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[[File:{{Infobox maroon carriage|image = BTK 26986 Severn Valley Railway.jpg|caption = LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor|construc = BR Wolverton|status = In service|carno = 26986|othernos = M26986M|designed = Stanier|diagram = 2161|lot = 1506|cartype = [[:Category:BR Carriage classification codes#LMS Codes|CH]], [[:Category: Carriage Type BTK|BTK]]|length = 57ft|thumbweight = 30T|200pxseats = 24 third |rightbuilt = 1951|years1 = 1971|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = 1975|events2 = Attended Rail 150 at Shildon|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor]](BTK) 26986 is an example of the port-hole stock designed by Stanier before the War but implemented by his successors C E Fairburn and H G Ivatt.

==Service==It was built in 1951 by BR at Wolverton as lot number 1506 to diagram number 2161.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Jenkinson & Essery (1977)]] p. 110.</ref> Unlike the [[LMS 24617 Corridor Composite | Corridor Composite]] version, the Brake Third Corridor continued the use of timber framing with steel top, bottom and corner members. The livery when new in service was BR Crimson and Cream. The later BR number M26986M indicates continued use in the BR London Midland region<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2019)]] p.310.</ref>.  ==Preservation==Having been privately purchased the week before, 26986 was collected from Worcester on 20 September 1971 and delivered to Bewdley by the diesel hauled train bringing [[600|LMR 600 Gordon]] and three [[Ex-Longmoor Saloons]] from the Longmoor Military Railway via Didcot. After refurbishment, 26986 was one of the three SVR carriages which attended the Rail 150 celebrations at Shildon in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1975 | 1975]], travelling there behind [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773 | 8233]] and [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 | 43106]]. It is the only one of the three carriages still based at the SVR.  26986 forms part of [[Carriages#Set_L|the LMS Maroon set (Set L)]], notwithstanding that it was not built in 1950until after nationalisation. In 2016 its future as part of the SVR's LMS carriage fleet was assured through its purchase by the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|SVR Charitable Trust]].

[http[Category://www.gwr813.org/LMS26986.htm 26986 on www.gwr813.orgCarriage Type BTK]<br>[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=720 26986 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]