Date: 23/03/2013

Groundwork to sink foundations for a modern two-road steel-clad building, which will be fully equipped with lifting jacks and inspection pits, is expected to get under way by early autumn.

Diesel locomotive owners at the 16-mile Kidderminster to Bridgnorth line have been trying for more than 20 years to get the work started, which will take place at Kidderminster station following approval by Wyre Forest District Council.

The cost of the new depot is being shouldered chiefly by seven diesel groups - the Diesel Traction Group, The Fifty Fund, The Western Locomotive Association, The Class 08 Society, the Ruston 906 Group, The Class 11 Group, and Somerset Traction Ltd - and also the railway's members organisation, the Severn Valley Railway Association, whose locomotives are residents at the SVR.

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Company: Severn Valley Railway
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