SR Travelling Post Office Vans
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SR Post Office Sorting Van 4921 pictured at Clapham Junction on 6th August 1971 when in use on the Waterloo- Weymouth TPO Kieth Gunner
SR Post Office Stowage Van 4958 pictured at Clapham Junction on 7th August 1969 when in use on the Waterloo- Weymouth TPO Kieth Gunner
Eight Traveling Post Office Vans were built by the Southern Railway in the late 1930's with the majority remaining in use until 1977.
Sorting Van
| Built: 1936 | Order number: 879 | Diagram: 3191 | Total: 1 |
Used on the Waterloo-Dorchester (Weymouth from 1966) TPO.
| Number | Withdrawn | Disposal |
| 4919 | 1973 | Dispatched from Micheldever to A. King & Sons, Wymondham, Norfolk 19/11/73. |
Sorting Vans
| Built: 1939 | Order number: 1043 | Diagram: 3192 | Total: 3 |
Used on the Waterloo-Dorchester (Weymouth from 1966) TPO. In 1974 transferred to the Victoria-Dover TPO.
| Number | Withdrawn | Disposal |
| 4920 | 1977 | Dispatched from Norwood Yard 23/8/77 to the National Railway Museum, York, then to Nene Valley Railway on loan arriving in 1979. Ownership subsequently transferred to Nene Valley Railway. |
| 4921 | 1977 | A. King & Sons, Snailwell, Cambridgeshire 12/77. |
| 4922 | 1977 | A. King & Sons, Snailwell, Cambridgeshire 12/77. Then acquired for preservation at the Bluebell Railway arriving 11/5/78. |
Stowage Vans
| Built: 1939 | Order number: 999 | Diagram: 3196 | Total: 4 |
4957 originally used on London Bridge-Dover TPO and 4958, 4959 & 4960 used on Waterloo-Dorchester (Weymouth from 1966 TPO). 4957 was transferred to the Waterloo-Dorchester TPO in 1960 and to the London Midland Region in 1962. In 1974 4958, 4959 & 4960 transferred to the Victoria-Dover TPO.
| Number | Withdrawn | Disposal |
| 4957 | 1969 | Dispatched from Stonebridge Park Carriage Sidings, Willesden, London 6/11/69 to Bird Group, Long Marston, Worecestershire. |
| 4958 | 1977 | Preserved at Mid Hants Railway, arrived 6/9/77. Moved to Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway. |
| 4959 | 1977 | A. King & Sons, Snailwell, Cambridgeshire 12/77. |
| 4960 | 1977 | A. King & Sons, Snailwell, Cambridgeshire 12/77. |
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