Is a Kent farm the ‘new Coventry’ for EMUs?
With few heritage railways prepared to accept vintage electric multiple units, finding homes for such historic and technically interesting vehicles has always been a challenge.
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HOPE Farm, Sellindge, near Hythe, Kent, has adopted the mantle previously held by the Electric Railway Museum, Baginton, Coventry, which closed in 2017. Most vehicles there were relocated but some have fared better than others. A few have since been scrapped while several had to move on again. The private site at Sellindge has for long been an open-air storage and restoration base for steam locos, notably ex-Barry scrapyard Bulleid Pacifics.
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