BR Mark 2 Carriages

Rolling Stock

Mk 2 TSO 5211 (A Dunford)

Mk 2 FK 13446 (A Dunford)

Mk 2 FK 13447 (A Dunford)

Mk 2 TSO 5211 (A Dunford)

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In Service	1964 - Present
Builders	Swindon & Derby Works
Introduction Date	1963 - 1975
Body Type	Steel

British Railways Mark 2 Carriage

After the success of the Mark 1 carriages British Railways (BR) set their sights onto a newer design, which gave birth to the British Railways Mark 2 Carriages. The main difference between a Mark 1 & Mark 2 carriage is the body & frame work. The mark 2 had been built to give them more strength than a Mark 1 which would help protect the passengers in the event of an accident. A main design change was the curvature of the body work at the bottom & sides to help combat areas of corrosion that had be come apparent on the mark 1 carriages.

Over the course of Mark 2 carriages being built they started to be segregated into different categories (A,B,C,D,E & F) due to a variety of modifications that were being made during the construction of them. The biggest change came around when the Mark 2Ds started to be constructed in 1971 as they were instead fitted with air conditioning, the main differences was there were no longer any opening windows and that all types were built with Electric Train Heating only from this point onwards.

Mark 2 Carriages at the MNR

At present there are 13 Mark 2 carriages on site, with the MNR owning 12 of these. Throught the last 4 years, starting in 2020, 3 out of the 12 MNR owned Mark 2 carriages have had various work, repaints and overhauls which have been completed inside Dereham Traction & Rolling Stock Restoration & Maintenance Shed. The shed was built with the support of the EU Leader Funding Rural Development Programme (Project Ref. 109532).

E5211	Tourist Standard Open (TSO)	1966 Derby	In Service	Owned by the MNR. Been on the railway since 1993. Vaccum braked & dual heated.
E13446	First Corridor (FK)	1968 Derby	In Service	Owned by the MNR. Been on the railway since 1993. Vaccum braked & dual heated.
E13447	First Corridor (FK)	1968 Derby	In Service	Owned by the MNR. Been on the railway since 1993. Vaccum braked & dual heated.
E1218	Restaurant First Buffet (RFB) - Mark 2F	1973 Derby	Stored	Owned by the MNR. Been on the railway since 2005. Air braked & ETH heated.
E3521	Frist Open Trolley (FOT) - Mark 2E	1973 Derby	Stored	Owned by the MNR. Been on the railway since 2007. Air braked & ETH heated.
E5255	Standard Open (SO)	1966 Derby	Stored	Owned by the MNR. Been on the railway since 2004. Air braked & ETH heated.
E5309	Tourist Standard Open (TSO) - Mark 2A	1968 Derby	Stored	Owned by the MNR. Been on the railway since 2010. Air braked & ETH heated.
E5630	Tourist Standard Open (TSO) - Mark 2D	1971 Derby	Stored	Owned by the MNR. Been on the railway since 2010.
E9409	Brake Second Open (BSO)	1972 Derby	Stored	Owned by the MNR. Been on the railway since 1993. Vacuum braked & dual heated.
9496	Brake Second Open (BSO) - Mark 2E	1972 Derby	Stored	Owned by the MNR. Been on the railway since 2019. Air braked & ETH heated.
13252	First Corridor (FK) - Mark 2 Prototype	1962 Swindon	Stored	Owned by the MNR. Been on the railway since 2009. Originally preserved in 1982.
9423	Brake Second Open (BSO) Mark 2A	1967 Derby	Stored	Owned by the Class 37 Locomotive Group. Been on the railway since 2012 as a support coach.