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[[File:{{Infobox crimson and cream carriage|image = BR_80776_20150320.jpg |thumb|300px|right| caption = BR Gangwayed Full Brake 80776|construc = BRCW Smethwick|status = In service|carno = M80776|livery = BR Brown & Cream|othernos = E80776|designed = |diagram = 711|lot = 30140|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type BG|BG]]|topscode = [[:Category:Carriage Type BG|NAV]]|seats = None (as built)|built = 1955|years1 = 1986|events1 = Entered preservation|years2 = 1995|events2 = 'Coach of the year' award|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}The BR Mark 1 Gangwayed Full Brake (BG) 80776 did not contain passenger seating. The central Guard's area was built flanked by BRCW in 1956 to diagram number 711 large luggage compartments at each end of lot number 30140the carriage. Passengers could pass through the carriage via a gangway along one side.

==Service and preservation==80776 arrived on the SVR was built by BRCW in November 1986 from Bristol. It was heavily rebuilt with components from Open Seconds and Corridor Seconds to achieve a conversion 1956 to a passenger carrying vehicle for wheelchair users. Seating is provided for 15 accompanying passengersDiagram 711 (NA501), and a disabled access WC is includedLot 30140. 80776 won It entered service in the Association of Railway Preservation SocietiesEastern region in December 1955, “Coach of the Year” award upon completion remaining allocated to that region until withdrawal in 19951986. <ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.189.</ref>

80776 is normally used in the BR Crimson & Cream running set, and until 2016 was owned by arrived on the [[SVR Wolverhampton Branch]]on 25 November 1986 from Bristol. However in that year it <ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It was sold heavily rebuilt with components from Open Seconds and Corridor Seconds to achieve a conversion to a passenger carrying vehicle for up to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd| SVR Charitable Trust]] 16 wheelchair users. Seating is provided for safekeeping 15 accompanying passengers, and further conversion to a "Wheelchair Diner" providing much needed disabled access to WC is included. 80776 won the SVRAssociation of Railway Preservation Societies's Dining Services“Coach of the Year” award upon completion in 1995.

80776 was 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. Work started in April 2018.<ref>SVR News 203</ref> It was used in 2019 [[Christmas services]]<ref>SVR News 210</ref>. ==SourcesSee also==*[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]]*[[Awards]] ==References==Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<brreferences/>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2092 80776 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br> ==See also==[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]]<br>: [[BR 80329 Post Office Sorting Van | Previous ]]<br>: [[BR 81013 Brake Gangwayed | Next ]Railway Heritage Register On-Line]