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Pre-Owned GWR Mk3 Trailer Standard Open 42300

Pre-Owned GWR Mk3 Trailer Standard Open 42300

Rails of Sheffield

£29.5

Pre-Owned Item, in as new condition. In-order to allow running at 125 mph on Britain's Victorian era railways, new rolling stock was needed by British Railways. Significant improvements over the Mk2 included new secondary air suspension between the bogies and the coach body as well as aerodynamic skirting on the underframe. Mk3 coaches are 75ft (23m) long, enabling far greater capacity than older coaches. Mk3 coaches also incorporate disk brakes and wheel slip protection enabling faster deceleration. The first Mk3 coaches to be delivered were used as part of the HST prototype along with the tw

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