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During the 1950s , with new DMUs introduced the shed lost top link passenger work to Tyseley and Stourbridge sheds, and all passenger work between Kidderminster and Birmingham Snow Hill.<ref>Fursdon, Peter, 'My Railway Journey', SVR News 215, Autumn 2021, p. 56</ref> 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:
*Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT Nos 3601, 3607, 3619, 8718
*Collett 5101 Class 2-6-2T Nos 4147, 4153, 4173, 4175
