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[[File:Bridgnorth Station 04Bridgnorth_MPD_v2_20150614.JPGjpg| thumb|300px400px|right| Aerial view of Bridgnorth MPD including the loco works (Wikimedia Commons)shed, machine shop and boiler shop]]__TOC__'''Bridgnorth Loco Works''' is the home to [[Severn Valley Railway Engineering Services]] and is the SVR's main steam locomotive maintenance, repair and restoration facility. The Loco Works mainly occupies four buildings, the Loco Shed(ex-Portskewett), the Machine Shop(formerly the GWR Goods Shed), the paint shop Paint Shop (formerly ex-Heaton Mersey diesel depot) and the Boiler Shop. There is also a pattern shop, where patterns for castings are made and stored.
The Loco Works is normally closed to the public, although the Loco Shed and Machine Shop may be open for viewing during Gala events such as the [[Open House Weekend]].
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==Loco Shed==
When preservation began, the former Bridgnorth goods shed was initially used as a loco shed although it was very restricted in size. In spring 1972 the [[Guarantee Company|SVR Company]] purchased the ex-B.R. Diesel Depot building at Heaton Mersey, Stockport.<ref>SVR News 23</ref> Later that year a large disused building at Portskewett, near Severn Tunnel Junction, was also identified as a possible loco shed building.<ref>SVR News 31</ref>. When the latter building was acquired in 1974, it was planned to begin construction using the Heaton Mersey building, with the Portskewett shed potentially being destined for the [[Stourport Triangle]].<ref>SVR News 33</ref> However when construction of the loco shed began in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1976 | March 1976]], it was done using parts of the former Portskewett Shed, with the pits being dug the following November and the building completed in April 1977.<ref>SVR News 44</ref> The ex-Heaton Mersey shed was added in 1978 to the rear of the ex-Portskewett Shed, adjacent to the Goods Shed.<ref>SVR News 49</ref>
In 2009 an upgrade to the loco shed included the installation of roller shutter doors, side windows to improve lighting, and the provision of an enclosed paint shopwithin the ex-Heaton Mersey building. A capital project for a new roof, lighting and overhead crane planned for 2020-2021 was initially put on hold due to the effects of the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]].<ref>SVR(H) annual report and financial statements for the period ended 5 January 2020</ref> The [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]] intend to raise £80,000 during 2021, with a start to be made that summer<ref>SVR News212</ref>.
===Wheel drop===
The loco shed includes a wheel drop which was formerly located at the Leicester Midland MPD (shed 15C). This was purchased and installed following an appeal for funds launched in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2009 | summer 2009]]. Installation involved digging a hole 6m deep, relocating a mains water pipe and pouring 200m<sup>3</sup> of concrete.<ref>[http://www.georgelaw.co.uk/casestudies/actual/bridgnorthwheeldrop.aspx Bridgnorth Wheel Drop case study on George Law's web site]</ref> The wheel drop won the [[Awards|National Railway Heritage Awards FirstGroup Skills Award]] in 2010.<ref>[http://nrha.org.uk/winners-2010/] NRHA Awards 2010</ref>
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File: 42968 at Bridgenorth.jpg |Interior view of the loco shed with 42968 on the wheel drop (Wikimedia Commons)
File:Wheeldrop award.jpg|The wheel drop award on display in the Loco Works
The newly-installed wheel drop was used 'in anger' for the first time on 29 July 2010, when the trailing driving wheel set was removed from [[42968|Stanier mogul 42968]] to attend to loose axle boxes.<ref>SVR News 170/171</ref> This series of photos shows the wheel drop in use to remove a tender wheelset from [[GWR 7802 Bradley Manor]]
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The machine shop includes a Noble and Lund wheel lathe, acquired from BR’s Derby Loco Works in 1972.
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File: Wheel_Lathe_20150718.jpg | The Noble and Lund wheel lathe
File:BridgnorthMachineShopDavidCooke1.jpg | General view of the Machine Shop.
*Penrhyn Slate Quarry No. 'Glyder' 0-4-0WT<ref>SVR News 208</ref>
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File:43106 Boiler Test WD 314153 Rear.jpg|Test of [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106|43106]]'s boiler outside the boiler works (K. Wilkinson)
7802 Boiler Test WD 314153 Rear.jpg|Test of [[GWR 7802 Bradley Manor|7802 Bradley Manor]]'s boiler at the front of Bridgnorth works (R. Westwood)
