Category:Carriage Type RB / RBR

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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 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
J: Restaurant Buffet with Kitchen
4: Unclassified (ie not First or Standard etc)
1: BR Mark 1 carriage

The SVR's two BR Mark 1 RBs are normally used in Set S, 'The Severn Valley Limited' diner set in GWR Chocolate & Cream and Set VV, 'The Severn Valley Venturer' diner set in BR maroon. LNER 643 normally serves as the buffet car in Set N, the LNER teak set.

BR Mk 1 Buffet Restaurant (RBR) no. 1678 was resident between 1996 and 2003, when it was dismantled for spares.

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See also

List of Carriages

Pages in category ‘Carriage Type RB / RBR’

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