374-903A BR Mk1 POS Post Office Sorting Van Royal Mail Letters Red No.80302 Brand_Century-Wings which is preserved as part

which is preserved as part of the National Collection

including the Bonneville badge and ‘signature’ on the fins and across the boot

Prototypical drive system using a crankshafton cardan shafts and rack gears

Multi-part V8 engine

this did not dampen the majesty of a steam hauled service

374-903A BR Mk1 POS Post Office Sorting Van Royal Mail Letters Red No.80302 Brand_Century-Wings which is preserved as partThe British Railways Mk1 was the designation given to BRs first standard design of main line coaching stock, and one of its most successful. Built from 1951 until the early 1960s to augment and replace the array of Big Four and earlier pre grouping designs inherited from the LMS, LNER, GWR and SR, BR took the best features from several of these types to produce the new steel bodied design. As a result, the Mk1 was stronger and safer than any of the