Winston Churchill’s D-Day carriage returns to rails after 50 years

Pullman Car No 246 ‘Lydia’ was used during wartime strategy meetings and for Sir Winston Churchill’s state funeral in 1965 (Ian Yolland/South Devon Railway/PA) -

A historic railway carriage with extraordinary ties to Sir Winston Churchill and General Dwight D Eisenhower is returning to the rails after more than five decades.

Pullman Car No 246 ‘Lydia’ was used during crucial wartime strategy meetings ahead of D-Day and later during Churchill’s state funeral in 1965.