Two questions...

[marco neri]

..why Graham. Farish Mk's 2 and 3 have no interiors? (And peoples...if you want!) than Dapol  have got 'em...I think it's better to have.
Coaches AND wagons without buffers....do they run together the others with buffers in real UK railways?
Thank you

[alibuchan]

At one stage farish decided not to put interiors in to their coaches, not sure why but possibly down to costs.

some coaches and wagons do not have buffers due to running in fixed rakes or with buckeye couplings. for instance HST coaches don't have buffers and neither do most of the EWS coal hoppers due to them having buckeye couplings, its only when a 60 is rostered on it, that buffer fitted ones are put at both ends of the train.

Alistair

[marco neri]

...ok..
There are many things I did not  know and imagine about UK Railways

[Dr Al]

BR Lines sell interiors for all the original style Farish Mk2, Mk3 and Mk4 coaches:

http://brlines.co.uk/products.php?section=1

These can be used to fill up your empty coaches, and only need the roofs carefully pulled off to fit.

Cheers,
Alan

[Bob Tidbury]

Don't forget if you put the seats into your coaches and you have inclines on your layout then you might have problems with the extra weight it all adds up.
Bob

[marco neri]

..many thanks to everybody..

[EtchedPixels]

On the subject of buffers

From before World War II some British coaches were fitted with buckeye couplers as well as traditional couplings. When coupled together the buckeye is used and the buffers do not touch. Locomotives, older coaches and freight remained with old style coupling systems and these were used to hook locomotives to wagons and to coach rakes including using the buffers.

At the moment we are in a gradual transition
- Most multiple units have no buffers but use various non buffered coupling systems (Dellner, Scharfenberg, buckeye etc)
- Newer locomotives have buckeye and 3 link style couplings
- Some of the newer wagon rakes are buckeye only, or come in a mix of buckeye only and buffered variants.

As a result of this we also have a range of 'barrier' coaches with different couplings each end (just like the model world) used for things like moving multiple units between locations.

[marco neri]

On the subject of buffers

From before World War II some British coaches were fitted with buckeye couplers as well as traditional couplings. When coupled together the buckeye is used and the buffers do not touch. Locomotives, older coaches and freight remained with old style coupling systems and these were used to hook locomotives to wagons and to coach rakes including using the buffers.

At the moment we are in a gradual transition
- Most multiple units have no buffers but use various non buffered coupling systems (Dellner, Scharfenberg, buckeye etc)
- Newer locomotives have buckeye and 3 link style couplings
- Some of the newer wagon rakes are buckeye only, or come in a mix of buckeye only and buffered variants.

As a result of this we also have a range of 'barrier' coaches with different couplings each end (just like the model world) used for things like moving multiple units between locations.

I think a spectaculr mix to see..