{"product_id":"hornby-tt4054-sr-4-wheel-766-passenger-brake-coach-tt-120-gauge","title":"Hornby TT4054 SR 4 Wheel '766' Passenger Brake Coach - TT:120 Gauge","description":"\u003cp\u003eTT Gauge Hornby Wagon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew for 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHornby’s newly tooled TT:120 SR Third Class Four-Wheel Passenger Brake Coach is finished in authentic SR green and combines Third Class seating with ample luggage space. It also had a dedicated guard’s compartment. Known as a Passenger Brake or Luggage Van, allowing the original coach to play a crucial role in transporting both passengers and their belongings across the network.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese four-wheel coaches are typical of the type that was operating at the end of the 19th century and into the early part of the 20th. Introduced by many of the pre-Grouping companies before the more comfortable bogie-coaches became commonplace. As new, more modern coaches were introduced, the four-wheelers were often cascaded down to rural branch lines where passenger numbers were much lighter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome survived into the 1950s and ‘60s by virtue of their relative isolation from the major centres of operation, while others found further use as departmental vehicles. When these small vehicles were retired, their bodies were often bought up by local people for use as summer homes, especially by farmers who found they made good chicken coops or storage sheds. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chassis from the coaches were often put to further use as goods wagons. Because so many of these wooden bodies found their way into private hands, many have been saved by preservationists, who have refurbished them and mounted them onto suitable underframes for use on heritage trains.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hornby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57083949023607,"sku":"TT4054","price":31.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/5464\/5130\/files\/hornby-tt4054-sr-4-wheel-766-passenger-brake-coach-tt120-gauge-4538157.png?v=1778647154","url":"https:\/\/www.phillipshobbies.co.uk\/products\/hornby-tt4054-sr-4-wheel-766-passenger-brake-coach-tt-120-gauge","provider":"Phillips Hobbies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}