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Bachmann 39-624

SE&CR 60ft Birdcage Brake Third SE&CR Wellington Brown

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Prototype Era
Era 2 (1875 to 1923) Pre-grouping

Manufacturer description

Highlights

• both bodyside window configurations tooled for
• flush-glazed
• correct window corner radii
• fully detailed interior with partitions 
• saloon tables 
• lavatories appropriate to prototype
• fully decorated seating painted in accurate colours
• exquisite underframe detailing
• finely mounded brake details
• 4 sets of very finely moulded queen post truss rodding and turnbuckles
• Dynamos and battery boxes fitted to the SE&CR composite as prototype
• Dynamos fitted to the SR / BR Composite and the Brake Third as per prototype
• all new well detailed 8ft Heavy Fox coil spring bolster bogies 
• metal wheels sets and pin point axles running in metal bearings 
• Detachable couplings in NEM pockets 
• close coupling mechanism

Separately applied fittings include:

• roof vents
• vacuum pipes
• handrails 
• grab handles 
• lamp irons and brake control apparatus (Brake coaches only)

 

History

 

Sixty-two 60ft three coach ‘birdcage’ sets were introduced by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SE&CR) between 1912 and 1915. The characteristic birdcage lookouts over each of the guards compartments give these sets their name and typify standard SE&CR non-corridor coaching stock. With their distinct character, being of pre-grouping origin, these sets were long lived and little modified during their lifetime, so have a wide applicability to modellers.

 

The sets comprised  2nd/ 3rd class composite Brake Lavatory (later declassified to Brake Lavatory Third), a 1st / 2nd (later declassified to 1st/ 3rd) Lavatory Composite  and Brake Third. The Composites were built in batches with two distinct body side variations. The initial order had two wide windows on each side for the saloon, and the later examples had one wide and one narrow window for the saloon.

 

Catalogue listing

Model details

Prototype information

^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.

Bachmann SE&CR 60ft Birdcage Brake Third – Wellington Brown is a 2019 range model in pristine condition. It carries the running number 1170, measures 260 mm in length and is rendered in the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SE&CR) 60‑foot birdcage coach style. The model is classified as a BT (Brake Third) and represents a pre‑grouping SE&CR third‑class carriage.

The coach is finished in the Wellington Brown livery with accurate colour‑matched seating and fully detailed interior partitions, saloon tables and lavatory fittings. External features include correctly radiused flush‑glazed windows, birdcage lookouts, roof vents, vacuum pipes, handrails, grab handles and brake control apparatus. The underframe shows fine detailing, four sets of moulded queen‑post truss rodding, turnbuckles, dynamos and battery boxes as fitted to the prototype, and new 8 ft Heavy Fox coil‑spring bolster bogies with metal wheelsets and pin‑point axles in metal bearings. Detachable couplings sit in NEM pockets with a close‑coupling mechanism.

Historically, SE&CR introduced sixty‑two 60 ft three‑coach birdcage sets between 1912 and 1915. The distinctive birdcage lookouts over each guard’s compartment gave the type its name, and the stock remained largely unchanged throughout its service life, making it a popular subject for model railway enthusiasts. The sets comprised a Brake Lavatory Third, a Lavatory Composite (later re‑classed) and a Brake Third, with two body‑side window configurations produced during the production run.