BR 1683 Mk 1 Buffet Restaurant (Refurbished) Built 1960

BR 1683 Mk 1 Buffet Restaurant (Refurbished) Built 1960

Present Location Burton upon Trent (Nemesis Rail)
County Location Staffordshire
Designed For BR
Built By Pressed Steel
Diagram Number 24 / AJ402
Lot Number 30628
Type RBR
First Number 1683
Later Numbers CAROL
Present Number 1683
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies Yes
Additional Notes 01/06: to 'Great Briton' set, based at Old Oak Common. Then 2009 based at Eastleigh in Oxford Blue livery at that stage. 03/25: confirmed still at Nemesis Rail.
Owner Riviera Trains
External Structural Condition Very Good
Internal Structural Condition Very Good
Underframe Condition Very Good
External Condition Very Good
Internal Finish Very Good
Degree of External Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Internal Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of External Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Many
Importance No Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Secure Open
Operational Yes
Date Inspected 06/04/2003
Inspected By Byron Chamberlain
Date of Image 06/04/2003
Photo Taken By Byron Chamberlain
At Risk No
Scrapped No
Record Last Updated 08/06/2025

     








RHRP Home       Start Another Search Page
Use or publication of this data must acknowledge the Carriage Survey as the source.
Information from Railway Heritage Register web sites must not be used in a commercial context
without the written permission of the Railway Heritage Register.