if this was "over buffers" or "over headstocks". If I just had confirmation on that, I could use the scale drawing to calculate the other measurements.
Also, sorry to everyone for not being more active here and for not commenting on your stuff lately

Can't help with your question Brendan but don't worry about not being on recently,we all drift in and out from time to time.

Pardon?

Sorry.  I dropped off.   :shock:

Painkillers and G'nT does the same here ;-)

Peter Tatlow's "Historic Carriage Drawings, NPCS" is an invaluable resource for questions like this.  The interthingy is hopeless in answering questions that require more than just a cursory description.

The van in question, I think, is SE&CR and SR 4 wheel 32 foot Passenger Luggage/Parcels Van.

In the book there are 3 good photos and a drawing that is dimensioned and scaled to 4mm/ft.

The length is 32' over the buffer beams and 35' 10" over buffers.  WB is 21'.

I can supply more details if you send me a PM with your email address.

John

Amazon have that book at £7.55, only 4 left when I looked earlier. (I paid full whack for mine a few years back £19.95!)

These books should be snapped up when you see them.  They are invaluable and out of print.  It is unlikely they will reprinted.

I've seen books in this genre on Amazon going for stupid money, so this is a bargain, assuming the owner is prepared to ship to North America.

John

Luckily I managed to find 3 of Bradley's LSWR loco books from Abe books, just kept looking until I saw one going at a reasonable price.

As you say similar books appear on Amazon at silly prices, some of the other historic carriage books are there now with price tags of £50+

Happily I have most of the major books on LMS in my library Mike.  Now that I'm branching into BR (E) I frequently find myself stuck.  Lots of help on forums though.

John

Thanks for the help, everyone. I've now got what I need