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|carno = 80328E80329|livery = BR Maroon|othernos = M80329, E80329

}}80328 80329 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 Diagram 728 of lot , Lot 30779. It entered preservation circa 2000was allocated to the London Midland region from entry into service in November 1968 until withdrawal in June 1999.<ref name=RHRCS>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.184.</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 numbered E80329 (a regional prefix that it did not carry in service). It is normally stored at Kidderminster, being used as [[Santa's Grotto]] at [[Arley]] during Decemberuntil 2018, with alternative [[Christmas services]] arrangements brought in from 2019. It is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=3516 80329 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]