A £50,000 appeal has been launched to complete the restoration of one of three now-unique Edwardian Great Central Railway coaches in time for the 125th anniversary of the 1899 opening of the London Extension.
Its owner, the GCR Rolling Stock Trust, wants help to fast-track the restoration of 1910-built ‘Barnum’ carriage No.228 which, it is planned, will eventually run on the ‘Greater GCR’ between the outskirts of Nottingham and
