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|lot = 1209
|cartype = Nondescript, [[:Category:Carriage Type BTO|BTO]]
|length = 57ft 0in
|weight = 26t 6cwt
|built = 1912
|seats = 44 unclassified (as built)
9055 was a ‘one-off’ prototype, although it formed the basis of a later Collett design of which [[GWR 9103 Nondescript Saloon | 9103]] and [[GWR 9369 Nondescript Saloon | 9369]] are also at the SVR.
9055 later saw service as a departmental vehicle, being allocated coach code BTO (Brake Third Open) by BR and carrying departmental number DW 150127. It was used as a mobile MPD office at Shrewsbury and Newport, from where it was purchased by [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. | The Great Western (SVR) Association]] in , arriving 6 September 1972.
After a lengthy restoration it entered service on the SVR as a party vehicle with one saloon and an open wheelchair area. Following withdrawal in 1996 it underwent an overhaul which included a repaint into chocolate and cream livery and the re-instatement of the second saloon and side compartment. A futher overhaul from October 2018 to April 2020 at the [[Carriage Repair Works]] saw a bogie and brake overhaul, new roof canvass, door repairs, new battery boxes, new toilet floor, some new lino and a repaint<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3461 SVR Forum] (Retrieved 15 April 2020)</ref>.
9055 is normally used in the Toplights set. It is finished in GWR 1922-27 livery featuring the ‘garter crest’ logo.
==References==
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SVR Stock Book, Ninth Edition<br>
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
==Links==
*[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/9055.html 9055 on www.gw-svr-a.org.uk]<br>*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=244 9055 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]
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[[Category: Carriage Type BTO]]
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by the Great Western (SVR) Association]]
[[Category: Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages]]
