Photo: Southern Region carriage

Scanned image showing a train carriage.
Scanned image showing a train carriage.

Description

Train doors. Photo caption: Reinforced plastics doors fitted to a Southern Region carriage in suburban service. The doors are made from Bakelite polyester resin, reinforced with glass fibre, at Southern Region Carriage and Wagon Works, Eastleigh. This item is part of the MoDiP BXL collection.
Designers & Manufacturers
Manufactured for
BXL

Inscriptions

stamped: "The property of BAKELITE LIMITED, 12-18 Grosvenor Gardens, S.W.1 Please acknowledge. COPYRIGHT FREE PHOTOGRAPH from TECHNICAL AND GENERAL PRESS SERVICE, 13 Grape Street, London W.C.2 Covent GArdens 0745-6" (rear)

Object number

BXL : 1098

Date

1960 - 1969 (circa)

Country

Method

Material

Dimensions
Width
208mm
Height
153mm