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Both locomotives are based at [[Bridgnorth]] where the WLA has workshops and stores adjacent to Hollybush Road sidings, to the north of the station. The WLA contributed funds to, and also uses the facilities of, the [[Diesel Depot]]. The WLA maintains good relations with Rolls Royce (formerly MTU and Maybach) and Voith in Germany, original manufacturers of the engine and transmission types respectively.
It became the first diesel-owning group in the country to go ‘carbon neutral’, working with a specialist rewilding charity to planting trees in the Scottish Highlands to offset the carbon produced by operating its locomotives.<ref name=blsep21>[https://www.svrlive.com/blsep21 Branch Lines, September 2021]</ref>
The WLA is a minor shareholder in [[SVR(H)]]<ref>Western Courier magazine, Autumn 2020, p.28</ref>.
==Grants and external funding==
*On 29 April 2005 the HLF [[:Category:Lottery funding#National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund|Heritage Lottery Fund]] granted the WLA £45,500 towards Western Courier's overhaul, which was used for sending a defective Voith transmission to the manufacturer in Germany.<ref>[http://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/good-causes/projects/region/west-midlands?project_name=Western%20Locomotive&op=Refine&form_build_id=form-S9K5ipVWQ_b_PxmypsoqH8-m2G1rwl0DsjWvXdu2D0M&form_id=directory_finder_refine_form The National Lottery]</ref>.
*In 2008 the WLA received a Preservation of Industrial and Scientific Material (PRISM) Fund award of £2,500, which covered the first stage of restoration of D1013.<ref>[https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/PRISM_Annual_report_2008_2009.pdf] PRISM Fund Annual Report
2008-2009</ref>