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::Practice for many years was for the main line locos to drop the wagons at Kidderminster yard and then a shunting engine would take them down to the factory. I don't know if Class 40s would have done the same? --[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 23:29, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
:I found this image [https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Dean-Locomotives/Dean-assorted-designs/GWR-2600-Aberdare-Class/i-3NZKSWJ of a 2600 Class at Kidder]. Is there any record of these on the branch (or loop)?--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 17:47, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
:: The only reference I have seen so far is in Turley who noted four of them in regular wartime use on the Tenbury goods (Stourbridge-Kidderminster-Tenbury-Hereford). He records seeing a number of others at Kidderminster including on incoming sugar beet trains, but doesn't list any of them as working up towards Shrewsbury as far as I can see. I'll keep an eye open for any other sightings. --[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 21:30, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
