BR 35219 Brake Corridor Second
BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mark 1 Brake Corridor Second (BSK) 35219 was built at Wolverton in 1958 to diagram number 181 of lot number 30427. It has four passenger compartments with 24 seats in three a side formation, in addition to the guard's compartment and large luggage cage.
35219 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in July 1995 from the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford, where it had been bought by the 6000 Locomotive Association and used as the main line support vehicle for preserved King Class GWRGreat Western Railway 4-6-0 No 6000 King George V. 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 the BRBritish Rail or British Railways Maroon running set, and is now owned by the SVR Charitable Trust.
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
SVRSevern Valley Railway Charitable Trust website
Links
35219 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
35219 on svrtrust.org
