LMS Corridor Third 2300
LMS Corridor Third 2300 | |
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LMS Corridor Third 2300 | |
Built By | LMS Derby |
Status | In service |
Number | 2300 |
Other numbers | W2300M |
History | |
Built | 1936 |
Designed By | HG Ivatt |
Diagram | 2119 |
Lot | 1407 |
Type | CF, TK |
Seats | 42 third |
1978 | Arrived on SVR |
Contents
2300 in service
2300 was built at Derby to diagram number 2119 lot number 1407.[2] 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 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.[3] 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 The SVR Charitable Trust in 2007, following which 2300 received a further repaint in 2008.
2300 is regularly used in the the LMS Maroon set (Set L).
See also
References
SVR Charitable Trust
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