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[[File:Bewdley South signal box.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Bewdley South signal box]]
[[File:BS Frame.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Interior of Bewdley South signal box]]
[[File:BewdleySouthSBAward_20150315.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Award won by Bewdley South signal box]]
Signalling diagram in Bewdley South as of September 2015. The circles on the diagram are track circuit indicators, which light in the presence of a train (or failure of a track circuit), the pilot light in bottom left being constantly lit to indicate that the power is on.
[[File:BS_BR_Era_Diagram.jpg|800px]]
The office copy of the GWR/BR-era diagram for Bewdley South. The diagram shows alterations to remove the signals and points for the Down Yard. The SVR was given control of the yard before BR ceased running services to Bewdley, and it is thought that the pointwork for the yard was never physically removed. Instead, it is theorised that the removal of these features of the diagram was done to indicate to signalmen that they were not to be used under any circumstances <ref>Severn Valley Signalmen Facebook group</ref>.
==Labelled diagram of Block Shelf ==
[[File:BS_Frame_Labelled.jpg|800px]]
The lever frame and block shelf at Bewdley South. The descriptions for the labelled items are as follows:
:A: Signal arm repeaters for Lever 0 (Down Distant, top indicator) and Lever 1 (Down Home, bottom indicator)
:B: Signal lamps repeater
:C: Possession key for Bewdley South-Kidderminster section, removed from the instrument to protect the line during engineering work, etc.
:D: Block bell from Kidderminster
:E: Block instrument to Bewdley North for Up and Down main
:F: Block bell to Bewdley North for Up and Down main
:G: Block instrument to Bewdley North for Back Road
:H: Block bell to Bewdley North for Back Road
:I: Track circuit indicator for "Tunnel Track" (extends between the distants at Bewdley South and Kidderminster, either side of Bewdley Tunnel)
:J: Up train accepted (by Kidderminster) indicator
:K: ??? indicator
:L: Signal 30 approach locking Free/Locked indicator
:M: Signal arm repeater for signal 30 (Up Starting)
:N: Signal arm repeater for signal 33 (Up Main Distant)
== Levers and Lever Leads ==
The following photographs show the levers and lever leads at Bewdley South.
<gallery>
File:BS Levers 0-10.jpg | Levers 0 to 10. Lever 8 is spare.
File:BS Levers 7-15.jpg | Levers 7 to 15. Lever 8 is spare. Not visible is Lever 11.
File:BS Levers 14-21.jpg | Levers 14 to 22. Not visible is Lever 22.
File: BS Levers 23-33.jpg | Levers 23 to 33.
</gallery>
=== List of levers ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;" | No. !! style="text-align:left;" | Colour !! style="text-align:left;" | Description !! style="text-align:left;" | Lever Sequence
|-
| 0 || Yellow || From Kidderminster Distant || 1 6
|-
| 1 || Red || From Kidderminster Home || 23 22 13 12 or 22 13 12 or 17 16 15 12
|-
| 2 || Red/Brown || Acceptance Lever From Kidderminster ||
|-
| 3 || Red || From Hartlebury To Down Main Home || 23 22 or 22
|-
| 4 || Red || From Hartlebury To Back Platf'm Home || 17 16 15 12 10
|-
| 5 || Red+White Band || From Hartlebury To Down Main Inner Home || 22 21
|-
| 6 || Red+White Band || From Kidderminster To Down Main Inner Home || 22 13 12
|-
| 7 || Red+White Band || From Kidderminster Or Hartlebury To Back Platf'm Inner Home || 17 16 15 12 11
|-
| 8 || || SPACE ||
|-
| 9 || Red || From Kidderminster To Down Sidings Inner Home || 23 22 13 12
|-
| 10 || Black || Facings Xover || 17 16 15 12
|-
| 11 || Blue/Brown || Interl'k'g Lever With Bewdley North For Back Road ||
|-
| 12 || Brown || F.P.L.s For Nos. 10 & 13 || 22 23 13 or 22 13 or 17 16 15
|-
| 13 || Black || From Kidderm'tr Facing / Main ||
|-
| 14 || Red || Disc for No. 18 || 16 18
|-
| 15 || Blue || F.P.L for No. 16 || 17 16
|-
| 16 || Black || Up Main / Back Platf'm ||
|-
| 17 || Blue || F.P.L for No. 18 ||
|-
| 18 || Black || Back Platf'm / Siding ||
|-
| 19 || Red || Disc for No. 18 || 16 18 or 17 16 15 12 10 [PUT BACK 12 15 17] 18
|-
| 20 || Red || From Hartlebury To Down Sidings Inner Home || 23 22 21
|-
| 21 || Black || Stourport Line Safety ||
|-
| 22 || Blue || F.P.L for No. 23 || NIL or 23
|-
| 23 || Black || Down Main Facing / Down Sidings ||
|-
| 24 || Red || Disc for No. 13 || 13
|-
| 25 || Red || Disc at No. 13 || 21
|-
| 26 || Red || Disc for No. 23 || 13 23 24 or 21 23 25
|-
| 27 || Blue/Brown || Interl'k'g Lever With Bewdley North For Down Main ||
|-
| 28 || Red || Back Platf'm To Hartlebury Home || 17 16 15 12 10 PUT BACK 12 15 17
|-
| 29 || Red || Up Main To Hartlebury Home || 17 16 15 12 10 PUT BACK 12 15 16
|-
| 30 || Red+White Band || To Kidderm'tr Start'g ||
|-
| 31 || Red || Back Platf'm To Kidderminster Home || 16
|-
| 32 || Red || Up Main To KidderMinster Home ||
|-
| 33 || Yellow || Up Main Distant || 32 30
|}
== See Also ==
* [[List of signal boxes]]
