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}}80328 is a BR Mark 1 Post Office Sorting Van.
==80328 80329 in service and preservation==Post Office Sorting Van (POS) 80329 was built at York in 1968 to diagram number 728 of lot 30779. It entered preservation circa 2000.<ref name=RHRCS>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> It was one of two acquired in spring 2000 from BR's Old Oak Common, London. Both were acquired for use on Santa duties at Arley, taking the place of a 'Snake' and 'Siphon' which required a major overhaul.<ref>SVR News 132</ref>
It is in Post Office Maroon livery, and is normally stored at Kidderminster, being used as [[Santa's Grotto]] at [[Arley]] during December. It is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].
