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}}'''4690''' is a former '''BR Mk Mark 1 Tourist Second Standard Open ''' (TSO). The ‘Open Second’ seats 64 passengers at tables, with three cross-vestibules to enable speedier loading and unloading of passengers. 4690 has been modified for use as a wheelchair accessible coach.
==Service and preservation==
4690 as built at York in 1957 to diagram number 93 (AC204), lot number 30375. It went into service on the Eastern Region in August 1957, where it remained apart from an allocation to the Northeast region between February 1965 and January 1968.<ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.59.</ref>
It was originally purchased in 1982 by a private owner for use in the SVR, arriving on the SVR from York on 25 21 July 1982.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It operated for some years in crimson and cream livery. The owner then sold the carriage to the [[SVR Wolverhampton Branch]] who began fund raising to convert it to a fully-equipped disabled access coach. The [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd |SVR Rolling Stock Trust]] later became joint owner to assist with this goal, which was achieved following a major body overhaul at Rampart's Carriage Works, Derby in 2007.<ref>SVR Charitable Trust</ref>
4690 is seen photographed in March 2015 as part of the BR Maroon set. It On 13 August 2019 it was withdrawn to allow it to have a repaint and repairs, its place being temporarily taken by newly-restored [[BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open]]. 4690 remains jointly owned by the [[SVR Wolverhampton Branch]] and [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | The SVR Charitable Trust]].
==See also==
==Links==
*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1413 4690 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]
*[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/br/4690-2.html 4690 on svrtrust.org.uk]
*[http://www.svr-wolverhampton.org.uk/4690/ 4690 on svr-wolverhampton.org.uk]
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by The SVR Charitable Trust]]
[[Category: Carriage Type TSO]]
[[Category: Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages]]
