LMS Brake Third Corridor 26880

LMS Brake Third Corridor 26880
LMS Brake Third Corridor 26880
Built By	BR Derby
Status	In service
Number	26880
Other numbers	E26880M, DM 395979, TEST CAR NO. 9
History
Built	1950
Designed By	Stanier
Diagram	2161
Lot	1501
Type	CH, BTK
Seats	24 third
1973	Arrived on SVR
2011-12	Restoration completed
Carriages

Sir William Stanier was succeeded as CME of the LMS by C E Fairburn in 1944 and H G Ivatt in 1945. Although neither produced any new carriage designs, they did implement some of Stanier’s style changes. Among those was the port-hole stock, echoing that used by the 1938 streamliners. Following nationalisation in January 1948, BR continued to build LMS style carriages into the early 1950s. Unlike the Corridor Composite version, the Brake Third Corridor continued the use of timber framing with steel top, bottom and corner members.

Contents

Service

LMS Brake Third Corridor (BTK) 26880 was built in 1950 by BR at Derby to diagram number 2161 lot number 1501. 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. After passenger service, it was converted in 1966 into a test car. 26880 saw departmental use as DM 395979.

Preservation

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. 26880 then underwent a 20 year restoration at Bridgnorth cattle dock which was completed circa 2011-12. It included provision for wheelchairs.

It forms part of the LMS Maroon set (Set L), notwithstanding that it was not built until after nationalisation and first carried Carmine and Cream livery.

See also

• List of carriages

Links

• 26880 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line