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|construc = BRCW Smethwick
|status = In service
|carno = 80776M80776|livery = BR Crimson & Cream|othernos = M80776, E80776
|designed =
|diagram = 711
|lot = 30140
|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type BG|BG]]
|topscode = [[:Category:Carriage Type BG|NAV]]
|seats = None (as built)
|built = 19561955
|years1 = 1986
|events1 = Entered preservation
|events6 =
}}
The BR Mark 1 Full Brake (BG) did not contain passenger seating. The central Guard's area was flanked by large luggage compartments at each end of the carriage. Passengers could pass through the carriage via a gangway along one side.
==80776 in serviceService and preservation==BR Mark 1 Gangwayed Full Brake (BG) 80776 was built by BRCW in 1956 to diagram number Diagram 711 of lot number (NA501), Lot 30140. As builtIt entered service in the Eastern region in December 1955, the BR Mark 1 Full Brake remaining allocated to that region until withdrawal in 1986.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (BG2013) did not contain passenger seating. The central Guard's area was flanked by large luggage compartments at each end of the carriage]] p. Passengers could pass through the carriage via a gangway along one side189.</ref>
80776 is normally used in the BR Crimson & Cream running set, and until 2016 was owned by the [[SVR Wolverhampton Branch]]. However in that year it was sold to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd| SVR Charitable Trust]] for safekeeping and further conversion to a "Wheelchair Diner" providing much needed access to the SVR's Dining Services.
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