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[[File: {{Infobox maroon carriage|image = BR_81013_20150402.jpg |thumb|300px|right| caption = BR Gangwayed Full Gangwayed Brake 81013]]Full Gangwayed Brake (BG) 81013 was built at |construc = BR York in 1956 |status = On hire to KWVR|carno = E81013|livery = BR Maroon |othernos = E84013|designed = |diagram number = 711 of |lot = 30173. It was re-modelled and repainted in 2011, including removal and plating over of two pairs of double doors on each side. It is in Post Office Maroon livery, and is normally stored at Kidderminster, being used as |cartype = [[Santa's Grotto:Category:Carriage Type BG|BG]] at |topscode = [[Arley:Category:Carriage Type BG|NBV]] during December. It is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC |length = 56ft 11in|weight = 31½T|seats = None|built = 1956|years1 = 1987|events1 = Entered preservation|years2 = 2011|events2 = Bodywork modified|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = | SVRevents6 = }}The BR Mark 1 Full Brake (HBG)]]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.

==SourcesService==Railway Heritage Register 81013 was built at York in 1956 to Diagram 711 (NB501), Lot 30173. The 'NB' signified a Gangwayed Brake used for BRUTE purposes. The majority of BR Mark 1 coaches had underframes 63ft 5in in length but a smaller number were built on 56ft 11in underframes; these were intended for use where the track curvature was too tight to accommodate the longer vehicles.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Railways_Mark_1 Wikipedia]</ref> 81013 is one such example.<ref>Carriage Surveydata plate<br/ref>

It entered service as E81013 in the Eastern region in August 1956, unusually carrying unlined carmine livery.<ref name=SVR87>SVR News 87/88</ref> It was renumbered E84013 in June 1983 as part of a modification to the TOPS numbering system, before being withdrawn from service in July 1986.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.191, p.9.</ref> ==LinksPreservation==84013 arrived on the SVR from Thornton Fields via Ely on 4 November 1987 having been acquired by [http:[SVR(H)]] in response to a request from Arley for two BGs to be converted for use as [[Santa's Grotto|Santa's Grottos]].<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref><ref name=SVR87/>  It was repainted in winter 1996/97 into its as-new 1957 livery of all over carmine unlined,<ref>SVR News 121</ref> and received a further repaint in Spring 2002.<ref>SVR News 139</ref> 81013 came in for another overhaul in August 2011. On this occasion it was decided to remove a number of doors which were not required for grotto use purposes, both to reduce the overhaul time and provide a number of doors for spares. All 18 doors were removed and assessed, with the best 10 being reinstalled and the other 8 retained for use elsewhere. The two redundant pairs of double doors on each side were panelled in with 16 gauge steel sheets, each braced by five horizontal angle bars. The interior of the windows and the blanked doors were boarded over to become flush with the tongue and groove planked walls which were painted white. Later at Arley, the interior was decorated with alpine scenery painted by artist [[Paintings of the Severn Valley Railway#John Austin|John Austin]].<ref>SVR News 176</wwwref> It continued in such use until alternative [[Christmas services]] arrangements were brought in from 2019.  In 2021 it was overhauled in [[Carriage Repair Works#Kidderminster_Carriage_Repair_Works|Kidderminster paint shop]], to be converted to a four double-doored generator coach for Steam in Lights trains. Many of the Santa adaptations were reversed with a pair of double doors reverting from a fire escape to standard use. Two further doors were replaced and the remaining eight overhauled, with considerable work on crashpillars, headstocks, thresholds and gangways. The Guard's compartment was reinstated and internally the lino was replaced and it was repainted.<ref>SVR News 216, Winter 2021, pp.cs26-27</ref> In 2022 it made its public debut on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway to whom it was hired for a Harry Potter-themed event, and a further period followed in 2023.vintagecarriagestrustIts SVR debut was in the November 2022 Steam in Lights trains.org<ref>[https:/se/CarriageInfowww.asp?Ref=2101 81013 on vintagecarriagestrustsvrlive.orgcom/bldec22 Branch Lines, December 2022]<br/ref> It is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].

*[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]] ==References==<brreferences />: ==Links==*[[BR 80776 Brake Gangwayed | Previous ]]<br>http: [[BR 86105 General Utility Van | Next ]//www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2101 81013 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]