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|othernos = LNER 42701 <br>BR E42701E, Camping Coach 157
|designed = Gresley
|diagram = 164K
|lot =
|cartype = CK
|seats = 21 first, 24 third
|built = Doncaster
|years1 = 1958
==GNR 2701 in service==
The carriage was involved in a collision at Retford during its first year of use, but survived to become LNER No 42701, and BR E42701E. It remained in passenger carrying service until 1958 when, together with sister carriage No 69, it was converted at Stratford to a camping coach and stationed at Mundsley until closure in 1964. Following transfer to departmental stock its long and varied career on "The Big Railway" ended c1980 at Boston serving as the painter's bothy.
==GNR 2701 in preservation==
==See also==
[[Carriages#LNER (and constituents) Designed Coaches| List of carriages]]<br>: [[LMS 45048 Inspection Saloon | Previous ]]<br>: [[LNER 643 Buffet| Next ]]
==References==
