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LNER 24105 Open Third

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SVRA raffle
24105 was originally purchased for preservation by VSOE, then based at Carnforth, but arrived on the SVR in 1982, having been swapped for [[LNER 4236 Gangwayed Passenger Brake ]]. It spent many years in static use at [[Bewdley]], in maroon livery and serving as [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund sales coach]]. In the early 1990s ownership transferred to the [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] for restoration and traffic as a wheelchair accessible open third.
===Restoration 1993 1991 to 1997===Control Train modifications to 24105's original Diagram 186 were retained and gave access for up to four wheelchairs, (with 46 ordinary seats) via the existing double door modification and the addition of an . An extra half-door (modified from a door donated by the NYMR-based L.N.E.R. Coach Association) was added on the opposite side to facilitate access, the conversion work in 1991 being paid for from the proceeds of the Autumn 1990 [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA Wolverhampton Branch raffle]] on behalf of the LNER (SVR) Coach Fund. <ref>SVR News 101</ref> A single toilet, described by a wheelchair user as "tight but manageable" completed the interior. The missing windows were reinstated and much new teak paneling fitted to the exterior. The entirely new but authentic looking interior included a new floor, ceiling and green and grey Rexine wall cladding. It was completed with tables, oval mirrors, coathooks, BR pattern wall lamps and luggage racks. It was also equipped with fairly accurate reproductions of the Gresley "High Backed" seats. It entered traffic early in 1998. The restoration was made possible by much commercial and private sponsorship, a large public contribution raised via sales and sponsored walks, plus substantial donations from Bewdley Round Table, The SVR Company and the SVR Association.
24105 was owned for many years by [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] who donated it in March 2016 to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]] for future safekeeping as part of the SVR's operating carriage fleet.
[[Category: Carriage Type TO]]
[[Category:Rolling stock previously part of emergency control trains]]
[[Category:SVR fundraising lotteries]]
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