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The yard consists of two through sidings which are accessible from By 1878 both ends the Tenbury and Bewdley and the Severn Valley Railways were part of the station, as well as a number GWR. The Board of miscellaneous sidings. No. 1 siding runs parallel Trade Inspection in March 1878 prior to the Down Main and is mainly used to store opening of the [[Demonstration Goods TrainKidderminster Loop Line]], as well as occasionally by locomotives assigned to [[Bewdley MPD]] or other rolling stock. No. 2 siding reported ''"There is adjacent to No. 1 a turntable at Kidderminster and passes trains will run through the [[Bewdley Goods Shed|Goods Shed]], (where wagon restoration the present turntable is carried out by the being removed) to Woofferton"''.<ref>[[Wagon DepartmentBibliography#Bools | Beddoes & Smith (1995)]]p. 42. </ref> (The northern part of No. 2 siding and its headshunt provide access Bewdley turntable was subsequently moved to a dock platform, formerly used for loading the goods wagons, now home to three [[List of shops|sales coaches]]yard at Tenbury Wells - not Wooferton as is stated in some sources.). The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway signal box also became redundant around this time.
The remainder of the yard is made up of several interconnected dead end sidings. These sidings include the Paint Shop, used to paint passenger and goods rolling stock. The yard is also home to a number of coaches that reside there permanently: GWR sleeper coach [[GWR 2233 Corridor Brake Third|2233]] and Mark 3 sleepers [[Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper|10569 and 10696]] are used for staff accomodation at Bewdley; GWR wartime ambulance car [[GWR 5804 Brake Third|5804]] serves as the apprentice group mess coach; and GWR coaches [[GWR 98 Full Brake|98]] and [[GWR 5043 Full Third|5043]] are used as workshops and stores for spare parts.== In preservation ==
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[[File:Bewdley railway station 1795793 c24b1cba.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right|Bewdley Yard on 16/09/1963. Sidings 1 and 2, the goods shed, and the dock platform are visible on the right beyond the station]][[File:Outbuildings at Bewdley Station - geograph.org.uk - 1454696.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right|Bewdley Goods Shed]][[File:Bewdley_Paint_Shop_20150801.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right|Bewdley Paint Shop]]
The Down Yard at [[Bewdley]] is located to the South of station, on the Down (West) side of the main line. It was formerly used for the loading and unloading of goods wagons before the closure of the line by BR. The yard is now mainly used by the [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department]] for storage and repair of the SVR's [[Goods Wagons|collection of goods wagons]], and for the restoration and painting of [[carriages]], although the bulk of carriage repairs take place at [[Kidderminster]].
== In Preservation history==In common with the other principal crossing stations, Bewdley was provided with a goods yard and goods shed for the loading and unloading of goods wagons and temporary storage of goods. In 1864, two years after the opening of the Severn Valley Railway, Bewdley became the terminus of the [[Wyre Forest Line | Tenbury & Bewdley Railway]]. A 45ft turntable was installed in the goods yard by McKenzie, Clunes & Co, who also built a [[List of signal boxes# Tenbury and Bewdley Railway (at Bewdley) | signal box]] between the Down platform and the goods yard to serve the new railway.<ref>[[Bibliography#Bools | Beddoes & Smith (1995)]] p. 27.</ref>
The yard consists of two through sidings which are accessible from both ends of the station, as well as a number of miscellaneous sidings. No. 1 siding runs parallel to the Down Main and is mainly used to store the [[Demonstration Goods Train]], as well as occasionally by locomotives assigned to [[Bewdley MPD]] or other rolling stock. No. 2 siding is adjacent to No. 1 and passes through the [[Bewdley Goods Shed|Goods Shed]], where wagon restoration is carried out by the [[Wagon Department]]. The northern part of No. 2 siding and its headshunt provide access to a dock platform, formerly used for loading goods wagons, now home to three [[List of shops|sales coaches]] and GWR wartime ambulance car [[GWR 5804 Brake Third|5804]] which serves as the [[SVR Apprentices]] group mess coach. The remainder of the yard is made up of several interconnected dead end sidings. These sidings include the Paint Shop, used to paint passenger and goods rolling stock. The yard is also home to a number of coaches that reside there permanently: GWR sleeper coach [Ruston [GWR 2233 Corridor Brake Third|2233]] and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter D2957Mark 3 sleepers [[Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper|10569 and 10696]] are used for staff accommodation at Bewdley, and [[GWR 98 Full Brake]] which is used as a workshop and stores for spare parts. [[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter D2957319290]] is the resident shunting locomotive, being used as necessary to shunt rolling stock under repair. In January and February 2015, the yard was contracted to Severn Trent Water as a staging ground for [[Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_2010-2019#2015|repairs to the Elan Valley Aqueduct]], which runs under the railway near [[Folly Point]].
The restoration of [[GWR Large Prairie 4150]] is has been ongoing in the yard since 1978, with a lack of funds and manpower since the 1980s resulting in slow progress. A new committee took over [[The 4150 Fund|the 4150 Fund]] in 2007, and progress has recently been progressing at a steady rate.
There are plans to amend the track layout to eliminate the reverse move from the goods shed to access the paint shop, and instead to feed it from the back road and install a second track. It is hoped to re-clad the existing shop and have a second shed over a second track.<ref>Haynes, M., Bewdley Carriage Notes, SVR News No. 199 Autumn 2017, 39</ref>
In 1978, SVR volunteers, working with the [[Manpower Services Commission]], dismantled and removed a traverser from Swindon Works. This was then stored at [[Eardington]] to be used as part of a planned expansion of the carriage works at Bewdley. The plans were abandoned when the much larger [[Carriage Repair Works | goods shed at Kidderminster]] became available in 1985, and the traverser was scrapped.
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==See also==
[[:Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard | Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]]
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