H. Whitehouse's Sand Siding

H. Whitehouse’s Sand Siding was situated on the Kidderminster Loop Line at milepost 135¾, between Kidderminster Junction and the Foley Park sugar beet siding, on the falling gradient of 1 in 112 towards Bewdley. Access to the siding was controlled by a ground frame which was locked by the Electric Train Token for the Kidderminster Junction – Bewdley South section.

The siding could hold up to 12 wagons, and was facing to trains from the direction of Bewdley. Traffic from the siding was worked by the Kidderminster shunting engine, which would draw wagons out onto the main line and then propel them back towards Kidderminster Junction. Such propelling movements could only be carried out in clear weather and at reduced speed, with a guard in the leading brake van providing hand signals to the driver where necessary.

See also

List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames

References

Instructions for Train Working to Whitehouse’s Siding. Service Timetable for February 1943, reproduced in Turley (2005), p134.