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{{Infobox carriage|image = 9615.jpg|caption = 9615 in store November 2016|construc = GWR Swindon|status = Stored, undergoing overhaul|carno = 9615|othernos = DW150336|designed = Collett|diagram = H39|lot = 1468|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type RF|RF]]|length = 61ft 4&frac12;in|weight = 44t 0cwt|built = 1932|seats = 24 first|years1 = 1973|events1 = Preserved on SVR|years2 = 2017-|events2 = Overhaul|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}GWR 9615 is a Kitchen Diner First (RF) carriage. It was originally ordered in 1915<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> to Diagram H39, but was not built until 1932, making it ; one of the last Bow-Ended toplight carriages. In 1932 final designs of the GWR introduced a batch of dining car twinbow-sets, with a Kitchen / First saloon and a Third Class Trailer. While in GWR and BR Service, 9615 was regularly paired with Third Class Restaurant carriage [[GWR 9627 Restaurant Third | 9627]], and both are preserved on the SVR. 9615 later saw Departmental use as No DW 150336ended era.

==9615 was acquired by [[Severn Valley Railway in service==In 1932 the GWR introduced a batch of 10 dining car twin-sets, with a Kitchen First saloon (HoldingsRFK) PLC | SVRcoupled to a full Third Class Restaurant Open (HRTO)]], arriving from Cardiff Canton in January 1973. From the mid-1970s it 9615 was used completed in that year, having been built at Swindon as part of Lot 1469 to Diagram H39. A post-War upgrade saw the SVR's [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on the main line | GWR main line set]] as well as on the SVR itselfaddition of sliding windows for ventilation and an improved interior.

While in GWR and BR Service, 9615 was regularly paired with Third Class Restaurant carriage [[GWR 9627 Restaurant Third | 9627]], and both are preserved on the SVR. All the dining set pairs were withdrawn from passenger service by 1963, having been replaced by BR stock; however 9615 later saw Departmental use as No DW 150336.<ref name = "SVR9">SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref><ref>Great Western Coaches 1890-1954, Michael Harris (1966/1972), ISBN 0 7153 5502 3)</ref> ==9615 in preservation==9615 was acquired by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]], arriving 6 January 1973 from Cardiff Canton diesel depot where it had been serving as an office. After a two year restoration, it was used from the mid-1970s as part of the SVR's [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on the main line | GWR main line set]] as well as on the SVR itself. Further body work attention was carried out in 1980.<ref name = "SVR9" /> 9615 was moved into [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed ]] in early 2016 for assessment for its overhaul. In October 2017 it entered [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department|Bewdley paint shop]] for major repairs to begin, having patiently waited for overhaul for 12 years.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3461&start=45 SVROnline forum]</ref> 9615 is undergoing a back-to-the floor restoration which will take several years to complete. Reports and pictures of the overhaul can be found on the [https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4004 SVR Forum GWR 9615 thread]. The [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd| Charitable Trust]] have funded the work.<ref>[https://svrtrust.org.uk/downloads/Platform%202018%20web%20version-1.pdf 'Platform' magazine, 2018 Issue 4, p.6]</ref> In January 2022 the decision was taken to pause work as the kitchen design has not been decided, the bogies require overhaul and there are higher priority jobs. It returned to store in Kidderminster Carriage Shed<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljan22 Branch Lines January 2022] (Retrieved 13 January 2022)</ref>.

*[[Carriages| List of carriages]]<br>: *[[GWR 9369 Nondescript Saloon | Previous ]]<br>: [[GWR 9627 Restaurant Third | Next Rolling stock currently under restoration]]

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=258 9615 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]<br>(incorrectly states that "It was originally ordered in 1915 … making it one of the last Bow-Ended toplight carriages")