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Modifications to its original Diagram 186 gave access for up to four wheelchairs, (with 46 ordinary seats) by retaining the control train double door modification and the fitting of an extra half-door on the opposite side to facilitate access. A single toilet, described by a wheelchair user as "tight but manageable" completed the interior. The missing windows were reinstated and much new teak paneling fitted to the exterior. The entirely new but authentic looking interior included a new floor, ceiling and green and grey Rexine wall cladding. It was completed with oval mirrors, coathooks, BR pattern wall lamps and luggage racks. It was also equipped with fairly accurate reproductions of the Gresley "High Backed" seats. It entered traffic in 1997.
A major overhaul will commence on 3rd January 2017 and is due in 2017 when some expected to last 6 months. Some panel replacement will be necessary as well as re-varnishing the exterior, lighting improvements (including reproduction LNER wall lamps) and refurbishing of the now rather tired seating. Some new seat components will be needed to bring it up to standard, and construction of these began in August 2016.
24105 was owned for many years by [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] who donated it, in March 2016 to the SVR Charitable Trust for future safekeeping as part of the SVR's operating carriage fleet.
