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[[File:Britain From Above Kidderminster Goods yard..jpg|thumb|300px|right|Kidderminster goods yard in 1938 showing most of the siding space occupied by goods wagons]]
During its 101 year history the Severn Valley branch was never financially successful.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Oppitz (2004)]] p.106.</ref> [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Traffic statistics| GWR Traffic statistics]] for stations on the branch show that between 1903 and 1923, passengers only accounted for around 20% of the total revenue, with around 80% of the revenue arising from freight traffic. After that time passenger numbers declined, and by 1938 revenue from passenger traffic accounted for little more than 10% of the total, with freight traffic nearing 90%.
*Thomas' Dairy Ltd, Wribbenhall, Bewdley, box containing water meter, 2 lbs, to The Leeds Meter Co. Ltd. [https://postimg.cc/kDYGzGK1 Image]
*Catswell Farm, Wyre Forest, 31 trays of cherries, totalling over 3 cwt (150kg), to Smithfield Market, Birmingham. [https://postimg.cc/mt0DZnd7 Image]
*Charles Smith, 9 trays of cherries to Birmingham . [https://postimg.cc/3yhxmvQR Image]
*Mr. Venables, 22 trays of cherries to Manchester. [https://postimg.cc/ygY6rCdC Image]
*L. Parkes, Kinlet, 4 trays of cherries to Birmingham. [https://postimg.cc/23y8QYM4 Image]
*Mr. Murray, Bliss Gate, Rock, 2 chips<ref group="note">A chip is a wooden tray for carrying fruit, with a capacity of about 12 lbs</ref> of cherries to Chulmleigh, Devon . [https://postimg.cc/14dRMT1b Image]
*Alton Glasshouses 7 lbs of timber to Barnsley, Yorks. [https://postimg.cc/hXWDRdjr Image]
*A fishing rod being returned to Kay & Co. Worcester.<ref group="note">Kay & Co. was a large mail order catalogue business founded in Worcester in 1889. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kays_Catalogues Kay's Catalogues on Wikipedia]</ref> [https://postimg.cc/nX4HFh9t Image]
*C.J.Adam, Bewdley, 6 lbs fruit to Sheffield and 5 lbs fruit to Chester, [https://postimg.cc/JyKMXYQ6 Image]
*A watering can being returned from Rhea Hall Estate to Wigan due to being damaged in transit . [https://postimg.cc/nsnnCfq9 Image]*C.J.Adam, Bewdley, 12 lbs fruit to Rutland . [https://postimg.cc/wyvHQ5f6 Image]*C.J.Adam, Bewdley, 13 lbs fruit to Sheffield . [https://postimg.cc/ygbKQJt0 Image]*Mr. Murray, Bliss Gate, Rock, 2 chips of cherries to Crediton, Devon . [https://postimg.cc/mhPBcw1j Image]*Mr. Murray, Bliss Gate, Rock, 1 chip of cherries to Lapford, Devon . [https://postimg.cc/Yhg7RC3m Image]*Two Collico<ref group="note">Collico cases were standardised packing cases that could be folded flat for return. The sender was charged only for the weight of the contents, and there was no charge for returning the folded empty container. </ref> cases being returned from a Cleobury Mortimer Chemist to Max Factor, Wembley . [https://postimg.cc/k2mmpP1Y Image]*One basket of pigeons from Highley for release by the Station Master at Gloucester . [https://postimg.cc/94xH0RWs Image]*Dowles Nurseries, near Bewdley, sending plants to Hampshire, Kent and Middlesex . [https://postimg.cc/yDBMTXxw Image]*Herbert C. Styles sending 2 qtr (25kg) of diet powder to a Swindon hospital . [https://postimg.cc/c6tG1LP5 Image] *Dowles Nurseries, near Bewdley, sending plants to Leicestershire and Stratford-upon-Avon . [https://postimg.cc/2VpR1fDj Image]*Alton Glasshouses sending 7 lbs of timber to Kirkcudbright, Scotland . [https://postimg.cc/ctnpFFQN Image]*Alton Glasshouses sending 19 lbs of timber to Derby . [https://postimg.cc/tZLfnF8v Image]*Alton Glasshouses sending 4 lbs of timber to Bude, Cornwall . [https://postimg.cc/Z0dXtDyG Image]
*Stocklands Estate Nursery, Bewdley, sending a 21 lb bundle of shrubs to Duffield, Derbyshire [https://postimg.cc/V0nhqd8f Image]
===Other consignment notes and way bills===
[[File:Stourport way bill 1889.jpg|thumb|300px|right|1889 way bill from Stourport]]
*in 1889 a 14 lb parcel was sent from Stourport to Bootle Rectory.
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