The Southern Railway class CP, the Crystal Palace stock, was a fleet of AC electric multiple units built in 1911 to 1913 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway overhead electrification around Crystal Palace. It comprised some 90 cars used in three-car formations, with thirty motor coaches and thirty driving trailers built by the Metropolitan Amalgamated Carriage and Wagon Company in 1911 and further trailers built at the railway's own Lancing works. Each motor coach had four 150 horsepower Winter Eichberg motors. When the overhead equipment was replaced by the 660 volt DC third rail system adopted by the Southern Railway, the carriages were rebuilt to suit.
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Thirty motor coaches and 30 driving trailers were built by the Metropolitan Amalgamated Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd. in 1911.
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AC electric multiple units used on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway lines
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AC electric multiple units used on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway lines
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The CP (Crystal Palace stock) units were built in 1911-1913
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AC electric multiple units used on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway lines
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Each motor coach had four 150 horsepower (110 kW) Winter Eichberg motors.
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Thirty motor coaches and 30 driving trailers were built by the Metropolitan Amalgamated Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd. in 1911.
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AC electric multiple units used on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway lines
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AC electric multiple units used on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway lines
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AC electric multiple units used on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway lines
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