39-827 BR MK1 FO First Open BR Chocolate & Cream No. W3085 Brand_Carrera Harry Book cover first published

Harry Book cover first published in 2005

A single track Bow Plate Girder Bridge

You’re off and running trains

Whilst much of the fleet would remain in service until the final days of steam

Illuminated and with a rotating banner sign

39-827 BR MK1 FO First Open BR Chocolate & Cream No. W3085 Brand_Carrera Harry Book cover first publishedThe 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