Birmingham Railway Museum Trust has acquired a number of coaches for Vintage Trains services. The Vintage Trains coaches comprise a number of ex-BR Mark I and Mark II coaches.  The Mark II coaches are undergoing a refurbishment programme in Tyseley Locomotive Works.  The aim is to provide a set of Mark II Tourist Second Open (TSO) coaches for the 'Shakespeare Express' service and other main line excursions.  These modern vehicles, which have vacuum brakes allowing them to be used with our steam engines, provide passengers with excellent visibility to enjoy the views from the train. They last saw regular service in Scotland and arrived at Tyseley still bearing Highland Clan names. Four TSOs are now operational within the Vintage Trains coach set together with a Mark II Brake Second Open (BSOT) that also features a mini buffet.

More recently the Trust has acquired some BR Mark I Pullman vehicles, which were built by Metro Cammell for East Coast Main Line services during the early 1960s.  After these vehicles were displaced from front line services by High Speed Trains in the late 1970s, they were used in East Anglia as First Open coaches.  They were later withdrawn and acquired by the Steam Locomotive Operators Association in the 1980s for use on steam charters.  They were withdrawn from steam charter services in the early 1990s and were stored prior to being eventually acquired by Flying Scotsman Services for a proposed Pullman dining train service between London and Stratford-upon-Avon.  Those plans were abandoned and the vehicles were sold to Birmingham Railway Museum Trust.  Three of them have now been refurbished and provide kitchen facilities & dining accommodation on Vintage Trains.

A new feature introduced in 2007 is Vintage Trains new Explorer train set. This train offers a high level of passenger comfort being comprised of recently acquired ex-BR mark 2e/f air-braked air-conditioned carriages together with the well known dual-braked BR Mk 1 Pullman Cars (as used on the East Coast Pullman services).