The Engine House

The Engine House is an visitor centre near Highley station on the Severn Valley Railway, in Shropshire, England. Opened in March 2008, it houses some of the railway's out of service locomotives, wagons and coaches for visitors to explore. In addition to the equipment listed below, exhibits include railway artefacts detailing the history of Britain's railways. The Engine House allows visitors to get up close to marvellous steam engines, including getting aboard the footplate of 7819 Hinton Manor. Amenities include a restaurant, gift shop and picnic area.
==Locomotives:==
===Locomotives currently on display:===
Number /Name  	Class 	Built	Information 	Picture
No. 600Gordon 	WD Austerity 2-10-0 	1943 	Officially handed over in the Engine House to the SVR by the Army in July 2008. Part of the Ex Severn Valley Railway Home Fleet. 	
No. 686 The Lady Armaghdale	Manchester Ship Canal Hunslet 0-6-0T	1898 	Arrived following cosmetic restoration in October 2010. 	
No. 4566 	GWR 45xx Class 2-6-2T 	1924 	Boiler ticket expired in Jan 2017. Moved to the Engine House in June 2018. 	175px
No. 5764 	GWR 57xx Class 0-6-0PT 	1929 	Last worked in 2011. Moved to the Engine House in June 2018. Repainted in London Transport livery as L95 in 2019. 	175px
No. 7819 "Hinton Manor" 	GWR 78xx "Manor" Class 4-6-0 	1933 	Last worked in 1995. Moved into the Engine House in March 2019. 	
No. 46443 	LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 	1950 	Part of the Ex Severn Valley Railway Home Fleet. Withdrawn from traffic Oct 2011 due to severe corrosion of the steam pipe seating face on the superheater header which was causing leakage. Part of the Ex Severn Valley Railway Home Fleet. 	
No. 47383 	LMS Fowler Class 3F 0-6-0T 	1926 	Part of the Ex Severn Valley Railway Home Fleet. 	
No. 48773 	LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 	1940 	Dedicated national war memorial to all British railway transport troops who died on active service in the Second World War. at the museum during Summer 2008. Part of the Ex Severn Valley Railway Home Fleet. Moved to Kidderminster in June 2018 for 50th anniversary end of steam celebrations, now in store.	150px
No. 80079 	BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 	1954 	Returned from Shildon Locomotion Museum in 2007. Part of the Ex Severn Valley Railway Home Fleet. 	
No. 7 Typhoon 	15 Inch gauge 4-6-2 	1927 	On loan from the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway 	
===Locomotives formerly on display:===
Number /Name  	Class 	Built	Information 	Picture
No. 1501 	GWR 1500 Class 0-6-0PT 	1949 	Removed in October 2009 for overhaul and is now in operation as of August 2012 	
No. 1000 	MR 1000 Compound 4-4-0 	1902 	On loan from the National Railway Museum. Left in May 2011 for the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway. Currently on display at Barrow Hill Engine Shed. 	
No. 7714 	GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT 	1930 	Arrived upon withdrawal from service in October 2009; left in March 2011 for overhaul at Bridgnorth and now operational as of December 2016. 	
No. 4930Hagley Hall	GWR 4900 Class 4-6-0 	1929 	Returned from Swindon Designer Outlet in 2007. Removed in September 2013 for overhaul, return to traffic expected for 2019. 	
No. 7325 	GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 	1932 	Returned from Swindon Steam Railway Museum in 2007. Part of the Ex Severn Valley Railway Home Fleet. 	
No. 45110 	LMS Stanier Class 5MT 4-6-0 	1935 	Returned from Barrow Hill Engine Shed in October 2013 to replace Hagley Hall. Part of the Ex Severn Valley Railway Home Fleet. Hauled the Fifteen Guinea Special from Liverpool to Manchester and back on 11 August 1968.	
No. 2 Prince 	George England and Co. 0-4-0ST+T	1863 	On loan from the Ffestiniog Railway. Arrived following withdrawal from service in 2010; left in summer 2012 for overhaul and returned to service in May 2013. 	150px
No. 3 Sir Haydn 	Falcon Works 0-4-2ST 	1878 	On loan from the Talyllyn Railway. Arrived in October 2013 and left in February 2015 for overhaul to begin. 	
==Coaching stock:==
===Coaches currently on display:===
Number	Description 	Information 	Picture
798 	LMS King's Saloon 	Previously on display at the Glasgow Transport Museum	
80300 	BR Post Office Sorting coach	Interior open to public 	
==Goods stock:==
===Wagons currently on display:===
Number	Description 	Picture
223162	exLNER 7 plank open goods wagon built 1938, in Highley Mining Company livery.	
==External links==
*Severn Valley Railway web site
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