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50044 'Exeter' on Kidderminster TMD. 18/05/25

Baltimore MD Truck 1
1977 Hendrickson/Pierce
85’ Snorkel
#9286-C

Baltimore MD Airflex 2
1974 IH/Swab
Air Cascade/Floodlights/Hi-X Foam
One of two purchased.

The village of Upper Arley is on the east bank of the River Severn and until 1895 was in Staffordshire, then being transferred to Worcestershire. The existence of Upper Arley was recorded around 996 CE, but it is not clear whether as a habitation or merely as land.

Arley Ferry was certainly operating by 1323, recorded then as being pulled across by rope, but later noted as being held by a steel wire attached to another that spanned the river upstream, allowing the boat to be steered across using the current.

A variety of craft were used over the centuries, but by the 1950s the ferry was not paying its costs, with losses in the next decade considered as unsustainable. A 1969 decision was to end the life of the ferry with its replacement by a Warren truss footbridge, which opened on 22 January 1972.

The village of Upper Arley is on the east bank of the River Severn and until 1895 was in Staffordshire, then being transferred to Worcestershire. The existence of Upper Arley was recorded around 996 CE, but it is not clear whether as a habitation or merely as land.

Arley Ferry was certainly operating by 1323, recorded then as being pulled across by rope, but later noted as being held by a steel wire attached to another that spanned the river upstream, allowing the boat to be steered across using the current.

A variety of craft were used over the centuries, but by the 1950s the ferry was not paying its costs, with losses in the next decade considered as unsustainable. A 1969 decision was to end the life of the ferry with its replacement by a Warren truss footbridge, which opened on 22 January 1972.

The village of Upper Arley is on the east bank of the River Severn and until 1895 was in Staffordshire, then being transferred to Worcestershire. The existence of Upper Arley was recorded around 996 CE, but it is not clear whether as a habitation or merely as land. This view is looking upstream, almost due north.

Arley Ferry was certainly operating by 1323, recorded then as being pulled across by rope, but later noted as being held by a steel wire attached to another that spanned the river upstream, allowing the boat to be steered across using the current.

A variety of craft were used over the centuries, but by the 1950s the ferry was not paying its costs, with losses in the next decade considered as unsustainable. A 1969 decision was to end the life of the ferry with its replacement by a Warren truss footbridge, which opened on 22 January 1972.

The village of Upper Arley is on the east bank of the River Severn and until 1895 was in Staffordshire, then being transferred to Worcestershire. The existence of Upper Arley was recorded around 996 CE, but it is not clear whether as a habitation or merely as land.

Arley Ferry was certainly operating by 1323, recorded then as being pulled across by rope, but later noted as being held by a steel wire attached to another that spanned the river upstream, allowing the boat to be steered across using the current.

A variety of craft were used over the centuries, but by the 1950s the ferry was not paying its costs, with losses in the next decade considered as unsustainable. A 1969 decision was to end the life of the ferry with its replacement by a Warren truss footbridge, which opened on 22 January 1972.

D821 'Greyhound' arriving into Bewdley with the 13:25 local service from Kidderminster. 17/05/25

46045 passing the Rifle Range working the 13:25 local service from Kidderminster to Bewdley. 18/05/25

D1015 at Kidderminster waiting to work the 16:55 local service to Bewdley. 17/05/25

D1015 at Kidderminster. 17/05/25

Great Western Railway 5-car Class 802 'Intercity Express Train' Bi-mode (diesel & electric) multiple unit 802 019 is pictured crossing over the River Severn at Worcester on September 19th, 2024 prior to working 2T47 14:50 Worcester Foregate Street - Bristol Temple Meads, which was terminated short at Bristol Parkway.

33108 at Kidderminster. 18/05/25

50033 'Glorious' passing the Rifle Range working the 12:40 from Highley to Kidderminster. 18/05/25

'Beware Of Trains!'

D821 'Greyhound' at Kidderminster. 18/05/25

46045 at Kidderminster waiting to depart on the 15:45 local service to Bewdley. 17/05/25

D1062 'Western Courier' passing the Rifle Range on the delayed 12:55 Bewdley to Kidderminster service. 18/05/25

40106 passing the Rifle Range working the 13:40 Kidderminster to Highley. 18/05/25

D1062 'Western Courier' at Kidderminster. 17/05/25