Description
The British Rail Mark 3 is a type of passenger carriage developed in response to growing competition from airlines and the car in the 1960s. A variant of the Mark 3 became the rolling stock for the High Speed Train (HST).
Originally conceived as locomotive-hauled coaching stock, the first coaches built were for the prototype HST in 1972. Production coaches entered service between 1975 and 1988, and multiple-unit designs based on the Mark 3 bodyshell continued to be built until the early 1990s. Most of the surviving fleet of the Mark 3 and its derivatives are still in revenue service on the British railway network in 2019.
Technical Specification & Detail
Gauge |
00 |
Operator/Livery |
LNER Red/Grey |
Livery Finish |
Pristine |
Length |
303mm |
Period/ERA |
Era 11 (2014 +) |
Type/Class |
BR Mk.3 SO – Standard Open |
Designer |
British Rail |
Number |
42146 |
Entered Service |
|
Coupling Hooka and pockets |
Nem pockets and spare tension lock couplings |
Lighting, Passengers and Detailing |
No internal or External Lighting, no Internal Passengers. |
Age Suitability |
14+ |