FOLLOWING a four-year overhaul, NER autocoach No. 3453 was officially launched back into service during the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway’s May Bank Holiday weekend transport festival.
Together with NER autocar No. 3170, the pair are transporting passengers along the five-mile heritage line. No. 3170 was the subject of an earlier award-winning 15-year restoration programme by Stephen Middleton to get it