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LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 2886 Six-wheel Passenger Brake (later 32919)
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LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Six-wheel Passenger Brake 2886
Built By LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Wolverton
Status Under overhaul
Number 2886
Other numbers 32919
History
Built 1932
Designed By StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944
Diagram 2119
Lot 1407
Type CR, BGZ
Seats none
1972 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway

Carriages

LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Six-wheel Passenger Brake (BGZ) 2886 was an early StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 design and was built in 1932 at Wolverton. In the 1940s these coaches were equipped with stoves and became nicknamed ‘Stove Rs’. The coach was later numbered 32919.

2886 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in 1972 and ran for several years as a temporary bar car. It is owned by The SVR Charitable Trust and was photographed in March 2015 undergoing an overhaul at Bridgnorth.

See also

List of carriages
Rolling stock currently under restoration

References

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
SVRSevern Valley Railway News Spring 2015 - Bridgnorth Carriage Notes.

Links

2886 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
2886 on svrtrust.org.uk