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BR 81013 Brake Gangwayed

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On hire to KWVR 2023

|caption = BR Gangwayed Full Brake 81013

|construc = BR York

|status = In serviceOn hire to KWVR

|carno = E81013

|livery = BR Maroon

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</ref>It continued in such use until alternative [[Christmas services]] arrangements were brought in from 2019.

81013 is In 2021 it was overhauled in Post Office Maroon livery, and is normally stored at [[Carriage Repair Works#Kidderminster_Carriage_Repair_Works|Kidderminsterpaint shop]], being used as to be converted to a four double-doored generator coach for Steam in Lights trains. Many of the middle carriage 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 ‘[[Santaremaining eight overhauled, with considerable work on crashpillars, headstocks, thresholds and gangways. The Guard's Grotto]]’ set at compartment was reinstated and internally the lino was replaced and it was repainted.<ref>SVR News 216, Winter 2021, pp. 26-27</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. Its SVR debut was in the November 2022 Steam in Lights trains.<ref>[[Arley]] during https://www.svrlive.com/bldec22 Branch Lines, December until 2018, with alternative [[Christmas services2022]] arrangements brought in from 2019. </ref> It is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].

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