Bachmann 39-421B BR Mk1 POS Travelling Post Office Sorting Van with Pick-Up Nets Post Office Red OO
Expected June 2020
A highly detailed model of the British Railways Mk.1 series of travelling post office sorting vans, built in the 1950s to re-equip the Royal Mail travelling post office trains.
This model represents the early guise of these coaches, painted in the BR TPO red colour and fitted with a catch net, allowing the train to collect mail bags from lineside apparatus while travelling at speed.
Era 5 1957-1966