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No 4550 4545 was built in 1956 at York in 1957 to diagram number 93 (AC204), lot number 30243. It went into service on the Eastern Region in March 1957, where it remained apart from a brief allocation to the Northeast region between September 1967 and January 1968.<refname=Longworth>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.57.</ref> It saw service on BR’s Eastern Region, was eventually being withdrawn from service at Heaton, Newcastle.<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th edition</ref>
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|construc = BR York
|status = In service
|carno = 4550E4550|livery = BR Maroon|othernos = E4550NE4550
|designed =
|diagram = 93
|lot = 30243
|cartype = [[:Category: Carriage Type TSO|TSO]]
|topscode = [[:Category: Carriage Type TSO|AC21]]
|seats = 64 standard
|built = 1956
==4550 in service==
==Preservation==
4550 arrived on the SVR from Heaton in on 6 December 1984.<ref>SVR News 23</ref> It underwent a 2-year heavy overhaul at Bridgnorth in 1995, with another medium level repair at Kidderminster in 2003. The seat covers were renewed in 2001 using a moquette pattern originally produced for the standard Network South East interior.<ref>Notice in the carriage</ref>.
The photograph shows 4550 in service in March 2015 as part of the BR Maroon set. It was moved into the Kidderminster Carriage Works for attention in September 2016 in what turned out to be a major repair to one of the toilet floors, to doors and paintwork, which was completed in February 2017.
==Links==
*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1373 4550 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]
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