BR 35219 Brake Corridor Second

BR 35219 Brake Corridor Second
BR Brake Corridor Second 35219
Built By	BR Wolverton
Status	In service
Number	M35219
Livery	BR Maroon
Other numbers	M35219, 99850
History
Built	1958
Diagram	181
Lot	30427
Type	BSK
TOPS code	AB21
Seats	24 standard
1995	Arrived on SVR
Carriages

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.

Contents

35219 in service and preservation

35219 was built at Wolverton in 1958 to Diagram 181 (AB201), Lot 30427. It entered service in the London Midland region in 1958, remaining in service in that region until October 1975.

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. 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 SVR Charitable Trust.

See also

• List of carriages

References

• Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
• SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition
• SVR Charitable Trust website

Links

• 35219 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line
• 35219 on svrtrust.org