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===Goods services===
By their nature, most goods services were operated as required. However one scheduled goods service per day would normally work from Shrewsbury to Kidderminster. Pre-World War II this was usually operated by a GWR ‘Dean Goods’, superseded post-War by its natural replacement, the [[GWR 2251 Class 3205 | Collett 2251 0-6-0 goods]] (during the War an LNER J25 0-6-0 was often used). Another daily goods service also worked from Kidderminster over the [[Wyre Forest Line | Tenbury Branch]]. A [[Station Truck]], sometimes referred to as a Pick-Up Wagon, was a goods wagon attached to cater for small consignments that were individually insufficient to form a full wagon load.
Other goods traffic involved sugar beet trains from Kidderminster to Foley Park. The processing season ran from mid-September to mid-January, during which time up to four complete trains per day would arrive at Kidderminster. Shunting of these loads from Kidderminster yard to the Foley Park factory required a shunting engine to be available 24 hours per day<ref>[[Bibliography | Turley (2005), p72.]]</ref>.
* [[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation]]
* [[Sellick Collection]], a collection of photographs of the line in the late 1950s and early 1960s
* [[Station Truck]]
==References==
The Severn Valley Railway Souvenir Guide, available from Gift Shops on the SVR.<br>
