374-188F BR Mk1 BSK Brake Second Corridor BR Blue & Grey No. SC35338 Brand_Matador Rotating tower

Rotating tower

000 Ohm (15K) Resistors

with the final examples rolling off the line in 1978

Designed from works drawings

374-188F BR Mk1 BSK Brake Second Corridor BR Blue & Grey No. SC35338 Brand_Matador Rotating towerThe 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