Lab Coach 4 Repaint

摘要

Repainting is almost complete on one side of Lab 4' at the Electric Railway Museum at Coventry. The vehicle is a former test vehicle from the APT programme and was converted from a 'Thumper' DEMU coach. Formerly Class 201 buffet car 60750, the coach is fitted with APT-style bogies and was chosen for conversion because it was built to the narrower Hastings line profile and thus was able to tilt within the existing loading gauge. Originally preserved by Hastings Diesels, it had been intended to restore it to original condition, but when this plan was abandoned it was moved to Coventry where the long process of restoration continues.