Between Pleck Jct and Bescot Curve Jct as seen in April 2004, a decade after the railway line closed. The stretch of line between Pleck Jct and Bescot Curve Jct was brought back into use in autumn 2014 as a run-round facility for coal trains going to and from Rugeley Power Station, saving them from having to use the loops at Bescot. Regular coal trains to Rugeley ceased in February 2016, rendering the Up Dudley Siding as the new facility was named, redundant. Before that happened a couple of railtours visited the line,
like this one
.
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