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[[File:OS_Kidderminster_1938.jpg|thumb|300px|right|OS map showing the Sand Siding north of the Loop Line, opposite [[Kidderminster Shed]].]]
H. Whitehouse’s Sand Siding was situated on the [[Kidderminster Loop Line]] at milepost 135¾, between Kidderminster Junction and the [[Ground Frames at Foley Park | Foley Park sugar beet siding]], on the falling gradient of 1 in 112 towards Bewdley. Access to the siding was controlled by a ground frame which was locked by the [[ETT |Electric Train Token ]] for the [[Kidderminster Junction signal box | Kidderminster Junction]] – [[Bewdley South signal box | Bewdley South ]] section.
The siding could hold up to 12 wagons, and was facing to trains from the direction of Bewdley. Traffic from the siding was worked by the Kidderminster shunting engine, which would draw wagons out onto the main line and then propel them back towards Kidderminster Junction. Such propelling movements could only be carried out in clear weather and at reduced speed, with a guard in the leading brake van providing hand signals to the driver where necessary.
