Available
as a recption/lounge for guests and visitors or as a venue for
functions/meetings/children's birthday parties and family functions
the ex-LNER teak Brake Carriage hosts a mini-bar with hot drinks
facility together with TV/VCR/OH Projection capabilities.
The
open saloon gives a combination of loose and fixed seating/tables
for formal/informal dining or buffet facilities. Also available
are two quiet/exclusive use corridor compartments.
Built
in 1926 to Gresley's modified GNR design, coach no 3107 worked
on branch line and cross country services in the eastern counties
until converted in 1949 to operate on Epping/Ongar push/pull shuttles.
Ousted from revenue service on electrification by London Underground
in 1957 its use for mess and tool van continued until 1990.
Again
operational on our demonstration siding this vehicle today remains
the sole survivor of a bygone style and age of railway travel.
