376-251A LNER Thompson Third Corridor BR Crimson & Cream E1568E Virgin-Livery Over 350 cars in total

Over 350 cars in total would be built by Budd

CLASS A4 Class

Wire (non-conductive) included to represent power cables

ARC Southern ordered 4 class 59s which arrived in late 1990

Genuine body shell

376-251A LNER Thompson Third Corridor BR Crimson & Cream E1568E Virgin-Livery Over 350 cars in totalEntering traffic just after World War Two, the Thompson coaches were the last mainline corridor coaches to be built by the LNER, and indeed examples continued to be outshopped after Nationalisation in 1948. Utilising steel panelling, a departure from the teak panelling traditionally seen on coaches built by the LNER and its predecessors, the Thompson coaches were sleek and modern in appearance. Whilst much of the fleet would remain in service until