Hornby GWR Collett Coach Corridor Composite RH -
1930s Brown and Cream
Product Code: R4683
Discontinued
Product Details:
Finish: Pristine, Length: 242mm, Livery: GWR Brown and
Cream, Designer: Charles Collett, Entered Service: 1925, Period: 1930s,
Detail: Separate hand rails, high detail
Hornby Model Railway Rolling Stock (OO Gauge)
Hornby Collett 'Bow Ended' Standard 57' Corridor Stock
When Charles Collett became Chief Mechanical Officer of the Great
Western Railway in 1922, one of his priorities was to modernise the GWR’s fleet of
ageing, yet distinctive ‘Toplight’ coaching stock. His resulting ‘bow-ended’ design went
on to become the basic GWR design for almost 30 years and from 1925, until the late
summer of 1929, the steel panelled, oak framed bow-ended coach, with inset windows, high
waist and clean exterior, was applied to 57’ coach bodies on newly developed 7’ single
bolster bogies.
On entering traffic in 1925, six coach sets were formed from Lot
Nos. 1351-53, comprising Corridor Thirds from diagram C54, left and right handed 4
compartment Corridor Brake Thirds from diagram D95 and left and right handed Corridor
Composites from diagram E127. Over the following four years, further Lot numbers of
these diagrams were produced, along with an additional eight different diagrams and the
design became the first choice for the important Express Trains, including the
Cheltenham Spa Express and
Bristolian, until the late 1930s. Many of these coaches survived in general service
until 1961, being withdrawn completely by early 1963, with several managing to escape
scrapping when they were converted for departmental use during the early 1960s.