Very little is known about M30272M in BR service apart from the following facts:

M30272, as it was originally numbered, entered service in 1949/50 for use on the West Coast Postals. The prefix of 'M' was used to state that the coach was of LMS design.

An 'M' suffix was added to M30272 when the new "BR standard" stock started to enter traffic from late 1950 onwards, we do not know the date when this actually took place.

The only known sighting of M30272M was on 8th August 1963 when the coach was involved in the Great Train Robbery, with M30272M being the tenth vehicle in the train.

The vehicles in the train that day were as follows:
D326 - Class 40 (English Electric Type 4)
M31016M - Full Brake (BG)
M30204M - Sorting (POS)
M30289M - Sorting (POS)
M30235M - Sorting (POS)
M30220M - Sorting (POS)
M30277M - Sorting (POS)
M30214M - Sorting (POS)
M30210M - Bag Tender (POT)
M30275M - Bag Tender (POT)
M30272M - Sorting (POS)
M30247M - Sorting (POS)
M30276M - Brake Bag Tender (BPOT)

At some stage M30272M was transferred to the Manchester - Glasgow S. C., it is from this service that it was withdrawn, being replaced by TPO M30298M from the Caledonian TPO, as detailed in the following document dated November 1972.

M30272M was in the BR Blue & Grey livery when withdrawn.

Any information, observations or pictures of M30272M in service would be most welcome for use on these pages or for use to promote the project. Please send any details to :-

Friends of M30272M TPO Group, c/o Brian White, Nene Valley Railway, Wansford Station, Stibbington, PETERBOROUGH, PE8 6LR

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