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[[File: Bewdley_MPD_20150614.jpg|thumb|300px|right| The pit at Bewdley MPD]]
Bewdley MPD is a small open-air loco servicing facility, located at the South south end of the [[Rock Siding]] at [[Bewdley]], consisting of a pit and some light repair facilities. The pit was enlarged in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2002 | 2002]]; formerly it was not sufficiently deep to allow MPD staff to stand underneath the locomotives and was prone to flooding.
Bewdley MPD is used by steam locomotives on diagrams originating from [[Kidderminster]], as no steam locomotive facilities exist at Kidderminster. As there is no large store of coal at Bewdley, coaling is usually done on arrival at [[Bridgnorth]] later in the day, with a single loading being sufficient for a normal day's work of two round trips. When required, locomotives are sometimes stabled in Platform 3 or in the [[Bewdley Down Yard|Down Yard]], as it is only possible for one locomotive at a time to use the pit (which is required for both preparation and disposal), and also that access is generally only possible at one end of the Rock Siding, meaning that the last locomotive to enter the siding must be the first to depart.
