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|construc = BR Swindon
|status = In use
|carno = W3109M3109|livery = BR Chocolate & CreamMaroon|othernos = M3109W3109, 99123, 123 'Grace'
|designed =
|diagram = 73
|years2 = 1996
|events2 = Arrived on SVR
|years3 = 2022|events3 = Declassified to Unclassified Open
|years4 =
|events4 =
|events6 =
}}[[File:Seating_bay,_3109.jpg|thumb|300px|right|3109 in use as a Restaurant Car in the Severn Valley Limited.]]
==Service and preservation==
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>
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. It still carries Its BR(W) Chocolate & Cream liverywas repainted to BR Maroon in 2022 when it became the spare vehicle to [[Carriages#Set_M|set M]]<ref>SVR News 218, Summer 2022, p. 42</ref>.
==See also==
