173AC. Shrub Hill Railway Station, Shrub Hill Road, Worcester With thanks to Simon Brown for discovering these Survivors. Installed on two short cast iron plinths in front of the main station entrance are Revo swan neck brackets supporting lanterns that are believed to be early Atlas Beta 4s, similar to the derelict example seen at Malvern Link Railway Station. These lanterns are in better condition, with one retaining its prismatic glass bowl. Whilst this is missing from the second lantern, a lamp is present in that, suggesting that the lanterns could still be operational, if required.

The installations are looked after, and when photographed in October 2024, were looking relatively freshly painted in the white and dark grey of the West Midlands Railway livery. Previously, the metalwork was painted black.

Some slight flecks of paint had ended up on the bowl, accidentally.

The swan neck brackets feature fuse boxes with 'Revo - Tipton' cast into the covers.

The second example is at the other end of the covered canopy for vehicles arriving at, or departing from, the station.

The lamp emerges through the centre of the reflector plate. Clearly, the lantern is intended to run longer lamps, as the bulb part should be positioned further into the under-canopy area. The lampholder might be able to be brought further into the lantern if it is on an adjustable plate, but if not, this might be as good as is possible with modern lamps.

The lamp appears to be an incandescent tungsten filament (GLS) type.

'Dragonfly' is cast into the underside of the bowl retaining ring.

The plinth columns themselves may date from when the present station was constructed, in 1865.

The swan neck brackets will date from around the 1930s, probably when the lights were converted to electricity. The lanterns will be from the late 1950s or early 1960s.

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