LSWR Bogie Directors Saloon of 1885 as modified 1950 and 1958

The original LSWR Bogie Directors Saloon which was modified circa 1925 was further modified in 1950 by fitting a new underframe (from a corridor coach so it was too wide!). A second guard’s door was fitted and the three gas tanks on the roof were placed onto the roof center line. The distinctive caboose and clerestory was removed. Interestingly a searchlight was fitted to the ends of the vehicle.
The 1958 modifications involved removing the gas tanks from the roof and replacing them with gas bottles carried in boxes slung under the underframe (in place of one battery box). The vehicle remained in active service until 1961 and was eventually scrapped in 1963/64.

More complete details are contained in “LSWR Carriages Volume 1” by Gordon Weddell (p151).