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}}Although the LMS was active in building Open carriages following the appointment of W A (later Sir William) Stanier as CME, they continued to build some Corridor Thirds at the same time. LMS Corridor Third (TK) 2300 was a Stanier design, although by the time it was built in 1946 H G Ivatt had become the CME of the LMS. It was built at Derby to diagram number 2119 lot number 1407. It features seven third class compartments, and two lavatories, with a side corridor. One post-war modification saw the introduction of an all-welded roof. <ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

==2300 in service==2300 was built at Derby to diagram number 2119 lot number 1407.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> After nationalisation it carried the number W2300M, the prefix indicating a carriage allocated to the BR Western Region and the suffix indicating that it originated with the LMS. ==2300 in preservation== 2300 was originally purchased for the SVR in February 1978 by a member of the [[L.M.S. & B.R. Coach Department Sales Coach | LMS & BR Coach Fund]]. It arrived on the SVR as an empty shell from Bass Charrington in Plymouth, where it had been used for 11 years as a store room by the barrel-making department. <ref>SVR News 45</ref> In a six-year restoration it was fitted out with an interior salvaged from coach 13045 which was scrapped. After a period of use it was repainted in the then new Kidderminster paint-shop during 1997. The LMS & BR Coach Fund donated all its vehicles to [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | The SVR Charitable Trust]] in 2007, following which 2300 received a further repaint in 2008.

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Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<brreferences />

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=660 2300 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>*[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/lms/2300-2.html 2300 on svrtrust.org.uk]