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This page gives details and examples of the types of '''locomotives used on the Severn Valley Branch in commercial service''' from opening in 1862 until closure. For information on locomotives used since preservation see the [[List of rolling stock|rolling stock pages]].
The article is intended to cover locomotives used regularly on scheduled passenger and freight services. It includes , including non-GWR locomotives used by the GWR during World War 2 Two for passenger and freight services, and ex-LMS locomotives used by BR. It However it does not include the following:*LNWR or LMS locomotives which ran over the [[Tenbury Branch]] and [[Kidderminster Loop Line]] via Bewdley under running rights before the BR era, or *[[Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway]] locomotives working to that branch from [[Kidderminster Shed]]*Locomotives used on wartime services such as Stourport hospital trains*Locomotives visiting Bewdley and Stourport on Bank Holiday excursions.*Locomotives involved in the construction of [[Ironbridge power station]], or modern locomotives used to transport coal there via Coalbrookdale.
Due to the number involved, external links to Wikipedia pages giving more information on locomotive designers and locomotive classes are included within the article text rather than as a footnote. These may be identified by an external link icon thus: '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_2201_Class GWR 2201 Class]'''.
==Passenger and mixed traffic locomotives==
[[File:Wribbenhall Viaduct 1897.jpg|thumb|400px|right| GWR 2-4-0 No 180 on Wribbenhall Viaduct circa 1897]]
The Severn Valley Branch opened in 1862 and was initially operated by the [[West Midland Railway]] whose locomotive superintendent was '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wilson_(engineer) [Edward Wilson]''']. The WMR itself had been formed in 1860 by the amalgamation of a number of companies including the [[Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway]]. Locomotives of the WMR and its constituents were therefore the first to be used on the Severn Valley Branch.
Wilson remained in charge until the WMR was absorbed by the GWR in 1863. In 1864 '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Armstrong_(engineer) Joseph Armstrong]''' succeeded '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gooch Sir Daniel Gooch]''' as locomotive superintendent of the GWR at Swindon, while Joseph's brother '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armstrong_(engineer) George Armstrong]''' ran the GWR's other works at [[Wolverhampton|Stafford Road, Wolverhampton]]. For some years thereafter, Swindon remained more involved in broad gauge locomotive design and construction while Wolverhampton was focused on standard gauge activities. Many of the constituent company locomotives were rebuilt there during their working lives, and a variety of 'Wolverhampton types' could be seen on the Severn Valley line until the end of the nineteenth century.<ref name=Nabarro>[[Bibliography#Books|Nabarro (1971), pp 57-63, 'Locomotives on the Line, 1862-1968', plus various photos]]</ref>
*'''West Midland Railway and other locomotives inherited by the GWR''': 2-4-0 locomotives were commonly used for passenger traffic during the 19th century, some continuing into the years leading up to World War 1. These included the following constituent company locomotives acquired by the GWR:
:*Nos 106 and 107: 2-4-0 locomotives built by Fairburn in 1845, ex-Birkenhead Railway. Partly rebuilt at Wolverhampton in the 1870s. Withdrawn in 1900 and 1902.<refname=Smith>DJ [[Bibliography#Books|Smith (1968)]]</ref>
:*No 151: 2-4-0 locomotive used until the 1920s.<ref name=Vanns>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998)]] pp. 14-21, 'Locomotives'.</ref>
:*No 180: 2-4-0 locomotive ex-OWW built by R&W Hawthorn in 1853, withdrawn 1899.<ref name=Marshall>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] pp. 135-138, 'Signalling and Operations: Locomotives', plus various photos.</ref>
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_2201_Class GWR 2201 Class]''': Dean's inside-framed 2-4-0s worked many passenger trains on the branch. They were built at Swindon in 1881-2 and were a domeless-boilered development of Joseph Armstrong's 806 class. No 2209 was photographed on a Shrewsbury to Kidderminster service on 11 June 1915.<ref name = Geens>[[Bibliography#Books|Geens (1985)]]</ref> All the class had been withdrawn by the end of 1921.
*'''Barnums''': A number of 'Barnums' were used on the Branch.<ref name=Smith/><ref name=Nabarro/> The true 'Barnums' were the '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_3206_Class GWR 3206 Class]''', built in 1889 and considered William Dean's most successful 2-4-0 design. They were the last GWR locos built with "sandwich" frames. They began life as express mixed traffic locomotives but by the 1920s had been relegated to work on branch lines such as the Severn Valley.<ref>Wikipedia</ref> Nabarro suggests the term was applied to other earlier classes of 2-4-0 including the Joseph Armstrong '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_56_Class GWR 717 class]''' single framed 2-4-0, the 439 class (see above), and the Gooch '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gooch_standard_gauge_locomotives GWR 149 class]'''<ref name=Nabarro/>.
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_3252_Class GWR 3252 'Duke' Class]''': 'Dukes' were outside framed 4-4-0 locomotives built under Dean between 1895 and 1899 and originally intended for express passenger train work. However several worked on the Severn Valley Branch as late as World War II, including 3254 Cornubia (shedded at Kidderminster), 3284 Isle of Jersey (shedded at Stourbridge) and 3276 (formerly called 'Dartmoor', shedded at Shrewsbury)<ref name = Nabarro/>.
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_3300_Class GWR 3300 Class]''': Dean's double-framed inside cylinder 4-4-0 'Bulldogs' (built 1898-1910) also appeared on the Branch during the Second World War. No. 3393 ''Australia'' was [[Kidderminster Shed]]'s only 'named locomotive', being allocated there between January and July 1946, from where it mainly worked goods trains to Shrewsbury<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] p. 126.</ref>.
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File:GWR_3338_Laira.jpg|A GWR 3300 'Bulldog' Class locomotive (Wikipedia)
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_5700_Class GWR 5700 Class]''': Churchward was succeeded as CME in 1921 by Collett. He designed the most prolific class of GWR locomotive, the 0-6-0PT 'pannier tank' of which more than 860 were built between 1929 and 1950. Although nominally intended for shunting duties(which they carried out at [[Kidderminster mainline station#Goods yard|Kidderminster Goods Yard]] and elsewhere), they were regularly used on local freight and passenger workings in which capacity they served on the Branch until closure. Fittingly, on Sunday 8 September the final 6.58pm Bridgnorth to Birmingham Snow Hill train, normally a diesel railcar service, was hauled by ex-GWR pannier tanks 9624 and 4665 carrying a ‘Special Last Train’ headboard. Many examples are preserved including the SVR's [[5764]] and [[7714]].
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File:Oldbury-Viaduct-3619-1963-01-26.jpg|Ex-GWR Pannier 3619 on a Southbound passenger train in 1963 ([[Sellick Collection]])
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_6400_Class GWR 6400 Class]''': A further Collett design, for light passenger and push pull workings, and classified by BR as 2P. Three survived to preservation and 6412, 6430 and 6435 have all [[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|visited the SVR for galas]].
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File:Kidderminster station, with auto-train to Bewdley geograph-2571495-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|Ex-GWR Pannier 6424 arrives with an auto train from Bewdley in 1963 (Geograph)
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_railcars GWR AEC Diesel Railcar]''': Another of Collett's designs, GWR Diesel Railcars were introduced in 1936 on passenger services between Kidderminster, Hartlebury and Stourport, and after World War 2 they were occasionally used on services travelling the whole length of the line. They were generally a successful design although several examples caught fire including No. 10 which was [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Accidents| burnt out at Bridgnorth in March 1956]]. Four examples are preserved including [[Railcar 22]] which was resident on the SVR for some years.
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*'''GWR 5101 Class 'Large Prairie''': First used during the Second World War. Covered under goods locomotives below, although they also saw regular use on passenger services. *'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_3_2-6-2T BR Standard 3MT 2-6-2T]''': Following nationalisation in 1947, the line at first continued to use predominantly ex-GWR locomotives. From their introduction in 1952/3 BR Standard 3 tanks appeared on the Severn Valley line.<ref>[http://82045.org.uk/news/82045_news-nov21.html November news, 82045 SLT]</ref> In October 1955 the GWR prairies allocated to Shrewsbury were transferred to South Wales and replaced initially by 3 BR Standard 3MT 2-6-2T's together with various ex-LMS tank engines (see below)<ref name=Webb>[[Bibliography#Books|Webb (2006)]] p. 36.</ref>. 45 BR Standard 3MT 2-6-2T locomotives were built at BR's Swindon works between 1952 and 1955. 13 were allocated at various times to Shrewsbury and two to [[Kidderminster Shed]], with only one locomotive (82030) featuring on both lists.<ref>BR Database</ref> At least eight of the class were photographed in service on the Severn Valley Branch while allocated to Shrewsbury: {| class="wikitable"! Number !! Loco shed allocation !! Published photographs|-|82000 || Shrewsbury 1955-1959 || Bewdley 1960<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Nabarro (1971)]] p. 28.</ref>|-|82004 ||Shrewsbury Jun-Sep 1959 || Bridgnorth 1959<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell & Smith (2007)]] p. 69.</ref>, Eardington 1959<ref>[http://www.82045.org.uk/images/1959-82004-Eardington-edit_1024px.jpg [[The 82045 Steam Locomotive Trust]], October 2020 news] (Retrieved 30 October 2020)</ref>|-|82005 ||Shrewsbury Apr-Jul 1961 || Stourport 1961<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell & Smith (2007)]] p. 7.</ref> |-|82007 ||Shrewsbury Dec 1955-Jun 1958 || Bewdley 1956<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Webb]] p. 20.</ref>|-|82009 ||Shrewsbury Jun-Sep 1959 ||Coalport 1959<ref>Peter Shoesmith Collection, see infobox</ref>|-|82021 ||Shrewsbury Jan-Mar 1960 || Bewdley 1960<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Smith (1968)]] p. 18.</ref>|-|82031 ||Shrewsbury 1955-1959 ||Bewdley 1957<ref>SVR News 146 p. 64.</ref>|-|82032 ||Shrewsbury Apr-Aug 1961, Dec 1961-Jul 1964 ||Kidderminster 1961<ref>SVR News 52 p. 11.</ref>|-|}
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82009 at Coalport.jpg | BR 3MT 82009 at [[Coalport]] in 1959
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They remained until the end of passenger working, especially north of [[Bridgnorth]].<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|D.J. name=Smith (1968)]]</ref><ref name="Mag97">[[Bibliography#Books|Magner (1997)]]</ref> It appears they featured much less regularly than the BR Standard 3MT 82000 tanks and LMR Ivatt 2MT 41000 tanks also in use from Shrewsbury at that time.
There is little photographic evidence of their use on the Severn Valley, with the following identified:
*[[BR Riddles 4MT 80072|80072]] was photographed on the line on three occasions during the very cold winter of 1962-63 (whilst allocated to Swansea East Dock, 87D). This locomotive is preserved and has visited the SVR in preservation.
*80078 at Bridgnorth in 1963 working from Shrewsbury<ref> SVR News No. 15</ref>
*John Stretton captions an image of 80079 emerging from [[Bridgnorth Tunnel]] on 30 August 1962 on the 7.27p.m. Bridgnorth to [[Shrewsbury]], a rarity of a now SVR-based loco that ran on the branch in service.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Stretton (2010)]] p. 90</ref>
*Swansea-based 80099 in charge of a northbound two carriage passenger service at Bridgnorth on 28 July 1962.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=949899575920338&set=gm.10158515451976989 David Adams' image on Facebook] (Retrieved 22 November 2021)</ref>
*80100 in circa 1962 at [[Buildwas]]<ref>[https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p974195917/hD56538B6#hd56538b6 Railonline.co.uk]</ref>
*80102 on the last day of service in September 1963<ref name="Mag97" />.
Their use on the branch possibly included deputising for failed locomotives as their 'Blue' route availability would theoretically have restricted their speed to 25mph between , with the Severn Valley branch classified as ‘dotted blue’ from [[Bewdley]] and to [[Buildwas]]<ref>[http://www.michaelclemensrailways.co.uk/?atk=634 ‘Locomotive Route Availability’, Michael Clemens’ Railways] (Retrieved 30 March 2017)</ref>.
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File:Bridgnorth-Cantern-Brook-1963-01-26.jpg|BR 4MT 80072 with a Southbound passenger ([[Sellick Collection]])
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Stanier_2-6-2T LMS Stanier 3P 2-6-2T]''': The 1960s also saw the use A pre-War design, four members of two classes of ex-LMS tanks. No. this class (40086, 40110, 40126 and 40205) were allocated to Shrewsbury and a presingle example (40085) to Kidderminster, all during periods between February 1960 and November 1962.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&id=426253&type=S&page=alloc LMS Stanier "3P" Class 2-6-War design2T page, BR Database] (Retrieved 4 November 2020)</ref> No. 40110 was photographed at Bridgnorth in 1961.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Hale (1973)]] p. 24.</ref> No members of the class survive in preservation. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">File:Hampton-Loade-40126-1960-04-14.jpg| LMS Stanier 3P 2-6-2T 40126 at Hampton Loade on 14 April 1962 ([[Sellick Collection]])</gallery>
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Ivatt_Class_2_2-6-2T LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T]''': Members of this post-War class used on the Branch in 1962-3 included Nos. 41202, 41203, 41207, 41209, 41240 and 41304. 41207 worked the last ever Bridgnorth to Shrewsbury passenger service on 7 September 1963.<ref name=Smith/> Four members of the class are preserved, of which two (41241 and 41312) have visited the SVR for Gala events.
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File:Bridgnorth-2MT-DMU-1962-10-06.jpg|Ex-LMS Ivatt 2MT 41202 and a BR DMU ([[Sellick Collection]])
File:Cound-Halt-1963-03-02.jpg| Ex-LMS Ivatt 2MT 41240 at [[Cound Halt]] ([[Sellick Collection]])
File:41312_20170312.jpg|Ivatt 2-6-2T 41312 at Hampton Loade in 2017</gallery> *'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Fowler_2-6-4T LMS Fowler 4MT 2-6-4T]''': 125 of these passenger tanks were built by the LMS between 1927 and 1934. Rated as 4P by the LMS and later as 4MT under BR, they were the first of the family of '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS/BR_Class_4_2-6-4T_locomotives LMS/BR Class 4 2-6-4T locomotives]''' which culminated in the BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T (see above). Six members of the class (42320/62/72/95/418/20) were allocated to Shrewsbury for a few months in 1959.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&id=426451&type=S&page=alloc LMS Fowler "4P" Class 2-6-4Tpage on BR database] (Retrieved 5 November 2020)</ref> No members of the class survive in preservation. No 42420 was photographed at Bridgnorth in May 1959.<ref name=Webb/><gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">File:Hibel_road_railway_station_geograph-2197415.jpg | Classmate Fowler 4MT 2-6-4T 42421
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*'''BR DMUs''': During the last years of the Branch, the GWR diesel railcars were replaced by first generation BR DMUs. The DMUs used on the line included the '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_116 Class 116]''' built by BR Derby from 1957 to 1961 and , an unidentified example being [https://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/20780216985/ photographed at Arley in 1961] by James S Doubleday. Also used was the '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_122 Class 122 'Bubble car']''' built by GCRW in 1958. Class 122 W55018 was photographed at Jackfield in 1963.<ref name=Vanns/>.
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File:Jackfield-Halt-1962-10-08.jpg| A DMU service at [[Jackfield Halt]] in 1962. ([[Sellick Collection]])
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==Goods locomotives==
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gooch_standard_gauge_locomotives#322_or_"Beyer"_Class GWR 322 Class 'Beyer']''': The 322 Class 'Beyer', or sometimes 'Beyer Goods', was a Daniel Gooch design 0-6-0 built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. of Manchester between 1864 and 1866, the final 10 ordered by Joseph Armstrong being the last 19th-century GWR locomotives built for the GWR by an outside contractor. No 344 was pictured approaching Bewdley circa 1900 (right), while another Beyer, No 322, was pictured shunting at Bewdley as late as circa 1925.<ref name=Nabarro/>
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File:Summer Hill Footbridge.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Beyer Goods 344 approaching Bewdley circa 1900
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_388_class GWR 388 class 'Standard Goods']''': Joseph Armstrong's 388 Class 'Standard Goods' was a double-framed 0-6-0 with 5ft driving wheels, built at Swindon between 1866 and 1876. A number worked on the Branch, including one photographed on a northbound freight at Arley circa 1908.<ref name=Geens/>
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File:436 ticket.jpg | Evidence that GWR 388 class 'Standard Goods' 436 visited Stourport in October 1881
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_927_Class GWR 927 class 'Coal Goods']''': Armstrong's 'Coal Engine' or 'Coal Goods' was essentially a variant of his Standard Goods with smaller 4ft 6in driving wheels, built at Swindon in 1874. These also worked on the Branch, including No 946 which was photographed on a Kidderminster-Shrewsbury mixed goods on 11 June 1915.<ref name=Geens/> No examples of Armstrong locomotives have survived into preservation.
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_2251_Class GWR 2251 Class]''': Collett's 2251 Class 0-6-0 was introduced in 1930 as a replacement for the 'Dean Goods'. The 2251 class was intended for medium-powered freight duties with 120 being built by 1948. Members A number of the class saw service including [[GWR 2251 Class 3205|3205]] were used on the Severn Valley Branchfrom the mid-1950s onward, mostly operating from Shrewsbury although No. 2207 was housed at [[Kidderminster Shed]] from where it regularly worked the daily [[Goods traffic on the SVR#Daily goods|'Salop Goods']].<ref name=Barfield1981>[[Bibliography#Books|Barfield (1981)]] p. 52.</ref> As well as freight duties, they worked occasional summer Sunday passenger trains<ref name=Smith/><ref name=Nabarro/>. The 3205, the only surviving member of the class, [[GWR 2251 Class 3205|3205]] was the first locomotive to arrive on the SVR in preservation, remaining resident for the next 20 years.
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File:3205 20100925.jpg|3205 revisited for a gala in 2010
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_2600_Class GWR 2600 'Aberdare' Class]''': A class of Dean 2-6-0 freight locomotives built between 1900 and 1907 and intended for hauling coal trains between Aberdare and Swindon. A number survived into the Second World War and were allocated to various local sheds. 2608, 2620 and 2655 from Stourbridge and 2680 from Hereford regularly worked the wartime 'Tenbury goods'.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] p. 67.</ref>
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NER_Class_P1 LNER Class J25]''': During the Second World War, 40 LNER J25 Class 0-6-0 locomotives (originally Worsdell NER Class P1 and dating from around the turn of the century) were loaned to the GWR. Eight Initially three were allocated to Shrewsbury (257,536, 2059) from where they worked goods trains to Kidderminster and Hartlebury. Worcester received 10 (1986, 2040, 2051, 2058, 2061, 2065, 2075, 2138, 2141, 2142), many of these which also worked on the Branch. Others at Stourbridge (29, 1973, 2000, 2126) and Hereford (1994, 2053, 2072) worked the Hereford-Tenbury-Stourbridge goods services. Two Stourbridge and three Worcester locomotives were returned to the LNER in 1943, while most of the other Worcester locomotives were allocated transferred to [[Kidderminster Shed]]in 1944,<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] ppp. 15,106.</ref> from where they were used on continued to work goods services on the Branch, with one photographed at Arley in 1945.<ref name=Geens/><ref group="note">[[Bibliography#Books|Asleft (1978)]] refers to use of an LNER J21 (ex NER C1) on the Branch. This may refer to the J25s.</ref> The last example was withdrawn in 1963 and none survived into preservation.<ref>[https://www.lner.info/locos/J/j25.php LNER Encyclopedia]</ref>
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_5101_Class GWR 5101 Class 'Large Prairie']''': During World War 2 Collett's 51xx large prairies were first introduced on the Branch, after which they saw regular use on colliery and other freight workings as well as passenger services. A number of examples are preserved including the SVR's [[5164]] and [[4150]].
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_4300_Class GWR 4300 Class]''': Although designated a mixed traffic locomotive, Churchward's GWR 4300 class 2-6-0 (built 1911–1932) was commonly seen on freight duties post-World War 2. Examples photographed include Nos 6314,<ref name=Nabarro/> 6382<ref name=Geens>[[Bibliography#Books|Geens (1985)]]</ref>, 6393<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (2013)]]</ref>, 5333<ref name = Vanns/> and 5355<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell and Smith (2007)]]</ref>. They also operated passenger turns such as [https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Churchward-Locomotives/Churchward-Tender-Locomotives/Churchward-4300-Class-Mogul/Churchward-Mogul/i-7H3ZgXm 6314 operating a Kidderminster to Shrewsbury service on 19 May 1959]. The SVR's [[GWR Mogul 7325|7325]] is one of the final batch of 20 including design changes by Collett, and one of only two preserved examples of the class.
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Alveley_Sidings-1959-10-07.jpeg|Ex-GWR 43xx 2-6-0 6388 with a coal train at Alveley Sidings ([[Sellick Collection]])
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_5600_Class GWR 5600 Class]''': The 200-strong Collett 5600 class 0-6-2T was introduced in 1924 as a mass replacement of pre-grouping locomotives in South Wales coal traffic. Three examples were shedded at Kidderminster.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/sites.php?page=depots&subpage=locos&id=283 [[Kidderminster Shed]], BR Database](Retrieved 20 November 2020)</ref> Being classified '[[GWR Power and Weight Classification|Red]]', they were too heavy to work between Bewdley and Buildwas although on one occasion [[Tales from the Severn Valley#The overweight locomotive|one was sent to Alveley by mistake]]. No. 6679 was used regularly from 1957 until the end of steam on trains for hauling [[Goods traffic on the SVR#Colliery traffic|coal trains ('Slack trips')]] from Hartlebury to [[Stourport Power Station]].<ref name=Turley>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] p. 70.</ref><ref>[http://www.miac.org.uk/stourportps.html Booth, A., 'CEGB, Stourport Power Station', Railways in Worcestershire] (Retrieved 20 November 2020)</ref> In preservation [[GWR 5600 class 6634|6634]] is a [[Former Residents|former resident]] (though it left the SVR unrestored); [[GWR 5600 Class 5619|5619]], [[GWR 5600 Class 5643|5643]] and [[GWR 5600 Class 6695|6695]] have all had [[Steam Locomotives hired by the SVR|periods on hire to the SVR]]; and 5637 and 6619 have [[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|visited the SVR for galas]]. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">File:5619_20190315.jpg| 5619 at the Spring Steam Gala in 2019File:GWR 6634 20171108.jpg| 6634 awaiting collection from the SVR in November 2017File:6695 20100321.jpg| 6695 at Bewdley, 21 March 2010</gallery> *'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_7800_Class GWR 7800 'Manor' Class]''': Collett's GWR 7800 Manor class 4-6-0s, introduced in 1938, were occasionally seen on troop trains during the Second World War.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Smith (1968)]] p. 24.</ref> Although the 4300 Class was the most commonly used tender locomotive for goods working on the Branch post-War, Manors were also used for mixed freight working from time to time.<ref name=Nabarro/> The Manor was designed as a lighter weight mixed traffic locomotive with better route availability (Blue) than the heavier Halls and Granges (Red). As most of the Branch was [[GWR Power and Weight Classification|classified 'dotted blue']], 'Red' locomotives were prohibited but 'Blue' locomotives were permitted subject to speed restrictions, making them suitable for slower freight trains. There is photographic evidence of [[Wyre Forest Line]] trains via the Severn Valley Branch, such as ex-GWR 4 6-0 No. 7810 'Draycott Manor' crossing [[Dowles Bridge]] with a goods train in 1955.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley, Adrian, in Beddoes & Smith (1995)]]</ref> The SVR is home to three preserved examples, [[7802|7802 Bradley Manor]], [[7812|7812 Erlestoke Manor]] and [[7819|7819 Hinton Manor]].
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File:7802 20100925.jpg| 7802 Bradley Manor (2010)
File:7812 20091031.jpg| 7812 Erlestoke Manor (2009)
File:7819 20180825.jpg| 7819 Hinton Manor (2018)
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_2800_Class GWR 2800 Class]''': The Post-War [[GWR Power and Weight Classification|'dotted blue' classification]] applied to the portion of the Branch between Bewdley and Buildwas, where the [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway]] were situated, began "''Engines in the "Blue" group (with the exception of the 2-8-0 types)...''". Churchward's 2800 Class 2-8-0 freight locomotives, although rated 'blue', were thus too heavy to work over that portion of the Branch. However they were used at the north end of the Branch as far south as [[Ironbridge power station]] at Buildwas, as were similarly sized '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROD_2-8-0 ex-ROD 2-8-0s]'''. The 2800 class is also known to have worked between Hartlebury and Stourport to serve the [[Stourport Power Station]] as late as 1965.<ref name=Smith/> A number of the 2800 class are preserved including the SVR's [[GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco|2857]].
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File:2857 20180602.jpg | 2857 on a [[Demonstration Goods Train]] (2018)
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_9F BR Standard Class 9F]''': In the final years of the Branch, heavy coal trains to the Ironbridge and Stourport power stations were occasional worked by a BR Standard 9F.<ref name=Nabarro/>. Two 9Fs, [[BR Standard 9F 92212|92212]] and [[BR Standard 9F 92214|92214]], have spent periods on hire to the SVR in preservation.
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Stanier_Class_8F LMS Standard Class 8F]''': Ex-LMS Stanier 8Fs similar to the SVR's [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|48773]] were also used on occasion in the last years of the Branch. Classmate 48531, then based at Wolverhampton's Oxley MPD, was photographed working a southbound coal train at Bewdley on 3 and 29 June 1966<ref>[http://www.8fsociety.co.uk/page33.html Siviter, Roger, image on 8F Society website] (Retrieved 7 November 2022)</ref><ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (2017)]] p. 55.</ref>. ==Diesels== *'''[[Alveley Colliery]]''' workings continued until closure in 1969. However steam haulage at the southern end of the line ended with the closure of Stourbridge shed in 1966. After that time BR Diesels were used, mainly the '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_25 Sulzer Type 2 (BR Class 25)]''' and occasionally the '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_20 E.E. Type 1 (BR Class 20)]'''. Examples of both types have been [[Former Residents#Diesel locomotives|formerly resident on the SVR in preservation]]. *Steam remained diagrammed on [[Ironbridge power station|Buildwas coal trains]] as late as Easter 1967 before also being replaced by diesels.<ref name = Smith/> Images show BR Class 56, 58 and 66 used. Charter passenger trains also used BR Class 20 and 37<ref>[http://www.geoffspages.co.uk/raildiary/ironbridge.htm Geoff's Rail Diaries webpage] (Retrieved 30 July 2022)</ref>. *'''British Sugar Corporation''' factory at Foley Park, Kidderminster. This utilised [[Diesel Locomotives|Ruston and Hornsby 165hp diesel shunters]] with incoming beet trains usually tripped from Kidderminster by a Class 08 shunter. *Until 1988, a stub of the Severn Valley line remained in use from [[Sutton Bridge Junction Signal Box]], providing via a reverse move access to the site of Shrewsbury Abbey station (Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway), which remained in use as a fuel terminal with incoming oil trains usually tripped by a Class 08 shunter. *The section of the SV branch between Berrington and Shrewsbury continued in use for testing Sentinel diesels until finally being closed by BR on 21 January 1968.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell & Smith (2007)]] p. 35.</ref> It featured [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_Waggon_Works several types of Sentinel locomotives].
==Notes==
==See also==
*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Locomotives used| The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership]]
*[[GWR Power and Weight Classification]]
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