Bachmann Branch-Line Model Railways Thompson SK 2ND Corridor BR Marron 34-378A

£24.95

THOMPSON BR MAROON SK 2ND CORRIDOR COACH NEW / BOX PACKAGING NEW

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Offering for sale a brand new and boxed example of a Bachmann Branch-Line Model Railways Thompson SK 2ND Corridor BR MarOon 34-378A running number E 1548 E, model reference number 33-378A.

The Thompson SK Coach as the name suggests was designed by Edward Thompson. He was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway between 1941 and 1946. When Thompson was appointed CME of the LNER he started a much needed standardisation program. Thompson improved passenger safety by introducing steel-bodied coaches to the LNER. Beforehand LNER had Gresley-designed coaches. The most famous of which had Teak bodies. But by 1940’s standards these were considered insufficiently safe in a collision.

Therefore during the Second World War, Thompson designed new all-steel coaches that became a forerunner of British Railways Mark 1 design. Along with improving safety standards, Thompson introduced a new series of locomotive designs and variations which included the Thompson A1/1, A2/1, B1 & K5 engines. Thompson retired from the LNER in 1946 and died in 1954.

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