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It was built in October 1925 as lot number 1359 to Diagram H32,<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</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 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 953 9653 in preservation==It was preserved in 1980 and is part of the [[National Railway Museum]]’s National Collection. It first arrived on the SVR from York in 1981 along with sister coach [[GWR 9654 Restaurant Third | 9654]].<ref name=stockbook/> {{As of|2017}} it remains on loan to the SVR,<ref>NRM 'Our Collection' entry for GWR 9653</ref> and 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.
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