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During the 1940s the regular yard shunter was normally a [[Locomotives used on the Severn Valley Branch in commercial service|57xx 0-6-0PT]] drawn from those available at Kidderminster. They included No. 8727 in particular, but also Nos. 8718, 4625, 4641 and 3609. 3609 was damaged in a shunting accident in the yard in October 1944 and replaced by No. 7700. The main yard shunter was paired with a [[GWR 41736 Shunters Truck|Shunters Truck]], No. 41803 (built in 1901) and later No. 41098 (built in 1938). The Coal Yard evening shunt was carried out by the Shrewsbury 0-6-0 tender engine which had worked that day's Up goods, or from the mid-1940s by any available Kidderminster engine.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] p. 81.</ref>
The yard's main goods shed now serves as the SVR's [[Carriage Repair Works]]. During the GWR era, steam locomotives were prohibited from entering the goods shed. The GWR kept two shunting horses in a stable on the opposite side of the main line behind the carriage siding, one of which would be led across the tracks each day. Two men were required to manage shunting in the shed, one to tend the horse and the other the wagons. Messrs. Harvey & Co also employed a shunting horse to move wagons around their [[J.P.Harvey's Corn Mill|private siding]].<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] p. 83.</ref>.
[[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] occupies a smaller warehouse built by the GWR in 1878 for grain and wool storage. The LMS, which had running rights in the area, had a depot known as a 'goods receiving office’ which was a short way from the station near the bottom of Comberton Hill<ref>Worcester to Birmingham, Mitchell and Smith, 2007, fig. 34.</ref>.
