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==Seasonal sugar beet traffic==
The opening of the West Midlands Sugar Co (later British Sugar Corporation) factory at [[Foley Park sidings]] in 1925 began sugar beet trains to Foley Park, which ran until closure of the factory in 1982. The processing season ran from mid-September to mid-January, during which time up to four complete trains per day would arrive at Kidderminster. Tripping these loads from Kidderminster yard along the [[Kidderminster Loop Line|Loop line]] required a locomotive to be available 24 hours per day<ref>[[Bibliography | Turley (2005), p72.]]</ref>.
==Bricks and tiles==
A number of the brick and tile works in the Ironbridge Gorge had their own private sidings or made use of the extensive [[Jackfield sidings |sidings at Jackfield]]. [[Maw and Co's Siding| Maw and Co]]'s factory opened in 1883 and became the largest tile works in the world, employing almost 400 people and producing 20 million tiles annually. They had their own privately owned railway wagons and for many years made extensive use of the Severn Valley Branch to transport almost the whole of the factory's output. The 1922 working timetable showed that it was served by the Down goods train from Hartlebury (the 'Salop Goods') arriving at 4.13pm and the Up goods from Shrewsbury arriving at 3.45pm. The siding continued in use until 1959.
==Lime==
The [[Bower Yard Lime Kilns Siding| Bower Yard Lime Kilns]] were located north of [[Ironbridge]]. For some years the GWR brought coal to the kilns and transported the lime to various areas of the country.
==Sand and gravel==
There were a number of private sidings including H. Whitehouse's sidings at [[H. Whitehouse's Sand Siding|Kidderminster]] and [[Wilden Sand Siding|Wilden]], and those accessed via the Foley Park sidings.
==Examples of references to goods traffic==
