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repainted in 1974
Following the closure of the [[:Category:Rolling stock associated with the Longmoor Military Railway|Longmoor Military Railway]], a number of items of rolling stock were stored at Liss, adjacent to the Waterloo-Portsmouth main line, during 1971. [[600|600 Gordon]] and the three saloons were moved from Liss to Didcot on 12-13 September 1971 for a joint GWS / BR Open Day on 18 September. On Monday 20 September, Gordon and the three saloons were moved by rail to Bewdley. Two other carriages were collected on the way, [[LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor|LMS Brake Third 26986]] from Worcester and [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|GCR 'Barnum' Third Open 5664]] from Kidderminster (then still a BR yard).<ref name=SVR21>SVR News 21, pp 24-26</ref>
The three Saloons were originally delivered in LMR blue livery, but during their time at the SVR all were repainted on several occasions for filming purposes. In spring 1994 they were repainted in maroon for use in the ITV. series "Upstairs Downstairs"; the filming was done at Marylebone.<ref>SVR News 32</ref> They appeared in GWR livery in [[God's Wonderful Railway]] (1980) as pictured below, and were also featured in [[The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady]] (1984) among others.
The three saloons were later sold by the Transport Trust and moved to the Kent and East Sussex Railway in 1985.<ref name=KESR>[https://kesr.org.uk/our-heritage/carriages/ KESR Carriages page]</ref> Brief histories of the three saloons are given below.
