R40510 Mark 1 CK Composite Corridor BR Maroon W15114 Era_Era-5 A useful cover for passengers

A useful cover for passengers awaiting their train

and a police officer inside for realism

with a coreless motor powering each bogie and mounted within a diecast metal chassis to give a strong drive mechanism and low centre of gravity

’flying’

Throughout its service

R40510 Mark 1 CK Composite Corridor BR Maroon W15114 Era_Era-5 A useful cover for passengersThe MK1 was BRs first standardised design of railway carriage with thousands built across BRs 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