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{{Infobox carriage|image = GWR_9627_20210423.jpg|caption = GWR 9627 Restaurant Third|construc = GWR Swindon|status = In service|carno = 9627|othernos = W9627W, 079112, 99237|designed = Collett|diagram = H40|lot = 1469|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type RTO|RTO]]|length = 61ft 4&frac12;in|weight = 33t 3cwt|built = 1932|seats = 63 third|years1 = 1972|events1 = Preserved on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}[[File:GWR H40 third diner 9627 at Kidderminster.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Interior view of 9627 taken 14/11/16]]'''GWR 9627 ''' is a Collett bow-ended Restaurant ThirdOpen (RTO) carriage. It was one of ten built in June 1932 as lot number 1469 to Diagram H40, and was used in a Dining Car twin-set in combination with a Kitchen/First Saloon. It seated 63 third class passengers and was fitted with one toilet.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]]p.108.</ref> The 1932 build represented the final design of the bow-ended era<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>.

==Service== While in service with the GWR and BR, 9627 was built regularly paired with [[GWR 9615 Kitchen Diner First | Kitchen Diner First 9615]]. They were renovated by BR in 1932 1948 and 1951 respectively, receiving flush panelling, sliding ventilators and improved decor, and is owned were used on services such as the "Cornish Riviera Express" until being replaced by newer Mk 1 stock in the early 1960s.<ref>SVR News 24, 59</ref>  After withdrawal from passenger service in March 1962, 9627 was transferred into Internal User stock as number 079112.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.172.</ref> It was used as an office in the Engineers’ yard at Roath Dock, Cardiff<ref name=SB9/>.  ==Preservation==9627 and 9615 were both acquired for preservation in 1972 by the [[Great Western (SVR) Association]]'s Mike Wilkinson. 9627 was generally in better condition and after a visit by an SVR working party to Roath Docks in June to lift one end of the carriage and attend to a bogie, it was delivered to the SVR on 6 September 1972, with 9615 following a short time later.<ref > SVR News 26</ref> Restoration of kitchen diner 9615 began in 1973 and was completed in spring 1976, with attention then turning to 9627.<ref>SVR News 39</ref> By late 1976 both 9615 and 9627 were complete and awaiting axle ultrasound testing prior to use in the SVR's [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Carriages used on the main line | GWR main-line rake of carriages]].<ref>SVR News 41</ref> Use of the mail line rake ended in 1980, by which time ownership of both carriages had been transferred to the [[Guarantee Company]]<ref>SVR Stock Book Seventh Edition</ref>, later assumed by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]]. 9615 underwent major repair work in spring 1981 while 9627 also received attention, following which both were painted in 1946 livery (which they would not have carried in service having been refurbished by BR shortly after the War).<ref>SVR News 59</ref> Both then returned to use in the [[Severn Valley Limited]] dining set.  In February 1988 9627 became the first carriage to enter and be lifted in the new [[Carriage Repair Works| Kiderminster Carriage Repair Works]].<ref>SVR News 88, “North Star Carriage Works”, Colin Jenkins</ref> The following year it began a major overhaul at Bewdley which entailed a complete rebuild, the body work having become badly rotted. It was repainted in 1938 livery and after attention to the bogies returned to service in summer 1990.<ref>SVR News 92, 94, 96</ref> It subsequently received an external re-varnish in May 2001.<ref>SVR News 142</ref> In 2009 9627 underwent a three month overhaul at Kidderminster including attention to bodywork and internal fittings. On this occasion a new pair of GWR destination boards reading 'Severn Valley Limited Dining Car' in Hawksworth period capitals were produced, one of which can be seen in the photographs.<ref>SVR News 167</ref> It has continued in use in the [[Severn Valley Limited]] dining set since, although in April 2021 it had been declassified for use in set GW2 (main picture above). It is finished in GWR 1934-42 livery featuring the 'shirt-button' roundel. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">GWR_9627_20150614.jpg|9627 in a dining train in 2015</gallery>

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