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{{Infobox maroon carriage|image = LMS_2300_20150322.jpg|caption = LMS Corridor Third 2300|construc = LMS Derby|status = In service|carno = 2300|othernos = W2300M|designed = HG Ivatt|diagram = 2119|lot = 1407|cartype = [[:Category:BR Carriage classification codes#LMS Codes|CF]], [[File:LMS_2300_20150322.jpg Category: Carriage Type TK|TK]]|length = 57ft|weight = 31T|seats = 42 third|built = 1936|years1 = 1978|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |thumbyears5 = |300pxevents5 = |rightyears6 = | events6 = }}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 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>

Although the LMS was active ==2300 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) service==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. <ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> It features seven third class compartmentsAfter nationalisation it carried the number W2300M, the prefix indicating a carriage allocated to the BR Western Region and two lavatories, the suffix indicating that it originated with a side corridor. One post-war modification saw the introduction of an all-welded roofLMS.

==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 on 9 February that year 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.

2300 is regularly used in the [[Carriages#Set_L|the LMS Maroon set (Sel Set L)]].

==SourcesSee also==Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>*[[Carriages| List of carriages]] ==References==SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<brreferences />

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