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Foley Park sidings

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'''Foley Park sidings''', located 1 mile 179 yards from [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]], were built in 1925 to serve the British Sugar Corporation factory at [[Foley Park]]. The sidings also provided a rail connection for the private sidings of [[Thomas Vale & Sons]] and [[Smethwick Drop Forgings Ltd. Siding|Smethwick Drop Forgings]]. They were located near [[Foley Park Halt]], which was moved from the south side of the line to the north side when the sidings opened. The sidings remained in use after the closure of the [[Kidderminster]]-[[Bewdley]] line on 6 January 1970, finally closing on 25 October 1982.
During ==Operations==Access to the sugar beet season, which normally ran from mid-September to mid-January, up to four trains per day would arrive at Kidderminster. Shunting sidings from Kidderminster to the Foley Park factory required was by means of a shunting engine to be available 24 hours per dayground frame.<ref>See [[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)Ground Frames at Foley Park]] p. 72-77.</ref>
Access During the sugar beet season, which normally ran from mid-September to mid-January, up to four trains per day would arrive at Kidderminster. Shunting from Kidderminster to the sidings Foley Park factory required a shunting engine from [[Kidderminster was Shed]] to be available 24 hours per day.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] p. 72-77.</ref> Before World War 2 the BSC factory employed two Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST shunting locomotives. They were joined by means a third Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST, "British Sugar Corporation No. 3", works no. 2248/1948, which arrived ex-works as part of a ground framegoods train on 1 May 1948. See <ref>[[Ground Frames at Foley ParkBibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]]p. 76.</ref>
==Preservation==
In January 2016 the area was cleared of undergrowth to allow surveying on behalf of the [[Wagon Review Group]] for a potential new wagon storage facility to provide covered accommodation for the [[Goods Wagons|SVR's fleet of wagons]] along with a PW storage area and access for locomotives arriving by road.
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