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Two historic Electrical Multiple Units (EMUs) make their public debut during the weekend of Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September 2011, after joining the Electric Railway Museum collection earlier this year. The Class 307 and Class 308 EMUs are both the last of their kind and are currently undergoing restoration at Electric Railway Museum.

Class 307s (known as AM7s) were built between 1954 and 1956, and saw work along the Great Eastern Main Line and on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. Operating until withdrawal in 1991, five refurbished units went on to work the newly electrified Leeds to Doncaster Line before retirement in 1993. Following its working life, Electric Railway Museum’s No. 75023 spent several years moving around various Ministry of Defence sites. During this time it was intended to be rebuilt for re-use as a parcel unit, as was the case of other Class 307s. This never happened and 75023 was saved for preservation in 2006, and donated from AM EMU Association to Electric Railway Museum in May 2011.

Class 308 No. 75881 was built in 1961 to operate on commuter lines between London and Essex, before being moved to newly electrified routes in West Yorkshire during in the mid-1990s. Preserved in 2004 by AM EMU Association, No. 75881 represents the last of a Class that saw active work in four decades, with the last working examples being withdrawn in 2001.

With both remaining Class 307 and Class 308 EMUs now together in Baginton, Electric Railway Museum will display them as a hybrid unit. This will enable the museum to showcase the story of electric trains east of London and, later, within Yorkshire. Electric Railway Museum’s Open Weekend will be the first time the two have been on public display together since moving to the site. 

Electric Railway Museum’s Open Weekend takes place on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September from11am – 5pm both days. Admission is FREE! For more information click here.