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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]].

*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. The first two were delivered in 2020 and the fourth and components for the fifth in 2023, completing that order.<ref>[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

*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>

*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&sectionIs=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>Branch Lines December 2020</ref><ref name="SVR213">SVR213</ref>

*Hollycombe Steam Museum Andrew Barclay 0-4-0WT No 1995 'Caledonia' (2021)<ref name=SVR213/>