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[[File: {{Infobox maroon carriage|image = BR_34606_GarethPrice.JPG |thumb|300px|right| caption = BR 34606 (Photo: Gareth Price)|construc = Gloucester|status = In service|carno = DB975481|livery = Maroon (unlined)|othernos = E34606, ADB975481|designed = |diagram = 181|lot = 30141|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type BSK|BSK]]|topscode = [[:Category:Carriage Type BSK|AB21]](as built)|seats = None (24 standard as built)|built = 1955|years1 = 2012|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}The BR Mark 1 Brake Second Corridor (BSK) seats 24 passengers in 4 compartments. The Guard's area which occupies around half the carriage includes a large luggage compartment.

BR Mark 1 Brake Second Corridor (BSK) ==34606 in service and preservation==34606 was built at Gloucester in 1955 to diagram number Diagram 181(AB201), lot Lot 30141. It entered service in the Eastern region in May 1955. In April 1977 it was transferred into Departmental use as a BTU Tool & Generator van and given the Departmental number 30141ADB 975481. It left service circa March 2010.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] pp.60, 161. </ref>

34606 arrived on the SVR in 2012 from the Great Central Railway, Newcastle having been purchased by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]]. It is converted with roller shutter doors and is used on in conjunction with the [[Christmas services|Santa Grotto trainservices]], for which it is normally located in the bay platform opposite Kidderminster Railway Museum as seen in the photograph. At other times it is normally stored in or around the [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed|carriage shed]]. It carries the later Departmental number but without the 'A' prefix which denoted use by the Mechanical & Electrical Engineers department.

==SourcesSee also==Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>*[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]]

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=6025 34606 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/svr_enthusiast/9099213549/ Gareth Price Flickr]{{CarriageNavbox}}

==See also==[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriagesCategory: Carriage Type BSK]]<br>: [[BR 34562 Brake Second Corridor | Previous ]]<br>Category: [[BR 34754 Brake Corridor Second | Next Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]