Mk 2b coaching stock

Lima Mk2b coaches #9137 and #9135 and #9136

Prototype

Operating company/organisation

BR Inter-City

Years of operation

Inter-City: 1965 - 1996
Private operators: 1996 onwards

Model

Manufacturer

Lima

Model details

Type

Running number 

Catalogue number

Corridor 1st

W13493

9135

Open 2nd

W5449

9136

Brake and corridor 1st/2nd

W16084

9137

Construction

Assembled, plastic with some metal parts.
Couplers: continental loop-type, moulded to bogies. The bogies on these models are type B4, and the axles are too closely spaced.
Wheelsets: axle length 24.5mm, wheel diameter 11.5mm. (See replacements.)

Availability

Produced from 1976 to c.1980.

Suppliers

See Buying second-hand.

British 1:87 Scale Modelling