39-001V Mk1 BSK BR Research Department RTC "Laboratory 12" RDB975136 BR-Livery Minimum Radius 371mm

Minimum Radius    371mm

Originally delivered to the old LCDR works at Longhenge

The residue of coke from heating coal was necessary to produce steel as a carbon component

Although the basics were the same as the 59/0 there were numerous detail differences some of which had already been incorporated in 59005

utilitarian design fits well in any industrial site

39-001V Mk1 BSK BR Research Department RTC "Laboratory 12" RDB975136 BR-Livery Minimum Radius 371mmExclusive to Rails of Sheffield This exclusive release of Bachmanns Mark 1 coach represents BRs Railway Technical Centre coach Laboratory 12 (RDB975136). Converted in late 1972 from a standard BSK coach, this vehicle spent several years in use with the Research Department, mainly used as an acoustics testing vehicle and also in the development of the APT (Advanced Passenger Train) in the late 1970s. A perfect accompaniment for our other recently