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==7960 in service==
7960 was designed by LNER CME Sir Nigel Gresley and built at Doncaster in 1936 to LNER Diagram 187.<ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.266.</ref> The layout comprised an entrance vestibule giving access to a third-class saloon seating18, followed by the first-class saloon seating 12. A side corridor leading from the first-class saloon gave access to a pantry compartment, an anthracite-electric kitchen and finally an attendant's lavatory. The interior of the third-class saloon was finished in varnished teak with polished brass metal fittings; the first-class saloon had quartered 'fiddle-back' veneered panels with mahogany trim and polished chrome metal fittings.<ref group="note">The interiors were in a traditional style with darker veneers rather than the 'art deco' style of the Opens.</ref> Power was provided by two Stones dynamos rated at 7·2Kw7·2kW, mounted on the underframe, and supplemented by batteries.<ref name=LNERSVRCoachFund/>
7960's regular diagram was on the Great North of Scotland route between Aberdeen and Inverness, serving breakfast on the 7.00am northbound and dinner on 12.30pm return service.<ref name=LNERSVRCoachFund/> It was renumbered as 9162 as part of the LNER's 1943 re-numbering scheme. On Nationalisation in 1947, BR initially allocated an E prefix to indicate its LNER origin, with a further re-numbering to SC9162E after 1951.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.175.</ref>
