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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>.

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>.

During the Railway's independent operation, the two Cleobury Mortimer locomotives were initially housed in a the contractor's shed at Cleobury Town,<ref name=Beddoes/> and subsequently in the Railway's own single-road shed at Cleobury Town. The caption of a picture in "''Branch Lines around Cleobury Mortimer''" (Mitchell and Smith, 2007) suggests this was built in 1917.<ref group="note">The Railway opened in 1908; if 1917 is correct, it is not clear what whether the contractor's shed was used throughout the arrangements were before that dateperiod until then.</ref> Simple repairs were carried out there, while major repairs were carried out at the Worcester works of the GWR.<ref>[[Bibliography|Price (1995)]] p. 33.</ref> After the Railway became part of the GWR on 1 January 1922, the shed at Cleobury became a sub-shed of [[Kidderminster Shed]]. The caption in Mitchell and Smith suggests the Cleobury shed closed in July 1938 (shortly before the end of passenger services), however other sources suggest it remained a sub-shed of Kidderminster until 1962<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Railways_shed_codes Wikipedia List of British Railways Shed Codes]</ref>.