LMS Corridor Third 2300
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Corridor Third 2300 | |
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LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Corridor Third 2300 | |
Built By | LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Derby |
Status | In service |
Number | 2300 |
Other numbers | W2300M |
History | |
Built | 1936 |
Designed By | HG IvattHenry George Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1946-1948. CME of BR (London Midland Region) 1948-1951 |
Diagram | 2119 |
Lot | 1407 |
Type | CF, TK |
Length | 57ft |
Weight | 31T |
Seats | 42 third |
1978 | Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway |
2300 in service
2300 was built at Derby to diagram number 2119 lot number 1407.[2] After nationalisation it carried the number W2300M, the prefix indicating a carriage allocated to the BRBritish Rail or British Railways Western Region and the suffix indicating that it originated with the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway.
2300 in preservation
2300 was originally purchased for the SVRSevern Valley Railway in 1978 by a member of the LMS & BR Coach Fund. It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 9 February that year as an empty shell from Bass Charrington in Plymouth, where it had been used for 11 years as a store room by the barrel-making department.[3] In a six-year restoration it was fitted out with an interior salvaged from coach 13045 which was scrapped. After a period of use it was repainted in the then new Kidderminster paint-shop during 1997. The LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway & BRBritish Rail or British Railways Coach Fund donated all its vehicles to The SVR Charitable Trust in 2007, following which 2300 received a further repaint in 2008.
2300 is regularly used in the the LMS Maroon set (Set L).
See also
References
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
- ↑ Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 45
SVRSevern Valley Railway Charitable Trust
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