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[[File: BR_3109_GarethPrice.jpg|thumb|300px|right|BR First Open 3109 (Photo: Gareth Price)]] | [[File: BR_3109_GarethPrice.jpg|thumb|300px|right|BR First Open 3109 (Photo: Gareth Price)]] | ||
| − | BR Mk 1 First Open (FO) No 3109 was built 1961 at Swindon to diagram number 73 lot number 30697. It was initially preserved in 1984 as part of Waterman Railways charter fleet at Bounds Green. It | + | BR Mk 1 First Open (FO) No 3109 was built 1961 at Swindon to diagram number 73 lot number 30697. It was initially preserved in 1984 as part of Waterman Railways charter fleet at Bounds Green. It 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 in 1996, initially on lease but subsequently purchased by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]]. |
It is usually used by the SVR as a restaurant vehicle, having seen use in both the Severn Valley Limited and Severn Valley Venturer dining sets. | It is usually used by the SVR as a restaurant vehicle, having seen use in both the Severn Valley Limited and Severn Valley Venturer dining sets. | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 13 December 2015
BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mk 1 First Open (FO) No 3109 was built 1961 at Swindon to diagram number 73 lot number 30697. It was initially preserved in 1984 as part of Waterman Railways charter fleet at Bounds Green. It was one of three carriages, together with FO 3106 and RBR 1678, which were acquired from there by the SVRSevern Valley Railway in 1996, initially on lease but subsequently purchased by SVR(H).
It is usually used by the SVRSevern Valley Railway as a restaurant vehicle, having seen use in both the Severn Valley Limited and Severn Valley Venturer dining sets.
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
Links
3109 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
