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cjmillsnun · 05-05-2004, 20:37

Towny is correct,

BR designed (and built) just about all its own rolling stock from its creation in 1948 to its demise in the early 1990s. One of its last designs was the Mk4 Coach, as used by GNER.

The Mk3 was designed originally for the IC125 of which the prototype went into testing in the early '70s. This is widely regarded to be THE standard for strength in passenger railway vehicles, and was the type of coach that was involved in the GWT trains in the Southall and Ladbrooke Grove accidents.

05-05-2004, 20:37	#66
cjmillsnun Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 231	Re: Deprivatisation of railways Towny is correct, BR designed (and built) just about all its own rolling stock from its creation in 1948 to its demise in the early 1990s. One of its last designs was the Mk4 Coach, as used by GNER. The Mk3 was designed originally for the IC125 of which the prototype went into testing in the early '70s. This is widely regarded to be THE standard for strength in passenger railway vehicles, and was the type of coach that was involved in the GWT trains in the Southall and Ladbrooke Grove accidents.