In 1991, having managed to survive over 30 years on ‘death row’, No. 129 was acquired for preservation and moved to north-east England. Purchased by its current owner in 2000, an extensive restoration took place over the next ten years, and having passed its MOT in late 2010, it ran as an unscheduled ‘extra’ in passenger carrying service (for the first time in 51 years) at our November 2010 Open Day, the bodywork and mechanical restoration by then being complete and just the re-paint outstanding.
