Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department
The Carriage & Wagon Department is effectively split in to two parts, with the three full time staff, and volunteers, based in the Paint Shop in Bewdley goods yard, focusing almost exclusively on carriages, while the majority of wagon repairs and restorations are carried out by the Wagon Department in the Goods Shed.
They also maintain the resident Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter D2957 which is used for shunting duties in the yard and for shuttling rolling stock under restoration between Bewdley and Kidderminster.
Several carriage groups also operate here. These include the Great Western (SVRSevern Valley Railway) Association, who recently outshopped "Excursion" BTK 650 and whose current project is the rebuild of CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 designed CK 6045, the SVRSevern Valley Railway Charitable Trust's LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway Group who are currently doing odd jobs connectd with the finishing off the restoration of GresleySir Nigel Gresley, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & North Eastern Railway 1923-1941 teak BTK 70759 (carriage at Kidderminster), and the DMUDiesel Multiple Unit group.
The 4150 Group are actively restoring their GWRGreat Western Railway 2-6-2 Tank locomotive, whilst The 2857 Society, The 1501 Group and The Erlestoke Manor Fund also have a presence here.
