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IR_Mk2c_a4.jpg (83974 bytes)

Mk2c Standard-class car (TSO-688), built for BR in 1970, purchased by IR in 1977 (fleet of 12 units).

Further steps were added upon purchase, so that these cars could operate with low platforms.

Railway Museum (Haifa-East).

29 May 2012.

P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



IR_Mk2c_d3.jpg (94931 bytes)

Mk2c Standard-class car (TSO-688), built for BR in 1970, purchased by IR in 1977 (fleet of 12 units).

Original airtight gangways were replaced with standard Continental rubbers upon purchase, so that this fleet could operate with other cars in mixed formations.

Railway Museum (Haifa-East).

29 May 2012.

P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



IR_Mk2c_e6.jpg (89652 bytes)

Mk2c Standard-class car (TSO-688), built for BR in 1970, purchased by IR in 1977 (fleet of 12 units).

Air-con units were fitted on the roof upon purchase, as only Mk2d-e-f series have featured air-con as of construction.

Railway Museum (Haifa-East).

29 May 2012.

P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



IR_Mk2c_f4.jpg (125829 bytes)

Mk2c Standard-class car (TSO-688), built for BR in 1970, purchased by IR in 1977 (fleet of 12 units).

Railway Museum (Haifa-East).

29 May 2012.

P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



IR_Mk2c_g6.jpg (86817 bytes)

Mk2c Standard-class car (TSO-688), built for BR in 1970, purchased by IR in 1977 (fleet of 12 units).

Vestibule.

Railway Museum (Haifa-East).

29 May 2012.

P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



IR_Mk2c_j4.jpg (82111 bytes)

Mk2c Standard-class car (TSO-688), built for BR in 1970, purchased by IR in 1977 (fleet of 12 units).

Vestibule, doors to end-gangways.

Railway Museum (Haifa-East).

29 May 2012.

P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



IR_Mk2c_m5.jpg (82843 bytes)

Mk2c Standard-class car (TSO-688), built for BR in 1970, purchased by IR in 1977 (fleet of 12 units).

Vestibule, still fitted with original doors to the saloons.

Railway Museum (Haifa-East).

29 May 2012.

P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



IR_Mk2c_p4.jpg (92205 bytes)

Mk2c Standard-class car (TSO-688), built for BR in 1970, purchased by IR in 1977 (fleet of 12 units).

Interior, unchanged upon purchase.

Railway Museum (Haifa-East).

29 May 2012.

P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



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