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"This Mk1 was chosen [for set N] because it has a strange, untraceable electrical fault that means the lights don’t work if it’s in set M, the MK1 maroons!" - Exp Points July 2019
By summer 1991, BR's Mark 1 fleet had been substantially reduced and opportunities to acquire further examples were becoming rarer. An SVR Board meeting therefore approved the acquisition of a further Corridor Second, which would initially be used to cover for a series of TSOs purchased in 1983-84 and which required consecutive overhaul over several years. Six SKs were inspected in June 1991 at London's Old Oak Common where they had been stored. 18771 was considered the best and was secured, despite strong bidding by several other parties.<ref name=SVR100/>
18771 arrived on the SVR on 9 September 1991 from London’s Old Oak Common, courtesy of [[The 75069 Fund]]. The carriage was delivered to the SVR by [[GWR 3717 City of Truro|3440 City of Truro]] which arrived in steam to attend that year’s [[Autumn Steam Gala]].<ref>SVR News 101</ref> It entered service that year still in Network South East striped livery, before moving to [[Kidderminster]] in March 1992 where the owning group sanded and undercoated the vehicle during a one week holiday. New steam heating pipes were made up and fitted at the same time. In early July it moved to [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department|Bewdley paint shop]] where the full-time carriage painters completed the flatting, glossing and lettering as its original identity M25771 in 1960's 1960s [[Carriages#Set_M|BR Maroon]] livery.<ref>SVR News 104</ref>
M25771 then re-entered service, although still suffering from a wheel flat which was present on arrival and which was not cured until a bogie swap was carried out during a minor overhaul in summer 2003.<ref>SVR News 144</ref>
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Following this overhaul, M25771 was used as a stand-in for Set N as intended, and as seen in August 2016 in the main picture (top right). It was chosen also because it had a "strange, untraceable electrical fault that means the lights don’t work if it’s in set M, the MK1 maroons!"<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/epjuly19 Express Points, July 2019]</ref> Since that time it has been available for operational use as required. It had repairs in spring 2021, replacing worn crash pillars and replacement metal work around the gangway fittings,<ref>Branch Lines April 2021</ref> and emerged in [[Carriages#Set_M|Set M]] following a bogie overhaul and revarnished paintwork in spring 2023.
==See also==
