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}}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.
==Service==BR Mk 1 Buffet Restaurant carriage (RB) No 1682 was built in 1961 by Pressed Steel to diagram number 24 lot number 30628. As built it had a weight of 39 tons and was fitted with Commonwealth bogies. It carried the number E1682 throughout a working life spent on BR's Eastern Region and unlike the majority of the RBs, was preserved never refurbished to become an [[:Category:Carriage Type RB / RBR|RBR]]. It was withdrawn from service in October 1980<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013]]</ref>. ==Preservation==1682 arrved on the SVR on 11 April 1981, and from Thornton Fields Carriage Sidings in East London.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book 9th edition</ref> In 1989 it was re-painted into 1957 Maroon livery with black ends. It <ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> In late 2007 the carriage was photographed sent to Rampart in Derby for renovation, using the proceeds from the sale of [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|BR Mk 1 Buffet Car 1883]].<ref>SVR News 160</ref> The photograph shows 1682 at Bridgnorth in March 2015, paired with [[BR 3103 First Open | First Open No 3103]] for '[[Severn Valley Venturer]]' catering use. It is owned by the [[The SVR (BR) Buffet Car Fund|SVR (BR) Buffet Car Fund]].<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th edition<name=SB9/ref>
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