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[[File:{{Infobox carriage|image = GWR G43 first saloon 9055 at Kidderminster.jpg|thumbcaption = GWR 9055 Nondescript Saloon|300pxconstruc = GWR Swindon|rightstatus = In service|GWR carno = 9055 |othernos = DW150127|designed = Churchward|diagram = G43|lot = 1209|cartype = Nondescript Saloon, [[:Category:Carriage Type BTO|BTO]]|length = 57ft 0in|weight = 26t 6cwt|built = 1912|seats = 44 unclassified (as built)|years1 = 1972|events1 = Preserved on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}9055 was designed by GJ Churchward and built by the GWR at Swindon in 1912. It was an unclassified or 'nondescript' saloon (ie not allocated to any specific class such as first or third), and was used for private hire. As originally built it seated 44 passengers in two saloons with a side-corridor connection. It also featured 'toplights', small 'lights' or windows above the main windows, which were a feature of many GWR carriages of the period.

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 enters 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.

[[Category:As of 2015Carriage Type BTO]][[Category: Rolling stock owned by the Great Western (SVR) Association]][[Category: Wheelchair-07accessible adapted carriages]]