All steel 'K-type' Pullmans from Revolution

Revolution is delighted to reveal its next range of N gauge coaches will be the much requested all steel 'K-type' Pullman coaches. The K-type Pullmans were the first all steel construction Pullmans in the UK.


Parlour First "Zena" in the VSOE set at Bristol Temple Meads in April 2012. Photo courtesy of Hugh Llewelyn, Creative Commons CC BY-SA2.0 licence


Metropolitan Cammell built 29 Pullman cars of 5 different body types: Kitchen 1sts and 3rds, Parlour 1sts and 3rds and Parlour Brake 3rds - we will offer all 5 body types in train packs to allow prototypical formations to be assembled.

A further 4 cars (81-84) were built in 1931 for the Bournemouth Belle - we will include these if feasible from the tooling.

Some of the K-types were used by the GWR on Ocean-Liner and Torquay Pullman services from 1929, but perhaps the more famous use was by the LNER and then BR in services such as the Queen of Scots, Tees-Tyne Pullman, Yorkshire Pullman and Master Cutler. By the mid-late 1960s some of the K-types were being used with other Pullman types (particularly the brakes) but unfortunately some were disposed of for scrap. A few of the K-types continue to see service in the Venice Simplon Orient Express (VSOE) and a number survive to this day in preservation.

Our model will feature the same high levels of detail as our Mark 5 coaches and include interior lighting and working table lamps.

The K-type Pullmans are in the final stages of research before we start CAD. We expect the order book for the K-type Pullmans to open late Q4 2021 – Q1 2022.

Cool! 

An open letter to the real world bosses of Messrs Ando and Hale...

To whom it may concern,

Please can you give Ben/Mike more work as I feel they have too much free time on their hands. Time they are using to make wonderful models that I can't resist buying. Thanks in advance.

Yours faithfully, A (Poor) Model Train Addict

I was expecting Mk2b or Mk2c, but this is a great choice!

Steven B

Oh god there goes another £500 onto the credit card I guess. Look awesome however !

Does anyone happen to know if the Pullmans visible in this video from about
5:40 passing through Birmingham Snow Hill are of this type?

Yep, mixed with a few Mk1s.

Nice short train too. 7 coaches. Two Mk 1s probably SKs, two Pullman brakes, likely two Kitchen cars and a Parlour car, methinks.
Can't easily tell so that's a guess.

Great choice for ECML steam and diesel era modellers, also catering for Southern Region and contemporary modellers!
They've been much requested and will fill a big gap in umber and cream Pullman collections.

Hello all,

Thanks for the positive response.  We are really looking forward to progressing these models!

Cheers

Ben A.

Right up my street, or should I say "on my Rails" 

Any guesstimate on price as yet? I could need about 10 or a dozen for the Bournemouth Belle

Quote from: Dorsetmike on September 11, 2021, 07:08:32 PM
Any guesstimate on price as yet? I could need about 10 or a dozen for the Bournemouth Belle

Gosh @Dorsetmike I never thought you would be buying Revolution products.
I'm so happy these have been announced too.
I'm having what you're having.
Bob

Quote from: Dorsetmike on September 11, 2021, 07:08:32 PM
Any guesstimate on price as yet? I could need about 10 or a dozen for the Bournemouth Belle

Hi Mike

I did ask Mike Hale as from all accounts this has very much been his baby. He couldn't categorically answer as it is too early in the process but what he did say is to broadly think in the £45-£50 area which is unsurprising given the spec (saloon and table lights working) and comparable price of Farish coaches without these features is understandable.

Will I be ordering when the order book opens? You bet I will, the only question is how many!

Roy

Having just been excited by the Underground stock now the K type Pullmans too!

Off to sell the farm.........

Gerry