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== Foley Park Sidings ==
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[[File: Foley_Park_OS.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Extract from 1951 OS Map showing Foley Park sidings and Foley Park Halt]]
'''Foley Park''' is an area of Kidderminster through which the [[Kidderminster Loop Line]] runs. The [[Foley Park sidings|sidings for the British Sugar Corporation’s factory]] were situated to the south of the line between [[Falling Sands Viaduct]] and the [[Stourport Road Bridge]]. Access to the sidings was controlled by a ground frame. '''Ground frames''' have also been used for other purposes at Foley Park.
==British Sugar Corporation's Foley Park sidings==
Access to [[Foley Park sidings]] was achieved by a ground frame. A description of the arrangements is contained in this extract from the "Instructions for working to Sugar Beet Factory Sidings, Appendix to Service Timetable, February 1943."<ref>The Railway at Kidderminster in the 1940s, AJ Turley</ref><br>
''2. The sidings have a connection with the running line, facing from the direction of Kidderminster; the points are worked from a ground frame locked by key on the Electric Train Token for the section [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]] – [[Bewdley South signal box|Bewdley South]]. The site of the connection with the running line at the Sidings is on a short stretch of level; the running line on the Kidderminster side to a point just before reaching the connection is on a gradient of 1 in 112, falling towards the siding, and on the Bewdley side the line rises 1 in 115 in the direction of Bewdley.''
''3. An intermediate [[Single line working using tokens|Electric Train Token instrument ]] is fixed in the ground frame cabin for the reception and issue of the Token for the Kidderminster Junction – Bewdley South Section. Telephonic communication with [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]] is provided in the ground frame cabin.''
The extract from Ordnance Survey Map SO87, surveyed 1938 - 1949, published 1951, shows the layout of Foley Park sidings and the location of the nearby [[Foley Park Halt]].
