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BR 35219 Brake Corridor Second

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|construc = BR Wolverton
|status = In service
|carno = 35219M35219|livery = BR Maroon
|othernos = M35219, 99850
|designed =
|lot = 30427
|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type BSK|BSK]]
|topscode = [[:Category:Carriage Type BSK|AB21]]
|seats = 24 standard
|built = 1958
|years6 =
|events6 =
}}The BR Mark 1 Brake Second Corridor (BSK) seats 24 passengers in 4 compartments. It has four passenger compartments with 24 seats in three a side formation, in addition to the guard's compartment and large luggage cage. The Guard's area which occupies around half the carriage includes a large luggage compartment.
==35219 in service and preservation==
BR Mark 1 Brake Corridor Second (BSK) 35219 was built at Wolverton in 1958 to diagram number Diagram 181 of lot number (AB201), Lot 30427. It has four passenger compartments with 24 seats entered service in the London Midland region in three a side formation1958, remaining in addition to the guard's compartment and large luggage cageservice in that region until October 1975.<ref name=Longworth>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.165.</ref>
35219 was preserved in 1976 at the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford, where it had been bought by the 6000 Locomotive Association for use as the main line support vehicle for preserved King Class GWR 4-6-0 No 6000 King George V. By 1988 it had received the number 99850, the '99' series being Private User vehicles.<ref name=Longworth/> It arrived arrived on the SVR from there in July 1995. By 2007 the exterior had been repaired and fully repainted, with the interior re-fitted to replicate the original 1950s condition.
It is normally used in 'Set M', the BR Maroon running set, and is now owned by the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]].
==References==
<references/>
*Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
*SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition
==Links==
*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1892 35219 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]*[httphttps://www.svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/br/35219-2index.html php?page=BR%20Mk%201%20Brake%20Corridor%20Second%20No%2035219 35219 on svrtrust.org]
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