Editing British Rail BEMU (section)

==Career==
The estimated cost of the fit-out was £50,000, with the two coaches accounting for almost half of that. Because each set of batteries weighed about eight tons, the underframe of the carriages needed strengthening,<ref name=rm/> at a budgeted cost of £2,000. Motors, conduits and cabling were costed at £5,000.<ref name=mullay/>

Power was provided from two Siemens-Schuckert compensated motors each rated at 100 kW which were nose suspended onto motor bogie. The control equipment is similar to that employed on the German battery railcars and was supplied by Siemens-Schuckert (Great Britain), Limited. It consists of apparatus manufactured by Siemens-Schuckert and Schaltbau in Germany. Control is effected by series-parallel arrangements with three positions of field weakening and with facilities for cutting out either motor. The battery consisted of 216 lead-acid Chloride Batteries rated at 440V 1,070 Ampere Hour. <ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_modern-transport_1958-04-12_79_2037 |title=Modern Transport  1958-04-12: Vol 79 Iss 2037 |date=1958-04-12 |publisher=Modern Transport Publ Co Ltd |others=Internet Archive |language=English}}</ref>

The unit was equipped with a new type of battery in the early 1960s, but subsequently suffered a series of small fires in the battery areas and was withdrawn from service.{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}} It returned to use for a period before closure of the line in 1966.