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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>
Outside the regular beet season, the factory was kept supplied by train loads of sugar cane from Newport or Cardiff docks. Tank loads of molasses, a by-product of the refining process, were shipped from the factory to Avonmouth docks.<ref>[[Bibliography | Turley (2005), p74.]]</ref>.
Additional holding sidings for sugar beet and other traffic were added at Kidderminster in 1925.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, September 1939</ref> By 1927 a shunting spur and additional siding were provided at Foley Park and a loading bank at Bridgnorth in connection with increased traffic.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, June and August 1927</ref> The following year the GWR reported '' "a large contract has been secured for the cartage of sugar beet to the Kidderminster and Allscott factories." ''<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, November 1928</ref> *In 1926, 10,000 tons were moved.<ref name=GWR27/> *1930 was a record with 100,000 tons of sugar beet carted by the GWR's vehicles.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1931</ref>*1933 saw 115,000 tons of sugar beet traffic handled by GWR following increased collection from farms - 70% of overall tonnage.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1934</ref>*In 1934, contracts for sugar beet delivered to Kidderminster and Allscott<ref group="note">Allscott factory was situated at Wrockwardine, Telford, Shropshire</ref> factories were upwards of 200,000 tons representing 80% of traffic.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1935</ref>*In 1935, GWR secured conveyance of beet for sugar making required at Kidderminster and Allscott factories of 150,000 tons, notably some by road using GWR vehicles.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1936</ref>*In 1938, the factory received 75,000 tons of sugar beet, 70,000 tons of raw sugar and 37,000 tons of coal via the GWR, and despatched nearly 27,000 tons of refined sugar and 7,000 tons of pulp and molasses.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1926</ref>*The GWR forwarded 149700 149,700 tons of sugar beet to Kidderminster in 1946 and 145048 145,048 tons in 1947.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1948</ref>
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