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|othernos = E26880M, DM 395979, TEST CAR NO. 9

LMS Brake Third Corridor (BTK) 26880 was built in 1950 by BR at Derby<ref>SVR Stock Book states Wolverton</ref> to diagram number 2161 lot number 1501.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> It is known to have carried the number E26880M, the mixed prefix and suffix denoting a coach of LMS design allocated to BR’s Eastern region.<ref name=SVR93>SVR News 93</ref> After passenger service, it was converted in 1966 into a test car.<ref>[http://lmsca.org.uk/lms-coaches/br-departmental-coach-list/ LMS Carriage Association] (Retrieved 25 August 2019)</ref> 26880 saw departmental use as DM 395979.

26880 arrived on the SVR in January 1973 from Chaddesdon. It spent a period of use as a store; it was while serving that function at [[Eardington ]] in 1989 that the original number E26880M was discovered under the later DM number.<ref name=SVR93/> 26880 then underwent a 20 year restoration at [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth cattle dock]] which was completed circa 2011-12. It included provision for wheelchairs.

It forms part of [[Carriages#Set_L|the LMS Maroon set (Set L)]], notwithstanding that it was not built until after nationalisationand first carried Carmine and Cream livery.