In stock now is Hornby's latest run of Southern Railway Maunsell Bogie Coaches in OO Gauge, including new BR Crimson and Cream variations!
Add an elegant Maunsell Composite Coach to your OO gauge era 4 rake. These crimson and cream delights feature sprung metal buffers and NEM couplings for seamless connection. There are five variations available to build up an accurate train.
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Product Features
Highly detailed models with separately fitted parts
Detailed and painted interiors
Accurate tooling variations for multiple coach types
NEM tension lock couplings
Sprung metal buffers
Intricate livery application & printing
Prototype Information
When the Southern Railway was formed in 1923, it continued to build coach designs inherited from the main three constituent companies.
Richard Maunsell introduced the SR’s first ‘standard’ coaches, building over 1,200 of them. These were formed into 139 sets, as it was the SR’s practice to keep coaches together for long periods of time, with a set number at each end.
These coaches are the later 59ft type built from 1934 with flush sides, constructed with steel panels over a wooden framework. They were painted olive green in early SR days and, from 1939, in Bulleid’s malachite green, before most received the standard BR crimson and cream following nationalisation from 1949.