LMS 24617 Corridor Composite
| LMS 24617 Corridor Composite | |
|---|---|
 LMS 24617 Corridor Composite | |
| Built By | BR Derby |
| Status | In service |
| Number | 24617 |
| Other numbers | W 24617 M |
| History | |
| Built | 1949 |
| Designed By | Stanier |
| Diagram | 2159 |
| Lot | 1500 |
| Type | CBC, CK |
| Length | 60ft 0¾in |
| Weight | 30T |
| Seats | 24 first, 18 third |
| 1972 | Arrived on SVR |
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Service
Corridor Composite (CK) 24617 was built at Derby in June 1950, as lot number 1500 to diagram 2159.[1] The steel framing and all-welded construction gives a slightly more rounded profile than the earlier timber-framed stock. It has four First class and three Third class compartments, with a lavatory at each end. It served on BR’s Western Region until 1968, when it was declared surplus to requirements by BR at Didcot only weeks after a full works overhaul.
Preservation
24617 arrived on the SVR from Didcot on 28 August 1968 with several other vehicles. Former owning group the ‘LMS & BR Coach Fund’ donated all its vehicles to The SVR Charitable Trust in 2007. The Trust’s web site notes that 24617 has run in SVR service every season since 1968. It forms part of the LMS Maroon set (Set L), notwithstanding that it was not built until after nationalisation.
24617 was the carriage that Richard Hannay (Robert Powell) boarded at the start of the railway scenes in the 1978 film The Thirty Nine Steps. 24617 and the other carriages from the LMS set used in filming were given 'Midland Railway' decals as the film was set in 1914, although the number W24617M, a BR era number for an ex-LMS carriage allocated to the BR Western Region, was left unaltered.
See also
References
- ↑ Jenkinson & Essery (1977) p. 110.
SVR Stock Book 9th edition
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
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