The Class 503 EMU is currently stored in a former Hornby warehouse in Margate, pictured there on August 17, 2019. The two cars nearest the camera are due to be scrapped, while the third is planned to be cosmetically restored.
GARETH EVANS
THE Heritage Electric Trains Trust (HETT) has announced that two of its three surviving Wirral Class 503 EMU cars are set to be scrapped.
All three cars were built for the LMS and formerly resided at the now-closed Electric Railway Museum on the edge of Coventry. The unit comprises: driving trailer second open (DTSO) No. 29289, built in 1937 by BRCW; trailer second open (TSO) centre car No. 29720, constructed by Metro Cammell in 1938; and driving motor brake second open (DMBSO)