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{{Infobox carriage
|image = GWR_9627_20150614GWR_9627_20210423.jpg
|caption = GWR 9627 Restaurant Third
|construc = GWR Swindon
|lot = 1469
|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type RTO|RTO]]
|length = 61ft 4½in
|weight = 33t 3cwt
|built = 1932
|seats = 63 third
==Preservation==
9627 and 9615 were both acquired for preservation in 1972 by the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.Association]]’s '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)]].
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 photographphotographs.<ref>SVR News 167</ref> It has continued in use in the [[Severn Valley Limited]] dining set since, and 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'shirt-button’ button' roundel. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">GWR_9627_20150614.jpg|9627 in a dining train in 2015</gallery>
==See also==
