374-785B BR Mk1 CCT Covered Carriage Truck BR Maroon No.W94556 option-set-w-loco-1-nd The Mercury badge sits prominently

The Mercury badge sits prominently along the front edge of the bonnet and above the rear number plate

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operators cab

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Replays sound tracks from the built in loudspeaker

374-785B BR Mk1 CCT Covered Carriage Truck BR Maroon No.W94556 option-set-w-loco-1-nd The Mercury badge sits prominentlyUpon Nationalisation, British Railways inherited a number of different types of Covered Carriage Trucks (CCTs), but all shared a common purpose they were designed to carry a motor vehicle, and with the growing trend of car ownership, BR sought to boost its inherited fleet by building 822 CCTs to its own design. Classified as the Mk1 CCT, the vehicles were essentially shorter, 4 wheel versions of the bogie Mk1 General Utility Vehicles (GUVs) and the