Wagon Review Group
The Wagon Review Group was created late in 2015. In March 2017 the group formed a committee to take the wagon shed project forward, and the following month it appointed a Treasurer "both to manage money raised and to assist the Group with the identification and implementation of practical fundraising initiatives in cooperation with other SVR organisations."[1]
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Objectives
Its major objectives are:
- Improving the public presentation and display of the wonderful collection of historical wagons residing on the SVR. Possible ways include the stationing of wagons at suitable locations, and the operation of more demonstration freight trains.
- Keeping alive the craft of operating freight trains by running more freights and thus retaining the skills of the operating staff. This will have the effect of increasing the interest for visitors to the Railway
- Improving the workshop facilities available to the Wagon Dept to ease and accelerate the restoration of wagons. Its hoped to "piggy back" this onto current plans to improve the carriage restoration facilities at Bewdley.
- Improving the conservation of wagons, both restored and not, by providing covered accommodation for at least the most vulnerable.
The wagon shed project
The site at Bewdley Triangle is no longer available, and attention has turned to the site of the GWR sidings adjacent to the former BSC works at Foley Park.
- In February 2016 the site was cleared of undergrowth to allow a detailed site survey.
- In April 2016 the information was used to prepare possible track layouts and illustrations.[2]
- At March 2017 the survey had been used to prepare outline plans, discuss them with the SVR management and other key parties, and obtain approximate prices for creating such a facility.