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3rd August 2009, 18:58
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Hi folks
Hello.
My name's James. Travelling by train has occupied a special part of my psyche for a long time. For many years I've had a recurring dream in various different flavours at least twice a week, in which I'm travelling by train, often turning up at some unfamiliar station and trying to work out which train to take from which platform to get closer to home. I think the seed was planted when, thirty years ago, I started travelling between Huddersfield Polytechnic and Hartlepool every weekend, by British Rail. I was fascinated to enter this obscure world of interconnecting rails in one town, and emerge from it in another. More recently, when I lived in London, I'd often travel between London Bridge and Charing Cross, over Borough Market, across the rooftops and across the river, and that was a joy. But it was only after travelling on the Great Central Railway on Saturday, on a journey which was a gift from my charming other half, that I decided to dip a toe into the waters of Railway Enthusiasm. I'm by no means a railway anorak, never had a great interest in the 'hardware' really, know next to nothing about the various types of trains and carriages. But I'm particularly interested to know one thing, and I'm sure many people here will know. On my travels on the aforementioned heritage railway line on Saturday, I had the great pleasure of travelling in an old-fashioned railway compartment (I'll try to attach two pics). When were these phased out? I remember travelling on one from Huddersfield to Leeds sometime in late 1979, but even then it was a very rare treat. Any idea when this particular one might have been manufactured, or last used? Thanks! James 
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3rd August 2009, 19:45
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Hello James and welcome to the Railway Forum. You don't need to be an anorak or know about the hardware to enjoy the railways. There are many people who just enjoy travelling by train be it steam, electric or diesel.
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3rd August 2009, 20:56
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Hi James and welcome to the forum. Without knowing the running number of the coach in which you travelled it is impossible to be specific about service dates.
From your photos I would say that it is a British Railways Mark 1 coach. These were built between 1951 and 1963 and some remained in regular service with British Rail well into the 1990's. Some are still in mainline service with charter operators whilst others see use on heritage lines such as the Great Central. Hope this helps.
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4th August 2009, 21:52
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Hello and welcome to the forum James, enjoy
Regards Alan
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5th August 2009, 06:03
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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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