Kidderminster Shed

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Local services on the SVRSevern Valley Railway 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.

Kidderminster Shed under GWRGreat Western Railway

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 to replace the original smaller GWRGreat Western Railway shed which was situated nearer the station.

A snapshot in 1943 shows the following locomotives allocated to Kidderminster (GWRGreat Western Railway unless stated)[1]:

  • Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Railway Nos 28, 29
  • DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 2021 0-6-0PT No 2153
  • ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 45xx 2-6-2T Nos 4586, 4596
  • CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 57xxA GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT engine 0-6-0PT No 4625, 8718, 8727
  • CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 51xx 2-6-2T Nos 5110, 5112
  • ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 45xx 2-6-2T Nos 5518, 5538, 5573
  • 8101 2-6-2T No 8101
  • LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway J25 0-6-0 Nos 2134, 2142, 2051, 1994

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 by class were[2]:

Locomotive class Number allocated
GWRGreat Western Railway ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 43xx 2-6-0 22
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 57xxA GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT engine 0-6-0PT 18
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 51xx 2-6-2T 13
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 4575 2-6-2T 5
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 56xxA GWR 5600 Class 0-6-2T engine 0-6-2T 3
GWRGreat Western Railway DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 2021 0-6-0PT 3
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 14xx 0-4-2T 2
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 2251 0-6-0 2
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 61xx 2-6-2T 2
GWRGreat Western Railway ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922 45xx 2-6-2T 1
GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 Grange 4-6-0 1
GWRGreat Western Railway DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 Bulldog 4-4-0 1
GWRGreat Western Railway HawksworthFrederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948 16xx 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 8 0-6-0 1

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 57xxA GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT engine 0-6-0PT Nos 3601, 3607, 3619, 8718
  • CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 51xx 2-6-2T Nos 4147, 4153, 4173, 4175

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

Sources

  1. The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway, Keith Beddoes and William H Smith (1995)
  2. Kidderminster on BRDatabase.info

See also

Hoo Road Bridge