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Hornby R40513

BR - MK1 Corridor - E34740 - Brake Second 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consisting of heavy steel sections braced with steel trusses, originally mounted on ‘BR1’ bogies, though these were superseded by a new cast-steel design from 1958 known as the ‘Commonwealth’ bogie.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 is a highly detailed OO gauge scale model of brake second corridor coach from the Eastern Region.

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Model details

Prototype information

Hornby BR MK1 Corridor – E34740 – Brake Second Coach is a OO gauge scale model of a British Railways early‑crest brake second corridor carriage. The model is supplied with the Hornby part number R40513.

The vehicle represented is a Mk1 brake second coach from the Eastern Region. Mk1 carriages were the first standardised BR design, produced in large numbers at Derby, Wolverton, Doncaster, York, Eastleigh and Swindon between 1951 and 1963. They were later used on first‑generation DMUs and for non‑passenger stock such as parcel vans and full brake vehicles.

The model replicates the standard underframe length of 63 ft 5 in (19.33 m) with a gangwayed body of 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m). It features steel panel bodywork on a wooden frame, and the original ‘BR1’ bogies which were later superseded by the Commonwealth and Swindon ‘B4’ bogie designs. The kit is highly detailed and intended for use on standard OO gauge track.