and representing Britain's electric railway heritage. With this development, the original Coventry Railway Centre Limited company was wound up and its assets passed to Electric Railway Museum Limited. The site was open to the public, and group and individual visits could be admitted by prior booking. The first Chairman was Graeme Gleaves and the museum held its first public open day in September 2010. In 2011 the ERM won the Heritage Railway Association Best Small Group award. Track layout The track layout comprised two three road fans of sidings. Those at the end of the site adjacent to the Midlands Air Museum were complete with a headshunt that ran through a 40-metre cutting that was excavated by the members of the original steam centre in the early nineties. The sidings nearest Rowley Road were unconnected. The sidings were protected by an inner fence to create a secure compound. Facilities Other improvements made to the site by Electric Railway Museum in late 2009 included the provision of mains electricity on site and state-of-the-art CCTV equipment. Stock The vast majority of items not being actively restored were sheeted over to protect them from rusting, vandalism, and other damage. Electric Multiple Units Overhead EMUs BR Class 307 Vehicle 75023 (DT) Br blue. Built in 1955. (To Colne Valley Railway.) BR Class 308 Vehicle 75881 (DTCoL) (To Colne Valley Railway.) BR Class 309 Units 960 101 & 960 102 (to the Lavender Line and Tanat Valley Light Railway BR Class 312 Vehicles 78037 (DTCoL) and 71205 (TSO) (To Colne Valley Railway.) BR Class 370 Vehicle 49006 (NDM) (To Crewe Heritage Centre) Third rail Southern Region BR Class 405 4Sub unit 4732 Vehicle nos: 12795-12354-10239-12796 (To Locomotive Storage Ltd.) BR Class 414 2Hap unit 4311 Vehicle nos: 61287-75407 (To Peak Rail.) BR Class 416 2EPB units 932053 and 6307 (To Battlefield Line Railway and Hope Farm, Sellindge, Kent.) BR Class 457 unit 7001 vehicle 67300 (To East Kent Railway.) Third rail Midland Region. BR Class 501 2 car unit formed DMBS vehicle 61183 + DTBS vehicle 75186 (To MoD Bicester.) BR Class 503 unit 28690+29720+29289 (To Locomotive Storage Ltd.) Others Liverpool Overhead Railway Rebuilt First Class Trailer Car No. 7 (To Hope Farm, Sellindge.) Locomotives Diesel Locomotives Ruston & Hornsby 0-4-0 Diesel Electric 165DE b. 1950 Wks. No. 268881 "Mazda" (Operational) (To Battlefield Line Railway.) Ruston & Hornsby 4wd Diesel Mechanical 88DS b. 1953 Wks.