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|}The '''Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway ''' (CM&DPLR) opened in 1908. It connected with the [[Wyre Forest Line | Tenbury and Bewdley Railway]] at [[Wyre Forest Line#Cleobury Mortimer | Cleobury Mortimer]]. From there the line ran northwards for 12½ miles via Cleobury Town, Stottesdon and Burwarton to Ditton Priors. It became part of the Great Western Railway in 1922.

The CM&DPLR was built under the Light Railways Act of 1896. An order under the Act was granted in 1901 with construction eventually beginning late in 1906. <ref name=Price>[[Bibliography#Other References|Price (1995)]] pp.7-11.</ref> A goods service began on 19 July 1908, initially using the contractor's locos as the Railway's own locomotives were not delivered until August.<ref name=Beddoes>[[Bibliography#Books|Beddoes & Smith (1995)]] p. 65.</ref> The line opened for passenger traffic on 21 November 1908, although for the first six months the line speed was limited to 20mph rather than the 25mph permitted as a light railway while the track bed was allowed to consolidate<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|name=Price (1995)]] pp.7-11.</ref>.

Passenger numbers were never great and declined steadily after the First World War. The railway became part of the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1922 as part of the grouping under the Railway Act of 1921.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Price (1995)]] p.59.</ref> As early as the 1920s some stations had effectively become request stops, and by the 1930s traffic had reduced to two ‘mixed’ trains per day. Passenger services ceased altogether in September 1938. However in 1941 the Royal Navy opened a Royal Naval Armaments Depot (RNAD) at the end of line at RNAD Ditton Priors, close to Brown Clee Hill. The line therefore remained open for both freight and military traffic, and locomotives using the line were fitted with spark arrestors.

At opening When passenger services began in 1908 the Railway had two Manning Wardle 0-6-0 saddle tanks, works numbers 1734 Burwarton and 1735 Cleobury. The railway was absorbed into the GWR in May 1922, following which the locomotives were re-numbered as GWR 28 and 29; they were later rebuilt as pannier tanks at Swindon in 1930. They remained as the regular engines on the line, although other small GWR tank engines would appear on the line from time to time. During operation they were kept at a small [[Shed and Depot Codes|shed at Cleobury Town]],<ref name=Barfield>[[Bibliography|Barfield (1994)]] pp. 81-89.</ref> but were recorded as being at [[Kidderminster Shed]] between 1940 and 1945<ref>[[Bibliography|Turley (2005)]] p. 117.</ref>.

The Admiralty Depot only used diesel locomotives. A Planet diesel locomotive is believed to have been used by the RNAD but its dates of arrival and departure are not known. Later, three 'flameproof' 165hp [[Whyte notation|0-4-0]] diesel locomotives were supplied to RNAD Ditton Priors by Ruston and Hornsby of Lincoln in June 1952 (313390), March 1953 (319286) and May 1955.<ref>[https://chasewaterstuff.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/some-early-lines-cleobury-mortimer-and-ditton-priors-light-railway/ Some Early Lines – Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway, 6 November 2010 (a blog)] (Retrieved 18 September 2018)</ref>Locomotives 313390 (DP35) and 319286 are similar to the Ruston 165DMs present on the SVR, and survive in preservation.