GREAT Yarmouth-based Eastern Rail Services continues to expand its Mk.3 fleet, its latest purchases being five vehicles previously owned by Data Acquisition & Testing Services (DATS). The coaches, First Open (FO) No. 11090 and Standard Open (SO) Nos. 12032/064/091/097, were collected from MCL Rail’s Gascoigne Wood site by Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC) Nos. 20901/905, which had been hired by Rail Operations Group (ROG), on August 9, and hauled to Great Yarmouth.
Of the coaches, four (Nos. 11090, 12032/064/097) had been stored at Gascoigne Wood since October 2022, and previously saw use on DATS test trains.
