By 1976 pre-nationalisation passenger coaching stock was virtually extinct however some of the last survivors were a number of London and North Eastern Railway “Gresley Buffets”. E9131 was one of these and is in use on the Manchester – Harwich boat train standing in the platform at Manchester Piccadilly on the 3rd July 1976.
Vehicle History
E9131E was built at York in 1937 (lot 761) to diagram 167 and was originally numbered 643. It is still almost forty years later mounted on Gresley bogies although its days in main line service would soon finish. In 1977 it entered preservation moving to the Severn Valley Railway and is in service as part of the “Teak Set” in 1987 the interior was rebuilt returning it to a more authentic appearance and removing the “formica/plastic” elements it had gained in the 1960’s.
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