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[[File:{{Infobox carriage|image = GWR Hxx restaurant 9653 at Kidderminster.jpg|thumbcaption = GWR 9653 Restaurant Third|200pxconstruc = GWR Swindon|rightstatus = In service|carno = 9653|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|events1 = Preserved (NRM)|years2 = 1981|events2 = Loan to SVR|years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}GWR 9653 is a Collett bow-ended Restaurant Third]]Open (RTO) carriage.

==GWR 9653 in service==It was built in October 1925 as lot number 1359 to Diagram H32,<ref>[[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==It was preserved in 1980 and is currently 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 from ,<ref>NRM 'Our Collection' entry for GWR 9653</ref> and was regularly used as part of the [[National Railway MuseumSevern 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, and underwent repairs.<ref>SVR News 200</ref> 2019 saw a bogie overhaul and curing leaks on the roof vents<ref>SVR News 206, 208</ref>.

[http[Category: Carriage Type RTO]][[Category://www.nrm.org.uk/OurCollection/LocomotivesAndRollingStock/CollectionItem.aspx?objid=1982-7000 9653 on www.nrm.org.ukNational Railway Museum rolling stock]]<br>[http[Category://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=262 9653 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.orgRolling stock previously part of emergency control trains]]