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In early 2021 The quoted cost of the project escalated. SVR News Winter 2020 quoted a figure of £80,000. The Charitable Trust launched its "'s planned 2020 appeal had aimed to raise £250,000. The Home and Dry appeal". The was for a revised project was cost of £425,000, later increased to £475,000 because of the subject 'spiralling cost of steel and additional improvements that are needed inside the spring 2021 [works'.<ref>[https:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|"Home and Dry" raffle]//www.svrlive.com/blaug21 Branch Lines August 2021]</ref> On 25 January 2022 the Charitable Trust announced that the whole £475,000 had been raised.<ref>[https://www.svr.co.uk/2022/01/25/the-severn-valley-railway-is-home-dry/ SVR News 212, 213Website] (retrieved 18 February 2022</ref>A small further appeal of £15,000 covered improved epoxy resin flooring.<refname=blaug22>[https://www.svrlive.com/blmar21 bldec21 Branch Lines, March 2021August 2022]</ref>.
The quoted cost Contractors arrived on site in April 2022, with areas out of bounds including the project escalated. SVR News Winter 2020 quoted a figure of £80,000main locomotive shed and paint shop. The Charitable Trust's planned 2020 appeal had aimed to raise £250,000A second-hand 6. The Home 3 ton capacity crane and Dry appeal was for a revised project cost of £425,000, later increased to £475,000 because supporting steel structure were installed as part of the 'spiralling cost of steel and additional improvements that are needed inside the works'.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blaug21 blnov21 Branch Lines August November 2021]</ref> When the project was phased, the first phase costs amounted to £380,000The works were completed on time and on budget.<ref name=blaug22/>
{{As [[Paintings ofthe Severn Valley Railway#Alan_Reade|2021|11}} phases 1 and 2 Alan Reade]] produced limited edition prints of the project were funded and in project deliveryshed, consisting of presented to key volunteers who worked on the roof, electricals, cladding, ground works and civils works. A suitable second-hand 6.3-ton crane with associated steelwork had also been identified. £430,000 had been raised towards the estimated £475k total cost.project<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blnov21 Branch Lines November 2021]SVR News 220</ref>.
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[[File:S7649_Loco_Yard_Bridgnorth_1972_David_Cooke.jpg| thumb|400px|right|Bridgnorth MPD in 1972 (David Cooke)]]
'''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 forms part of the [[Bridgnorth MPD]] and mainly occupies four buildings, the Loco Shed (ex-Portskewett), the Machine Shop (formerly the GWR Goods Shed), the Paint Shop (ex-[https://www.flickr.com/photos/40263244@N04/6639918873 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]].
An upgrade to the loco shed was also carried out in 2009, including the installation of roller shutter doors, side windows to improve lighting, and the provision of an enclosed paint shop within the ex-Heaton Mersey building.
===2021 2022 upgrade project===
By 2020 the loco shed roof was leaking and was thought to have only a two year lifespan. Lighting in the works was also considered inadequate, and there was no fit-for-purpose method of moving heavy items. A capital project 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|Charitable Trust's]] planned appeal in 2020 was deferred for the same reason.<ref>SVR Charitable Trust annual report and financial statements for the period ended 30 June 2020</ref>
The project included:
*A new roof with insulated panels, with at least 15% of which will be translucent to maximise daylight.
*Environmental measures including water harvesting and LED lighting to give full illumination throughout the building.
*Installing an 8-tonne overhead travelling crane, allowing heavy items to be moved safely and with ease.
In September early 2021 the Charitable Trust announced the launched its "Home and Dry appeal". The project was to be phased, with the main phase concentrating on subject of the roof spring 2021 [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|"Home and all associated works necessaryDry" raffle]].<ref>SVR News 212, including the foundations for the crane and electrical works213</ref><ref>[https://www. The crane would be installed latersvrlive. com/blmar21 Branch Lines, March 2021]</ref>
==Machine Shop ==
*0-4-0 Back/Well Tank No. 2 'Dolgoch' from the Talyllyn Railway (no. 63/1866 by Fletcher, Jennings & Co). Severn Valley Railway Engineering at Bridgnorth announced in 2010 that they had been awarded the contract for the new boiler of traditional rivetted construction with a copper inner firebox. This boiler was SVR No. 1
*In 2016 a new boiler was completed for ''Samson'', a replica for Beamish of a Stephen Lewin-built 0-4-0T originally constructed in 1874 at Lewin’s Poole Foundry.<ref>[http://www.rail.co.uk/rail-news/2016/new-narrow-gauge-steam-rivalry/ rail.co.uk, 20 May 2016] (Retrieved 13 April 2019)</ref><ref>[http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/2015/11/samson-boiler-construction-completed/ Beamish Transport Online, 20 November 2015] (Retrieved 13 April 2019)</ref>
*In 2018 Engineering Services was awarded a contract to build five new boilers for the Isle of Man Railway. Two The first two were delivered in 2020 and {{As of|2021|5|lc=y}} the third was complete and tubed fourth and components for the fourth was ongoingfifth in 2023, completing that order.<ref name="bldec20">[https://www.svrlive.com/bldec20 Branch Lines, December 2020]</ref><ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blmay21 Branch Lines, May 2021]</ref>
*[[BR 3MT 82045]] - the SVR is assembling the boiler of the new locomotive of the Riddles BR 3MT 2‑6‑2T class
Engineering Services also undertake contract overhauls for boilers of locomotives not resident on the SVR. An incomplete list includes:
*Quarry Hunslet 780/1902 ‘Alice’. Bala Lake Railway based locomotive received modifications with 3 washout mud doors, 2 re-located and tapped washout plug holes and 6 blanked off existing washout plug holes.<ref name="WRUAug2011">Express Points web round up, August 2011</ref>
*Andrew Barclay 0-4-0WT (works number 1995 of 1931) (2011). Ex-Burnhope Reservoir railway, later at Dinorwic Quarry where it became No. 70 ''Caledonia''. Based at Hollycombe Steam Collection. See also 2021 entry below.<ref name="WRUAug2011"/>
*Furness Railway 150 'Cumbria' - Hunslet Austerity works no 3794, arrived at Bridgnorth Boilershop on 1 August 2011.
*Hawthorn Leslie 2859 (Tanfield Railway No. 2) delivered at Tanfield on 6 August 2012.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX9iKxmaCJ4&feature=player_embedded Delivery of repaired boiler for Hawthorn Leslie 2859 (Tanfield Railway No. 2), YouTube 6 August 2012] (Retrieved 21 February 2013)</ref>
*No. 441 - Thomas Green Works ‘Barber’ 2ft Gauge 0-6-2ST, completed in 2013. The firebox was made by South Devon Railway
*Welshpool & Llanfair No. 10 ''Sir Drefaldwyn'' 20 December 2013 to 21 May 2015.<ref>SVR Engineering Twitter</ref>*Isle of Man Railway IOMR locomotive No. 11 ''Maitland'' arrived in 2014, returning 15 January 2016.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3043 SVR Forum 15 January 2014]</ref>
*Coffee Pot No. 1's boiler was sent to Bridgnorth for re-tubing in 2016.<ref>[http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/2016/09/ti-news-week-34-2016/ Beamish Transport Online, 22 September 2016] (Retrieved 2 August 2019)</ref>
*Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T No. 41241, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Completed December 2017.<ref>[https://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/3174/ivatt-boilers-steam-tested-in-readiness-for-worth-valley-50/ Steam Railway Magazine, 3 December 2017] (Retrieved 13 April 2019)</ref>
*Isle of Man Railway IOMR locomotive No. 15 ''Caledonia'' in 2018 and No. 4 ''Loch'' started that year.<ref>[http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=38197&headline=Five%20new%20boilers%20for%20locos%20-%20but%20what%27s%20the%20price%3F§ionIs=news&searchyear=2018 Isle of Man Today, 24 January 2018] (Retrieved 13 April 2019)</ref>*Penrhyn Slate Quarry No. 'Glyder' 0-4-0WT.<ref>SVR News 208</ref>.*Quarry Hunslet 779/1902 ‘Holy War’, ex-Dinorwic Slate Quarry, No. 3 from the Bala Lake Railway.<ref name="bldec20">Branch Lines December 2020</ref><ref name="SVR213">SVR News 213SVR213</ref>*Hollycombe Steam Museum Andrew Barclay 0-4-0WT No 1995 'Caledonia ' (2021)<ref name=SVR213/>*IOMR locomotive No. 12 'Hutchinson' had frame stretcher attention in the boilershop, and side tanks in the paintshop. The constituent parts and NB3 boiler returned to the Isle of Man in October 2023. *The boiler of IOMR No. 16 'Mannin'.
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==See also==
*[[Bridgnorth]]
*[[Bridgnorth MPD]]
*[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]]
*[[Steam and diesel locomotives visiting the SVR for contract overhauls]]
