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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.
==Operationsand shunting locomotives==
Access to the sidings from Kidderminster was by means of a ground frame. See [[Ground Frames at Foley Park]].
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 Foley Park factory required a shunting engine from [[Kidderminster Shed]] to be available 24 hours per day.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] p. 72-77.</ref>
Before World War 2 the The BSC factory employed two three Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST shunting locomotives<ref name=miac>[http://www.miac.org.uk/sugar.html Railways in Worcestershire]</ref>:*British Sugar Corporation No.1, works no 1843/1925*British Sugar Corporation No. They were joined by a third Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST2, "works no 1931/1927*British Sugar Corporation No. 3", works no. 2248/1948 All three were at Foley Park from new, which arrived ex-works with No. 3 arriving as part of a goods train on 1 May 1948.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] p. 76.</ref> . No. 2 was later transferred to the Wissington sugar factory at Kings Lynn, Norfolk in 1962. Steam working ended in January 1969, with No. 1 being sold for scrap in June 1969 and No 3 also being transferred to Wissington at the same time. No 2. was subsequently scrapped but No 3. is now preserved at the Plym Valley Railway.<ref group="note">Several websites including "[https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/andrew-barclay-works-no-2248-albert-0-4-0st-2/ Preserved British Locomotives]" refer to 2248 as being based at BSC's "''Worcester & Somerset plants''". Worcester presumably refers to Worcestershire, ie Foley Park; the reason for the reference to Somerset is unclear.</ref> The factory later employed two diesel shunters<ref name=miac/>:*0-4-0DE R&H works no. 408866/1959 (arrived 1961, scrapped October 1983)*[[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter D2960|0-4-0DM R&H 281269/1950]] (arrived January 1969, preserved on the SVR September 1983)
==Preservation==
*[[Maps#Schematic maps of the pre-closure SVR | Pre-1963 map]]
*[[List of signal boxes#List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames | List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames]]
 
==Notes==
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