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[[File:LMS_26921_20150307.jpg|thumb|300px|right| LMS BTK 26921]]
==History of the Fund==
Following the creation of the '[[Great Western (SVR) Association|Great Western Rolling Stock Fund]]' in 1967, the LMS and BR Coach Fund was established in 1971. The announcement in SVR News stated that the fund had been "''...set up to purchase mostly LMS, but also BR Standard (if deemed necessary) coaches for use on the SVR.''"<ref>SVR News 21</ref>
By 1998 the Fund had acquired 4 LMS carriages (The [[LMS Corridor Third 2300 |2300]], [[LMS 7511 Restaurant First Open | 7511]], [[LMS 12992 Corridor Third | 12992L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Fund]] was established in 1971. It donated all its vehicles and [[LMS 24617 Corridor Composite | 24617]]) and 4 BR carriages ([[BR 9220 Brake Standard Open | 9220]]merged with the Severn Valley Railway Rolling Stock Trust, now the [[BR 16267 Composite Corridor Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | 16267Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust]], [[BR 25346 Standard Corridor | 25346]] and [[BR 25498 Corridor Second | 25498]]) for ongoing usein 2007.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> LMS Brake Corridor Third 27023 and BR Mk 1 Corridor Seconds 24726 and 24396 were also acquired by the Fund but later [[Carriages formerly resident on It is now a department of the SVR|scrapped and used for spares]]Trust.<ref> SVR Stock Book earlier editions</ref>
The LMS & BR Coach Fund donated all its vehicles and merged with the Severn Valley Railway Rolling Stock Trust, now the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust]], in 2007. It is now a department of the Trust. ==Sales Coach==The Fund operates a sales coach in [[LMS Brake Third Corridor 26921]], selling second hand books to raise funds for the coaches it restores and overhauls. It The sales coach is situated in the cattle dock at [[Bridgnorth]].
==See also==
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