Editing Severn Valley Railway (section)

==Maintenance facilities==
===Locomotive works===
[[File:Bridgnorth Locomotive Works - geograph.org.uk - 4449611.jpg|left|thumb|Bridgnorth locomotive works in 2015.]]
The main locomotive works are located at [[Bridgnorth]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ridgway |first=C. R. P. |year=1980 |title=The Severn Valley Railway – locomotive maintenance at Bridgnorth |magazine=Railway World |pages=77–83 |volume=41}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hardingham |first=Roger |year=1982 |title=The Bridgnorth Locomotive Works |magazine=Trains Illustrated: Railway Preservation |pages=13–17 |issue=44}}</ref> For health and safety reasons it is not normally open to the public, but guided tours and open days are arranged from time to time. 
The works facilities include lifting jacks, a Noble and Lund [[wheel lathe]], a [[Drop table|wheel drop]] recovered from Leicester MPD,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sowden |first=Phil |date=Autumn 2009 |title=The Wheel-drop at Leicester MPD |magazine=Severn Valley Railway News |pages=12–13 |issue=167}}</ref> and a boiler shop with overhead crane. Works to improve natural illumination, waterproof the shed more effectively, and fit the southern end with roller-shutter doors were completed in early 2009, and a further upgrade completed in 2022 included the installation of an overhead crane, replacement of the roof, and a number of environmental initiatives such as conversion to [[LED lighting]].<ref>{{cite web |date=August 2022 |title=Branch Lines, August 2022 |url=https://www.svrlive.com/blaug22 |access-date=14 August 2022 |website=SVRLive |publisher=Severn Valley Railway}}</ref>

===Traction maintenance depot===
[[File:Severn Valley Railway - Kidderminster Diesel Depot - geograph.org.uk - 7380205.jpg|thumb|The Traction Maintenance Depot at Kidderminster.]]
Diesel locomotives are maintained in the [[traction maintenance depot]] at Kidderminster, which is also known as Kidderminster Diesel Depot. It is a three-road diesel depot building which was opened in 2016, with facilities including a pit and an overhead crane. It allows the SVR to maintain and manage their fleet of diesel locomotives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CT Kidderminster TMD appeal |url=https://www.svrlive.com/kidderminster-tmd-appeal |access-date=10 April 2025 |website=svrlive |language=en}}</ref>

===Carriage works===
Although carriage painting and restoration is carried out at a number of locations along the railway, the main carriage repair works is in the former goods shed at Kidderminster which lies adjacent to the main [[Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line|Birmingham to Worcester]] line. As well as having a machine shop and fabrication equipment to carry out a full range of body and bogie repairs, the carriage works is also able to calibrate and adjust [[dynamo]] voltage regulators and to thoroughly overhaul and test vacuum brake equipment. As with the locomotive works, for health and safety reasons it is not normally open to the public.<ref>{{Cite news |title=SVR News Issue 81 |work=SVR News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=SVR News issue 82 |work=SVR News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Collin |title=SVR News issue 88 |work=SVR News |pages=North Star Carriage works}}</ref>

=== Carriage shed ===
[[File:Severn Valley Railway - Kidderminster carriage shed - geograph.org.uk - 7300702.jpg|thumb|Kidderminster carriage shed in 2022.]]
Kidderminster carriage shed is a modern warehouse with a single-span grey roof adjacent to the running line out of Kidderminster. It is used to store, maintain, clean, inspect and perform smaller ad-hoc repairs to the SVR's fleet of passenger carriages. It has 6 sidings, two outside the main shed, and is almost 1/4 of a mile long. Its maximum capacity is 62 carriages, which is useful to the railway when it is not operating, as it mitigates weathering to the carriages and allows undercover storage for extended periods. It was constructed between 1999 and 2000 using £1.7m funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.<ref>{{Cite news |title=SVR News issue 130 |work=SVR News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=SVR News issue 50 |work=SVR News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=SVR News issue 56 |work=SVR News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=SVR News issue 58 |work=SVR News}}</ref>

===The Engine House===
[[File:The Engine House, Highley - geograph.org.uk - 3982583.jpg|thumb|The Severn Valley Railway's Engine House at Highley, viewed from the running line parallel to it.|left]]
The Engine House, built on land adjacent to Highley station, provides covered accommodation and static display space for locomotives currently out of service, as well as space for displays of other rolling stock and an education/interpretation centre. It is normally open to the public when the railway is operating passenger trains, and serves as an attraction to the line.<ref>{{cite book |last=Williams |first=David C. |title=SVR Visitor Guide |publisher=Severn Valley Railway |year=2018 |edition=10th |page=33}}</ref>

==== Construction and opening ====
The land on which the Engine House stands was originally the sidings for Highley Colliery and was later used as the "Landsale Yard" for Alveley Colliery. The SVR had planned to use the area for a facility to store and display locomotives that did not hold current operational certificates as early as 1973.{{sfn|Vanns|2017|p=90}} After the opportunity arose to obtain matching [[Heritage Lottery]] funding alongside grants from the [[European Regional Development Fund]] and [[Advantage West Midlands]], the land was acquired by the SVR in August 2001. Planning permission for development was granted in 2004.{{sfn|Vanns|2017|p=90}}

The planned opening in mid-2007 was delayed by the flood damage at Highley in June of that year (see {{section link||Major infrastructure damage—summer 2007}}). It eventually opened to the public on 20 March 2008, on the same day that full line services resumed between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster.{{sfn|Vanns|2017|p=93}} An official opening was held on 28 April 2009, attended by the [[Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire]], Algernon Heber-Percy. A second dedication, along with that of the newly constructed footbridge at Highley station, was performed on 21 October 2009 by [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester]], who had been unable to attend the first ceremony due to illness.{{sfn|Vanns|2017|p=94}}