BR Mk1 CK S15036 BR Green 1st/2nd Class Coach

BR Mk1 CK S15036 BR Green 1st/2nd Class Coach

1:76 Scale Coach produced in BR livery. This model features lots of expertly applied details as based on the prototype, a high level of body detail and excellent running characteristics.

Features

• 1:76 Scale Model
• This model is best suited to layouts based around Britain
• This model is decorated in BR company markings

Details

The BR Mk1 was British Rail’s first standardised railway carriage, with thousands constructed at works in Derby, Wolverton, Doncaster, York, Eastleigh, and Swindon between 1951 and 1963. This versatile design was also used on first generation Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) until 1974 and for non-passenger stock, including parcel vans and full brake vehicles.

Gradually replacing older designs inherited from the ‘Big Four’, Mk1 coaches operated across all British Rail regions. Standard underframes measured 63ft 5in (19.33m) with gangwayed bodies of 64ft 6in (19.7m), while suburban and parcel variants were shorter. Coaches were either fully open or corridor-equipped with seating compartments. Bodywork combined steel panels on wooden frames, mounted on heavy steel underframes braced with trusses. Early examples ran on BR1 bogies, later replaced by the cast-steel Commonwealth bogie, and the Swindon-designed B4 bogie offered a smoother ride, eventually used on Southern Region Mk1 EMUs.

This highly detailed OO scale model faithfully replicates a Southern Region corridor composite coach, featuring accurate bodyside detailing, underframe equipment, and authentic Mk1 proportions, perfect for enhancing any British railway model layout.