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BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open

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|construc = BR Swindon/Ashford
|livery = BR Crimson and Cream
|status = Restoration in progressIn service
|carno = E4399
|othernos = NE4399
|years1 = 1983
|events1 = Preserved on SVR
|years2 = 2019|events2 = Overhauled
|years3 =
|events3 =
In 2015 ownership passed to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]], and in 2016 the Bridgnorth Carriage & Wagon team resumed the restoration. This now included modification to include disabled access in a similar manner to [[BR 4690 Tourist Standard Open|4690]], for which the Trust was awarded grant funding.<ref>[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/br/4399-2.html 4399 on the SVR Charitable Trust web site]</ref> The modifications mainly involved the removal of 12 seats to allow a pair of double doors to be fitted on each side, next to the wheelchair parking area. In addition the two small lavatories were taken down and their wall components reassembled to form one large ‘roll-in’ lavatory with disabled lavatory fittings and also a baby-changing table.
On 17 November 2017, 4399 made a return trip to Kidderminster to be turned for work on the second side. After what turned out to be the heaviest rebuild of a Mk1 coach in SVR history,<ref>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/index.php?page=BR%204399%20Mk1%20Tourist%20Second%20Open SVR Charitable Trust]</ref> it was conveyed to [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster works]] on 1 March 2019 for mechanical and body finishing and painting prior to release for traffic.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr-progress-2019.html GWR 9581 (Formerly 5043) Wheelchair and Buffet Progress 2019, LNER Carriage Group website, 3 March 2019] (Retrieved 3 March 2019)</ref> On 23 July 2019 it was displayed in the dock at Kidderminster for a Charitable Trust event, finished in the early BR livery of crimson and cream as built. When in On 13 August it was marshalled into [[Carriages#Set_M | Set M]]ready for service , temprarily replacing [[BR 4690 Tourist Standard Open]] to allow it will run to have a repaint and repairs. 4399 normally runs in [[Carriages#Set_C | Set C]].
==See also==
*[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]]
*[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]]
==References==
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