GWR 9627 Restaurant Third

GWR 9627 Restaurant Third
GWR 9627 Restaurant Third
Built By	GWR Swindon
Status	In service
Number	9627
Other numbers	079112, 99237
History
Built	1932
Designed By	Collett
Diagram	H40
Lot	1469
Type	RTO
Seats	63 third
1973	Preserved on SVR
Carriages

Interior view of 9627 taken 14/11/16

GWR 9627 is a Collett bow-ended Restaurant Third Open (RTO) carriage. It was 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. The 1932 build represented the final design of the bow-ended era.

In service 9627 was regularly paired with Kitchen Diner First 9615 which is also preserved on the SVR. After service, 9627 was used as an office at Roath Dock, Cardiff. It arrived on the SVR in September 1972 having been acquired by Mr Mike Wilkinson. From the mid-1970s it was used as part of the SVR's GWR main-line rake of carriages as well as on the SVR itself. Ownership was later assumed by SVR(H).

As of 2017, 9627 is regularly used as part of the Severn Valley Limited dining set. It is finished in GWR 1934-42 livery featuring the ‘shirt-button’ roundel.

See also

List of carriages

References

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition

Links

9627 on vintagecarriagestrust.org