Name: Accurascale ACC2699-EXL Mark 2c BSO DB 977787
Brand: Accurascale
SKU: ACC2699-EXL
Price: 89.93 GBP

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Prototype Era
Era 8 (1983 to 1994) British Rail Sectorisation

Manufacturer description

While most Mk.2c retained their blue/grey livery during their often short departmental service, one of the most colourful and long lasting vehicles was Civil Engineer/InterCity West Coast Staff & Tool Coach DB 977787, renumbered with few obvious external or internal differences from Brake Second Open M9453 in May 1992. One of three BSO to transfer to departmental use and one of just a handful of coaches to be repainted in the grey/yellow ‘Dutch’ livery, it also carried the lettering “InterCity Civil Engineer Preston”. It was initially based at Carnforth for use on the North West section of the WCML, although it was recorded at Doncaster by 1993. It later gained a generator, which involved significant reworking of the brake end gangways and the replacement of several windows with grilles. After spells at Carlisle Kingmoor, Carnforth and Derby Etches Park it was finally retired in the early 2000s. Stored at Throckmorton Airfield, Worcestershire, and then Dalton Transport & Storage, North Yorkshire, as part of the ill-fated Mk.2 Preservation Group project, the gas axe finally caught up with it during the mass clearout of the remaining vehicles from the latter location. It was cut up at CF Booth, Rotherham, in April 2022, but not before donating parts to help bring several other Eastern Rail Services’s Mk.2s back to service in due course.

Never before produced in ready-to-run form in any scale, accurascale is excited to reveal the latest addition to its eagerly-anticipated range of 4mm/OO gauge Mk.2 coaching stock, the late-style Mk.2c variant with their characteristic small 'air con'-style toilet windows. Famously designed to be retrofitted with air-conditioning equipment, a modification that never took place, 150 vehicles were built at Litchurch Lane, Derby, in 1969-70 to five designs (out of 250 Mk.2c in total), primarily for the London Midland Region: Tourist Second Open (TSO), Corridor First (FK), Open First (FO), Brake Corridor First (BFK) and Brake Open Second (BSO). In the 1980s four further types were introduced, SK and SO (declassified from first class), Corridor Composite (converted from FK for Scottish Region services) and a mini buffet with trolley space, known as TSO(T). All nine of these versions will feature in our production.

Catalogue listing

Brand

Accurascale

Product Code

ACC2699-EXL

GTIN

0794712458203

RRP

£89.93

Release date

December 2023

Model details

Tooling date

2023

DCC status

Working Interior Lighting

Livery

Dutch

Chassis construction

Plastic & metal

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Coupling mount

NEM pockets

Coupling type

Tension lock

Minimum radius

Radius 2

Finish

Pristine

Running number

DB977787

Features

Interior lighting

Prototype information

Type of vehicle

Coach

Builder

BREL Derby Litchurch Lane Works

Build dates

1963 to 1975

Wheel configuration

B4 or B5 Bogies

Main duties

Local, Regional & Express Passenger

In service until

Present

Operated by

Anglia Railways
Arriva Trains Wales
British Rail
Caledonian Sleeper
Direct Rail Services
First Great Western
Gatwick Express
GNER
Great Western Trains
Network Rail
ONE
Railtrack
Riviera Trains
ScotRail
Virgin Trains
Wessex Trains
West Coast Railway Co.

Coach type

Mark 2

TOPS classification

(BSO) Brake Second Open

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Accurascale Mark 2c BSO DB 977787 is a 4 mm/OO gauge ready‑to‑run model of a British Rail Mark 2c Brake Second Open (BSO) coach. It is supplied in the Dutch grey and yellow livery, carries the manufacturer part number ACC2699‑EXL and represents the British Rail sectorisation period. The model includes working DCC interior lighting and is fitted with a small “air con” style toilet window, a feature common to the late‑style Mk 2c coaches.

The prototype coach, number DB 977787, was originally a Brake Second Open (M9453) that was renumbered and repainted in May 1992 for civil engineering and InterCity West Coast staff duties. It bore the lettering “InterCity Civil Engineer Preston” and operated from bases at Carnforth, Doncaster, Carlisle Kingmoor, and Derby Etches Park. Modifications during its service life included the installation of a generator, alteration of the brake‑end gangways and replacement of several windows with grilles.

After withdrawal in the early 2000s the coach entered private storage, first at Throckmorton Airfield in Worcestershire and later at Dalton Transport & Storage in North Yorkshire as part of a Mk 2 preservation project. The vehicle was dismantled at CF Booth, Rotherham in April 2022, with some components donated to assist the restoration of other Eastern Rail Services Mk 2 coaches.

This is the first time the Dutch‑liveried DB 977787 BSO has been offered as a ready‑to‑run 4 mm model. Accurascale’s range will also include the other nine variants of the Mk 2c fleet, encompassing Tourist Second Open, Corridor First, Open First, Brake Corridor First, and later‑added types such as SK, SO, Corridor Composite and the mini buffet TSO(T).