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|construc = LMS Wolverton
|status = In service
|carno = 2722027218|othernos = M27218M
|designed = Stanier
|diagram = 1999
|lot = 1401
|cartype = [[:Category:BR Carriage classification codes#LMS Codes|QF]], [[:Category: Carriage Type TO|TO]]
|length = 57ft
|weight = 30T
|seats = 56 third
|built = 1945
==27218 in service==
27218 was built in July 1945 at Wolverton as lot number 1401 to diagram number 1999.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey[[Bibliography#Other References|Jenkinson & Essery (1977)]] p. 131.</ref> It saw service with the LMS and later the BR London Midland Region.as M27218M<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref><ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2019)]] p.284.</ref>
==27218 in preservation==
The SVR’s three LMS Third Opens, 27218, [[LMS 27220 Third Open|27220]] and [[LMS 27270Third Open|27270]], were all rescued intact from Didcot Yard in 1968, arriving on 28 August with other vehicles. 27218 was originally preserved by the [[Warwickshire Railway Society ]] and by 1974 was in use as the relief catering vehicle at [[Bridgnorth]].<ref>SVR News 31</ref>
It is now owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] and forms part of Set L, [[Carriages#Set_L|the LMS Maroon set(Set L)]].
==See also==
==Links==
*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=727 27218 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]
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