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[[File:Bridgnorth_MPD_v2_20150614.jpg| thumb|400px|right|Bridgnorth MPD including the loco shed, machine shop and boiler shop]]
[[File:S7649_Loco_Yard_Bridgnorth_1972_David_Cooke.jpg| thumb|400px|right|Bridgnorth MPD in 1972 (David Cooke)]]
'''Bridgnorth Loco Works''' is the home to [[Severn Valley Railway Engineering Services]] and is the SVR's main steam locomotive maintenance, repair and restoration facility. The Loco Works mainly occupies four buildings, the Loco Shed (ex-Portskewett), the Machine Shop (formerly the GWR Goods Shed), the Paint Shop (ex-Heaton Mersey diesel depot) and the Boiler Shop. There is also a pattern shop, where patterns for castings are made and stored.
In 2009 an upgrade to the loco shed included the installation of roller shutter doors, side windows to improve lighting, and the provision of an enclosed paint shop within the ex-Heaton Mersey building. A capital project for a new roof, lighting and overhead crane planned for 2020-2021 was initially put on hold due to the effects of the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]].<ref>SVR(H) annual report and financial statements for the period ended 5 January 2020</ref> The [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]] intend to raise £80,000 during 2021, with a start to be made that summer. The project was the subject of the spring 2021 [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|"Home and Dry" raffle]]<ref>SVR News 212, 213</ref>.
The small brick building to on the left of the shed in the main picture pictures above pre-dates preservation and is used an oil store. Two other BR-era buildings in front of the Goods Shed seen in the 1972 view were demolished shortly afterwards to make way for the 'new' loco shed.
===Wheel drop===
==Machine Shop ==
[[File:S0609 Bridgnorth Yard 1973.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bridgnorth Goods Shed c. 1973]]
The Loco Works’ Works' machine shop is located in the former '''Bridgnorth Goods Shed ''' adjacent to the loco shed. The brick-built shed can be seen in this 1973 view; the corrugated shed which stood in front of it and is visible in the 1972 view above was in course of demolition at the time.
The machine shop includes a Noble and Lund wheel lathe, acquired from BR’s Derby Loco Works in 1972.
