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|status = Under overhaul
|carno = 26921
|othernos = W26921M
|designed = Stanier
|diagram = 2161
|lot = 1506
|cartype = [[:Category:BR Carriage classification codes#LMS Codes|CH]], [[:Category: Carriage Type BTK|BTK]]
|length = 57ft
|weight = 30T
|seats = 24 third
|built = 1951
|years6 =
|events6 =
}}LMS Brake Third Corridor (BTK) 26921 is an example of the port-hole stock designed by Stanier before the War but implemented by his successors C E Fairburn and H G Ivatt. It was built in 1951 by BR at Wolverton as lot number 1506 to diagram number 2161. Unlike the [[LMS 24617 Corridor Composite | Corridor Composite]] version, the Brake Third Corridor continued the use of timber framing with steel top, bottom and corner members. The livery when new in service was BR Crimson and Cream.
==Service==
26921 was built in 1951 by BR at Wolverton as lot number 1506 to diagram number 2161.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Jenkinson & Essery (1977)]] p. 110.</ref> Unlike the [[LMS 24617 Corridor Composite | Corridor Composite]] version, the Brake Third Corridor continued the use of timber framing with steel top, bottom and corner members. The livery when new in service was BR Crimson and Cream. In BR service the carriage was renumbered W26921M, indicating that it was allocated to the BR(W) region<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2019)]] p.310.</ref>.
==Preservation==
26921 arrived on the SVR from Didcot on 28 August 1968 with several other vehicles, having been acquired by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]]. It entered service in 1968, and was one of three SVR coaches which attended the Rocket 150 celebrations at Rainhill in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1980 | May 1980]]. SVR service continued until 1984 when 26921 suffered damage to a bogie due to steel left on the track by vandals<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref>. The coach was overhauled at Bridgnorth<ref> SVR News Spring 2015 - Bridgnorth Carriage Notes</ref> and now serves as the [[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales Coach]] at Bridgnorth.
