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'''Carriage Type RB ''' signifies a Restaurant Buffet Carriage. This type of carriage had a full kitchen with cooking facilities as well as a buffet counter. This enabled hot food to be served, unlike the [[: Category:Carriage Type RMB | Restaurant Miniature Buffet (RMB)]] which only served light snacks.

Type RBR signifies Restaurant Buffet Refurbished. BR carried out a number of 'upgrades' to Mark 1 RBs such as the installation of fluorescent lighting, although the basic configuration remained unchanged.  Following the introduction of TOPS in the late 1960s, BR carriages of this class were allocated the [[TOPS code]] '''AJ41''', denoting: A: Passenger carrying stock<br>J: Restaurant Buffet with Kitchen<br>4: Unclassified (ie not First or Standard etc)<br>1: BR Mark 1 carriage<br> The SVR's two BR Mark 1 RBs are normally used in [[Carriages#Set S|Set S]], 'The [[Severn Valley Limited]]' diner set in GWR Chocolate & Cream and [[Carriages#Set VV|Set VV]], 'The [[Severn Valley Venturer]]' diner set in BR maroon. LNER 643 normally serves as the buffet car in [[Carriages#Set N|Set N]], the LNER teak set.  [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR#Carriages_scrapped_while_at_the_SVR|BR Mk 1 Buffet Restaurant (RBR) no. 1678]] was resident between 1996 and 2003, when it was dismantled for spares. ==Gallery==<gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left">BR 1667 20150320.jpg|BR 1667 in Set SBR 1682 20150307.jpg|BR 1682 in Set VVLNER 643 20190723.jpg|LNER 643 in Set N</gallery>