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{{Infobox carriage
|image = BR_3109_20190514BR_3109_20230407.jpg
|caption = BR First Open 3109
|construc = BR Swindon
In December 2013 3109 suffered damage its draw-gear in a minor derailment, requiring [[LMS 7511 Restaurant First Open|LMS Open 7511]] to take its place in the Severn Valley Limited dining set while repairs were carried out. All six door locks were also replaced with reconditioned units around that time.<ref>SVR News 186</ref> During the winter 2015-16 shutdown the original asbestos-covered steam pipes below the floor were removed by specialist contractors and new steam pipes built and fitted to replace them.<ref>SVR News 193</ref>
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">BR_3109_20190514.jpg | 3109 in BR(W) livery, May 2019</gallery> Although 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, 3109 has now been de-classified and transferred into general passenger service. Its BR(W) Chocolate & Cream livery was repainted to BR Maroon in 2022 <ref group="note">Curiously, although now in maroon it still carries the non-authentic BR(W) number W3109.</ref> when it became the spare vehicle to [[Carriages#Set_M|set M]]<ref>SVR News 218, Summer 2022, p. 42</ref>.
==See also==
*[[Severn Valley Limited]]
*[[Severn Valley Venturer]]
==Notes==
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