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[[File:9355 Severn Valley Railway{{Infobox maroon carriage|image = LMS_149_20150718.jpg|caption = LMS 149 Buffet Car|construc = BRCW, Smethwick|status = In service|carno = 149|27220 Severn Valley Railwayothernos = 9355, M9355M, CTL2S|thumbdesigned = Stanier|300pxdiagram = 1915|rightlot = 954|cartype = [[:Category:BR Carriage classification codes#LMS 149 Buffet CarCodes|QF]], [[:Category: Carriage Type TO|TO]](as built)|length = 57ft|weight = 31T (plated 30)|seats = 27 third (60 as built)|built = 1936|years1 = 1971|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = 1986-87|events2 = Refitted as Bar Car 149|years3 = 1996|events3 = Operated in chocolate and cream as 9355|years4 = 2006|events4 = Reverted to maroon and 149|years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}[[File:LMS_Buffet_149_Interior.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Interior of LMS Buffet Car 149]]

'''LMS Buffet Car 149 ''' began life as '''LMS Open Third (TO) 9355 ''' and was designed by W A (later Sir William) Stanier following his appointment as CME to the LMS. It  ==Construction and service==9355 was built by the BRC&W at Smethwick in 1936 as lot number 954 to Diagram 1915, that diagram being for the ‘excursion version’ of the Period III Vestibule coach ('Vestibule' being the LMS term for an Open coach) which included 7&frac12; seating bays giving 60 seats rather than the normal 56. Lot 954 was plated at 30 Tons rather than the actual weight of 31 Tons.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Jenkinson & Essery (1977)]] p. 130.</ref> Following nationalisation, BR re-numbered the coach M9355M in accordance with normal practice for an ex-LMS carriage in use on the BR London Midland region. Service with BR continued until December 1964.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2019)]] pp.260-261.</ref>

After service with the LMS and BR, [[LMS 7511 Restaurant First Open|7511]] and 9355 was one of two carriages were acquired by Gilt Edge Carpets (formerly Carpet Trades Limited) of Kidderminster for use as a mobile carpet showroom, the train being hauled by former SVR resident [[61994 The Great Marquess]].<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> The two carriages carried the numbers CTL1N and CTL2S respectively<ref>[http://lmsca.org.uk/lms-coaches/br-departmental-coach-list/ LMS Carriage Association]</ref>

==Preservation==Gilt Edge Carpets donated it to the SVR in August 1971. On arrival it on 23 August the interior had pegboard clad walls with no internal fittings and . It was initially used as a Bar Car with loose plastic tables and chairs, and later with fixed seats and . During 1977 the [[Manpower Services Commission]] helped carry out a counter. A major refit in 1985renovation which saw the exterior re-86 saw a conversion panelled to the design of resemble a 1930s LMS Stanier Buffet Car, following which it was given and the fictitious number 149 as interior refurbished with a continuation more traditional décor including 3&frac12; bays of ex-BR fixed seating and a counter; the original 1932 145 - 148 Bar Car seriesvehicle was also rewired and fitted with calor gas equipment. In 1996 <ref>SVR News 44, 45, 46</ref> After a repaint it was repainted re-entered service in GWR livery, for use in the summer 1978.<ref>SVR Dining Car set.News 48</ref>

It has now been repainted in LMS livery In 1981 9355 moved to Bridgnorth, where what began as 149 a simple repaint “turned into the usual nightmare of rotten panels and is regularly used in even more rotten timber, all of which had to be replaced, emphasizing the LMS Maroon set (Sel L)need again for covered accommodation.”<ref>SVR News 59</ref> After a further short period of service further major work was again required. With During 1986 all the exception old panels were removed to reveal “the usual rot and decay”. The bottom edges of the half-bay near roof were cut back and new sections welded in. The affected parts were renewed and the vestibuleopportunity taken to add two extra doors and move three windows to make 9355 look much more like 131, the vehicle it is fitted was modelled on.<ref>SVR News 83</ref> Following the conversion to this design of a 1930s LMS Buffet Car with 27 seats, 9355 was given the same style fictitious number 149 as a continuation of table lamps as fitted to [[LMS 7511 Restaurant First Open]]the original 1932 145 - 148 Bar Car series.<ref>SVR News 85</ref>

In April 1996 it was repainted in GWR livery for use in the SVR Dining Car set.<ref>SVR News 119</ref> It remained in this condition, numbered 9355, for ten years. In 2006 it was again repainted in LMS livery as 149 <ref>SVR News 156</ref> and now is owned by regularly used in [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC Carriages#Set_L| SVRthe LMS Maroon set (HSet L)]].With the exception of the half-bay near the vestibule, it is fitted with the same style of table lamps as fitted to [[LMS 7511 Restaurant First Open]]. It was again repainted, in [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]], in 2020.<ref>SVR News 210</ref>

==Sources==149 is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey(Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]]<brref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<br/ref>. ==See also==[[Carriages| List of carriages]] ==References==<references/>

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=688 9355 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]*[http://www.vintagecarriagestrustsharpos-world.orgco.uk/blog/?page_id=1067 Sharpo's World blog, 16 February 2005](Retrieved 1 January 2019)