This is vehicle was built by British Railways in 1961 at their Wolverton Carriage Works in Buckinghamshire. It is classified as a Mark One Tourist Second (now Standard) Open, commonly known as a TSO, meaning that there are no compartments. It seats 64 passengers in bays of four around tables and its large windows enable good views of the passing scenery. It is fitted with Commonwealth Bogies which, when in BR service enabled it to run at speeds up to 100mph.

Withdrawn from service by BR in 1991, it went to the Great Central Railway at Loughborough and arrived at the Cambrian Heritage Railways at Llynclys in August 2004. It has been restored by the CHR Carriage & Wagon Department at Llynclys, in the open air, to its present condition. It was moved in mid-November 2018 to Oswestry and returned to passenger service in December 2018.

Similar vehicles can be found on most heritage railways and many are still in service on the National Network operating on charter trains, or as support coaches to steam locomotives to convey the volunteers who maintain and service the locomotives.

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