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Ground Frames at Foley Park

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add details of the arrangements at Foley Park Sidings
== Foley Park Sidings ==
It is likely that access 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, or possibly two ground frames located February 1943.<ref>The Railway at opposite ends of Kidderminster in the 1940s, AJ Turley</ref>" ''1. The four sidingsadjoining the single running line at Foley Park are available for use for traffic purposes'' ''2. The sidings have a connection with the running line, unlocked facing from the direction of Kidderminster; the points are worked from a ground frame locked by key on the token. An intermediate token machine was provided Electric Train Token for the section [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]] - [[Bewdley South signal box|Bewdley South]] section.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 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.''
== SVR/BR Boundary ==
* A photograph showing a special train proceeding past the BR/SVR ground frames, C E Steele, 1979. Photograph uploaded to the RMweb forums. [http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/77903-ground-shunting-signals-help-request-please/?p=1205923 Link]. Accessed 09/01/2015.
* Great Western Railway Service Time Tables, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Hereford and Newport, July 6th-September 27th 1936. A scanned version of this document available on the website of Michael Clemens - see [http://www.michaelclemensrailways.co.uk/article/working-timetables/553 Link].
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