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LNER Gresley Tourist Open Third (TTO) No 24105 was built 1936 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and

Wagon Company (BRCW). It seated 64 passengers in one large saloon, with an entrance vestibule at each end and two toilets at one end. In the early 1960s the carriage was modified to act as the control and apparatus car in a mobile control train for use in the event of war and was based at York with 43600. The modification included the blanking out of many windows and the fitting of double doors to one side.

24105 arrived on the SVR in 1980. It spent many years at Bewdley serving as The Erlestoke Manor Fund's sales shop, before ownership transferred to the LNER(SVR) Coach Fund, for restoration and traffic. The restoration was made possible by much commercial and private sponsorship, a large public contribution raised via sales and sponsored walks, and substantial donations from Bewdley Round Table, The SVR Company and the SVR Association.