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===Wheel drop===
The loco shed includes a wheel drop which was formerly located at the Leicester Midland MPD (shed 15C). This was purchased and installed following an appeal for funds launched in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2009 | summer 2009]]. Installation involved digging a hole 6m deep, relocating a mains water pipe and pouring 200m<sup>3</sup> of concrete.<ref>[http://www.georgelaw.co.uk/casestudies/actual/bridgnorthwheeldrop.aspx Bridgnorth Wheel Drop case study on George Law's web site]</ref> The wheel drop won the [[Awards|National Railway Heritage Awards FirstGroup Skills Award]] in 2010.<ref>[http://nrha.org.uk/winners-2010/] NRHA Awards 2010]</ref>
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*0-4-0 Back/Well Tank No. 2 'Dolgoch' from the Talyllyn Railway (no. 63/1866 by Fletcher, Jennings & Co). Severn Valley Railway Engineering at Bridgnorth announced in 2010 that they had been awarded the contract for the new boiler of traditional rivetted construction with a copper inner firebox. This boiler was SVR No. 1
*In 2016 a new boiler was completed for ''Samson'', a replica for Beamish of a Stephen Lewin-built 0-4-0T originally constructed in 1874 at Lewin’s Poole Foundry.<ref>[http://www.rail.co.uk/rail-news/2016/new-narrow-gauge-steam-rivalry/ rail.co.uk, 20 May 2016] (Retrieved 13 April 2019)</ref><ref>[http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/2015/11/samson-boiler-construction-completed/ Beamish Transport Online, 20 November 2015] (Retrieved 13 April 2019)</ref>
*In 2018 Engineering Services was awarded a contract to build five new boilers for the Isle of Man Railway. Two were delivered in 2020 and {{As of|20202021|125|lc=y}} the construction of the third was complete and tubed and the fourth was ongoing.<refname="bldec20">[https://www.svrlive.com/bldec20 Branch Lines, December 2020]</ref><ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blmay21 Branch Lines, May 2021]</ref>
*[[BR 3MT 82045]] - the SVR is assembling the boiler of the new locomotive of the Riddles BR 3MT 2‑6‑2T class
===Contract boiler overhauls===
Engineering Services also undertake contract overhauls for boilers of locomotives not resident on the SVR. An incomplete list includes:
*Quarry Hunslet 780/1902 ‘Alice’. Bala Lake Railway based locomotive received modifications with 3 washout mud doors, 2 re-located and tapped washout plug holes and 6 blanked off existing washout plug holes.<refname="WRUAug2011">Express Points web round up, August 2011</ref>*Andrew Barclay 0-4-0WT (works number 1995 of 1931) (2011). Ex-Burnhope Reservoir railway, later at Dinorwic Quarry where it became No. 70 ''Caledonia''. Based at Hollycombe Steam Collection. See also 2021 entry below.<ref>Web Round Up, August 2011<name="WRUAug2011"/ref>
*Furness Railway 150 'Cumbria' - Hunslet Austerity works no 3794, arrived at Bridgnorth Boilershop on 1 August 2011.
*Hawthorn Leslie 2859 (Tanfield Railway No. 2) delivered at Tanfield on 6 August 2012.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX9iKxmaCJ4&feature=player_embedded Delivery of repaired boiler for Hawthorn Leslie 2859 (Tanfield Railway No. 2), YouTube 6 August 2012] (Retrieved 21 February 2013)</ref>
*Isle of Man Railway locomotive No. 15 ''Caledonia'' in 2018 and No. 4 ''Loch'' started that year.<ref>[http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=38197&headline=Five%20new%20boilers%20for%20locos%20-%20but%20what%27s%20the%20price%3F§ionIs=news&searchyear=2018 Isle of Man Today, 24 January 2018] (Retrieved 13 April 2019)</ref>
*Penrhyn Slate Quarry No. 'Glyder' 0-4-0WT<ref>SVR News 208</ref>.
*Quarry Hunslet 779/1902 ‘Holy War’, ex-Dinorwic Slate Quarry, No. 3 from the Bala Lake Railway.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/name="bldec20 Branch Lines, December 2020] (Retrieved 12 December 2020)<"/ref><ref name=SVR213>SVR News 213</ref>
*Hollycombe Steam Museum Andrew Barclay 0-4-0WT No 1995 Caledonia (2021)<ref name=SVR213/>
