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Hornby R40536

BR - Kitchen and Buttery Car & Composite Restaurant - 'At the Sign of the Three Plovers' - Coach Pack

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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

This highly detailed OO gauge model coach pack represents one of eight pairs of vehicles introduced by BR in 1949 to provide catering facilities with a difference. 

The idea came from Oliver Bulleid, the former Southern Railway’s Chief Mechanical Engineer. This pair operated on the Eastern Region and consisted of a Composite Dining Car and a ‘Tavern Coach’. Internally, each ‘tavern’ was decorated to mimic an olde English pub, with tiled floor, whitewashed walls, ‘oak’ beams, high-backed settles and illuminated by ‘lanterns’.

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Hornby BR Kitchen and Buttery Car & Composite Restaurant – “At the Sign of the Three Plovers” coach pack (manufacturer part number R40536) is an OO‑scale model representing British Railways Early Crest liveries.

The pack reproduces one of eight pairs of catering vehicles that British Rail introduced in 1949. The concept originated with Oliver Bulleid, former Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway. The pair was allocated to the Eastern Region and comprises a Composite Dining Car together with a Tavern Coach.

The interior of the Tavern Coach is modelled after a traditional English public house, featuring tiled flooring, white‑washed walls, oak beams, high‑backed settles and lantern‑style illumination. The Composite Dining Car is fitted with period‑appropriate dining furnishings and service fittings.