Kingswinford Junction

[clarkkent]

Hi all

I have a question about Kingswinford Junction located on the OWW South Staffs Line in Brierley Hill; I know the track layout fairly well with the sidings into the Moor Street Steel Yard and more Importantly the access to the Wombourne Branch however there is something that I am curious about:

On historical photos of the junction from when the Wombourne (Pensnett) Branch was active there are 2 divergences from the access line to the branch from the main line towards Brierley Hill that both curve off to the left towards Bromley directly after the signal box, I always thought that the first turning was for the actual branch line and the second turning was a siding, am I correct in that or do both lines meet up to become the twin-tracked alignment of the Wombourne Branch? I know that further down it is singled.

I can't find any photos that show the layout and the maps I've seen don't really say much!

Any info would be greatly appreciated as I've wondered this for many years.

 

[Ian Hardy]

Have you looked at Joe Brown's Birmingham & West Midlands Railway Atlas (ISBN 978-0-7110-3840-0) published by Ian Allan in 2016?

This has some really detailed maps of the railways of the West Midlands with disused lines also being shown.

 

[swt_passenger]

Have you tried the early 1900s 25 inch maps on the National Library of Scotland site?

Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland

maps.nls.uk

They are normally accurate enough to show fairly accurate track layouts...

 

[pdeaves]

R A Cooke's track diagrams (not the atlas) will give the answer. Unfortunately, I don't have the one for this area!

 

[ikcdab]

See https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/html/gwr/S2909.htm