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Hi James and welcome to the Forum. As John has said, the carriage you were in was a BR Mk.I. You were lucky to be in a first class compartment. These were among the most comfortable places to be on a train in the post-war years, but even the 2nd class compartments were very popular as well. Compartment stock (with the side corridor) was very popular with the travelling public as it offered a degree of privacy, but was less popular with the operators and was phased out during the 1980s and 1990s. All you will see on modern trains is open saloons. The preserved railways run both kinds of carriage and the visitors always fill up the compartments first!
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