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== List of current SVR Ground Frames ==
* [[Ground Frames at Foley Park |Foley Park]]
* [[Eardington ground frame | Eardington]]
* [[Bridgnorth Boiler Shop ground frame | Bridgnorth Boiler Shop]]
| [[Hartlebury]] Station || June 1876<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9">Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society (plus correction sheet #9 )</ref> || 24 August 2012 || McKenzie & Holland type 2 box. Originally 21 levers, renewed with 30 lever GWR frame August 1910, frame removed and replaced with switch panel 7 November 1982.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Hartlebury Junction ]] || June 1876 || 15 April 1977 || McKenzie & Holland type 2 box. Originally 20 levers, renewed with 27 lever GWR frame 1912.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Leapgate Private Sidings| Leapgate Siding G.F. ]] || 28 August 1939 || 12 January 1981 || Single track junction facing Stourport serving Regent Oil Co. depot. Two sidings on either side of a gantry, space for 17 13 20-ton wagonson each.<ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVRSA1960">[http://www.miac.org.uk/severnvalleyline.html Railways in Worcestershire, Severn Valley Line], accessed 30 Nov 2015Birmingham Traffic District Sectional Appendix 1960</ref><ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs">[[Bibliography#Books | Maggs ((2009)]]</ref> Released by token.|-| [[Wilden Sand Siding|Sand Siding G.F.]] || || || Single track junction facing Stourport serving a large sand quarry. Points worked by a ground frame locked by the section token.<ref name="SA1960"/><ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 87.</ref>
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| [[Stourport]] South || 1885 || 1 April 1951 || Originally 18 levers (14 working, 4 spare). Double-line block working between the two Stourport boxes was authorised in 1887<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], p129</ref>. New frame circa 1923. Renamed "Stourport on Severn South" in 1934. On closure, control of layout went to Stourport North.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
| Stourport North || Before 1885 || 3 May 1970 || Great Western Type 5 brick signal box. Originally a 20 lever frame, extended to 24 (18 working 6 spare)<ref>Marshall (1989)</ref> by March 1907, new 34 lever GWR frame 1914. Box extended by 6 feet 8 inches and new 43 lever frame installed April 1951, signal box then taking control of whole station. Renamed "Stourport on Severn North" in 1934, apparently kept the name until closure.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Parts used in rebuilding of Hampton Loade SB.
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| [[Burlish Branch| Park Street Sidings G.F. ]] || || || Controlled connections at north end of Stourport to coal sidings and [[Burlish Branch|Steatite Branch/Burlish Branch]], which serviced the Steatite and Porcelain Products Co. factory near Burlish crossing.<ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs" /><ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVR" >[http://www.miac.org.uk/severnvalleyline.html Railways in Worcestershire, Severn Valley Line], accessed 30 Nov 2015</ref> Three? levers, electrically released from Stourport (North) S.B. <ref name="StourportDiagram">SRS diagram for Stourport-on-Severn SB</ref>
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| [[National Cold Stores Siding | Brindley Street G.F. ]] ||1941 || || Served National Cold Stores.<ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs" /> Two? levers and an intermediate token machine, released by token.<ref name="StourportDiagram" /><ref name="SA1960" />
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| [[Bewdley South signal box|Bewdley South]] || 1878 || 3 May 1970 || McKenzie and Holland Type 3 brick signal box. Originally 28 levers, extended to 31 September 1901, new 32 lever GWR frame circa 1923. Reopened and extended to 34 levers in preservation.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
| [[Bewdley North signal box|Bewdley North]] || 1878 || 3 May 1970 || McKenzie and Holland Type 3 timber signal box. Original frame of unknown length, new 37 lever GWR frame 25 June 1908. Reopened in preservation.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Folly Point| Folly Point Siding G.F. ]] || 16 September 1899 || 1906 || Siding laid in connection with the construction of the [[Elan Valley Aqueduct]]<ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVR" />. Access controlled by two ground frames each with two levers, locked by a key on the electric train staff for the section<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], p95</ref>.
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| [[Arley signal box|Arley]] || June 1883 || 28 June 1964 || McKenzie and Holland signal box, brick/timber construction. 14 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Demolished, replacement preservation-era box in same location
| [[Highley signal box|Highley]] || June 1883 || 3 May 1970 || McKenzie and Holland signal box, brick/timber construction. 14 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Reopened in preservation, virtually unchanged since construction.
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| [[Alveley Sidings (South ) ground frame | Alveley Sidings (South ) G.F.]] || 30 January 1939 || || Two levers, released by token, intermediate token instrument.<ref name="AlveleyOpeningDoc">Opening notice for Alveley Sidings: [[Media:GWR_Alveley_Colliery_2.jpg|Side A]] and [[Media:GWR Alveley Colliery 1.jpg|Side B]].</ref>
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| [[Alveley Sidings (North ) ground frame | Alveley Sidings (North ) G.F.]] || 30 January 1939 || || Two levers, released by token, intermediate token instrument.<ref name="AlveleyOpeningDoc" />
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| [[Hampton Loade signal box|Hampton Loade]] || May 1883 || 2 December 1963 || McKenzie and Holland brick signal box, 14 levers.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Partly demolished, replica preservation-era box build from structure of Hampton and Stourport boxes
| Eardington G.F.(s) || || || Existence assumed. The [[Eardington | station]] had a goods loop, reduced to a siding in 1959. The station had no signal box and was unstaffed after 1949.
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| [[Knowlesands Sidings#Knowlesands Sidings ground frames | Knowlesands Sidings G.F.s]] || August 1922 || || North and South G.F.s. Released by token.
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| [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth South]] || October 1892 || 1923 || GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 21 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
| [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth North]] || October 1892 || 1923 || GWR signal box, identical dimensions (and construction?) to South. 23 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Coalport]] || ca. November 1895 || 2 December 1963 || GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 31 lever frame. Also controlled access to [[Coalport Brick & Tile Works Siding]].
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| Coalport G.F. || ca. 1895 || ca. 1930 || Two lever G.F., locked from the signal box, to work the loop points and FPL at the north end of the station<ref name = "Marshall131" />. Removed and replaced by motorised points around 1930.
| [[Maw and Co's Siding|Maw and Co's Siding G.F.]] || 1877 || 18 October 1959 || Originally a McKenzie and Holland signal box, demoted to ground frame status 1893, replaced by an actual ground frame by 1945.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Jackfield Sidingsidings|Jackfield Siding Sidings G.F.s]] || || Up to || At least three ground frames serving brick and tile factories at Jackfield
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| [[Ironbridge and Broseley]] || 1894 || 25 November 1956 || GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 31 lever GWR frame, replaced with new frame of same length but more modern design 1917<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />, although this may have simply been a replacement of the interlocking (5 1/4 inch lever pitch retained).
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| [[Bowers Bower Yard Lime Kilns Siding]] (G.F.) || 1920s? || After 1934<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Vanns (1998/2013)]] Photo dated 1934 on p.85 shows siding</ref> || Historic lime kilns revived at some date in 1920s and rail siding added. Official name not known.
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| [[Buildwas#Signalling|Buildwas]] Junction || circa 1864 || 4? November 1923 || At 1864, probably just a simple ground frame. One of two signal boxes opened in 1888. New 32 lever installed 1913.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| Power Station Siding G.F. || ca. 1931 || || Access to CEGB sidings at Buildwas. Electrically released from S.B. <ref name="BuildwasDiagram">SRS diagram for Buildwas SB</ref>
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| [[Buildwas #Signalling|Buildwas]] || 4 November 1923 || 15 March 1964 || Central box which replaced two boxes in 1923. GWR Type 7D brick signal box. 66 lever frame, extended by approx. 14 feet and new 113 lever frame 9 December 1931, in connection with Power Station opening.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />|-| [[Buildwas#Signalling|Buildwas Station (1)]] || By 1871|| 1888 || In August 1871, the GWR Board authorised 'connecting the down starting signal with the signal box'. Marshall suggests this was probably a small cabin covering a ground frame<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], p127</ref>.
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| [[Buildwas#Signalling| Buildwas Station (12) ]] || By 187123 October 1888 || 1888 4? November 1923 || In August 1871, the GWR Board authorised 'connecting the down starting One of two signal with the signal box'boxes opened in 1888. Marshall suggests this was probably a small cabin covering a ground New 49 lever frame1906.<refname="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]]New 66 lever frame in 1923<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, p127January 1924</ref>.
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| [[Buildwas Station (2) #Signalling|Buildwas Crossing]] G.F. || 23 October 1888 ? || 4? November 1923 || New 49 lever Level crossing on the Buildwas-Much Wenlock road with a crossing keeper's cottage and hut containing a ground frame 1906.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" >[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998)]] p. 30.</ref>
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| [[Sand Pit siding at Buildwas| Mileage Siding G.F. ]] || || || Two? lever G.F. providing access to siding at north end of Buildwas. Electrically released from S.B. <ref name="BuildwasDiagram" />
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| [[Cressage]] || By 1890, replaced June 1894 || 2 December 1963 || Replacement box GWR Type 5 brick signal box, 23 lever frame<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />, (19 working, 4 spare), gate wheel for the level crossing<ref name = "Marshall131">[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], p131</ref>.
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| [[Kidderminster Station signal box (c.18821873-1973) | Kidderminster Station]] || By 1882 Ca. 1873 || 15 July 1973 || McKenzie and Holland brick signal box. 21 levers by 1893, new . Relocated closer to the running line in 1900. New 30 lever GWR frame 1 May 1913. Frame re-used in preservation-era box at Arley<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />, name plate used on current SVR box.
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| [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]] || By 1882 Ca. 1877-78 || 24 August 2012<ref>[http://ukrailways1970tilltoday.me.uk/Kidderminster_junction_signal_box.html UK Railways 1970 Till Today], accessed 30 Nov 2015</ref> || Original box perhaps McKenzie and Holland, 35 lever frame, new 40 lever frame circa 1912. Replacement GWR Type 28B timber box 18 December 1937. Box demolished by derailed wagon on 7 June 1953, temporary SB until 25 October 1953 when new brick box with 66 levers built.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Kidderminster ground frame | Kidderminster G.F.]]* || || || Temporary preservation-era G.F. before commissioning of signal box. Now installed at [[Ground Frames at Foley Park |Foley Park]].
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| [[H. Whitehouse's Sand Siding | H. Whitehouse's Sand Siding]] || || || Siding for 12 wagons, controlled by a ground frame.
[http://www.svrsig.org/ SVR Signals & Telegraph Department web site]
[[Category: The Severn Valley Railway in preservation]]
[[Category:The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership]]
