LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor

LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor
LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor
Built By	BR Wolverton
Status	In service
Number	26986
History
Built	1951
Designed By	Stanier
Diagram	2161
Lot	1506
Type	CH, BTK
Seats	24 third
1971	Arrived on SVR
1975	Attended Rail 150 at Shildon
Carriages

LMS 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. It was built in 1951 by BR at Wolverton as lot number 1506 to diagram number 2161. Unlike the 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 in September 1971, having been privately purchased. After refurbishment, it was one of the three SVR carriages which attended the Rail 150 celebrations at Shildon in 1975, travelling there behind 8233 and 43106. It is the only one of the three carriages still based at the SVR.

26986 forms part of 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 SVR Charitable Trust.

See also

List of carriages

References

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition
SVR News 37

Links

• 26986 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line