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GWR 9654 Restaurant Third

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Overhaul complete 2018
|caption = GWR 9654 at Kidderminster (Apr 2017)
|construc = GWR Swindon
|status = Overhaul in progressOperational
|carno = 9654
|othernos = DW150326 (or DW150033)
|years2 = 1981
|events2 = Loan to SVR
|years3 = 2007|events3 = Gifted to SVR|years4 = 2010 |events4 = Overhaul commenced|years5 = 2018|events5 = Overhaul completed
|years6 =
|events6 =
When the train was disbanded, the coaches were put up for tender. The [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.]] bid for both 9653 and 9654, but were thwarted by the NRM who claimed both for the National Collection.<ref name=SVR157/> However the Association successfully negotiated with the NRM for the pair to come to the SVR on loan; both arrived on the SVR from York on 18 August 1981. After arrival both coaches were restored and saw regular use on dining trains.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
An agreement was reached in spring 2007 whereby 9654 was gifted to [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].<ref name=SVR157/> A stop-start overhaul commenced in 2010 due to economic considerations.<ref>SVR News 200</ref> By 2015, 9654 was stored awaiting recommenced overhaul, having received a coating of blue protective paint (pictured below). In 2017 it was at [[Bewdley]] for work including repainting and the fitment of the correct pattern of luggage racks, with outstanding works including lavatories and seating. It was completed in July 2018.<ref>SVR News 203</ref>
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==See also==
*[[Carriages]]
*[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]]
==References==
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[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]]
[[Category: Carriage Type RTO]]
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]
[[Category:Rolling stock previously part of emergency control trains]]
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