39-703 BR Mk2F BSO Brake Second Open Virgin Trains (Original) 9522 option-set-013 Vacuum-Brakes fitted

Vacuum-Brakes fitted

The remaining members of the class spent much of their time working coal and other mineral trains around Scotland

1 and 2 were later sold to the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway

Edinburgh to Glasgow and

39-703 BR Mk2F BSO Brake Second Open Virgin Trains (Original) 9522 option-set-013 Vacuum-Brakes fittedBritish Rail's second generation of Standard Coach design is known as the Mark 2. Design and construction followed on from the universal and ubiquitous Mk1 family of coaching stock, with the prototype example built in 1963. Series production continued until 1975 at Derby Carriage Works. They were of steel construction, and of a more monocoque design than the Mk1, which added to their safety and integrity in event of collision or mishap. As passenger