LMS Brake Third Corridor 26880
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Brake Third Corridor 26880 | |
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LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Brake Third Corridor 26880 | |
Built By | BRBritish Rail or British Railways Derby |
Status | In service |
Number | 26880 |
Other numbers | E26880M, DM 395979 |
History | |
Built | 1950 |
Designed By | StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 |
Diagram | 2161 |
Lot | 1501 |
Type | CH, BTK |
Seats | 24 third |
1973 | Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway |
2011-12 | Restoration completed |
Contents
Service
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Brake Third Corridor (BTK) 26880 was built in 1950 by BRBritish Rail or British Railways at Derby[1] to diagram number 2161 lot number 1501.[2] It is known to have carried the number E26880M, the mixed prefix and suffix denoting a coach of LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway design allocated to BRBritish Rail or British Railways’s Eastern region.[3] After passenger service, 26880 saw departmental use as DM 395979.
Preservation
26880 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway 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.[3] 26880 then underwent a 20 year restoration which was completed circa 2011-12.
It forms part of the LMS Maroon set (Set L), notwithstanding that it was not built until after nationalisation.
See also
References
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book states Wolverton
- ↑ Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway News 93
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