Restaurant Miniature Buffet


The Restaurant Miniature Buffet is a British Railways Mark 1 railway coach. It is a Tourist Standard Open coach with two full seating bays next to the centre transverse vestibule removed and replaced with a buffet counter and customers standing space, and one bay on one side removed and replaced with a store cupboard on the other side of the centre vestibule. They were built in five lots from 1957 to 1962.
Lot No.DiagramBuiltBuilderQtyFleet numbersNotes
30485971957–1958York121801–1812No store cupboard, 48 seats, BR1 Bogies
30507981960Wolverton151838–18521851 fitted with B5 Bogies for EMU use, the rest fitted with Commonwealth bogies
30520991960Wolverton251813–1837Commonwealth bogies
30670991961–1962Wolverton121853–1864Commonwealth bogies
30702991962Wolverton181865–1882Commonwealth bogies

Quite a few still operate on the national network on Railtours, but not on service trains. A lot have made it into railway preservation and are used by many heritage railways in the UK. Even though the first batch had no store cupboard 1807 on the Watercress has been fitted with one and B4 Bogies.

List of Preserved RMBs

NumberLocationLiveryStatusNotes
1802Midland Railway - ButterleyLined MaroonOperational
1803Dean Forest RailwayChocolate & CreamOperational
1804West Somerset RailwayBR maroonOperationalPart of 'Quantock Belle' dining train
1805Swindon and Cricklade RailwayBeing repainted to BR MaroonOperationalBeing repainted as of 18 May 2019.
1807Watercress LineMalachite GreenOperational
1808Gloucestershire Warwickshire RailwayChocolate & CreamOperational
1809Colne Valley RailwayCrimson & CreamStored
1811Great Central Railway Plain MaroonOperational
1812Furness Railway TrustCrimson & CreamRefurbishment almost complete
1813Riviera Trains - EastleighChocolate & CreamOperational - Main Line
1815Bere FerrersChocolate & CreamStatic - Restaurant
1816Battlefield Line RailwayMaroonOperational
1818Bluebell RailwayMalachite GreenUnder Overhaul
1823North Yorkshire Moors RailwayLined MaroonOperationalMain line registered for Esk Valley Line only
1824Keighley and Worth Valley RailwayCrimson & Cream platform side, Plain Maroon other sideStatic Catering Vehicle at Oxenhope Station
1826Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam RailwayLined MaroonOperational
1829Dean Forest RailwayMaroonOperational
Staff coach for 'Royal Forester' dining train
1832Riviera Trains - EastleighChocolate & CreamOperational - Main Line
1833East Lancashire RailwayLined MaroonOperational
1835Peak RailLined MaroonOperational
1836Keighley and Worth Valley RailwayLined MaroonOperational
1837East Lancashire RailwayLined MaroonOperational
1838Bluebell RailwayMalachite GreenOperational
1839Ribble Steam RailwayLined MaroonOperational
1840West Coast Railways - CarnforthLined MaroonOperational - Main Line
1842Mid Norfolk RailwayCrimson & CreamOperational
1845Chinnor and Princes Risborough RailwayChocolate & CreamOperational
1848East Lancashire RailwayLined MaroonOperational
1850Cambrian Heritage RailwaysCrimson & CreamStatic Shop & Cafe
1851Watercress LineMalachite GreenOperational
1852Great Central RailwayMalachite GreenUnder overhaul
1853Severn Valley RailwayCrimson & CreamOperational
1854Pontypool and Blaenavon RailwayCrimson & CreamOperational
1855Severn Valley RailwayLined MaroonOperational
1856Severn Valley RailwayChocolate & CreamOperational
1857Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam RailwayPlain MaroonOperational
1859Bo'ness and Kinneil RailwayLined MaroonOperational - Main Line
1860West Coast Railways - CarnforthLined MaroonOperational - Main Line
1861West Coast Railways - CarnforthLined MaroonOperational - Main Line
1862Midland Railway - ButterleyCrimson & CreamStatic Buffet
1863East Somerset RailwayChocolate & CreamUnder Overhaul
1864Llangollen RailwayChocolate & CreamOperational
1865Swanage RailwayMalachite GreenStatic Catering Vehicle
1866Bo'ness and Kinneil RailwayCrimson & CreamOperational
1869Kent and East Sussex RailwayForest GreenOperational
1871East Lancashire RailwayBlue & GreyOperationalNamed 'Howson Bar', after benefactor whose legacy funded restoration.
1872Nene Valley RailwayBlue & GreyAwaiting Restoration
1873Bodmin and Wenford RailwayCrimson & CreamOperational
1874Bodmin and Wenford RailwayCrimson & CreamOperational
1875East Lancashire RailwayPullman Umber & CreamStatic - Converted to a home
1876Gloucestershire and Warwickshire RailwayLined MaroonOperational
1878North Yorkshire Moors RailwayLined MaroonOperationalMain line registered for Esk Valley Line only
1879Wensleydale RailwayLined MaroonOperational
1880North Yorkshire Moors RailwayBlue & GreyUnder Overhaul
1882West Coast RailwaysLined MaroonOperational - Main LineNow numbered 99311