Swanage coach exchange at Margate site

PULLMAN observation saloon Car No. 14 has returned to the Swanage Railway from storage at Jeremy Hosking’s Locomotive Storage site at Margate, in the former Hornby warehouse buildings which will be converted into the new 1:1 Museum.

Car No.14 moved from Swanage for storage at the site in 2021 as its configuration meant it could not be adapted for Covid-19 safe operations.

It will undergo maintenance work before being returned to service on the Purbeck line this summer.

In its place, Bulleid semi-open brake third coach No.4365 has moved to Margate for storage as it awaits its turn in the workshop queue for work to be carried out on it.