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{{Infobox carriage|image = BR_3109_GarethPrice.jpg|caption = BR First Open 3109 (Gareth Price)|construc = BR Swindon|status = In use|carno = W3109|livery = BR Chocolate & Cream|othernos = M3109, 99123, 123 'Grace'|designed = |diagram = 73|lot = 30697|cartype = [[:Category: Carriage Type FO|FO]]|topscode = [[:Category: Carriage Type FO|AD11]]|seats = |built = 1961|years1 = 1984 |events1 = Preserved|years2 = 1996|events2 = Arrived on SVR|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}[[File: BR_3109_GarethPriceSeating_bay,_3109.jpg|thumb|300px|right|BR First Open 3109 (Photo: Gareth Price)in use as a Restaurant Car in the Severn Valley Limited.]]BR Mk 1 First Open (FO) No 3109 was built 1961 1962-3 at Swindon to diagram number 73 (AD103), lot number 30697. It was initially preserved in 1984 as part of Waterman Railways charter fleet at Bounds Green. It came to the SVR in 1996, initially on lease, but was subsequently purchased by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].

==Service and preservation==3109 entered service as M3109 in BR's Midland region in January 1963.<ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.44.</ref> In November 1984 it received a Private Owner number, PULR99123, later shortened to 123 and named 'Grace' as part of Waterman Railways charter fleet at Bounds Green. It is usually used was one of three carriages, together with [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR#Carriages formerly at the SVR but later moved elsewhere | FO 3106]] and [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR#Carriages scrapped while at the SVR | RBR 1678]], which were acquired from there by the SVR as a restaurant vehiclein 1996, having seen use in both the initially on lease but subsequently purchased by [[Severn Valley Limited and Severn Valley Venturer dining setsRailway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].

It has regularly been used by the SVR as a restaurant vehicle, having formed part of both the Severn Valley Limited and Severn Valley Venturer dining sets. {{As of|2019}} it has been de-classified and transferred into general passenger service. ==SourcesSee also==*[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]]*[[Severn Valley Venturer]] ==References==<references/>

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1228 3109 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>{{CarriageNavbox}}

==See also==[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriagesCategory: Carriage Type FO]]<br>: [[BR 3103 First Open | Previous ]]<br>Category: [[BR 4345 Tourist Standard Open | Next Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]