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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/> {{As of|2017}} it 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> {{as of|2018|08}} it is undergoing wiring repairs in [[Carriage Repair Works | Kidderminster Carriage Repair Works]]