Coaches of the Big Four

Neatly detailed model of the Southern design 2+2 planked PMV / CCT 4-wheel parcels vans. These vans were built from 1919 until 1951 and could be found all over the British railway network in revenue service until around 1980, then in use as engineering support and stores vans into the late 1980s. Many continue to serve as mobile or static stores van on heritage railways, with a number of now grounded bodies donating their chassis to restore 4-wheel coaches.
Model finished in Southern Railway olive green livery, a livery carried into the 1950s as former Southern Railway coaches and vans were often cleaned down and re-varnished in place of being fully repainted.
Expected winter 2020/21

This Graham Farish N scale model employs a high precision, injection moulded bodyshell which is adorned with such details as handrails, grab handles and roof vents, whilst separate handrails are fitted aside the main saloon doors and the bell at the cab end is added individually. Below the solebar the underframe features the truss rod frames of the prototype, along with brake equipment, battery boxes and the dynamo. The buffers, which are most prominent on this non-gangway vehicle, are highly detailed and added separately, along with the small steps at each of the four corners of the coach. Bogies are again highly detailed, and these are fitted with metal wheelsets, whilst the standard N scale coupling is attached via a NEM coupling pocket to the close coupling mechanism that is fitted to the carriage floor, which operates in tandem with the bogie. Inside each model is an interior featuring the prototypical layout of seating along with the driver’s controls in the cab, whilst the icing on the cake is the livery application, using authentic colours, logos and fonts making every model a masterpiece in miniature. MODEL FEATURES: Graham Farish N Scale Era 9 (Preserved) Pristine BR (WR) Chocolate & Cream livery Running No. W231W Accessory Pack NEM Coupling Pockets Close Coupling Mechanism Length 138mm

Bachmann Graham Farish N Gauge range models of the SECR, South Eastern & Chatham Railway 'birdcage' type passenger coaches, being produced as a set of 3 coaches.
Set 374-910 comprises one each of the brake third, composite and brake composite coaches painted in the SECR Wellington brown livery.
Era 2 - Pre-grouping.

A highly detailed model of the LMS design of engineers inspection saloon car, a type which has had a long life with the national railway network and many now available for hire on heritage railways.
Inspection saloons were used by the divisional civil and signal engineers to make site visits before major engineering projects and to inspect track and structures where local staff had reported developing faults. The two slaoons were equiped with end windows for track and signal viewing and large tables allowing drawings and plans to be laid out for discussion. Between the saloons a small kitchen was provided, from which the steward could supply refreshments and even conjure up a full meal if required.

This model carries the LMS express passenger lined crimson lake livery with black painted ends.
era 3 1922-1948 (plus on heritage railways and occasionally on BR in the 1980s/90s, though usually with yellow ends)

From the 1920s onwards the GWR used the term 'B set' to designated a formation of two coaches used principally for branch and local passenger services. A number of 'B sets' were purpose built, comprising two identical brake composite coaches. These coaches contain compartments for first and third class passengers, plus space for the guard, passenger luggage, mail and parcels and were coupled with guards' vans at the outer ends of the train.

This 2 coach pack from Dapol models replicates one of these short trains, which would often be hauled by one of the small GWR tank engines, including the 14xx class 0-4-2s, 57xx class panniers and 45xx class 2-6-2 prairies.

Nicely detailed model of GWR auto train trailer car or autocoach number 187 finished in post 1942 chocolate & cream livery with GWR lettering above the twin cities crests of London and Bristol.

Nicely detailed model of GWR auto train trailer car or autocoach number 194 finished in the late 1930s chocolate & cream livery with shirtbutton GWR monogram.

Nicely detailed model of GWR auto train trailer car or autocoach number 192 finished in post WW2 lined chocolate & cream livery with Great Western lettering separated by the twin cities crests of London and Bristol.

Frederick W. Hawksworth was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR), succeeding Charles Collett in 1941, and his coach designs were the final evolution of passenger stock built by the GWR, being designed at the end of World War Two and entering traffic from 1947 onwards. With the Nationalisation of Britain’s railways in 1948, construction continued under BR and the final examples were outshopped during the 1950s.

Third class corridor brake coach in the final GWR Hawksworth era chocolate & cream livery
Era 3 1945-1948

Frederick W. Hawksworth was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR), succeeding Charles Collett in 1941, and his coach designs were the final evolution of passenger stock built by the GWR, being designed at the end of World War Two and entering traffic from 1947 onwards. With the Nationalisation of Britain’s railways in 1948, construction continued under BR and the final examples were outshopped during the 1950s.

Frederick W. Hawksworth was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR), succeeding Charles Collett in 1941, and his coach designs were the final evolution of passenger stock built by the GWR, being designed at the end of World War Two and entering traffic from 1947 onwards. With the Nationalisation of Britain’s railways in 1948, construction continued under BR and the final examples were outshopped during the 1950s.

First and Third class composite corridor coach in the GWR Hawksworth era chocolate & cream livery
Era 3 1945-1948

New model range announced 2017. Expected April 2020
New and detailed models of the final LNER rolling stock style introduced under CME Edward Thompson and continued in service well into the British Railways era.

New and detailed models of the final LNER rolling stock style introduced under CME Edward Thompson and continued in service well into the British Railways era.
Composite coaches contained compartments for first and third class passengers and were frequently used to provide a small number of first class seats in shorter train formations.

Bachmann Graham Farish N Gauge 376-250 LNER Thompson TK Third Class Corridor Coach LNER Teak Finish
New model range announced 2017.

New and detailed models of the final LNER rolling stock style introduced under CME Edward Thompson and continued in service well into the British Railways era.

Bachmann Graham Farish N Gauge 376-275 LNER Thompson BTK Brake Third Class Corridor Coach LNER Teak Finish
New model range announced 2017.

New and detailed models of the final LNER rolling stock style introduced under CME Edward Thompson and continued in service well into the British Railways era.

LNER Dynamometer Car No.23591 as used in the 1938 Mallard record run condition