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Hornby R40516

BR - MK1 Corridor - S34257 - 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consisting of heavy steel sections braced with steel trusses, originally mounted on ‘BR1’ bogies, though these were superseded by a new cast-steel design from 1958 known as the ‘Commonwealth’ bogie.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 a brake second corridor coach from the Southern Region.

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Prototype information

Hornby BR Mk1 Corridor Brake Second Coach (model S34257) is a OO gauge (1:76) replica of a British Railways Mk1 brake second corridor carriage. The model is supplied with the manufacturer part number R40516 and carries the British Railways Early Crest marking.

The prototype Mk1 carriage was the first standardised BR design, built in large numbers between 1951 and 1963 at Derby, Wolverton, Doncaster, York, Eastleigh and Swindon. It replaced earlier pre‑nationalisation stock and was used across all regions, with a standard underframe length of 63 ft 5 in (19.33 m) and a body length of 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m). The design was employed for both passenger and non‑passenger vehicles, including parcel vans and full brake coaches.

The Hornby model reproduces a Southern Region brake second corridor coach in considerable detail, featuring accurate steel panel bodywork on a wooden frame, the later ‘Commonwealth’ bogies and the Swindon‑designed B4 bogie arrangement, and is intended for use on a 00 gauge layout.