374-902B BR Mk1 POS Post Office Sorting Van BR Blue & Grey (Royal Mail) No.E80303 Class_Class 117 often running at the sharp

often running at the sharp end of one of Britain’s most competitive and entertaining one-make series

the Isle of Wight Steam Railway and Chatham Dockyard

Dual Brakes

Clerestory roof

374-902B BR Mk1 POS Post Office Sorting Van BR Blue & Grey (Royal Mail) No.E80303 Class_Class 117 often running at the sharpThe 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