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British Rail

British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...

 Class 932 was reserved for former Southern Region electrical multiple units and diesel electric multiple unit carriages converted for departmental use. Originally the series was reserved for Research and Tractor units. In recent years, however, other types have also been given numbers in this series.

The Southern Region initially numbered its departmental EMUs in a series between S1 and S101. In 1968, a new series was adopted; 001-099. Existing units were renumbered to fit in that series, which also included other non-passenger stock, i.e. those EMUs converted for parcels traffic. Several of the numbers 001-099 have been reused for different units.

When TOPS

TOPS

Total Operations Processing System, or TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock owned by a rail system...

 class numbers were applied, these units mostly retained their existing numbers as the last three digits of their new TOPS class number. The table below lists all the units numbered in the Class 932 series, together with the research and tractor units used by the SR prior to the application of TOPS

TOPS

Total Operations Processing System, or TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock owned by a rail system...

 numbers.

Key:	In service	Preserved	Reclassified	Scrapped

Unit No.			Converted	Use	Former Class	Final livery	Formation				Wdn.	Status
TOPS	SR Series	Original					DM (*DT)	T	T	DM (*DT)
-	S15	?	?	Test unit	3Sub British Rail Class 405 Under the British Rail TOPS computer system, Class 415 was allocated to surviving examples of the Southern Railway 4-Sub Class electric multiple units built between 1941 and 1951...	Unknown	DS70057 ex.8420	-	-	DS70058 ex.8473	?	Scrapped (1970)
-	?	2037	?	Test unit	401 British Rail Class 401 The Southern Railway gave the designation 2-BIL to the DC third rail electric multiple units built during the 1930s to work long-distance semi-fast services on the newly electrified lines from London to Eastbourne, Portsmouth and Reading...	Unknown	DS70321 ex.10603	-	-	DS70322 ex.12060	?	Scrapped (1973)
932021	021	?	?	Tractor unit	416 British Rail Class 416 British Rail Class 416 electric multiple units were built between 1953 and 1956. They were intended for inner suburban passenger services on London's Southern Electric network...	Blue/Grey	977304 ex.65317	-	-	977305* ex.65322	1995	Scrapped (1995)
-	025	?	?	Tractor unit	405 British Rail Class 405 Under the British Rail TOPS computer system, Class 415 was allocated to surviving examples of the Southern Railway 4-Sub Class electric multiple units built between 1941 and 1951...	Blue	977294 ex.11305	-	-	977295 ex.11306	1989	Scrapped (1990)
First Test Units 051-054
-	051 (1st)	501162	?	Test Unit	501 British Rail Class 501 The British Rail Class 501 electric multiple units were built in 1957/58 for use on the former LNWR/LMS suburban electric network of the London Midland Region...	Blue	975027 ex.61162	975028 ex.70162	-	975029* ex.75162	?	Scrapped (1987 / 1979 / 1981)
-	052 (1st)	501165	?	Test Unit	501 British Rail Class 501 The British Rail Class 501 electric multiple units were built in 1957/58 for use on the former LNWR/LMS suburban electric network of the London Midland Region...	Blue	975030 ex.61165	975031 ex.70165	-	975032* ex.75165	?	Scrapped (1981 / 1979 / 1997)
-	054 (1st)	3065	?	Test unit	4Res British Rail Class 404 The Southern Railway gave the designations 4-COR, 4-RES, 4-BUF and 4-GRI to the different types of electric multiple unit built to work the route between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour. The 4-COR type units survived long enough in British Rail ownership to be allocated TOPS Class 404...	Blue	975255 ex.11162	975256 ex.12237	975257 ex.12602	975258 ex.11202	?	Scrapped (1975)
Second Test/Tractor Units 050-054
932050	050	?	?	Test unit	416 British Rail Class 416 British Rail Class 416 electric multiple units were built between 1953 and 1956. They were intended for inner suburban passenger services on London's Southern Electric network...	Blue/Grey	977296 ex.65319	-	-	977297* ex.77108	1993	Unit reformed
-	051 (2nd)	?	?	Tractor unit	414 British Rail Class 414 The British Rail Class 414 electric multiple units were built between 1956 and 1963.209 of these two car units were built to two similar sub-classes. The first batch of thirty-six units were built on the underframes of older SR Class 2Nol units, and numbered in the range 5601-5636...	Blue	977205 ex.61971	-	-	977206* ex.76004	1985	Scrapped (1985)
-	052 (2nd)	?	?	Tractor unit	414 British Rail Class 414 The British Rail Class 414 electric multiple units were built between 1956 and 1963.209 of these two car units were built to two similar sub-classes. The first batch of thirty-six units were built on the underframes of older SR Class 2Nol units, and numbered in the range 5601-5636...	Blue	977209 ex.61663	-	-	977210* ex.75715	1989	Scrapped (1989)
-	053 (2nd)	?	?	Tractor unit	414 British Rail Class 414 The British Rail Class 414 electric multiple units were built between 1956 and 1963.209 of these two car units were built to two similar sub-classes. The first batch of thirty-six units were built on the underframes of older SR Class 2Nol units, and numbered in the range 5601-5636...	Blue	977211 ex.61684	-	-	977212* ex.75736	1989	Scrapped (1990)
-	054 (2nd)	?	?	Tractor unit	414 British Rail Class 414 The British Rail Class 414 electric multiple units were built between 1956 and 1963.209 of these two car units were built to two similar sub-classes. The first batch of thirty-six units were built on the underframes of older SR Class 2Nol units, and numbered in the range 5601-5636...	Blue	977207 ex.61658	-	-	977208* ex.75710	1989	Scrapped (1990)
932053	1053	?	?	Test unit	416 British Rail Class 416 British Rail Class 416 electric multiple units were built between 1953 and 1956. They were intended for inner suburban passenger services on London's Southern Electric network...	Blue/Grey	977505 ex.65321	-	-	977508 ex.77112	1995	Preserved
932054	1054	?	?	Test unit	416 British Rail Class 416 British Rail Class 416 electric multiple units were built between 1953 and 1956. They were intended for inner suburban passenger services on London's Southern Electric network...	Blue/Grey	977506 ex.65323	-	-	977507* ex.77110	1993	Unit reformed
932054	-	?	?	Test unit	416 British Rail Class 416 British Rail Class 416 electric multiple units were built between 1953 and 1956. They were intended for inner suburban passenger services on London's Southern Electric network...	Blue/Grey	977296 ex.65319	-	-	977506 ex.65323	1996	Scrapped (2005)
932080	080	?	?	Tractor unit	411 British Rail Class 411 The British Rail Class 411 electrical multiple units were built at Eastleigh works from 1956-63 for the newly electrified main lines in Kent. These units were based on the earlier Southern Railway 4Cor design, built in 1937. They were replaced by Juniper units.-Description:A total of 133 units...	Blue/Grey	977395 ex.61035	-	-	977396 ex.61392	1995	Scrapped (1996)
932081	081	1500	?	Tractor unit	411 British Rail Class 411 The British Rail Class 411 electrical multiple units were built at Eastleigh works from 1956-63 for the newly electrified main lines in Kent. These units were based on the earlier Southern Railway 4Cor design, built in 1937. They were replaced by Juniper units.-Description:A total of 133 units...	Blue/Grey	977397 ex.61388	-	-	977398 ex.61389	1995	Scrapped (1996)
932501	501	501148	?	Tractor unit	501 British Rail Class 501 The British Rail Class 501 electric multiple units were built in 1957/58 for use on the former LNWR/LMS suburban electric network of the London Midland Region...	Green	977385 ex.61148	-	-	977386* ex.75189	1995	Scrapped (1997)
932545	-	1545	?	Test unit	411 British Rail Class 411 The British Rail Class 411 electrical multiple units were built at Eastleigh works from 1956-63 for the newly electrified main lines in Kent. These units were based on the earlier Southern Railway 4Cor design, built in 1937. They were replaced by Juniper units.-Description:A total of 133 units...	Blue	61358	70287	70330	61359	2002	Scrapped (2002)
932620	-	1620	?	Test unit	411 British Rail Class 411 The British Rail Class 411 electrical multiple units were built at Eastleigh works from 1956-63 for the newly electrified main lines in Kent. These units were based on the earlier Southern Railway 4Cor design, built in 1937. They were replaced by Juniper units.-Description:A total of 133 units...	Porterbrook Purple	61948	70653	70660	61949	2001	Scrapped (2005)
-	8007	407	?	Test unit	438 British Rail Class 438 The British Rail TC multiple units were un-powered fixed formations of 3 or 4 carriages with a driving position at each end of the set, converted by BR at York Works from locomotive-hauled Mark 1 carriages in 1966-1967 and 1974. The units built on experience gained from the prototype 6TC unit...	Blue/Red	977684* ex.76282	977685 ex.70818	977763 ex.70871	977687* ex.76281	?	Scrapped (1996)
								977686 ex.70850	977764 ex.70866
-	-	?	1969	Test Car	203 British Rail Class 203 The British Rail Class 203, initially classified 6B, was a type of diesel electric train. Seven units, numbered 1031-1037, were constructed in 1958 for use on the Southern Region...	Green	-	975025 ex.60755	-	-	-	In service
-	-	?	?	Test Car	203 British Rail Class 203 The British Rail Class 203, initially classified 6B, was a type of diesel electric train. Seven units, numbered 1031-1037, were constructed in 1958 for use on the Southern Region...	RTC Red/White/Grey	-	975386 ex.60750	-	-	?	Preserved