Vacuum brake
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The vacuum brake is a braking system employed on trains and introduced in the mid-1860s. A variant, the automatic vacuum brake system, became almost universal in British train equipment and in countri
Driver's brake control in a Black 5
Graduable brake valve (right) and the small (upper) and large ejector cocks from a GWR locomotive
Driver's brake control on a combined control and ejector. The ejector steam nozzles, large and small, are beneath the hexagonal brass plugs on the left.
British Rail Mark 2
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The Mark 2 family of railway carriages are British Rail's second design of carriages. They were built by British Rail workshops between 1964 and 1975 and were of steel construction.
Mark 2f First open in original British Rail livery
The interior of a Mark 2 Open First showing the former Virgin Trains West Coast Burgundy seat moquette trim
Class 310
Class 312