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LNER 43612 Open Third

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|lot = 559
|cartype = [[:Category: Carriage Type TO|TTO]]
|length = 61ft 6in
|weight = 31t 0cwt
|seats = 64 third
|built = 1934
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}}LNER Gresley Open Third (TO) No 43612 was built at York in 1934. It was withdrawn from BR service in 1963 and used as an office until condemned in 1977.
==43612 Service==It was renumbered 13366 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 E13366E after 1951.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.175.</ref>  It was withdrawn from BR service and transferred to Internal User stock in May 1962 as a staff coach, receiving the number 042197.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.476.</ref> It was used as an office until condemned in preservation1977. ==Preservation==43612 came to the SVR from Norwich in on 1 March 1979. For some years thereafter it was owned by Messrs. Gardner Shaw,<ref>SVR Stock Book Editions 7 (1980) and 8 (1990)</ref> a Brierley Hill soft drinks firm, although by 1998 it had been acquired by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].<Ref>SVR Stock Book 9th edition</ref>
Following a lengthy and comprehensive restoration at Bridgnorth and Kidderminster, the carriage first appeared in traffic in September 1996.
==Links==
*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1016 43612 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>*[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk//teak_set.html#43612 43612 on lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk]
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