THE invitation to the ‘Watercress Line’ July 15-17 diesel gala for the EPB Preservation Group to supply a working electric multiple unit was an outstanding success. This would be confirmed by all those who found it was standing room only on the EPB runs.
This was the first time in seven years that 1959-built Class 416 2-EPB No. 5759 had carried passengers in heritage railway operation, but in a very different form
