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|othernos = DW150032
|designed = Collett
|diagram = H32/ H52
|lot = 1359
|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type RTO|RTO]]
|length = 58ft 0¼in
|weight = 31t 12cwt(as rebuilt)|built = 1932(rebuilt 1937)
|seats = 56 third
|years1 = 1980
==GWR 9653 in service==
It was built in October 1925 as lot number 1359 to Diagram H32,<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey[[Bibliography#Other References|Harris (1966)]] p. 150.</ref> and initially formed one end of three-car articulated (“Tri-art”) dining set H32. The articulated sets were an attempt to reduce train weights by means of two carriages sharing a single bogie. However the relative lack of flexibility of this arrangement, and the introduction of more powerful locomotives, led to the sets being rebuilt to Diagram H52<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.110.</ref> as three single units in 1937. 9653 later saw Departmental use as No DW 150032 in the second WR Control Train.<ref name=stockbook>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
==GWR 9653 in preservation==
