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|diagram = H32/ H52

|length = 58ft 0¼in|weight = 31t 12cwt (as rebuilt)|built = 1932(rebuilt 1937)

}}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 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 is was regularly used as part of the [[Severn Valley Limited]] dining set. It is , 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>.

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Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<brreferences />

*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=262 9653 on vintagecarriagestrustRailway Heritage Register On-Line]*[http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/locomotivesandrollingstock/CollectionItem?objid=1982-7000&cat=carriages&comp=All&ipp=96 NRM 'Our Collection' entry for GWR 9653]<br>