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== List of current SVR Ground Frames ==
* [[Ground Frames at Foley Park |Foley Park]]
* [[Eardington ground frame | Eardington]]
* [[Bridgnorth Boiler Shop ground frame | Bridgnorth Boiler Shop]]
| [[Hartlebury]] Station || June 1876<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9">Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society (plus correction sheet #9 )</ref> || 24 August 2012 || McKenzie & Holland type 2 box. Originally 21 levers, renewed with 30 lever GWR frame August 1910, frame removed and replaced with switch panel 7 November 1982.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Hartlebury Junction ]] || June 1876 || 15 April 1977 || McKenzie & Holland type 2 box. Originally 20 levers, renewed with 27 lever GWR frame 1912.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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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 17 13 20-ton wagonson each.<ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVRSA1960">[http://www.miac.org.uk/severnvalleyline.html Railways in Worcestershire, Severn Valley Line], accessed 30 Nov 2015Birmingham 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" />
| [[Highley signal box|Highley]] || June 1883 || 3 May 1970 || McKenzie and Holland signal box, brick/timber construction. 14 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Reopened in preservation, virtually unchanged since construction.
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| [[Alveley Sidings (South ) ground frame | Alveley Sidings (South ) G.F.]] || 30 January 1939 || || Two levers, released by token, intermediate token instrument.<ref name="AlveleyOpeningDoc">Opening notice for Alveley Sidings: [[Media:GWR_Alveley_Colliery_2.jpg|Side A]] and [[Media:GWR Alveley Colliery 1.jpg|Side B]].</ref>
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| [[Alveley Sidings (North ) ground frame | Alveley Sidings (North ) G.F.]] || 30 January 1939 || || Two levers, released by token, intermediate token instrument.<ref name="AlveleyOpeningDoc" />
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| [[Hampton Loade signal box|Hampton Loade]] || May 1883 || 2 December 1963 || McKenzie and Holland brick signal box, 14 levers.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Partly demolished, replica preservation-era box build from structure of Hampton and Stourport boxes
| [[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.
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| [[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.|-| [[Knowlesands Sidings#Knowlesands Sidings ground frames | Knowlesands Sidings G.F.s]] || August 1922 || || North and South G.F.s. Released by token.
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| [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth South]] || October 1892 || 1923 || GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 21 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
| [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth North]] || October 1892 || 1923 || GWR signal box, identical dimensions (and construction?) to South. 23 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Coalport]] || ca. November 1895 || 2 December 1963 || GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 31 lever frame. Also controlled access to [[Coalport Brick & Tile Works Siding]].
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| Coalport G.F. || ca. 1895 || ca. 1930 || Two lever G.F., locked from the signal box, to work the loop points and FPL at the north end of the station<ref name = "Marshall131" />. Removed and replaced by motorised points around 1930.
| [[Maw and Co's Siding|Maw and Co's Siding G.F.]] || 1877 || 18 October 1959 || Originally a McKenzie and Holland signal box, demoted to ground frame status 1893, replaced by an actual ground frame by 1945.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Jackfield Sidingsidings|Jackfield Siding Sidings G.F.s]] || || Up to || At least three ground frames serving brick and tile factories at Jackfield
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| [[Ironbridge and Broseley]] || 1894 || 25 November 1956 || GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 31 lever GWR frame, replaced with new frame of same length but more modern design 1917<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />, although this may have simply been a replacement of the interlocking (5 1/4 inch lever pitch retained).
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| [[Bowers 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" />
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| [[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 (2) ]] || 23 October 1888 || 4? November 1923 || One of two signal boxes opened in 1888. New 49 lever frame 1906.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> New 66 lever frame in 1923<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1924</ref>
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| [[Buildwas#Signalling|Buildwas Crossing]] G.F. || ? || ? || Level crossing on the Buildwas-Much Wenlock road with a crossing keeper's cottage and hut containing a ground frame.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998)]] p. 30.</ref>|-| [[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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| [[Cressage]] || By 1890, replaced June 1894 || 2 December 1963 || Replacement box GWR Type 5 brick signal box, 23 lever frame<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />, (19 working, 4 spare), gate wheel for the level crossing<ref name = "Marshall131">[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], p131</ref>.
! Location !! Opened !! Closed !! Notes
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| [[Kidderminster Station signal box (c.18821873-1973) | Kidderminster Station]] || By 1882 Ca. 1873 || 15 July 1973 || McKenzie and Holland brick signal box. 21 levers by 1893, new . Relocated closer to the running line in 1900. New 30 lever GWR frame 1 May 1913. Frame re-used in preservation-era box at Arley<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />, name plate used on current SVR box.
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| [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]] || By 1882 Ca. 1877-78 || 24 August 2012<ref>[http://ukrailways1970tilltoday.me.uk/Kidderminster_junction_signal_box.html UK Railways 1970 Till Today], accessed 30 Nov 2015</ref> || Original box perhaps McKenzie and Holland, 35 lever frame, new 40 lever frame circa 1912. Replacement GWR Type 28B timber box 18 December 1937. Box demolished by derailed wagon on 7 June 1953, temporary SB until 25 October 1953 when new brick box with 66 levers built.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Kidderminster ground frame | Kidderminster G.F.]]* || || || Temporary preservation-era G.F. before commissioning of signal box. Now installed at [[Ground Frames at Foley Park |Foley Park]].
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| [[H. Whitehouse's Sand Siding | H. Whitehouse's Sand Siding]] || || || Siding for 12 wagons, controlled by a ground frame.
[http://www.svrsig.org/ SVR Signals & Telegraph Department web site]
[[Category: The Severn Valley Railway in preservation]]
[[Category:The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership]]