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}}[[File:43600_showing_LED_lights_RH.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Upgraded interior of 43600]]
LNER Gresley Open Third (TO) No 43600 was built at York in 1934, primarily for excursion traffic, but carriages of this type were often found in service trains. It was the first LNER vehicle built with a welded chassis, reducing the weight by around a ton.<ref> vintagecarriagestrust.org</ref> ==Service==It was renumbered as 13354 as part of the LNER's 1943 re-numbering scheme. On Nationalisation in 1947, BR initially allocated an E prefix to indicate its LNER origin, with a further re-numbering to E13354E after 1951.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.175.</ref> From about 1960 1961 until 1979 it served with [[LNER 24105 Open Third]] as part of an [[:Category:Rolling stock previously part of emergency control trains|Emergency Control Train]], for which role the interior was stripped of seats, heating and 24V lighting. Desks, phones, 240V mains lighting and heating, lockers and chemical toilets were added. In this role it carried the Departmental number DE320960<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.473.</ref>.
==43600 in Preservation==
43600 arrived on the SVR in 1980 in black livery. It was painted brown given a set of plastic chairs borrowed from the Catering Dept. and was used in service trains from that September until late 1984. Restoration into 1935 livery but with a very basic "temporary" interior, (fortunately including proper seats, heat, light and working toilets) was completed in 1987, after which it was used for 27 years!
