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List of signal boxes

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| [[Leapgate Private Sidings|Leapgate Siding G.F.]] || 28 August 1939 || 12 January 1981 || Single track junction facing Stourport serving Regent Oil Co. depot. Two sidings on either side of a gantry, space for 13 20-ton wagons on each.<ref name="SA1960">Birmingham Traffic District Sectional Appendix 1960</ref><ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs">[[Bibliography#Books | Maggs ((2009)]]</ref> Released by token.
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| [[Wilden Sand Siding|Sand Siding G.F.]] || || || Single track junction facing Stourport serving a large sand quarry. Points worked by a ground frame locked by the section token.<ref name="SA1960"/><ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 87.</ref>
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| [[Stourport]] South || 1885 || 1 April 1951 || Originally 18 levers (14 working, 4 spare). Double-line block working between the two Stourport boxes was authorised in 1887<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], p129</ref>. New frame circa 1923. Renamed "Stourport on Severn South" in 1934. On closure, control of layout went to Stourport North.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
| Stourport North || Before 1885 || 3 May 1970 || Great Western Type 5 brick signal box. Originally a 20 lever frame, extended to 24 (18 working 6 spare)<ref>Marshall (1989)</ref> by March 1907, new 34 lever GWR frame 1914. Box extended by 6 feet 8 inches and new 43 lever frame installed April 1951, signal box then taking control of whole station. Renamed "Stourport on Severn North" in 1934, apparently kept the name until closure.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Parts used in rebuilding of Hampton Loade SB.
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| [[Burlish Branch|Park Street Sidings G.F.]] || || || Controlled connections at north end of Stourport to coal sidings and [[Burlish Branch|Steatite Branch/Burlish Branch]], which serviced the Steatite and Porcelain Products Co. factory near Burlish crossing.<ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs" /><ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVR">[http://www.miac.org.uk/severnvalleyline.html Railways in Worcestershire, Severn Valley Line], accessed 30 Nov 2015</ref> Three? levers, electrically released from Stourport (North) S.B. <ref name="StourportDiagram">SRS diagram for Stourport-on-Severn SB</ref>
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| [[National Cold Stores Siding | Brindley Street G.F.]] ||1941 || || Served National Cold Stores.<ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs" /> Two? levers and an intermediate token machine, released by token.<ref name="StourportDiagram" /><ref name="SA1960" />
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| [[Bewdley South signal box|Bewdley South]] || 1878 || 3 May 1970 || McKenzie and Holland Type 3 brick signal box. Originally 28 levers, extended to 31 September 1901, new 32 lever GWR frame circa 1923. Reopened and extended to 34 levers in preservation.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
| [[Hampton Loade ground frame | Hampton Loade G.F.]]* || || || Preservation-era G.F. used to run round ca. 1970 before reopening of signal box
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| [[Eardington |Eardington South G.F.(s) ]] || 1893|| 1963 || Existence assumedGWR records show the nameplate was cast in August 1893, installation probably dating to that time. The [[Eardington | station]] had a goods loop, reduced to a siding in 1959accessed from the south. The station had no signal box and was unstaffed after 1949. The [[Eardington#Ground Frame hut|South ground frame hut]] survived until closure.|-| [[Eardington|Eardington North G.F.]] || 1893||1959? || Installed at the same time as the South G.F.|-| [[Level crossing at Crossing Cottage|Eardington Crossing G.F.]] || 1898||? || GWR records show the nameplate was cast in April 1898, installation probably dating to that time. The crossing keeper operated two signals, one in each direction, to indicate to approaching trains that the crossing was clear. The crossing was later reduced from manned status.
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| [[Knowlesands Sidings#Knowlesands Sidings ground frames | Knowlesands Sidings G.F.s]] ||August 1922 || || North and South G.F.s. Released by token.
| [[Bower Yard Lime Kilns Siding]] (G.F.) || 1920s? || After 1934<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Vanns (1998/2013)]] Photo dated 1934 on p.85 shows siding</ref> || Historic lime kilns revived at some date in 1920s and rail siding added. Official name not known.
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| [[Buildwas#Signalling|Buildwas]] Junction || circa 1864 || 4? November 1923 || At 1864, probably just a simple ground frame. One of two signal boxes opened in 1888. New 32 lever installed 1913.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| Power Station Siding G.F. || ca. 1931 || || Access to CEGB sidings at Buildwas. Electrically released from S.B. <ref name="BuildwasDiagram">SRS diagram for Buildwas SB</ref>
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| [[Buildwas #Signalling|Buildwas]] || 4 November 1923 || 15 March 1964 || Central box which replaced two boxes in 1923. GWR Type 7D brick signal box. 66 lever frame, extended by approx. 14 feet and new 113 lever frame 9 December 1931, in connection with Power Station opening.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />|-| [[Buildwas#Signalling|Buildwas Station (1)]] || By 1871|| 1888 || In August 1871, the GWR Board authorised 'connecting the down starting signal with the signal box'. Marshall suggests this was probably a small cabin covering a ground frame<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], p127</ref>.
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| [[Buildwas#Signalling| Buildwas Station (12) ]] || By 187123 October 1888 || 1888 4? November 1923 || In August 1871, the GWR Board authorised 'connecting the down starting One of two signal with the signal box'boxes opened in 1888. Marshall suggests this was probably a small cabin covering a ground New 49 lever frame1906.<refname="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]]New 66 lever frame in 1923<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, p127January 1924</ref>.
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| [[Buildwas Station (2) #Signalling|Buildwas Crossing]] G.F. || 23 October 1888 ? || 4? November 1923 || New 49 lever Level crossing on the Buildwas-Much Wenlock road with a crossing keeper's cottage and hut containing a ground frame 1906.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" >[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998)]] p. 30.</ref>
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| [[Sand Pit siding at Buildwas|Mileage Siding G.F.]] || || || Two? lever G.F. providing access to siding at north end of Buildwas. Electrically released from S.B. <ref name="BuildwasDiagram" />
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