LMS Brake Third Corridor 26921
LMS Brake Third Corridor (BTK) 26921 is an example of the port-hole stock designed by Stanier before the War but implemented by his successors C E Fairburn and H G Ivatt. It was built in 1951 by BR at Wolverton as lot number 1506 to diagram number 2161. Unlike the | Corridor Composite version, the Brake Third Corridor continued the use of timber framing with steel top, bottom and corner members. The livery when new in service was BR Crimson and Cream.
26921 arrived on the SVR from Didcot in August 1968, having been acquired by SVR(H). It entered service in 1968, and was one of three SVR coaches which attended the Rocket 150 celebrations at Rainhill in May 1980. SVR service continued until 1984 when 26921 suffered damage to a bogie due to steel left on the track by vandals[1]. As of July 2015, the coach is undergoing an overhaul at Bridgnorth following which it will be used as a sales coach[2].
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition