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[[File:TK 12992 Severn Valley Railway.jpg|27220 Severn Valley Railway|thumb|300px|right|LMS 12992 Corridor Third]]
 
[[File:TK 12992 Severn Valley Railway.jpg|27220 Severn Valley Railway|thumb|300px|right|LMS 12992 Corridor Third]]
  
12992 was built in 1949 and is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | The SVR Charitable Trust]].
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Although the LMS was active in building Open carriages following the appointment of W A (later Sir William) Stanier as CME, they continued to build some Corridor Thirds at the same time.  Corridor Third (TK) 12992 was built for BR to Stanier’s design in 1949 by BRC&W at Smethwick, as lot number 1484 to diagram number 2119.
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Following service, 12992 was purchased in working order, arriving on the SVR from Plymouth in December 1972.  It ran on SVR services until 1984, when it was withdrawn for a full rebuild.  It also received a repaint at Kidderminster in 1997.
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The former owning group, the ‘LMS & BR Coach Fund’ donated all its vehicles to [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | The SVR Charitable Trust]] in 2007.
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12992 forms part of Set L, the LMS Maroon set in pre-War LMD livery, notwithstanding that it was not built until after nationalisation.
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
[http://www.gwr813.org/LMS12992.htm 12992 on www.gwr813.org]<br>
 
 
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=696 12992 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
 
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=696 12992 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
 
[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/lms/12992-2.html 12292 on svrtrust.org.uk]
 
[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/lms/12992-2.html 12292 on svrtrust.org.uk]

Revision as of 15:43, 24 July 2015

LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 12992 Corridor Third

Although the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway was active in building Open carriages following the appointment of W A (later Sir William) StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 as CMEChief Mechanical Engineer, they continued to build some Corridor Thirds at the same time. Corridor Third (TK) 12992 was built for BRBritish Rail or British Railways to StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944’s design in 1949 by BRC&WBirmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company at Smethwick, as lot number 1484 to diagram number 2119.

Following service, 12992 was purchased in working order, arriving on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Plymouth in December 1972. It ran on SVRSevern Valley Railway services until 1984, when it was withdrawn for a full rebuild. It also received a repaint at Kidderminster in 1997.

The former owning group, the ‘LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway & BRBritish Rail or British Railways Coach Fund’ donated all its vehicles to The SVR Charitable Trust in 2007.

12992 forms part of Set L, the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Maroon set in pre-War LMD livery, notwithstanding that it was not built until after nationalisation.

Links

12992 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org
12292 on svrtrust.org.uk

See also

List of carriages

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