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[[<!--IMAGE FILE-->File: GWR_68501_20160305LMS_7511_20160305.jpg |thumb|centre|300px|link=<!--PAGE TO LINK TO-->GWR 68501 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake VanLMS 7511 Restaurant First Open | GWR 20T 'Toad' Brake Van 68501 LMS Restaurant First Open 7511 was built at Swindon in 1925designed by Sir William Stanier following his appointment as CME to the LMS. It features regularly seated 42 First Class passengers in near-Pullman luxury on principal express services. The high standard of accuracy and finish of its restoration won the [[Demonstration Goods Train Awards|demonstration freight trainsHRA's Carriage & Wagon Competition]] and appeared on the main line in 2010. Since then it has been used in the 1985 [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Wagons used on the main line in preservation| GW 150 demonstration freight trainVenturer]]dining set and on other special dining trains. During one Gala, damage to one of the sand pipes was drawn to the Guard's attention by a passenger pointing out that 'The exhaust pipe has fallen off!' [[<!--PAGE TO LINK TO-->GWR 68501 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake VanLMS 7511 Restaurant First Open | (Full article...)]]]]
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