374-562B GWR Hawksworth Composite Corridor BR Maroon W7818W Brand_Digital-Plus-by-Lenz Plywood body construction came about

Plywood body construction came about as a result of a shortage of wooden planks at the end of the last war

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and whilst it was claimed he simply chose to ignore the order

A built-in Geneva movement ensures the table locks firmly into place at each position

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374-562B GWR Hawksworth Composite Corridor BR Maroon W7818W Brand_Digital-Plus-by-Lenz Plywood body construction came aboutFrederick W. Hawksworth was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR), succeeding Charles Collett in 1941, and his coach designs were the final evolution of passenger stock built by the GWR, being designed at the end of World War Two and entering traffic from 1947 onwards. With the Nationalisation of Britains railways in 1948, construction continued under BR and the final examples were outshopped during the 1950s. Intended