39-850 BR MK1 RB Restaurant Buffet BR Maroon No. SC1658 Brand_AMMO-Mig cabs were made in Blackpool

cabs were made in Blackpool

With the sectorisation of British Rail taking hold in the early-1980s

the Red Star Parcels service was very similar to the ‘Click and Collect’ services that we are so familiar with nowadays

the locomotive was under BR ownership and was allocated to Sheffield Darnall (SHF) shed in January 1948

Detailed pilot seat

39-850 BR MK1 RB Restaurant Buffet BR Maroon No. SC1658 Brand_AMMO-Mig cabs were made in BlackpoolThe 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