PULLMAN Car Phoenix became the oldest rail vehicle to move by rail through the Channel Tunnel in late-March.
It is part of the Belmond ‘British Pullman’ train.
The 1927-built Parlour Car was moved by DB Cargo UK from London to Dollands Moor and over Eurotunnel metals to Frethun, before being taken forward to Clermont-Ferrand by DB Cargo’s French subsidiary Euro Cargo Rail.
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It was attached to the rear of empty vans returning to France after delivering Volvic bottled water to the UK, and was the first time that such an historic wooden-framed carriage of its type has undertaken such a journey.
It has been moved to undergo an internal restoration and external overhaul at a specialist workshop in the area.
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