39-178D BR Mk1 BG Brake Gangwayed BR (SR) Green S84039 Cleaning Car the Class 47 Co-Co Diesel-Electric

the Class 47 Co-Co Diesel-Electric locomotive was once the most numerous class of mainline diesel in Britain with 512 examples

Construction continued until 1948 with all the MOT wagons in Britain transferring to British Railways following Nationalisation and most continued in service until the 1960s

700hp locomotives were the first class to be entirely delivered in BR corporate blue and later gained the ‘Hoover’ nickname due to the intense sucking sound created by the twin inertial filters at the No

The van modelled left the production line in the company’s Wolfsburg factory on March 4th

BR MK2A BFK Brake First Corridor Regional Railways Weathered

39-178D BR Mk1 BG Brake Gangwayed BR (SR) Green S84039 Cleaning Car the Class 47 Co-Co Diesel-ElectricThe 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