Mk 1 coaching stock

Lima Mk1 LMS coaches #9321 and #9146 and #9234

Lima coaches #9320 and #9145 and #9232 

Lima Mk1 BR green coaches #9327 and #9152 and #9235


Lima Mk1 GWR coaches #9326 and #9151 and #9233

Prototype

Operating company/organisation

British Railways, British Rail, preservation societies;
also in other liveries by private operators

Years of operation

From 1949

Model

Manufacturer

Lima

Construction

Assembled, plastic with some metal parts.
Couplers: continental loop-type, moulded to bogies.
Wheelsets: axle length 24.5mm, wheel diameter 11.5mm.
See Improving Lima Coaches.

Availability

Produced from 1976 to c1980.

Decals

Cambridge Custom Transfers
- Sheet BL30 BR coach roundel crests
- Sheet BL32 BR Southern Region set numbers
- Sheet BL34 BR coach window labels (FIRST, NO SMOKING, SECOND, LADIES ONLY)

Suppliers

See Buying second-hand.

Photograph of Lima Mk 1 coach upgraded using Worsley Works panels, bogies and other detailing parts

Lima Mk1 coach upgraded to full brake with various detailing parts

Catalogue numbers (#), with liveries and nominal operating dates

 

 

 

Corridor Brake*

Corridor Composite§

Restaurant-Buffet

 

 

 

Diag.181 BSK

Diag.126 CK

Diag.24 RB

Midland Region

maroon

1956-65

#9321

#9146

#9234

National

crimson & cream

1949-65

#9320

#9145

~

Inter-City

blue & grey

1965-96

~

~

#9232

Southern Region

green

1956-65

#9327

#9152

#9235

Western Region

chocolate & cream

1956-65

#9326

#9151

#9233

 

 

 

1049 in service

1309 in service

127 in service

* Corridor Brake Third until 1956, Corridor Brake Second after 1956.

§ First/Third until 1956, First/Second after 1956.

British 1:87 Scale Modelling