374-715 BR MK2A TSO Tourist Second Open WCRC Maroon No.5239 steam The sides of the coach

The sides of the coach have panelled walls with recessed windows

including 12 power-twin 2-car units

Fully working prototypical Walschaerts valve gear

they differed in that their doors had been welded shut to provide greater strength when loading/unloading the wagons with spoil and ballast

The Community Church has tons of details to set the scene

374-715 BR MK2A TSO Tourist Second Open WCRC Maroon No.5239 steam The sides of the coachBritish Rails second generation of standard coach was designated the Mk2, following on from the highly successful Mk1 series. Unlike the Mk1s however, the Mk2s evolved through different build batches, and such were the changes that a letter suffix was attributed to identify each of the different variants. Fewer coach types were built, with construction concentrating on vehicles offering standard accommodation of both first and second class, plus