Hornby R3836 BR, Standard 2MT, 2-6-0, 78047 - Era 5 coach began building corridor coaches en

began building corridor coaches en masse

none more so that the vivid green scheme of Central Trains and one such unit is depicted by this Bachmann Branchline model

the British Railways Board split its freight business into six companies and the Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation emerged as the successful bidder for all but one

has now been restored and wears the livery of the North British Railway

with the correct roof exhaust ports and Mirrlees engine block detail visible through the bodyside windows

Hornby R3836 BR, Standard 2MT, 2-6-0, 78047 - Era 5 coach began building corridor coaches enProduct Info 78047 entered traffic at Hawick Shed on 25 October 1955 where the locomotive spent most of its lifetime working, even deputizing for failed Class 27, 40 and 45 diesels on the Edinburgh Carlisle route post 1961. In 1966, once local passenger and freight services were discontinued or taken over by diesel traction, 78047 moved over to Bathgate mainly to operate mineral trip freights from local collieries and to haul the occasional