374-081B BR Mk1 BCK Brake Composite Corridor BR Crimson & Cream No.SC21017 option-set-035 Originally designated as TCVs

Originally designated as TCVs

Tall brick smokestack

loaded on the next train through

As WWII progressed

short and tall safety valve casings and whistles (brass)

374-081B BR Mk1 BCK Brake Composite Corridor BR Crimson & Cream No.SC21017 option-set-035 Originally designated as TCVsThe British Railways Mk1 was the designation given to BRs first standard design of main line coaching stock, and one of its most successful. Built from 1951 until the early 1960s to augment and replace the array of Big Four and earlier pre grouping designs inherited from the LMS, LNER, GWR and SR, BR took the best features from several of these types to produce the new steel bodied design. As a result, the Mk1 was stronger and safer than any of the