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A set of [[File: Foley_Park_OS.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Extract from 1951 OS Map showing the Foley Park area]]'''Foley Park sidings''', located 1 mile 179 yards from [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]], serving 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, built in 1925Ltd. Siding|Smethwick Drop Forgings]]. They were located near [[Foley Park Halt]], which was moved from the South south side of the line to the North north side when the sidings opened. The sidings remained in use after the closure of the [[Kidderminster]]-[[Bewdley]] line on 06/01/6 January 1970, finally closing on 25/10/October 1982.

It is thought that ==Operations and shunting locomotives==[[File:S0839_AB2248_1967_David_Cooke.jpg|thumb|300ps|right|B.S.C. No.3 at Foley Park circa 1967 (David Cooke)]]Access to the sidings were accessed from Kidderminster was by means of a ground frame. See [[Ground Frames at Foley Park]]. During the sugar beet season, or possibly 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 pair shunting engine from [[Kidderminster Shed]] to be available 24 hours per day.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] p. 72-77.</ref> The BSC factory employed three Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST shunting locomotives<ref name=miac>[http://www.miac.org.uk/sugar.html Railways in Worcestershire]</ref>:*B.S.C. No.1, works no 1843/1925*B.S.C. No.2, works no 1931/1927*B.S.C. No.3, works no 2248/1948 All three were at Foley Park from new, with No. 3 arriving as part of ground framesa 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, provisionally named [with No. 1 being sold for scrap in June 1969 and No 3 also being transferred to Wissington at the same time. No 2. is now preserved at "Rocks By Rail" and No 3. is now preserved at the Plym Valley Railway.<ref group="note">Several websites including the Plym Valley and "[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 Sidings ground frame; 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==In January 2016 the area was cleared of undergrowth to allow surveying on behalf of the [[Wagon Review Group]] for a potential new wagon storage facility to provide covered accommodation for the [[Goods Wagons|SVR's fleet of wagons]]along with a PW storage area and access for locomotives arriving by road. ==Historic maps of Foley Park sidings==*GWR plan of the northern part of Foley park sidings including Foley park Halt*GWR plan of the southern part of Foley park sidings including the sand sidings on the opposite side.*1927 map showing the sidings and beet sugar factory*1938 map showing the sidings and the expansion of the beet sugar factory. The private sidings for Thomas Vale & Sons extends towards the bottom of the map <gallery>File:GWRplanFoleyPark.jpg | Northern part of GWR planFile:GWRplanFoleyPark2.jpg | Southern part of GWR planFile:FoleyPark1927map.jpg | 1927File:FoleyPark1938map.jpg | 1938</gallery>

* "Severn Valley Railway". Railways in Worcestershire article. [http[Category://www.miac.org.uk/severnvalleyline.html LinkFeatured articles]]. Accessed 09/01/2015.