R40517 Mark 1 TSO Second Open BR Maroon E4050 Brand_Lemaco Herefordshire-based TV presenter Richard Hammond

Herefordshire-based TV presenter Richard Hammond

As scanned at Didcot Railway Centre

before the majority received plated over nose ends with sealed beam headlights in the 1970s

Under the tenure of George J

resulting in a mechanical model that is as fun to operate as it is to build

R40517 Mark 1 TSO Second Open BR Maroon E4050 Brand_Lemaco Herefordshire-based TV presenter Richard HammondThe Mk1 was BRs first standardised design of railway carriage with thousands built across BRs carriage works in Derby, Wolverton, Doncaster, York, Eastleigh, and Swindon between 1951 and 1963. The design was also used on first generation Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) until 1974 and for non passenger stock such as parcel vans and full brake vehicles. The new coaches gradually replaced older designs inherited from the Big Four at nationalisation in 1968