GWR 1925 Collett 57' "Mainline" Profile and Models

GWR 1925 Collett 57' "Mainline"

No. 6913 at Eardington on the Severn Valley Railway in April 2021. ©Hugh Llewelyn

During the tenure of Charles Collett as Chief Mechanical Officer, the Great Western Railway priortised the modernisation of their ageing 'Toplight' coaching stock. Collett's primary design was the 57' 'bow-ended' coach, which reduced the length of the corridor connections between coaches. This was done in response to some passengers who were unnerved by the swaying gangways of previous coach designs. The GWR produced these coaches en-masse and by the end of the 1920s, all mainline services were composed of modern carriages. Many of these coaches remained in general service with BR until the 1960s, and all were withdrawn by 1963. Some survived into departmental use and later into preservation.

Type of Vehicle

 Coach

Builder

 Great Western Railway

Wheel Configuration

 Bogies

Operated By

 Great Western Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

 Mainline passenger services

In Service Until

 1963

Surviving Examples

 Some in preservation

 

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

trainModels Produced

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Hornby OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) GWR 1925 Collett 57' "Mainline"

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Hornby OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) GWR 1925 Collett 57' "Mainline"

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format_paintLiveries Produced

GWR chocolate and cream livery sample GWR chocolate and cream
(1835 - 1947)
BR crimson and cream livery sample BR crimson and cream
(1948 - 1960)
BR maroon livery sample BR maroon
(1956 - 1970)
Thomas the Tank Engine livery sample Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious)
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Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Frogmore Confederacy 3954FC GWR K19 Full Brake Body Kit Requires assembly Not set 3954FC
View 		GWR K19 Full Brake Body Kit Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Hornby No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set R40465
View 		GWR Collet Coaches Corridor Brake Third LH 5040 Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Hornby No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set R40466
View 		GWR Collet Coaches Corridor Brake Third RH 5041 Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Hornby No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set R40467
View 		GWR Collet Coaches Corridor Composite LH No.6521 Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Hornby No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set R40468
View 		GWR Collet Coaches Corridor Composite RH No.6522 Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Hornby No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set R40469
View 		GWR Collet Coaches Corridor Third No.5017 Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Hornby No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set R40472
View 		BR Collet Coaches Corridor Brake Third LH No.4936 Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Hornby No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set R40473
View 		BR Collet Coaches Corridor Brake Third RH No.4937 Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Hornby No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set R40474
View 		BR Collet Coaches Corridor Composite LH No.6149 Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Hornby No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set R40475
View 		BR Collet Coaches Corridor Composite RH No.6150 Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Hornby No image available RTR/RTUse/Pre-assembled Not set R40476
View 		BR Collet Coaches Corridor Third No.4551 Awaiting Categorisation