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[[File:{{Infobox crimson and cream carriage|image = BR_4509_20150320.jpg |thumb|300px|right| caption = BR Tourist Standard Open 4509|construc = BR York|status = In service|carno = E4509|livery = BR Crimson & Cream|othernos = GE4509|designed = |diagram = 93|lot = 30243|cartype = [[:Category: Carriage Type TSO|TSO]]|topscode = [[:Category: Carriage Type TSO|AC21]]|seats = 64 standard|built = 1956|years1 = 1982 |events1 = Preserved on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}4509 is a BR Mark 1 Tourist Standard Open (TSO) 4509 was built at York in 1956 to diagram number 93 of lot number 30243. The ‘Open Second’ seats 64 passengers at tables, with three cross-vestibules to enable speedier loading and unloading of passengers.

==4509 arrived on the SVR in June 1982 from service==4509 was built at Yorkin 1956 to diagram number 93, lot number 30243. <ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> It is normally was used in the BR Crimson & Cream running setEastern region and carried the number GE4509, and is owned by the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]]prefix denoting that it was allocated for use on the Great Eastern lines.

==Sources4509 in preservation==Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey4509 arrived on the SVR in June 1982 from York.<brref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> Subsequently overhauled by [[SVR(H)]] as part of the restoration of the set of maroon liveried Mark 1 coaches, 4509 is in regular service and is now normally used in the [[Carriages#Set_C|BR Crimson & Cream running set]].  It was owned for many years by SVR volunteer ticket collector Austen White, who bequeathed it to his colleague and neighbour James Barker. Not long after the creation of the Rolling Stock Trust charity, 4509 was donated to it and so it is now owned by the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]]. The Trust has provided new batteries and a slow-speed charging device as an additional improvement.<ref>[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/br/4509-2.html 'BR Rolling Stock', SVR Charitable Trust]</ref> ==See also==*[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]] ==References==<references />

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1365 4509 on vintagecarriagestrustRailway Heritage Register On-Line]*[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/br/4509-2.html 4509 on svrtrust.org.uk]<br>

==See also=={{CarriageNavbox}}[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriagesCategory: Rolling stock owned by The SVR Charitable Trust]]<br>: [[BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open | Previous ]]<br>Category: [[BR 4545 Tourist Standard Open | Next Carriage Type TSO]]