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Revision as of 22:30, 8 April 2019

LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 7511 Restaurant First Open
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LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 7511 Restaurant First Open
Built By LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Wolverton
Status In service
Number 7511
Other numbers 38740, CTL 1N
History
Built 1934
Designed By StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944
Diagram 1915
Lot 954
Type QL (DINING), RFO
Seats 42
1999 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway
2009 Restoration completed
2010 Winner of HRAHeritage Railway Association award

Carriages

LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Restaurant First Open (RFO) 7511 was designed by W A (later Sir William) StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 following his appointment as CMEChief Mechanical Engineer to the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway. It was built at Wolverton in 1934 as lot number 954 to Diagram 1915. It would seat 42 First Class passengers in near-Pullman luxury on principal express services, and could also be laid up for use as a dining car.

After service with the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway and BRBritish Rail or British Railways (renumbered as 38740), 7511 was acquired by Gilt Edge Carpets of Kidderminster for use as a mobile carpet showroom in the same exhibition train as 149. Gilt Edge donated it to the SVRSevern Valley Railway in July 1969 who used it for dormitory accommodation at Bridgnorth until 1988, after which it was stored out of use for some time.

In 1999 a then-active SVRSevern Valley Railway preservation group, the ‘LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway & BRBritish Rail or British Railways Coach Fund’, purchased 7511 for a nominal sum and began raising funds to restore it. In 2004 the SVRA raffle 'Bums on Seats' raised around £8,000 in aid of 7511 and GNR 2701 Composite Corridor.[1] The LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway & BRBritish Rail or British Railways Coach Fund donated all its vehicles to The SVR Charitable Trust in 2007. A near 10-year £75,000 restoration at Bridgnorth was completed in 2009, incorporating many parts retrieved from the grounded body of 7571 at Butterley. 7511 became the first LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway vehicle on the SVRSevern Valley Railway to feature the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 1933-34 full livery including gold-leaf and vermillion lining. The high standard of accuracy and finish won the Heritage Railway Association's Carriage & Wagon Competition in 2010.[2]

Since then 7511 has seen use in the Severn Valley Venturer dining set paired with 1682, substituting for BR 3103 First Open while the latter was allocated to other duties. It is otherwise not normally used in service trains, but is available for special dining trains etc.

See also

List of carriages
Severn Valley Venturer

References

  1. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 149
  2. SVR Charitable Trust web site

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
SVRSevern Valley Railway Charitable Trust

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