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{{Infobox carriage
|image = GWR_9627_20150614GWR_9627_20210423.jpg
|caption = GWR 9627 Restaurant Third
|construc = GWR Swindon
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==
