GWR 9627 Restaurant Third

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GWRGreat Western Railway 9627 Restaurant Third
GWR H40 third diner 9627 at Kidderminster.jpg
GWRGreat Western Railway 9627 Restaurant Third
Built By GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon
Status In service
Number 9627
Other numbers 079112, 99237
History
Built 1932
Designed By CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941
Diagram H40
Lot 1469
Type RTO
Seats 63 third
1973 Preserved on SVRSevern Valley Railway

Carriages

Interior view of 9627 taken 14/11/16
GWRGreat Western Railway 9627 is a CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 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 SVRSevern Valley Railway. After service, 9627 was used as an office at Roath Dock, Cardiff. It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in September 1972 having been acquired by Mr Mike Wilkinson. From the mid-1970s it was used as part of the SVRSevern Valley Railway's GWR main-line rake of carriages as well as on the SVRSevern Valley Railway itself. Ownership was later assumed by SVR(H).

9627 is regularly used as part of the Severn Valley Limited dining set. It is finished in GWRGreat Western Railway 1934-42 livery featuring the ‘shirt-button’ roundel.

See also

List of carriages

References

Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition

Links

9627 on vintagecarriagestrust.org