Talk:British Rail Class 421

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Classification

I would like to add a paragraph like this:

The original units were coded 4-CIG and 4-BIG. As with the earlier 4-COR, 4-CEP, 4-BUF and 4-BEP units, the "C" denoted "corridor", and the "B" denoted "buffet". The letters "IG" are the old LBSCR telegraphic code for Brighton. Under TOPS, 4-CIG became 421, and 4-BIG became 420; the latter was amended to 422 in 1984.

"British Railways Motive Power Survey". British Rail Locomotives and other motive power. London: Ian Allan. 1968. p. 15. ISBN 0 7110 0008 5.

--Redrose64 (talk) 19:47, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Possible change to the title of this article

This article is currently named in accordance the Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways naming conventions for British rolling stock allocated a TOPS number. A proposal to change this convention and/or its scope is being discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways#Naming convention, where your comments would be welcome.

'Car length'

In the sidebar, the dimension 'Car length' is given, but the value evidently relates to an entire 4-car unit. Someone who has a reference for actual car-length is invited to enter both it and the correct value -- or failing this, to change the parameter to 'Unit length'. 165.120.98.3 (talk) 18:43, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Something Odd

According to you, the Class 421/3s only went up to 1753. However, I just found a photo that seems to suggest otherwise.

The link to it is here: http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-network-south-east-train-brighton-railway-station-1991-sussex-en-1333062.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=AE3A6EC9-1651-4F7D-B772-0B92DC6B8915&p=3993&n=41&orientation=0&pn=1&searchtype=0&IsFromSearch=1&srch=foo%3dbar%26st%3d0%26sortby%3d2%26qt%3drailway%2520station%2520brighton%2520sussex%26qt_raw%3drailway%2520station%2520brighton%2520sussex%26qn%3d%26lic%3d3%26mr%3d0%26pr%3d0%26aoa%3d1%26creative%3d%26videos%3d%26nu%3d%26ccc%3d%26bespoke%3d%26apalib%3d%26ag%3d0%26hc%3d0%26et%3d0x000000000000000000000%26vp%3d0%26loc%3d0%26ot%3d0%26imgt%3d0%26dtfr%3d%26dtto%3d%26size%3d0xFF%26blackwhite%3d%26cutout%3d%26archive%3d1%26name%3d%26groupid%3d%26pseudoid%3d%26userid%3d%26id%3d%26a%3d%26xstx%3d0%26cbstore%3d0%26lightbox%3d%26resultview%3dsortbyPopular%26gname%3d%26gtype%3d%26apalic%3d%26tbar%3d1%26pc%3d%26simid%3d%26cap%3d1%26customgeoip%3d%26vd%3d0%26cid%3d%26pe%3d%26saveQry%3d%26editorial%3d1%26t%3d0%26edoptin%3d

I apologize for the length. But anyway, if the 421/3s only wine up to 1753, why does the one in that photo have the number of 1754? Dinoboyaz (talk) 23:09, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I refuse to click that link - it has a massive query string, and I don't trust it. Who knows what it will do? --Redrose64 (talk) 23:23, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry:'nothing bad will happen. I know because I've been there myself. Dinoboyaz (talk) 23:55, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]