39-272D BR Mk1 NLV (Ex-GUV) General Utility Van BR Blue (Newspapers) W86719 Terrain Pristine Arriva Trains Wales (Revised)

Pristine Arriva Trains Wales (Revised) livery

These locomotives are now popular performers throughout much of the UK rail network

the bad press they received

Destinations: Sheffield-Hull

Coal facilities were essential at all stations in the steam era

39-272D BR Mk1 NLV (Ex-GUV) General Utility Van BR Blue (Newspapers) W86719 Terrain Pristine Arriva Trains Wales (Revised)The 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