Smethwick Drop Forgings Ltd. Siding
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| 1941 map of SDF |
During 1942 additional track work was laid to enable the Smethwick Drop Forgings Ltd. factory on the Stourport road at Kidderminster to gain main line rail access via the British Sugar Corporation's Foley Park sidings.[1] The factory had already acquired land from Thomas Vale & Sons who made similar use of the BSCBritish Steel Corporation, or British Sugar Corporation sidings.[2]
Owing to the amount of wartime traffic it generated, the factory was provided with small shunting locomotive by the Ministry of Supply ("M.O.S.").[1] The locomotive, W.G. Bagnall 0-4-0ST works no. 2664/1942 "S.D.F No 1", remained at Foley Park until late 1947 before moving to Newcastle Upon Tyne.[3][note 1]
The extension to the siding has not been found on any post-War OSOrdnance Survey maps, suggesting it may have been lifted again after M.O.S. use ended.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Turley refers to "William Barclay of Stafford". This is presumably a typographical error; W.G. Bagnall were based at Stafford while Andrew Barclay & Sons were a Scottish company.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turley (2005) p. 77.
- ↑ 1940s plan of the proposed new siding
- ↑ Keith Beddoes via miac.org.uk
