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[[File:{{Infobox carriage|image = BR_1667_20150320.jpg |thumbcaption = BR Restaurant Buffet 1667|300pxconstruc = Pressed Steel|rightstatus = In service| carno = W1667|livery = BR Restaurant Buffet 1667(W) Chocolate & Cream|othernos = E1667 NE1667 M1667 |designed = |diagram = 24|lot = 30628|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type RB / RBR|RBR]] |topscode = [[:Category:Carriage Type RB / RBR|AJ41]]|seats = 23 unclassified|built = 1960/61|years1 = 1999|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = 2022|events2 = Outshopped as a Kitchen Car|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}BR Mark 1 Buffet Restaurant carriage (RB) No 1667 was built by Pressed Steel in 1960 to diagram number 24 of lot number 30628. The Buffet Restaurant carriage included a full kitchen facility, unlike Unlike the [[:Category:Carriage Type RMB|Restaurant Miniature Buffet (RMB) ]] carriage which was only intended to provide quick snacks, the Buffet Restaurant carriage included a full kitchen facility as well as a buffet counter. In regular service they were normally paired with an [[:Category:Carriage Type FO|Open First]] to provide additional seating for diners, having 23 loose chairs themselves. During service many RB's including 1667 were refurbished (becoming RBR), the modifications including the installation of fluorescent lighting

==Service==1667 arrived on entered service in BR's Eastern region in 1961 as E1667. In May 1965 it was transferred to the SVR in December 1999 ex Rail Charter ServicesNorth East region, returning to the Eastern region by January 1968 A further reallocation to replace 1678. By 2007 1667 had been fully restoredthe Midland region took place by 1972, and now forms part of with a final transfer back to the Eastern region in August 1985<ref>[[Severn Valley Limited]] dining set. It is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC Bibliography#Other References| SVRLongworth (H2013)]]p.21.</ref>.

==SourcesPreservation==1667 arrived on the SVR in December 1999 ex Rail Charter Services, to replace sister carriage [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR#Carriages scrapped while at the SVR|1678]].<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br/ref> Shortly after arrival it received a repaint and had the steam heating reinstated.<ref>SVR News 133</ref> It initially served as spare kitchen car, but was brought into service just before the 2001 Autumn Steam Gala when regular Kitchen Car 1682 was 'red carded' with gas plumbing issues.<ref>SVR News 140</ref>

==Links==[http:By 2007 1667 had been fully restored, including two years of internal remodeling carried out at Bewdley in 2004-05.<ref>SVR News 153<//wwwref> It was further remodelled in 2022 and branded a Kitchen Car, with the bar and all seating removed.cs<ref>SVR News 218, Summer 2022, p.vintagecarriagestrust.org44</se/CarriageInforef>  It forms part of the [[Severn Valley Limited]] dining set in BR(W) livery as W1667 (a number that it did not carry in service).asp?Ref=3554 1667 on vintagecarriagestrustIt is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].org]<br>

[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]] ==References==<brreferences />==Links==*[http: [[LNER 70759 Gangwayed Full Brake/Pigeon Van | Previous ]]<br>: [[BR 1682 Restaurant Buffet | Next ]/www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3554 1667 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]