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Local services on the SVR were mostly operated by engine stabled at Kidderminster shed at the south end of the line and Shrewsbury shed at the north end of the line.  Locomotives could also be based at other sheds in the area including Worcester, with its sub-shed Hartlebury, and Stourbridge. In particular the daily Stourbridge – Tenbury Goods would regularly be a Stourbridge (84F) based loco.
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[[File:Kidderminster_Shed.jpg|thumb|300px|Right|Kidderminster shed]]Through services on the Severn Valley Branch were mainly operated from the southern end of the line by locomotives based at Worcester, with its sub-shed Hartlebury, and from the northern end of the line by locomotives from Shrewsbury shed.  Some local and through services on the Severn Valley and [[Tenbury Branch|Tenbury]] branches were operated by engines stabled at '''Kidderminster shed'''.  Locomotives could also be based at other sheds in the area including Stourbridge. In particular the daily Stourbridge – Tenbury Goods would regularly be a Stourbridge (84F) based loco. Kidderminster shed also housed locomotives serving the [[Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway]].
  
 
==Kidderminster Shed under GWR==
 
==Kidderminster Shed under GWR==
Kidderminster was GWR shed number 125, code KDR, and was part of the Worcester division. The shed was situated on the south side of the line between [[Hoo Road Bridge]] and [[Worcester Road Bridge]] (on the left when travelling from Kidderminster towards Bewdley).  It was built in 1932 to replace the original smaller GWR shed which was situated nearer the station.
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[[File: Kiddermnster_Shed_OS.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Extract from 1951 OS Map showing Kidderminster shed]]
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Kidderminster was GWR shed number 125, code KDR, and was part of the Worcester division. The shed was situated on the south side of the line between [[Hoo Road Bridge]] and [[Worcester Road Bridge]] (on the left when travelling from Kidderminster towards Bewdley).  It was built in 1932 under the Loans & Guarantees Act (1929) to replace the original smaller single-road GWR shed which was situated adjacent to the main line station.<ref name=Lyons>[[Bibliography#Other References|Lyons (1972)]] p. 180.</ref>  The extract from Ordnance Survey Map SO87, surveyed 1938 - 1949, published 1951, shows the later location.
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The structure which housed the locomotives was steel framed with corrugated sheeting, and was previously the 1921 engine shed from Basseleg, Newport on the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway.<ref name=Lyons/> Along the side of the shed (to the right of the shed in the picture) was a row of brick built offices with a sloping slate roof which served as the Foreman’s office, stores, fitters’ shop, enginemen’s cabin and shed men’s rest room. Two water columns and pits served the two roads into the shed. The picture also shows a small sand furnace building to the right of the water column. The coaling stage was further to the right, out of sight in the picture.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books| Barfield (1994)]] p. 21.</ref>
  
 
A snapshot in 1943 shows the following locomotives allocated to Kidderminster (GWR unless stated)<ref>The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway, Keith Beddoes and William H Smith (1995)</ref>:
 
A snapshot in 1943 shows the following locomotives allocated to Kidderminster (GWR unless stated)<ref>The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway, Keith Beddoes and William H Smith (1995)</ref>:
*Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Railway Nos 28, 29
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*Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Railway CMDP Class 0-6-0PT Nos 28, 29
*Dean 2021 0-6-0PT No 2153
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*Dean 2021 Class 0-6-0PT No 2153
*Churchward 45xx 2-6-2T Nos 4586, 4596
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*Churchward 4575 Class 2-6-2T Nos 4586, 4596
*Collett 57xx 0-6-0PT No 4625, 8718, 8727
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*Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No 4625, 8718, 8727
*Collett 51xx 2-6-2T Nos 5110, 5112
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*Collett 5101 Class 2-6-2T Nos 5110, 5112
*Churchward 45xx 2-6-2T Nos 5518, 5538, 5573
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*Churchward 4575 Class 2-6-2T Nos 5518, 5538, 5573
*8101 2-6-2T No 8101
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*Collett 8100 Class 2-6-2T No 8101
*LNER J25 0-6-0 Nos 2134, 2142, 2051, 1994
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*LNER J25 Class 0-6-0 Nos 2134, 2142, 2051, 1994
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'Asleft', a fireman at Kidderminster between 1945 and 1949, described Kidderminster as "...''a small but complete engine shed. The men working there were an example in miniature of the range and types of men found at larger depots''". In addition to the drivers and firemen based there, there was a small workshop with a small fitting staff responsible for simple repairs such as adjusting brakes and repairing blown joints, although larger repairs such as the removal of pistons and valves were carried out elsewhere. One man was normally responsible for boiler washouts and working on the coal stage<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|'Asleft' (1978)]], pp. 42--43.</ref>.
  
 
==Kidderminster Shed under BR==
 
==Kidderminster Shed under BR==
 
Post-War, Kidderminster had 3 different shed numbers under BR.  Following nationalisation, Kidderminster initially became BR shed code 85D on 1 February 1950, as part of the group under 85 Worcester. On 10 September 1960 it became Shed 84G under 84 Wolverhampton. Finally, in 1963 responsibility for the area was transferred from the Western Region to the London Midland Region, and on 1 September 1963 it became shed 2P under 2 Rugby.  
 
Post-War, Kidderminster had 3 different shed numbers under BR.  Following nationalisation, Kidderminster initially became BR shed code 85D on 1 February 1950, as part of the group under 85 Worcester. On 10 September 1960 it became Shed 84G under 84 Wolverhampton. Finally, in 1963 responsibility for the area was transferred from the Western Region to the London Midland Region, and on 1 September 1963 it became shed 2P under 2 Rugby.  
  
The total number of engines allocated to Kidderminster Shed post-War by class were<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/sites.php?page=depots&subpage=main&id=283 Kidderminster on BRDatabase.info]</ref>:  
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The total number of engines allocated to Kidderminster Shed post-War, albeit not all at one time, were<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/sites.php?page=depots&subpage=main&id=283 Kidderminster on BRDatabase.info]</ref>:  
  
{| class="wikitable"
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-expandable"
! Locomotive class !! Number allocated  
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! Company !! Designer ||Locomotive class !! Wheel arrangement !! Number allocated  
 
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| GWR Churchward 43xx 2-6-0 || style="text-align:right;" | 22
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| GWR || Churchward ||  4300 Class || style="text-align:left;" | 2-6-0 || style="text-align:right;" | 22
 
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|-
| GWR Collett 57xx 0-6-0PT || style="text-align:right;" | 18
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| GWR || Collett || 5700 Class  || style="text-align:left;" | 0-6-0PT || style="text-align:right;" | 18
 
|-
 
|-
| GWR Collett 51xx 2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 13
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| GWR || Collett || 5101 Class  || style="text-align:left;" | 2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 13
 
|-
 
|-
| GWR Collett 4575 2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 5
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| GWR || Collett || 4575 Class  || style="text-align:left;" | 2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 5
 
|-
 
|-
| GWR Collett 56xx 0-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 3
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| GWR || Collett || 5600 Class  || style="text-align:left;" | 0-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 3
 
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|-
| GWR Dean 2021 0-6-0PT || style="text-align:right;" | 3
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| GWR || Dean || 2021 Class|| style="text-align:left;" |0-6-0PT || style="text-align:right;" | 3
 
|-
 
|-
| GWR Collett 14xx 0-4-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 2
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| GWR || Collett || 1400 Class  || style="text-align:left;" | 0-4-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 2
 
|-
 
|-
| GWR Collett 2251 0-6-0 || style="text-align:right;" | 2
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| GWR || Collett || 2251 Class  || style="text-align:left;" | 0-6-0 || style="text-align:right;" | 2*
 
|-
 
|-
| GWR Collett 61xx 2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 2
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| GWR || Collett || 6100 Class  || style="text-align:left;" | 2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 2
 
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|-
| GWR Churchward 45xx 2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 1
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| GWR || Churchward || 4500 Class  || style="text-align:left;" | 2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 1
 
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| GWR Collett Grange 4-6-0 || style="text-align:right;" | 1
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| GWR || Collett || 'Grange' 6800 Class  || style="text-align:left;" | 4-6-0 || style="text-align:right;" | 1
 
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| GWR Dean Bulldog 4-4-0 || style="text-align:right;" | 1
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| GWR || Dean || 'Bulldog' 3300 Class  || style="text-align:left;" | 4-4-0 || style="text-align:right;" | 1
 
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| GWR Hawksworth 16xx 0-6-0PT || style="text-align:right;" | 1
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| GWR || Hawksworth || 1600 Class  || style="text-align:left;" | 0-6-0PT || style="text-align:right;" | 1
 
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| LMS Stanier 3P 2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 1
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| LMS || Stanier || 3P || style="text-align:left;" |2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 1
 
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| BR Riddles Standard Class 3 Tank 2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 3
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| BR || Riddles || Standard Class 3 Tank || style="text-align:left;" | 2-6-2T || style="text-align:right;" | 3
 
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| BR Diesel Class 8 0-6-0 || style="text-align:right;" | 1
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| BR ||  || Diesel Class 08  || style="text-align:left;" | 0-6-0 || style="text-align:right;" | 1
 
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|}
 
|}
   
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During the 1950s the area covered by Kidderminster based locomotives included passenger/goods services on the Severn Valley Branch between Shrewsbury and Hartlebury, in some cases continuing south to Worcester and thence to Ledbury. Services on the Tenbury Branch to Woofferton also continued south to Leominster. Services north from Kidderminster worked via Stourbridge as far as Wolverhampton and also via Stourbridge to Birmingham and thence to Leamington Spa.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Barfield (1994)]] p. 20.</ref>
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Kidderminster shed closed on 10 August 1964, with the last 8 engines being transferred to nearby Stourbridge shed (84F) 2 days earlier.  The last 8 engines at Kidderminster were:
 
Kidderminster shed closed on 10 August 1964, with the last 8 engines being transferred to nearby Stourbridge shed (84F) 2 days earlier.  The last 8 engines at Kidderminster were:
*Collett 57xx 0-6-0PT Nos 3601, 3607, 3619, 8718
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*Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT Nos 3601, 3607, 3619, 8718
*Collett 51xx 2-6-2T Nos 4147, 4153, 4173, 4175
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*Collett 5101 Class 2-6-2T Nos 4147, 4153, 4173, 4175
  
 
The area formerly occupied by Kidderminster Shed is now a housing estate.
 
The area formerly occupied by Kidderminster Shed is now a housing estate.
  
==Sources==
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==Historic maps of Kidderminster Shed==
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*Original GWR map showing the engine shed and associated sidings as a later amendment.
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*1927 OS map showing the fence line extended and a single siding in the area where the shed was to be built.
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*1938 OS map showing the engine shed and a further siding extending in to gravel pits to the south. [[H. Whitehouse's Sand Siding]] is north of the Severn Valley Branch.
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<gallery>
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File:GWRplanKidderminsterEngineShed.jpg | GWR plan
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File:Kidderminstershed1927map.jpg | 1927 OS map
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File:Kidderminstershed1938map.jpg | 1938 OS map
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</gallery>
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==See also==
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*[[Hoo Road Bridge]]
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*[[Shed and Depot Codes]]
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*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Map of the Route and Nearby Railways|Map of the Route and Nearby Railways]]
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==References==
 
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==See also==
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==Further reading==
[[Hoo Road Bridge]]
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*[[Bibliography#Books|'''No Steam Without Fire''', 'Asleft' (1978), ISBN 0950053341]] Memories of life on the footplate at Wolverhampton, Kidderminster, and Newton Abbot
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*[[Bibliography#Books|'''When There Was Steam''', Tony Barfield (1994), ISBN 1-85648-190-5]] Memories of a Western Region fireman based at Kidderminster Shed
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Revision as of 09:47, 1 October 2019

Kidderminster shed
Through services on the Severn Valley Branch were mainly operated from the southern end of the line by locomotives based at Worcester, with its sub-shed Hartlebury, and from the northern end of the line by locomotives from Shrewsbury shed. Some local and through services on the Severn Valley and Tenbury branches were operated by engines stabled at Kidderminster shed. Locomotives could also be based at other sheds in the area including Stourbridge. In particular the daily Stourbridge – Tenbury Goods would regularly be a Stourbridge (84F) based loco. Kidderminster shed also housed locomotives serving the Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway.

Kidderminster Shed under GWRGreat Western Railway

Extract from 1951 OSOrdnance Survey Map showing Kidderminster shed

Kidderminster was GWRGreat Western Railway shed number 125, code KDR, and was part of the Worcester division. The shed was situated on the south side of the line between Hoo Road Bridge and Worcester Road Bridge (on the left when travelling from Kidderminster towards Bewdley). It was built in 1932 under the Loans & Guarantees Act (1929) to replace the original smaller single-road GWRGreat Western Railway shed which was situated adjacent to the main line station.[1] The extract from Ordnance Survey Map SO87, surveyed 1938 - 1949, published 1951, shows the later location.

The structure which housed the locomotives was steel framed with corrugated sheeting, and was previously the 1921 engine shed from Basseleg, Newport on the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway.[1] Along the side of the shed (to the right of the shed in the picture) was a row of brick built offices with a sloping slate roof which served as the Foreman’s office, stores, fitters’ shop, enginemen’s cabin and shed men’s rest room. Two water columns and pits served the two roads into the shed. The picture also shows a small sand furnace building to the right of the water column. The coaling stage was further to the right, out of sight in the picture.[2]

A snapshot in 1943 shows the following locomotives allocated to Kidderminster (GWRGreat Western Railway unless stated)[3]:

  • Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Railway CMDP Class 0-6-0PT Nos 28, 29
  • DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 2021 Class 0-6-0PT No 2153
  • ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 4575 Class 2-6-2T Nos 4586, 4596
  • CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No 4625, 8718, 8727
  • CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 5101 Class 2-6-2T Nos 5110, 5112
  • ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 4575 Class 2-6-2T Nos 5518, 5538, 5573
  • CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 8100 Class 2-6-2T No 8101
  • LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway J25 Class 0-6-0 Nos 2134, 2142, 2051, 1994

'Asleft', a fireman at Kidderminster between 1945 and 1949, described Kidderminster as "...a small but complete engine shed. The men working there were an example in miniature of the range and types of men found at larger depots". In addition to the drivers and firemen based there, there was a small workshop with a small fitting staff responsible for simple repairs such as adjusting brakes and repairing blown joints, although larger repairs such as the removal of pistons and valves were carried out elsewhere. One man was normally responsible for boiler washouts and working on the coal stage[4].

Kidderminster Shed under BRBritish Rail or British Railways

Post-War, Kidderminster had 3 different shed numbers under BRBritish Rail or British Railways. Following nationalisation, Kidderminster initially became BRBritish Rail or British Railways shed code 85D on 1 February 1950, as part of the group under 85 Worcester. On 10 September 1960 it became Shed 84G under 84 Wolverhampton. Finally, in 1963 responsibility for the area was transferred from the Western Region to the London Midland Region, and on 1 September 1963 it became shed 2PThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. under 2 Rugby.

The total number of engines allocated to Kidderminster Shed post-War, albeit not all at one time, were[5]:

Company Designer Locomotive class Wheel arrangement Number allocated
GWRGreat Western Railway ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 4300 Class 2-6-0 22
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 5700 Class 0-6-0PT 18
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 5101 Class 2-6-2T 13
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 4575 Class 2-6-2T 5
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 5600 Class 0-6-2T 3
GWRGreat Western Railway DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 2021 Class 0-6-0PT 3
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 1400 Class 0-4-2T 2
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 2251 Class 0-6-0 2*
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 6100 Class 2-6-2T 2
GWRGreat Western Railway ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 4500 Class 2-6-2T 1
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 'Grange' 6800 Class 4-6-0 1
GWRGreat Western Railway DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 'Bulldog' 3300 Class 4-4-0 1
GWRGreat Western Railway HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948 1600 Class 0-6-0PT 1
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 3PThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. 2-6-2T 1
BRBritish Rail or British Railways RiddlesRobert Arthur "Robin" Riddles, Member of the Railway Executive for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering responsible for the design of the British Rail Standard Class locomotives Standard Class 3 Tank 2-6-2T 3
BRBritish Rail or British Railways Diesel Class 08 0-6-0 1

During the 1950s the area covered by Kidderminster based locomotives included passenger/goods services on the Severn Valley Branch between Shrewsbury and Hartlebury, in some cases continuing south to Worcester and thence to Ledbury. Services on the Tenbury Branch to Woofferton also continued south to Leominster. Services north from Kidderminster worked via Stourbridge as far as Wolverhampton and also via Stourbridge to Birmingham and thence to Leamington Spa.[6]

Kidderminster shed closed on 10 August 1964, with the last 8 engines being transferred to nearby Stourbridge shed (84F) 2 days earlier. The last 8 engines at Kidderminster were:

  • CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 5700 Class 0-6-0PT Nos 3601, 3607, 3619, 8718
  • CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 5101 Class 2-6-2T Nos 4147, 4153, 4173, 4175

The area formerly occupied by Kidderminster Shed is now a housing estate.

Historic maps of Kidderminster Shed

  • Original GWRGreat Western Railway map showing the engine shed and associated sidings as a later amendment.
  • 1927 OSOrdnance Survey map showing the fence line extended and a single siding in the area where the shed was to be built.
  • 1938 OSOrdnance Survey map showing the engine shed and a further siding extending in to gravel pits to the south. H. Whitehouse's Sand Siding is north of the Severn Valley Branch.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lyons (1972) p. 180.
  2. Barfield (1994) p. 21.
  3. The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway, Keith Beddoes and William H Smith (1995)
  4. 'Asleft' (1978), pp. 42--43.
  5. Kidderminster on BRDatabase.info
  6. Barfield (1994) p. 20.

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