Changes

{{Infobox maroon carriage|image = LMS_149_20150718.jpg|caption = LMS 149 Buffet Car|construc = BRCW, Smethwick|status = In service|carno = 149|othernos = 9355, M9355M, CTL2S|designed = Stanier|diagram = 1915|lot = 954|cartype = [[:Category:BR Carriage classification codes#LMS Codes|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:9355 Severn Valley RailwayLMS_Buffet_149_Interior.jpg|27220 Severn Valley Railway|thumb|300px|right|Interior of LMS 9355 Buffet Car149]]

'''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 1971. On arrival on 23 August the interior had pegboard clad walls with no internal fittings. It was initially used as a Bar Car with loose plastic tables and chairs. During 1977 the [[Manpower Services Commission]] helped carry out a renovation which saw the exterior re-panelled to resemble a Stanier Buffet Car and the interior refurbished with a more traditional décor including 3&frac12; bays of ex-BR fixed seating and a counter; the vehicle was also rewired and fitted with calor gas equipment.<ref>SVR News 44, 45, 46</ref> After a repaint it re-entered service in summer 1978.<ref>SVR News 48</ref>  In 1981 9355 moved to Bridgnorth, where what began as a simple repaint “turned into the usual nightmare of rotten panels and even more rotten timber, all of which had to be replaced, emphasizing the need again for covered accommodation.”<ref>SVR News 59</ref> After a further short period of service further major work was again required. During 1986 all the old panels were removed to reveal “the usual rot and decay”. The bottom edges of the roof were cut back and new sections welded in. The affected parts were renewed and the opportunity taken to add two extra doors and move three windows to make 9355 look much more like 131, the vehicle it 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 fictitious number 149 as a continuation of the original 1932 145 - 148 Bar Car series.<ref>SVR News 85</ref>

Gilt Edge Carpets donated In April 1996 it to was repainted in GWR livery for use in the SVR Dining Car set.<ref>SVR News 119</ref> It remained in August 1971this condition, numbered 9355, for ten years. On arrival In 2006 it had no internal fittings and was initially used again repainted in LMS livery as a Bar Car with loose tables 149<ref>SVR News 156</ref> and chairs, and later with fixed seats and a counternow is regularly used in [[Carriages#Set_L|the LMS Maroon set (Set L)]]. A major refit in 1985With the exception of the half-86 saw a conversion to bay near the design of a 1930s LMS Buffet Carvestibule, following which it was given is fitted with the fictitious number 149 same style of table lamps as a continuation of the original 1932 145 - 148 Bar Car seriesfitted to [[LMS 7511 Restaurant First Open]]. In 1996 it It was again repainted , in GWR livery[[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]], for use in the 2020.<ref>SVR Dining Car set.News 210</ref>

It has now been repainted in LMS livery as 149 and is regularly used in the LMS Maroon set owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(Sel LH). 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]]<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>.

149 is owned by ==See also==[[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC Carriages| SVR(H)List of carriages]].

==SourcesReferences==Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<brreferences/>

*[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)

==See also=={{CarriageNavbox}} [[Carriages| List of carriagesCategory: Carriage Type TO]]<br>: [[GWR 80972 Inspection Saloon | Previous Category: Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]<br>: [[LMS 798 Royal Coach | Next Category:Featured articles]]