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}}4345 is a BR Mark 1 Tourist Standard Open (TSO) 4345 was built by BRCW in 1957 to diagram number 93 of lot number 20207. The ‘Open Second’ seats 64 passengers at tables, with three cross-vestibules to enable speedier loading and unloading of passengers.

==Service==4345 was built by BRCW in 1957 to diagram number 93 of lot number 20207. In service it carried the numbers M4345 and GE4345, signifying allocation to BR’s London Midland and Great Eastern lines.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> In 1985, 4345 and class mate [[BR 4593 Tourist Standard Open|4593]] formed part of the GW 150 exhibition set used by BR, for which they received commemorative tables and other modifications to the interior decor.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> ==Preservation==4345 and 4593 were selected as the best of a number examined at Carnforth, and both arrived on the SVR in from there on 16 and 22 March 1988 from Carnforthrespectively. At the time they were intended as replacements for two other TSOs, [[BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open|4399]] and [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|4584]],<ref>SVR News 87</ref> although in the event 4584 was retained until 1995 while 4399 is still resident on the SVR. 4345 received a repaint at Kidderminster on arrival, retaining the BR(W) chocolate and cream livery which it had carried in the Exhibition train. <ref>SVR News 89</ref> It remained in this livery until April 1994 when, at the request of owners the [[Arley Station Fund]], it was repainted into BR crimson and cream livery during a three month overhaul in Bewdley Paint Shop.<ref>SVR News 112</ref> 4345 was used between 1995 and 1997 in the filming of the BBC comedy series [[Oh, Doctor Beeching!]] along with [[BR 9220 Brake Standard Open|BSO 9220]], [[BR 1853 Restaurant Miniature Buffet|RMB 1853]] and [[46521|Ivatt 2MT 46521]].<ref>[http://forum.svra.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3372 SVR-Online forum]</ref> {{As of|2017}} 4345 is normally used in the BR Crimson & Cream running set, and is owned by the [[Arley Station Fund]].

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<brreferences/>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition