R40243 Mk3 Trailer Standard Disabled East Coast 42238 option-set-w-wagon-3 Designed for OO track -

Designed for OO track - 610mm/2ft radius curves

By this time Hawthorn Leslie had built 2

Conductive couplings with integral close coupling mechanism at the inner end

GR-500UG) and a brake coach (Ref

R40243 Mk3 Trailer Standard Disabled East Coast 42238 option-set-w-wagon-3 Designed for OO track -In order to allow running at 125 mph on Britain's railways, new rolling stock was needed by British Railways in order to replace the aging Mk2s. Significant improvements 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