Mark 1 Corridor Composite (CK) M16190 stands at Ruddington on the Great Central Railway (North), 29th June 2013.
Vehicle History
The British Railways Mark I CK, built from 1951 onwards, had four First-class and three Third-class (Second-class from 1956) compartments, with a vestibule separating the 1st and 2nd sections, and a sliding door to divide the corridor. There were two variants; those built to Diagram 126 for the Midland, Scottish, and Eastern / North Eastern regions had six seats per compartment in 2nd class, with fold-up arm-rests which folded into the seat-back, while those built to Diagram 128 for the Southern and Western regions, with their heavy commuter loadings into London, had eight seats in each 2nd class compartment, and no arm-rests. All first class compartments sat six passengers, with folding arm rests which lifted into cushion dividers between the seats, using a lower bench with six individual square cushions on top for greater comfort. 2nd class seating was of the interior sprung bench type. M16190 is a diagram 126 CK built to lot 30665 at Derby in 1961. It was built with Commonwealth bogies and was vacuum braked and dual heated. It was withdrawn in 1994 since when it has had its Commonwealth bogies replaced by BR1 bogies. The photograph is of the corridor side with the two middle doors that do not align with the one middle door on the compartment side and the odd narrow windows each side of the middle doors.
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