Wagon Review Group
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The Wagon Review Group was created late in 2015 with the major objectives of:
- Improving the public presentation and display of the wonderful collection of historical wagons residing on the SVRSevern Valley Railway. Possible ways include the stationing of wagons at suitable locations, and the operation of more demonstration freight trains.
- Keeping alive the craft of operating freight trains by running more freights and thus retaining the skills of the operating staff. This will have the effect of increasing the interest for visitors to the Railway
- Improving the workshop facilities available to the Wagon Dept to ease and accelerate the restoration of wagons. Its hoped to "piggy back" this onto current plans to improve the carriage restoration facilities at Bewdley.
- Improving the conservation of wagons, both restored and not, by providing covered accommodation for at least the most vulnerable. The site at Bewdley Triangle is no longer available, and current thoughts centre on the site of the GWRGreat Western Railway sidings adjacent to the former BSC works at Foley Park. To this end, in early February 2016 the site was cleared of undergrowth to allow a detailed site survey. In April 2016 the information was being used to prepare possible track layouts and illustrations.[1]
As of March 2017[update] the group resolved to form a committee to take the wagon shed project forward and advertised for a treasurer. The site survey had been used to prepare outline plans, discuss them with the SVRSevern Valley Railway management and other key parties, and obtain approximate prices for creating such a facility.[2]
