39-826A BR MK1 FO First Open BR Maroon No. E3123 Condition_New Pristine BR Crimson Livery

Pristine BR Crimson Livery

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359 came from an earlier batch of ten locomotives built at Stratford in 1892 and was rebuilt in 1904 into the R24r Class

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39-826A BR MK1 FO First Open BR Maroon No. E3123 Condition_New Pristine BR Crimson LiveryThe 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