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Hornby R4772

BR, Mk1 Corridor Second, W25923 - Era 7

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Prototype Eras
Era 6 (1967 to 1972) British Rail Blue (Pre-TOPS)
Era 7 (1972 to 1982) British Rail Blue (TOPS)

Manufacturer description
Designed by R.A Riddles (The Mechanical & Engineering Member of the Railway Executive) and aided by E. Pugson (Carriage & Wagon Chief Officer) and E.S Cox (Design Chief Officer), the Mark 1 carriage had a separate body and underframe with a standard body length of 64ft 6in, an underframe 63ft 5in long and bogies at 46ft 6in centers. Body width was eventually settled at 8ft 8in, at cantrail height. The stock was introduced in 1951 in sets on 'Festival of Britain' trains being built through to 1964, when superseded by the Mark II design.

Catalogue listing

Brand
Hornby
Product Code
R4772
RRP
£44.99
Release date
April 2017

Model details

Colour
Blue
Finish
Painted
Gauge
OO
Coupling
NEM / Tension lock
Minimum radius curve
Radius 2
Tooling date
2013
Livery
Blue & Grey
DCC status
No
Directional lighting
No
Interior lighting
No
Passenger figures
No
Scale
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)
Chassis construction
Plastic & metal
Coupling mount
NEM pockets
Coupling type
Tension lock
Minimum radius
Radius 2
Running number
W25908

Prototype information

Type of vehicle
Coach
Builder
BR Workshops
Cravens
Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company
Build dates
1951 to 1963
Total built
1000s
Passenger capacity
Varies by coach type
Wheel configuration
Bogies
(BR1, BR2, Commonwealth or B4 types used)
Operated by
British Railways
Network Rail
Royal Mail
Regional Railways
First Great Western
West Coast Railway Co
Various heritage & mainline charter operators
Main duties
Passenger services
Mail & Parcels
Departmental
In service until
Present
(Charter trains & departmental only)
Coach type
British Railways Mark 1
Operator
BR
TOPS classification
(SK) Standard Corridor
Wheel arrangement
Bogies (BR1, BR2, Commonwealth or B4 types used)
Designer
British Railways
Built
1951 to 1963
Built by
BR Workshops Cravens Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company

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Hornby BR Mk1 Corridor Second (W25923) is a OO gauge model kit, painted in a blue and grey livery. The finished coach measures 265 mm in length and carries the running number W25908. It is coloured blue, has a minimum radius of curve marked as Radius 2, and uses NEM/Tension‑lock couplings. The model represents a British Railways Mk1 Standard Corridor (SK) carriage with bogie wheel arrangement, and is supplied under manufacturer part number R4772.

The prototype was designed by British Railways, with R.A. Riddles as the Mechanical & Engineering Member of the Railway Executive, assisted by E.P. Gson and E.S. Cox. It was built between 1 January 1951 and 31 December 1963 by BR Workshops, Cravens and the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company. The carriage type is a Mark 1 coach, originally 64 ft 6 in long (body) and 63 ft 5 in long (underframe), with bogie centres at 46 ft 6 in and a body width of 8 ft 8 in.

The model depicts the British Rail “Blue” TOPS period, the era in which the Mark 1 stock entered service on the Festival of Britain trains and remained in operation until being superseded by the Mark II design in 1964.

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