Marshall 5 Plank Wagon 9ft Wheelbase No.2 - Weathered Brand_Dapol they did not have front-end

they did not have front-end corridor connectors which are fitted to allow passengers to move between units when working in multiple

BR Mark 1 coaching stock was the first standardised design of railway carriages built by British Railways (BR) post-nationalisation in 1948

locomotive into service

2 Aspect (R/G) Standard Left Offset Square Head

and construction was shared between the LMS’s Crewe Works who made the majority

Marshall 5 Plank Wagon 9ft Wheelbase No.2 - Weathered Brand_Dapol they did not have front-endThe first freight wagons for the railway were open wagons. Initially, as the tractive effort of the locomotives was relatively low, these wagons were generally low sided with only one or two planks acting as sides and carrying capacity of just a couple of tons. As the technology progressed, so did demand for rail freight and with the increased power of the steam engines came bigger wagons. The 5 plank wagon was perhaps the most common general goods