Posted by Scott Cunningham on September 4, 2015  Sad story of yet another railway line out of use. These coaches do not look particularly like BR ones. Have they been heavily modified? I live in Scotland and have never seen anything similar. Posted by Martin Bennet on September 5, 2015  Hi Scott - Yes they have been heavily modified and don't bare much resemblance to their original form. There is some info on them here, under SA/SD class: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_British_Rail_Mark_2_carriage Posted by Scott Cunningham on September 6, 2015  Thanks for the information Martin. This certainly makes an interesting story. I had no idea that the Mk 2 carriages had been sold off. We now have mainly multiple units and HST 125s here and it would be great to have loco-hauled passenger trains again! Posted by Scott Cunningham on September 7, 2015  Thanks Martin, and thanks for the link too. It all makes sense now!

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