Pick And Mix
A mixed combination of LNER teak and BR Mk1 coaches sit in Pickering station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
Had the pleasure of travelling from Grosmont to Pickering in the nearest coach.
Built in 1938 by Metropolitan Cammell in Birmingham for the London & North Eastern Railway, this Tourist Third Open coach No.56856 was finished with 'bucket' seats and chrome hooks for hats and coats.
The coach was withdrawn from passenger service in 1964 and converted at York for Departmental use by the Eastern Region's Medical Office. The vehicle was used for this purpose for 13 years from 1966 when it was finally withdrawn from service.
It was subsequently purchased by the LNER Coach Association and after a fabulous piece of restoration it entered service on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in 2002, complete with bucket seats.
Pick And Mix
A mixed combination of LNER teak and BR Mk1 coaches sit in Pickering station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
Had the pleasure of travelling from Grosmont to Pickering in the nearest coach.
Built in 1938 by Metropolitan Cammell in Birmingham for the London & North Eastern Railway, this Tourist Third Open coach No.56856 was finished with 'bucket' seats and chrome hooks for hats and coats.
The coach was withdrawn from passenger service in 1964 and converted at York for Departmental use by the Eastern Region's Medical Office. The vehicle was used for this purpose for 13 years from 1966 when it was finally withdrawn from service.
It was subsequently purchased by the LNER Coach Association and after a fabulous piece of restoration it entered service on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in 2002, complete with bucket seats.