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Army 3005 was originally built by the London and North Western Railway at Wolverton in 1910. It is a 6-wheel inspection saloon providing seating accommodation for 8 passengers and was also fitted with a toilet. It is believed originally to have been numbered 7 and thought to have been used by George Whale, the LNWR's CME.<ref>SVR News 21, pp 10-11 (History of carriages credited to David Wigley of the Southern Locomotive Preservation Company).</ref>
Under the LMS the salon saloon was numbered ED33. SVR News, the SVR Stock Book and Heritage Register On-line all suggest that it was also numbered 45021.<ref name=SB7>SVR Stock Book Seventh Edition</ref><ref name=SVR21/> Railway Heritage Register On-line notes that the saloon was sold to the Army in May 1940 for use on the Melbourne Military Railway in Derbyshire, later moving to the Longmoor Military Railway during 1945 for use in the LMR Officers' Special Train. The sale would have allowed the number 45021 to be reused for the LMS Bogie District Engineer's Saloon 45021 (later M45021M) built in 1944 and briefly [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|resident on the SVR]].
At the LMR the saloon was given the number Army 3005.