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[[File:Kidderminster Signal Box - geograph.org.uk - 1779089.jpg| thumb|200px300px|right| Kidderminster Junction Signal Box in 2008 (Geograph)]][[File:Kidderminster Junction - geograph.org.uk - 248557.jpg| thumb|300px|right| Kidderminster Junction and the connections to the Severn Valley line in February 1984]]
Although not on [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|SVR]] property, the BR(W) designed Kidderminster Junction signal box formerly controlled the [[Connection to Network Rail | main line connection]] to the Severn Valley Railway in conjunction with the SVR's own [[Kidderminster signal box]].
==Kidderminster Junction==The name "Kiderminster Kidderminster Junction" referred to the junction between the former Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton line and "[[Kidderminster Loop Line|The Loop]]" leading to Bewdley and the original Severn Valley line. The most recent signal box junction, which is shown on this extract from the 1903 OS map, was created in 1878 with the opening of quite a modern designthe Loop (bottom left).<gallery>File:Kidderminster Junction OS.JPG | OS map of Kidderminster Junction in 1903</gallery> ==Early signal boxes==The 1903 OS map, having been built in October 1953although particularly detailed, and contained does not show a 63 lever frame. The GWR signal box on in the vicinity of the same site was demolished by a derailed wagon earlier in 1953, and a temporary junction. A signal box was used for a short while until present in the replacement was built<ref>1938 OS map, reproduced in "Western Main Lines, Worcester to Birmingham via Kidderminster Jcn Signal Box, Signalling Record Society Website" (Mitchell & Smith). http://wwwIt was located between the two signal posts ("SP") near the top of the extract above.s-r-s.org.uk/html/gws/S2605.htm. Accessed 10/05/2015</ref><ref>Stourbridge Line Signal Boxes - Kidderminster Narrative in the book accompanying the OS map extract refers to "''The 1924 Junction | Martinbox''s Railway Ramblings. http://martincreese.blogspot.com/2012/07/stourbridge-line-" but provides no other information or confirmation that this was the first signal-boxes.html. Accessed 10/05/2015</ref>box controlling the junction.
==1953 signal box==
The most recent signal box was of quite a modern design, having been built in October 1953, and contained a 63 lever frame. The GWR signal box on the same site was demolished by a derailed wagon earlier in 1953, and a temporary signal box was used for a short while until the replacement was built<ref>Kidderminster Jcn Signal Box, Signalling Record Society Website. http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/html/gws/S2605.htm. Accessed 10/05/2015</ref><ref>Stourbridge Line Signal Boxes - Kidderminster Junction | Martin's Railway Ramblings. http://martincreese.blogspot.com/2012/07/stourbridge-line-signal-boxes.html. Accessed 10/05/2015</ref>.
==See also==
[[Connection to Network Rail]]<br>
[[Kidderminster signal box]]<br>[[List of signal boxes#Kidderminster Loop Line | List of signal boxes]] == References ==<references /> ==Links==[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2eAFhE-m0yhNDhnQmZPNUdwc3M/edit Kidderminster Junction Signal Box on the Kidderminster & District Archaeological & Historical Society web site] [[Category: Featured articles]]
