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|image = LMS_2886_20150322LMS_2886_20190406.jpg

|status = Under overhaulOperational

|othernos = 32919M32919M

|diagram = 21191796|lot = 1407664

|years1 = 19721970|events1 = Arrived on SVRFirst preserved|years2 = 1972|events2 = Moved to the SVR|years3 = 1976 |events3 = Withdrawn for repairs|years4 = 2008|events4 = Ownership by the SVR Rolling Stock Trust|years5 = 2010|events5 = PRISM grant

}}LMS Six-wheel Passenger Brake (BGZ) 2886 was an early Stanier design and was built in 1932 at Wolvertonto Diagram 1796 in Lot no. 664. In the 1940s these coaches were equipped with stoves and became nicknamed ‘Stove Rs’. <ref>[[Bibliography#Other References| Jenkinson & Essery (1977)]] pp. 171, 174</ref> The coach was later numbered 32919.

==Preservation==2886 was first purchased for preservation in 1970 and based on the Dart Valley Railway. Numbered 32919, it arrived on the SVR on 2 May 1972 in 1972 restored condition.<ref>SVR News 24</ref> In 1973 it travelled by rail with [[45110]] and ran for several years two other carriages to an open day British Rail Engineering's Derby Litchurch Lane Carriage Works,<ref>SVR News 29</ref>, otherwise serving as a temporary bar caruntil 1976, when the then owner started much needed panel repairs which unfortunately were never completed. It is owned  By 1998 it was in use as a Tool Van by the [[The 4150 Fund]]. In 2002 ownership passed to another member the carriage was moved to Bridgnorth and stored under a tarpaulin north of station where the new owner wished to restore it once [[LMS Brake Third Corridor 26880 |26880]] was completed.<ref>SVR News 141</ref> By 2006 little progress had been made apart from refurbishing some small components<ref>SVR News 148</ref> and some repanelling having taken place.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref><ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref>.  In 2008 ownership passed to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | The Severn Valley Railway Rolling Stock Trust]], now the SVR Charitable Trust.<ref>SVR News 161</ref> Overhaul restarted prior to 2010, with an intention for the vehicle to become a reception vehicle for dining trains. In 2010 the Trust reported a Preservation of Industrial and Scientific Material (PRISM) Fund award of £9,251, which covered the materials for the rebuilt bodyshell in the first year of the build.<ref>[https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/PRISM_Annual_report_2009_2010.pdf]] and PRISM Fund Annual Report2009-2010</ref> The extensive rebuild has included parts from now-demolished body of 33002 at Didcot. It was photographed in March 2015 undergoing an overhaul at Bridgnorth. With and, with the internal work done, it was moved to [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster carriage works ]] on 20 Feb February 2016 for mechanical work & and completion of the exterior painting. In By August 2018 it was being lined out. <gallery>LMS_2886_20150322.jpg|Bridgnorth, March 2015</gallery> In November 2018 the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | Charitable Trust]] announced it would host a mobile exhibition as part of the interpretation element of the funding bid for repairs to [[Falling Sands Viaduct]].<ref>SVR News 204</ref> In April 2019 the coach appeared on public display for the first time at the Open House Weekend.<gallery>LMS_2886_Interior_20190406.jpg|Interior view, April 2019</gallery>

*[[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br>[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]]

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=662 2886 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>*[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/lms/2886-2.html 2886 on svrtrust.org.uk] 

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