376-276B LNER Thompson Brake Third Corridor BR Crimson & Cream No. E1931E Brand_Faller freight yards

freight yards

and Predator's Domain

Since its first appearance

and admirers of "those magnificent men in their flying machines

L&CR had included proposals for combined international and domestic stations at Stratford and Ebbsfleet in its tender document

376-276B LNER Thompson Brake Third Corridor BR Crimson & Cream No. E1931E Brand_Faller freight yardsEntering 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