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[[File: LNER_2701_20150307{{Infobox carriage|image = GNR_2701_20190723.jpg |thumb|300px|right| caption = GNR (LNER) Corridor Composite No 2701|construc = GNR Doncaster|status = Operational|carno = 2701 |othernos = LNER: 2701N, 42701 <br>BR: E42701, E42701E, CC157,<br>DE321089, 041593|designed = Gresley|diagram = 164K|lot =|cartype = [[:Category: Carriage Type CK|CK]]|length = 61ft 6in|weight = 32t 16cwt|seats = 21 first, 24 third|built = 1922|years1 = 1958|events1 = Converted to camping coach|years2 = 1964|events2 = Departmental use|years3 = 1994|events3 = Entered preservation|years4 = 2008|events4 = Entered service|years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}GNR 2701 was designed by Nigel (later Sir Nigel) Gresley and built at Doncaster in August 1922 to GNR Diagram 164K as one of a batch of ten ‘Vestibule Composite’ carriages to Diagram 164K(the LNER generally used the term ‘Vestibule’ when describing corridor stock).<ref name=Longworth175>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] pp.175,368. </ref> It is a Corridor Composite (CK), seating 21 first class passengers in three and a half compartments and 24 in four third class compartments. The carriage was involved in a collision at Retford during its first year It is the oldest of usethe 'Gresley Teaks' on the SVR, but survived to become being the only one built before the LNER No 42701, and BR E42701E. It remained in passenger carrying service until 1958 when, together with sister carriage No 69, it was converted at Stratford to a camping coach and stationed at Mundsley until closure came into being in 1964. Following transfer to departmental stock its long and varied career on "The Big Railway" ended c1980 at Boston serving as the carriage cleaners bothy1923 grouping.

==GNR 2701 in service==The carriage was then purchased by the landlord involved in a collision at Retford during its first year of the Plough Innuse, a few miles away at Swineshead. Following a difficult road transfer involving a lorry but survived and two cranes [ http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.orgwas returned to service.uk<ref name=LNERSVR>LNER (SVR) Coach Fund</boston_lift.html] ref> While in passenger-carrying service it was to be converted to renumbered on a dining roomnumber of occasions. On grouping in 1923, but the project failed newly created LNER initially allocated a suffix to gain planning permissioneach carriage number based on the area of origin and accordingly 2701 became '''2701N'''. Despite an attempt to preserve it This system proved unsatisfactory and in NorfolkApril 1925 the suffix was replaced by a numeric prefix, 2701 was moved with 4 being the Great Northern section, resulting in a new number of '''42701'''. On Nationalisation in 1947 BR in turn allocated a regional prefix to another pub at Stoneyford Lodge its newly inherited carriage fleet based on the area of origin with E being the Eastern Region, resulting in '''E42701'''. Finally the introduction of the BR Mk 1 stock in Derbyshire, also the early 1950s saw all carriages given a regional prefix to indicate the area to which the carriage was allocated (with E again being the Eastern region) and the intention letter denoting the pre-Nationalisation area of use as origin becoming a dining roomsuffix, but this time resulting in the adjacent open cast mine was extended over its intended sitefinal number of '''E42701E'''.<ref name=Longworth175/>

2701 was purchased It remained in 1994 by [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] from Stoneyford Lodgepassenger carrying service until 1958 when, together with a view sister carriage No 69, it was converted at Stratford to restoration. The move to the SVR was achieved by Allelys with the aid of a lorrycamping coach, renumbered '''CC157''', two cranes and some difficultystationed at Mundsley until closure in 1964. Initially there It was some confusion over the identity of the carriage; the SVR Stock Book 9th edition describes the carriage as “Our example, assumed then transferred into Departmental stock to be No 69…” used as a Divisional Engineer Messing and lists Sleeping Coach for which it was given the number '''DE321089'''. Finally it was transferred into Internal User stock as number '''041593''', serving as sucha CCE Staff and Workshop coach.<Refref>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] pp. 368, 474, 476.</ref>Its long and varied career on "The Big Railway" ended c1980 at Boston serving as the painter's bothy.

==GNR 2701 in preservation==2701 was then purchased by the landlord of the Plough Inn, a few miles away at Swineshead. Following a difficult road transfer involving a lorry and two cranes [http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/boston_lift.html recounted here] it was to be converted to a dining room, but the project failed to gain planning permission. Despite an attempt to preserve it in Norfolk, 2701 was moved to another pub at Stoneyford Lodge in Derbyshire, also with the intention of use as a dining room, but this time the adjacent open cast mine was extended over its intended site. 2701 was purchased in 1994 by [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] from Stoneyford Lodge, with a view to restoration. The move to the SVR was achieved by Allelys with the aid of a lorry, two cranes and some difficulty. A video of the move can be seen here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhHzsWTW5nI The Big Lift] Initially there was some confusion over the identity of the carriage; the SVR Stock Book 9th edition describes the carriage as “Our example, assumed to be No 69…” and lists it as such<Ref>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref>. Filming took place in October 2000 for an episode of the 2001 TV series “[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway#TV Documentary | Off the Rails]]” featuring Vince Henderson. The restoration of GNR 2701 was one of the items featured. In 2001 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a grant of £84k towards the cost of restoration, while in 2004 the [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA raffle]] 'Bums on Seats' raised around £8,000 in aid of 2701 and [[LMS 7511 Restaurant First Open]].<ref>SVR News 149</ref> GNR No 2701 entered SVR service in July 2008, being formally launched into service on 16th August of that year by Mr Tim Godfrey, a grandson of Sir Nigel Gresley. It was declared the overall winner in the Heritage Railway Association Carriage & Wagon competition 2009<ref>vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref>.

File:2701_pre_restoration.jpg | 2701 before the start of restoration in 20012701_1st_class_seat_back.jpg | Making a first class seat back in 2006GNR_2701_Award_20150707.jpg | HRA award2009LNER_2701_20150307.jpg | 2701 in 2015

In late 2014 2701 received an overhaul and revarnish at Kidderminster Carriage works, being released to traffic in time for the start of the 2015 season.

Early in 2016, a principal supplier of 24 Volt LED lamp bulbs introduced a 40 Watt equivalent "golf ball" style bulb, the installation of which would improve lighting levels and reduce power consumption. A public appeal raised sufficient money to replace all of the lamp bulbs in the LNER carriages of set N. The electrician reports that since the replacement, Set N has required very little top up charging from battery chargers as the dynamos are now able to supply sufficient current to charge the batteries (as they should). In March 2016 the [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund|LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] donated 2701 to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|SVR Charitable Trust]] for long term safekeeping. Sometime over the Christmas Bank Holiday 2017 2701 was one of two coaches vandalised at Kidderminster (the other being [[GWR_1146_Full_Third | GWR Corridor Third No. 1146]]). <ref> https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/bridgnorth/2017/12/26/historic-severn-valley-railway-carriages-vandalised-by-yobs/ </ref> ==SourcesSee also==[[Carriages#LNER (and constituents) Designed Coaches| List of carriages]] ==References==

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2430 GNR 2701 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>*[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk//teak_set.html#2701 2701 on lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk] {{CarriageNavbox}}