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[[File: {{Infobox maroon carriage|image = BR_80329_20150402.jpg |thumb|200px|right| caption = BR Post Office Sorting Van 80329]]Post Office Sorting Van (POS) 80329 was built at |construc = BR York in 1968 to |status = In service|carno = E80329|livery = BR Maroon|othernos = M80329|designed = |diagram number = 728 of |lot = 30779. It is in Post Office Maroon livery, and is normally stored at Kidderminster, being used as |cartype = [[Santa's Grotto:Category:Carriage Type POS|POS]] at |topscode = [[Arley:Category:Carriage Type POS|NSV]] during December. It is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC |seats = None|built = 1968|years1 = 2000| events1 = Arrived on SVR(H)]]|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}80329 is a BR Mark 1 Post Office Sorting Van.

==Sources80329 in service and preservation==Post Office Sorting Van (POS) 80329 was built at York in 1968 to Diagram 728, Lot 30779. It was allocated to the London Midland region from entry into service in November 1968 until withdrawal in June 1999.<ref>[[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 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 December until 2018, with alternative [[Christmas services]] arrangements brought in from 2019. It is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey(Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]]. ==See also==*[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]] ==References==<brReferences/>

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

==See also=={{CarriageNavbox}}[[Carriages| List of carriagesCategory:Carriage Type POS]][[Category: Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]