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LNER Gresley Open Third (TO) No 43600 was built at York in 1934. It was the first LNER vehicle built with a welded chassis, reducing the weight by around a ton<ref> vintagecarriagestrust.org</ref>.
43600 arrived on the SVR in 1980, when it was painted brown and used in service trains from that September until late 1984. Restoration into 1935 livery but with a very basic "temporary" interior, was completed in the mid-1980s1987, after which it was used for a number of 27 years. After ! In 2014 it received an overhaul, which included a and comprehensive upgrade in LNER period style to the interior, 43600 re-entered entering service in November 2014. During this overhaul, LNER pattern luggage racks, coathookscoat hooks, wall lamps, tables and mirrors were added, whilst the angular Mk1 seat ends were replaced with new ones to a much more sympathetic design. Fawn vinyl, similar to the original Rexine was used to cover the walls, and the seats were upholstered with cut moquette made to an LNER pattern of the period. The upgrade was paid for by its new owners, the SVR Charitable Trust thanks to many generous sponsors who contributed £13.8k including Gift Aid.
During January to May 2016 further work was carried out on the roof as a joint volunteer/full time staff project and included stripping off the old roof covering (dating from c1987,) securely re-fastening the T&G roof boards to the transverse steel hoops with countersunk set screws and applying a new canvass,rainstrips and tacking rails. The opportunity was taken to apply a further 2 coats of varnish to the exterior, thus prolonging its life before the next major overhaul. This work was completed and it returned to traffic on 18th May 2016.
