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==GWR 9653 in preservation==
 
==GWR 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 was regularly used as part of the [[Severn Valley Limited]] dining set, finished in GWR 1934-42 livery featuring the ‘shirt-button’ roundel.
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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/>  It remains on loan to the SVR,<ref>NRM 'Our Collection' entry for GWR 9653</ref> and was regularly used as part of the [[Severn Valley Limited]] dining set, finished in GWR 1934-42 livery featuring the ‘shirt-button’ roundel.
  
In 2017 it was retired from service with poor wiring, thought to date from 1923.<ref>SVR News 200, Winter 2017</ref>  
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In 2017 it was retired from service with poor wiring, thought to date from 1923.<ref>SVR News 200, Winter 2017</ref> {{as of|2018|08}} it is undergoing wiring repairs in [[Carriage Repair Works | Kidderminster Carriage Repair Works]]
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 09:11, 27 December 2018

GWRGreat Western Railway 9653 Restaurant Third
GWR Hxx restaurant 9653 at Kidderminster.jpg
GWRGreat Western Railway 9653 Restaurant Third
Built By GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon
Status In service
Number 9653
Other numbers DW150032
History
Built 1932
Designed By CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941
Diagram H32
Lot 1359
Type RTO
Seats 56 third
1980 Preserved (NRMThe Railway Museum, formerly the National Railway Museum)
1981 Loan to SVRSevern Valley Railway

Carriages

GWRGreat Western Railway 9653 is a CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 bow-ended Restaurant Third Open (RTO) carriage.

GWRGreat Western Railway 9653 in service

It was built in October 1925 as lot number 1359 to Diagram H32,[1] 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 DepartmentalRolling stock used for the railway’s own functions (engineering etc.) rather than for general passenger or goods traffic. use as No DW 150032 in the second WR Control Train.[2]

GWRGreat Western Railway 9653 in preservation

It was preserved in 1980 and is part of the National Railway Museum’s National Collection. It first arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from York in 1981 along with sister coach 9654.[2] It remains on loan to the SVRSevern Valley Railway,[3] and was regularly used as part of the Severn Valley Limited dining set, finished in GWRGreat Western Railway 1934-42 livery featuring the ‘shirt-button’ roundel.

In 2017 it was retired from service with poor wiring, thought to date from 1923.[4] As of August 2018 it is undergoing wiring repairs in Kidderminster Carriage Repair Works

See also

References

  1. Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
  2. 2.0 2.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
  3. NRMThe Railway Museum, formerly the National Railway Museum 'Our Collection' entry for GWRGreat Western Railway 9653
  4. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 200, Winter 2017

Links