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==Kidderminster Shed under GWR==
[[File: Kiddermnster_Shed_OS.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Extract from 1951 OS Map showing Kidderminster shed]]
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 [[Kidderminster mainline station#Locomotive shed|original smaller single-road GWR shed ]] which was situated adjacent to the main line [[Kidderminster mainline 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.
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 [[Bibliography#Books|Beddoes & Bewdley Railway, Keith Beddoes and William H Smith (1995)]] p. 136.</ref>:
*Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Railway CMDP Class 0-6-0PT Nos 28, 29
*Dean 2021 Class 0-6-0PT No 2153
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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>
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:
==Historic maps of Kidderminster Shed==
*Original GWR map showing the engine shed and associated sidings as a later amendment.
*1927 OS map showing the fence line extended and a single siding in the area where the shed was to be built.*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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File:GWRplanKidderminsterEngineShed.jpg| GWR planFile:Kidderminstershed1927map.jpg | 1927OS mapFile:Kidderminstershed1938map.jpg | 1938OS map
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==See also==
*[[Hoo Road Bridge]]<br>*[[Shed and Depot Codes]]*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Map of the Route and Nearby Railways|Map of the Route and Nearby Railways]]
==References==
