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Unique buffet returns and NER open breaks cover

TWO oftheLNERCoachAssociation’s carriage fleet have emerged into the daylight at two different lines, with the unique lounge buffet car No. E1706E entering service just in time to partake in trains being run to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III.

Built at Doncaster Works in 1948 to the design of Edward Thompson, the carriage rather fittingly became

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