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==27218 in preservation==
 
==27218 in preservation==
The SVR’s three LMS Third Opens, 27218, [[LMS 27220 Third Open|27220]] and [[LMS 27270 Third Open|27270]], were all rescued intact from Didcot Yard in 1968, arriving on 28 August with other behicles.  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>
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The SVR’s three LMS Third Opens, 27218, [[LMS 27220 Third Open|27220]] and [[LMS 27270 Third 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 [[Carriages#Set_L|the LMS Maroon set (Set L)]].
 
It is now owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] and forms part of [[Carriages#Set_L|the LMS Maroon set (Set L)]].

Revision as of 22:20, 21 July 2019

LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 27218 Third Open
TO 27218 Severn Valley Railway.jpg
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 27218 Third Open
Built By LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Wolverton
Status In service
Number 27220
History
Built 1945
Designed By StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944
Diagram 1999
Lot 1401
Type QF, TO
Seats 56 third
1968 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway

Carriages

Interior view of LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Third Open 27218

The SVRSevern Valley Railway has three examples of the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Third Open (TO), which was designed by Sir William StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944. Building of this class began in 1938, but the Second Word War delayed the production of later batches. The LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Open Third carriage seats 56 passengers at tables either side of a central aisle.

27218 in service

27218 was built in July 1945 at Wolverton as lot number 1401 to diagram number 1999.[1] It saw service with the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway and later the BRBritish Rail or British Railways London Midland Region.[2]

27218 in preservation

The SVRSevern Valley Railway’s three LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Third Opens, 27218, 27220 and 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.[3]

It is now owned by SVR(H) and forms part of the LMS Maroon set (Set L).

See also

References

  1. Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
  3. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 31

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