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[[File:KidderminsterDieselDepot D7029 Interior 30012016.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The interior of the Diesel Depot in January 2016 (Jeff Atkins)]]

The '''Kidderminster Diesel Depot''', also sometimes referred to as the TMD (Traction Maintenance Depot), stands on the space of ground between the [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]] and the [[Kidderminster Footbridge]], and is used to maintain most of the SVR's fleet of [[Diesel Locomotives|Diesel locomotives]]. Although visible from the footbridge across the station throat, the site is not directly visible to SVR visitors until they have boarded a train and are departing towards [[Bewdley]]. The Depot is normally closed to the public, but may be open during special events such as Diesel Galas and the annual [[Open House Weekend]] and [[Peep Behind the Scenes]].<br>Although the names 'Diesel Depot' and 'Traction Maintenance Depot' are synonymous and refer to the entire site, the term 'Diesel Depot' is frequently used to refer specifically to the large workshop building. In July 2018 the depot was given a TOPS location code - 65942.

==Construction Although the names 'Diesel Depot' and facilities=='Traction Maintenance Depot' are synonymous and refer to the entire site, the term 'Diesel Depot' is frequently used to refer specifically to the large workshop building opened in 2016.

Early plans for a Diesel Depot maintenance building involved re-erecting In July 2018 the depot was given a building from the former Burton-upon[[TOPS_codes#TOPS_location_codes | TOPS location code]] -Trent Diesel Depot. However it transpired that changes to building regulations would have made the cost greater than if new steelwork was used65942, and the plans were shelvedis listed as 'Kidderminster Traction Maintenance Depot Severn Valley Railway'.<ref name=SVR166>SVR News 166[http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/crs/CRSk.shtm Location Codes on www.railwaycodes.org.uk]</ref> On Network Rail's open data TRUST timetabling system the TMD is 'Kidderminster Tmd (Svr)', although trains may only be timetabled to 'Kidderminster S.V.R.'.

During ==Construction==The area in which the mid-2000s, plans for a purpose built facility were drawn up at Diesel Depot is situated was formerly the request north end of the SVR(H) Board. These were approved and detailed design work was under way when the SVR was hit by the [[2007 Storm DamageKidderminster mainline station#Goods yard|2007 flood damageKidderminster goods yard's bottom yard]]. After a delay while repairs to Little evidence of the original goods yard remains apart from the railway were made, a revised plan was prepared former Shunter's Cabin which is still in 2009 which reduced situ near the amount of contaminated ground that would need entrance to be removed where the facility would be builtDepot. Fund raising at the time included the proceeds of the autumn 2009 [[SVRA]] raffle.<ref name=SVR166/>

Construction of Early plans for a Diesel Depot maintenance building involved re-erecting a building from the new restoration and storage building eventually took place during 2015. This valuable facility contains three roadsformer Burton-upon-Trent Diesel Depot, originally bought by The [[Western Locomotive Association]], with facilities including a pit dismantled and an overhead crane allowing the restoration of these complex but useful locomotives to take placestored at Kidderminster. Previously facilities had been in the open air, with volunteers being exposed However it transpired that changes to building regulations would have made the elements. The cost greater than if new depot provides 1,000 square meters of covered space, two locomotive inspection pits, lifting jackssteelwork was used, and a 10 tonne overhead travelling cranethe plans were shelved.<refname=SVR166>[http://www.svrdieselshed.co.uk/assets/NBI-H-203_svr_diesel_%20locomotive_maintenance_depot.pdf SVR NBI-H-203] "SVR Diesel Locomotive Maintenance Depot" 22 Dec 2014News 166</ref> The first locomotives entered the Diesel Depot on Saturday 30th January 2016. On 20 May 2016 the Chairman of Network Rail unveiled a plaque to celebrate the opening of the Diesel Depot.

The Depot is also home to During the mid-2000s, plans for a separate mess room purpose built facility for diesel group volunteers, as well as one were drawn up at the request of the railway's SVR(H) Board. These were approved and detailed design work was under way when the SVR was hit by the [[Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper 2007 Storm Damage| sleeping coaches2007 flood damage]]. After a delay while repairs to the railway were made, a revised plan was prepared in 2009 which offers overnight accommodation reduced the amount of contaminated ground that would need to volunteer staff be removed where the facility would be built. Fund raising at the time included the proceeds of the Autumn 2009 [[SVRA]] raffle.<ref name=SVR166/> Members of Wyre Forest District Council’s planning committee approved an application in March 2013 and 2014 saw the site cleared by the groups who are away from homehad locomotives and parts stored there, vegetation cleared and the track lifted in preparation. Construction of the new restoration and storage building eventually took place during 2015. Principal contractor was C21 Construction Ltd<ref name=Depotwebsite>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160408012203/http://www.svrdieselshed.co.uk/index.htm SVR Diesel Shed webpage (archived)] (Retrieved 18 July 2018)</ref>.

In January 2017 it was announced that the Diesel Depot had won the 2016 Heritage Railway Association award for Modern Traction for its <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="major contribution to modern traction preservationtext-align:left".<ref>[httpFile://wwwDiesel_Depot_20150503.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/15004436.Coveted_heritage_railway_industry_award_for_Severn_Valley_Railway__39_s_diesel_depot/?ref=mr&lp=20 Kidderminster Shuttle]jpg|Construction in progress in May 2015</refgallery>

===AWS ramps=Funding==In April The General Manager was quoted as saying the project value was £800,000.<ref>[http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/15004436.Coveted_heritage_railway_industry_award_for_Severn_Valley_Railway__39_s_diesel_depot/ 'Severn Valley Railway unveils £800,000 Kidderminster Diesel Depot', Kidderminster Shuttle, 21 May 2016] (Retrieved 18 July 2018 )</ref> Funding was provided in part by a loan from HSBC to [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|SVR(H)]], the railway obtained from Network Rail full loan amount of £372,000 was drawn down in October 2015 and Siemens two AWS ramps recovered from Birmingham New Street Resignalling was converted to a fifteen year fixed term loan on 11 March 2016.<ref name=SVR2018>SVR(Phase 4H) Annual Report for the period ending 2 January 2018</5)ref> [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|The Guarantee Company]] subscribed £25, which 000 for this project and contributions were installed also made by [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|Charitable Trust]] (£67,600 in 2015-16) and [[List of preservation groups|diesel preservation groups]].<ref>Minutes of the Severn Valley Railway Company Limited AGM 20 August 2016</ref><ref>[http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends23/0001092723_AC_20170630_E_C.PDF SVR Charitable Trust Report and Financial Statements 30 June 2017]</ref> The SVR Diesel Shed webpage (archived) listed as at 2016 the following groups as involved in the project: The [[Diesel Traction Group]], The [[Class 50 Alliance Limited|Fifty Fund]], The [[Western Locomotive Association]], The [[Class 08 Society]], [[The DMU Group (West Midlands)|The SVR DMU Group]], [[Kidderminster Yard to test home fleet Shunter Fund|12099]] and [[Somerset & Dorset Loco Company|Somerset Traction Ltd (D8188)]]. Other supporting companies listed were CADdata, GBRf, Locomaster Profiles, Strathwood Publications, Virgin Trains and visiting locomotive AWS systems before they leave for the main lineVisions International.<ref name=Depotwebsite/>

==Kidderminster TMD appeal November 2016Facilities==In November 2016 This valuable facility contains three roads, with facilities including a pit and an overhead crane allowing the [[List restoration of preservation groups| SVR's Diesel Groups]] and the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]] launched a fundraising campaign these complex but useful locomotives to improve take place. Previously facilitieshad been in the open air, ring fenced for diesel projects onlywith volunteers being exposed to the elements. These include a purpose-built workshop for restoring and maintaining component partsThe new depot provides 1,000 square meters of covered space, two locomotive inspection pits, and an amenity block for overnight accommodationlifting jacks, toilet and washing facilitiesa 10 tonne overhead travelling crane.<ref>[http://svrtrustwww.svrdieselshed.orgco.uk/ourassets/NBI-projects/dieselH-depo203_svr_diesel_%20locomotive_maintenance_depot.html pdf SVR Charitable Trust, NBI-H-203] "Kidderminster SVR Diesel Locomotive Maintenance Depot"] (Retrieved 16 February 2017)22 Dec 2014</ref><ref>[https://wwwThe first locomotives entered the Diesel Depot on 30 January 2016.svrliveOn 20 May 2016 the Chairman of Network Rail unveiled a plaque to celebrate the opening of the Diesel Depot.com/copy-of-news-171016-1-7714 SVRLive, "Kidderminster TMD Appeal"] (Retrieved 16 February 2017)</ref>

<gallery mode=packed heights=Gallery200px style==<gallery"text-align:left">File:Diesel_Depot_20150503.jpg|Construction in progress in May 2015File:Diesel_Depot_Name_20151122.jpg|This impressive name board is visible from passing trainsFile:50049engine.jpg|[[BR Class 50 50049 Defiance|50049 Defiance]] having its engine replaced

File:KidderminsterDieselDepot D7029 30012016.jpg|[[BR Class 35 D7029|D7029]] was the first locomotive to enter the depot on 30 Jan 2016, breaking through a ceremonial ribbon (Jeff Atkins)

File:KidderminsterDieselDepot D3022 30012016.jpg|[[BR Class 08 D3022|D3022]] in the Diesel Depot on 30 Jan 2016 (Jeff Atkins)

File:Diesel Depot Plaque 20180408.jpg|Plaque marking the opening ceremony on 20 May 2016

File:Diesel_Depot_Name_20151122.jpg|This impressive name board is visible from passing trains

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The Depot is also home to a separate mess room facility for diesel group volunteers, as well as one of the railway's [[Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper | sleeping coaches]], which offers overnight accommodation to volunteers.

 

<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">

Diesel_Depot_Shunters_Cabin_20210526.jpg|The former goods yard Shunters' Cabin now used by diesel group volunteers

File: BR_10713_20150402.jpg|BR Mk 3a sleeper 10713

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===Subsequent developments===

*Kidderminster TMD appeal November 2016 - In November 2016 the [[List of preservation groups| SVR's Diesel Groups]] and the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]] launched a fundraising campaign to improve facilities, ring fenced for diesel projects only. These include a purpose-built workshop for restoring and maintaining component parts, and an amenity block for overnight accommodation, toilet and washing facilities.<ref>[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-projects/diesel-depo.html SVR Charitable Trust, "Kidderminster Diesel Depot"] (Retrieved 16 February 2017)</ref><ref name=SVRLive>[https://www.svrlive.com/kidderminster-tmd-appeal SVRLive, "Kidderminster TMD Appeal"] (Retrieved 16 February 2017)</ref> By 2020 this appeal referred instead to "funding of a raft of new equipment for the Diesel Depot [..] mostly aimed at making the work there safer and more efficient".<ref>[https://svrtrust.org.uk/Diesel-projects SVR Charitable Trust, "Diesel projects"] (Retrieved 26 January 2020)</ref>

 

*New lifting jacks - In 2017 [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|SVR(H)]] purchased four new 35t Mechan lifting jacks with a total cost of £122,426, £58,300 of which was funded by the [[List of preservation groups|Diesel Groups]], a shareholder and other donations. These jacks can lift all diesels currently based on the Railway and offer the opportunity for further contract work.<ref name=SVR2018/>

 

*In September 2017 trackwork remodelling allowed access and stabling outside all shed roads in the South yard.<ref name=SVRLive/>

 

*AWS ramps - In April 2018 the railway obtained from Network Rail and Siemens two AWS ramps recovered from Birmingham New Street Resignalling (Phase 4/5), which were installed in Kidderminster Yard to test home fleet and visiting locomotive AWS systems before they leave for the main line.

 

The Charitable Trust made further grants in 2018 and 2019.

 

===Gallery===

<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">

File:50049engine.jpg|[[BR Class 50 50049 Defiance|50049 Defiance]] having its engine replaced

File:Diesel_Depot_20160716.jpg | Locomotives receiving attention during the July 2016 Peep Behind the Scenes event

File:50007onjacks1.jpg | 50007 being lifted for maintenance, Nov 2017

File:D1015SteveWainwright2.jpg | Engine removed from Western Champion

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==Award==

In January 2017 it was announced that the Diesel Depot had won the 2016 Heritage Railway Association award for Modern Traction for its "major contribution to modern traction preservation".<ref>[http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/15004436.Coveted_heritage_railway_industry_award_for_Severn_Valley_Railway__39_s_diesel_depot/?ref=mr&lp=20 Kidderminster Shuttle]</ref>

 

==Diesel locomotives visiting the SVR for contract overhauls==

''[[Steam and diesel locomotives visiting the SVR for contract overhauls|See main article]]''

 

The TMD earns revenue for the SVR by offering the use of its facilities for overhauls, repairs and repainting of visiting mainline and preserved locomotives either as part of arrangements for visiting traction at galas and special events, or separately.

 

==Non-diesel usage==

The TMD is an SVR asset and the Railway may from time to time use it for other purposes, such as maintenance of its engineering wagon fleet. In Summer 2022 newly overhauled [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall]] was painted there.

==See also==

*[[Kidderminster | Kidderminster station]]<br>*[[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]]<br>*[[List of preservation groups| SVR's Diesel Groups]]<br>*[[Awards]]*[[Steam and diesel locomotives visiting the SVR for contract overhauls]]

==References==

==Links==

[https://www.svrlive.com/Pages/DieselDepot.aspx kidderminster-tmd-appeal Latest news] on SVRLive Kidderminster Diesel Depot page

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