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[[File:OS_Burlish_1939_1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|1939 OS Map of the Burlish Branch from Stourport station (bottom right to Park Street Sidings ground frame (top left)]] [[File:OS_Burlish_1939_2.jpg|thumb|300px|right|1939 OS Map showing the extension forming Steatite & Porcelain Products siding]]By 1939 the siding had become a long goods loop, access to the north end of which was controlled by the Park Street Sidings ground frame.<ref name="SA1960">Birmingham Traffic District Sectional Appendix 1960</ref><ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell & Smith (2007)]], fig 7</ref> An extension to the original head-shunt had become a private siding for the company Steatite & Porcelain Products Ltd. <br>By 1960 this loop was described as "the former independent line to the Steatite Company's private siding" and was available as storage accommodation for up to 39 wagons with the adjacent loop furthest from the running line able to hold 45 wagons.<ref name="SA1960"/><br>The company Park Sidings were used for excursion trains with "...portable steps being provided to enable passengers to enter the trains, the steps being moved by the staff from compartment to compartment, as required by the progress of the loading." When backing an empty train in to pick up passengers, staff were instructed to "...warn all persons to stand clear...and...prevent any attempt on the part of the passengers to enter the moving vehicles".<ref name="SA1960"/> Steatite and Porcelain Products Company's premises opened in 1929 and were (and are) situated in the vicinity of [[Burlish Halt]], which opened in 1930 principally to serve the works.

[http://www.morganadvancedmaterials.com/en-gb/ Morgan Advanced Materials plc]<br>[https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/record/RAF_541_177_RP_3269 Aerial view of Stourport from 1948 showing Steatite & Porcelain Products and the National Cold Store]