Hornby OO BR Gresley Corridor Sleeper Coach E2161E - Crimson & Cream (R4182)

Hornby OO BR Gresley Corridor Sleeper Coach E2161E - Crimson & Cream (R4182) | Antics Online

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After several trials British Railways selected a Crimson and cream livery for its' mainline coaching stock, with plain crimson for suburban trains. It takes a very long time to repaint a fleet of passenger coaches and the paint lasts for many years, offering a great variety of extra liveries for modelling this time period. The new BR standard mark 1 coaches were coming into service alongside the older pre-BR coaches, many still painted in their old company colours. Slowly the company colours disappear as until 1957, when BR changed to lined maroon for new repaints. Even then the crimson and cream livery was only slowly displaced.
The Southern region, operating a large fleet of green painted electric trains retained green for their existing locomotive hauled coaches, with the new BR mark 1 coaches being delivered in crimson & cream. The green painted Mk1 coaches have been placed in the post 1957 section, marking the return of regional liveries for convenience.

Hornby OO BR Gresley Corridor Sleeper Coach E2161E - Crimson & Cream (R4182)
New tooling has allowed the full range of coach types to be manufactured. Sprung buffers are fitted along with fully detailed ends with separate tank filler pipes, plus underframe and trucks complete with rivet detail. The interior is just as well detailed to, with partitions, seats and panelled lavatory doors fitted with door knobs. Model in BR carmine and cream livery of the 1950's.

What can we say? All model press reviews rate these new Hornby coaches as the best the Margate firm has ever produced and we would certainly agree with that!

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