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Whilst taking many design elements from the ‘Merchant Navy’ class, Bulleid’s new design had to be both lighter and smaller to be able to access the lighter laid lines in Devon, Cornwall and towards the Kent Coast, but also be capable of handling faster passenger and freight traffic, and needed the power to match.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first locomotives entered service in 1945, quickly becoming known as ‘Spam Cans’ due to their air-smoothed casing. The first forty-eight were named after towns and villages in the West of England served by the SR, with cast nameplates and crests adorning the bodysides. 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Whilst taking many design elements from the ‘Merchant Navy’ class, Bulleid’s new design had to be both lighter and smaller to be able to access the lighter laid lines in Devon, Cornwall and towards the Kent Coast, but also be capable of handling faster passenger and freight traffic, and needed the power to match.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first locomotives entered service in 1945, quickly becoming known as ‘Spam Cans’ due to their air-smoothed casing. The first forty-eight were named after towns and villages in the West of England served by the SR, with cast nameplates and crests adorning the bodysides. 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They were shorter than most other coaches built around the time, standing at 52ft long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough designed by the Great Western Railway under the tenure of then CME, F.W. Hawksworth, the Diagram Q13 saloons didn’t enter traffic until shortly after the Nationalisation Act of 1948.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 of the type were built at Swindon works in 1948 with many characteristics of the later GWR coaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspection saloons, otherwise known as Engineer’s Saloons, were used as a means of assessing the track and infrastructure over a large area in a relatively short amount of time. This necessitated large windows on both ends of the coach. They weren’t fitted with any controls other than a vacuum brake and speedometer. But they were even fitted out with kitchens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll 7 examples have been preserved and restored to working order. They are very popular being used as observation saloons for a small supplementary fare. 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