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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 [[Carriage Repair Works|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 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.

== In preservation ==Although British Rail passenger services continued to 1970, the SVR had a presence in the yard since at least 1968. The remainder yard consists of two through sidings which are accessible from both ends of the yard is made up station, as well as a number of several interconnected dead end miscellaneous sidings. These sidings include No. 1 siding runs parallel to the Down Main and is mainly used to store the Paint Shop[[Demonstration Goods Train]], used as well as occasionally by locomotives assigned to paint passenger and goods [[Bewdley MPD]] or other rolling stock. The yard No. 2 siding is also home adjacent to a number of coaches that reside there permanently: GWR sleeper coach No. 1 and passes through the [[GWR 2233 Corridor Brake ThirdBewdley Goods Shed|2233Goods Shed]] , where wagon restoration is carried out by the [[Wagon Department]]. The northern part of No. 2 siding and Mark 3 sleepers its headshunt provide access to a dock platform, formerly used for loading goods wagons, now home to three [[Mk 3a Convertible SleeperList of shops|10569 and 10696sales coaches]] are used for staff accomodation at Bewdley; and GWR wartime ambulance car [[GWR 5804 Brake Third|5804]] which serves as the apprentice group mess coach; and GWR coaches [[GWR 98 Full Brake|98SVR Apprentices]] and [[GWR 5043 Full Third|5043]] are used as workshops and stores for spare partsgroup mess coach.

[[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter D2957|Ruston and Hornsby Diesel Shunter D2957]] The remainder of the yard is made up of several interconnected dead end sidings. These sidings include the resident shunting locomotivepaint shop, being formerly used as necessary to shunt paint passenger and goods rolling stock under repair. In January and February 2015, the yard was contracted to Severn Trent Water as a staging ground but since 2017 used for overhauls of [[Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_2010-2019#2015|repairs to the Elan Valley AqueductGWR 9615 Kitchen Diner First]], which runs under the railway near and then [[Folly PointLNER 43612 Open Third]].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>

The yard is home to a number of coaches that reside there permanently: GWR sleeper coach [[GWR 2233 Corridor Brake Third|2233]] and [[Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper|Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper 10696]] are used for staff accommodation at Bewdley, and [[GWR 98 Full Brake]] which is used as a workshop and stores for spare parts.  In the early days of preservation it was the base for the restoration of locomotives and rolling stock, before sites at first [[Bridgnorth]] and later [[Kidderminster]] became available. Even since then, several vehicles have been restored or overhauled there and some [[List of preservation groups |preservation groups]] consider themselves to be principally based there, including [[The 2857 Society]], [[Warwickshire Industrial Locomotive Preservation Trust |WILPT]], [[The LNER Carriage Group]], [[1501 Pannier Tank Association | 1501 PTA]] and [[Great Western (SVR) Association | GW(SVR)A]]. Current restoration projects are GWR Large Prairie 4150coaches [[GWR 2426 Toplight Full Third|2426]], [[GWR 4786 Full Third|4786]] and [[GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car|9581]]. Also undergoing overhaul is [[2047 Warwickshire | MW 2047 Warwickshire]]. Several static [[Goods Wagons | vans]] are used as stores and workshops for such preservation groups. [[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter 319290]] is has been ongoing in the resident shunting locomotive, being used as necessary to shunt rolling stock under repair. In January and February 2015, the yard since 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]]. In 1978, SVR volunteers, working with the [[Manpower Services Commission]], dismantled and removed a lack traverser from Swindon Works. This was then stored at [[Eardington]] to be used as part of a planned expansion of funds and manpower since the 1980s resulting in slow progresscarriage works at Bewdley. A new committee took over The plans were abandoned when the much larger [[The 4150 FundCarriage Repair Works |the 4150 Fundgoods shed at Kidderminster]] became available in 20071985, and progress has recently been progressing at a steady ratethe traverser was scrapped.