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Hornby R40508

BR - MK1 Corridor - S24314 - Second Class Coach

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Prototype Eras
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest
Era 5 (1956 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest

Manufacturer description

The MK1 was BR’s first standardised design of railway carriage with thousands built across BR’s carriage works in Derby, Wolverton, Doncaster, York, Eastleigh, and Swindon between 1951 and 1963. The design was also used on first generation Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) until 1974 and for non-passenger stock such as parcel vans and full brake vehicles.

The new coaches gradually replaced older designs inherited from the ‘Big Four’ at nationalisation in 1968 and were used on all British Railways regions. The standard underframe length was 63ft 5in (19.33m) with gangwayed bodies 64ft 6in (19.7m), though suburban coaches and parcel vans were shorter.

Coaches were either fully open or were corridor coaches with seating compartments. Bodywork was of steel panels on wooden frames, with a separate underframe consisting of heavy steel sections braced with steel trusses, originally mounted on ‘BR1’ bogies, though these were superseded by a new cast-steel design from 1958 known as the ‘Commonwealth’ bogie. Later examples utilised a Swindon-designed ‘B4’ bogie which gave a much-improved ride and was adopted for use on Southern Region MK1 Electric Multiple Units (EMUs).

This highly detailed OO gauge model coach represents a second class corridor coach from the Southern Region.

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Prototype information

Hornby BR - MK1 Corridor - S24314 – Second Class Coach is a 00 gauge model of a British Railways MK1 corridor carriage. The model carries the manufacturer part number R40508 and represents a coach from the Early Crest period of British Railways.

The model replicates a second‑class corridor coach as used on the Southern Region. It is produced in OO gauge and features the external details of the original steel‑panelled body on a wooden frame, together with the appropriate bogie fittings.

The real MK1 coaches were built between 1951 and 1963 at Derby, Wolverton, Doncaster, York, Eastleigh and Swindon. They had a standard underframe length of 63ft 5in (19.33m) and a body length of 64ft 6in (19.7m). Early examples rode on BR1 bogies, later replaced by the Commonwealth cast‑steel bogie from 1958 and subsequently by the Swindon‑designed B4 bogie, which offered an improved ride quality.