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LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor

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[[File:{{Infobox maroon carriage|image = BTK 26986 Severn Valley Railway.jpg|thumb|300px|right|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|weight = 30T|seats = 24 third |built = 1951|years1 = 1971|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = 1975|events2 = Attended Rail 150 at Shildon|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}LMS Brake Third Corridor (BTK) 26880 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. It was built in 1951 by BR at Wolverton as lot number 1506 to diagram number 2161. 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.
26986 arrived on the SVR from Worcester ==Service==It was built in September 1971, having been privately purchased1951 by BR at Wolverton as lot number 1506 to diagram number 2161. After refurbishment, it was one of the three SVR carriages which attended the Rail 150 celebrations at Shildon in <ref>[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979Bibliography#1975 Other References| 1975Jenkinson & Essery (1977)]], travelling there behind p. 110.</ref> Unlike the [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773 24617 Corridor Composite | 48233Corridor 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>[[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 Bibliography#Other References| 43106Longworth (2019)]]p. It is the only one of the three carriages still based at the SVR310.</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 forms part was one of Set Lthe 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 LMS Maroon set, notwithstanding that it was not built until after nationalisationthree 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 until 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]]. ==SourcesSee also==[[Carriages| List of carriages]] ==References==
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition<br>
SVR News 37
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==Links==
*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=720 26986 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]
==See also==[[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br>: [[LMS Brake Third Corridor 26921 | Previous ]]<br>: [[LMS 27218 Third Open | Next ]]{{CarriageNavbox}}
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