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Wanted: new home for four-wheeled Hull & Barnsley carriage

THE Hull & Barnsley Railway Stock Fund (HBRSF) has been asked to remove its historic four-wheel carriage body from the Elsecar Heritage Railway (EHR) by May 31 and is urgently seeking a new home.

The carriage body of 1885-built No. 1 has been under restoration at the EHR since 2013.

HBRSF spokesman Peter Cox

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