Bank Hall Locomotive Depot in 1948: two ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire engines outside the smaller through Shed: ex-L&Y 1F 0-6-0T No. 11535, fitted with dumb buffers and swinging spark-arrestor for working in the Docks; behind it is Class 30 6F 0-8-0 No. 12782. (Beyond can be glimpsed an 8F 2-8-0 with the unusual combination of 'M' as well as the BR initial '4' added to its number). Photo: 20 June 1848 by Ben Brooksbank, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.

Recording Locomotive Sightings 1943 - 1968
A generation of enthusiasts recorded the movements of locomotives around the railway system. These records of visits to locomotive depots have been collected and carefully analysed to provide an overall portrait for the period 1943 to 1968. During that period of steam's final years, there was a marked change from the pre-grouping types that still found work at a few depots, to the modern BR designs that worked until the end in 1968. The handling of freight and passenger services was a major undertaking from town and cities, ports, coal mines and factories. All of it traversed the labyrinth of lines that criss-crossed the country. There were numerous 'sheds' spread throughout the length and breadth of the land that provided and serviced the vast army of steam locomotives (20,000 in 1948). Here is just a taste of that history.

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Cheshire Lines Committee Railway Sheds in Liverpool in 1961.

Cheshire Lines Committee Railway map of 1923. Wikipedia


27EWalton-on-the-Hill1961 Allocation
Post Grouping Ownership - Cheshire Lines Committee Railwayopened:1881prior to Jan 1950WAL
type: Originally 6TS, rebuilt in 1952 as a 4TS structure.closed:Dec-63May 1950 - Aug 196327E
location: East of the line, at the north end of Walton-on-the-Hill station.Aug 1963 - Dec 19638R
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesI - IvattJ - Johnson
St - StanierBR - British RailwaysGCR - Great Central RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 11 June 196127Etotal:20
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)cl 8F 2-8-0O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)
427549G4395816A4418827E4722527E483449E635759G
B1 4-6-04402327E4421827E4722827E4853612AJ39 0-6-0
6128850A4403827E4448127E4723527E4854641E647409G
0-6-0 diesel4404027E4460527E648809G
D3858
Shed Codes9E Trafford Park9G Gorton12A Carlisle Kingmoor16A Nottingham27E Walton-on-the-Hill
41E Staveley Barrow Hill50A York
Sunday 9 July 196127E10.55am - 11amtotal:19
Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)WD 2-8-0O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)
427489G4404027E4398827E4722527E9020626C637439G
429029G4421827E4402327E4722827E9072855C0-6-0 diesel
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4432717CB1 4-6-04723527ED3858
4254027E4448127E6105350Acl 3F 0-6-0T
4460527E4768127E
Shed Codes9G Gorton17C Rowsley26C Bolton27E Walton-on-the-Hill50A York
55C Farnley Junction
Wednesday 16 August 196127Etotal:9
cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)B1 4-6-0O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)Brush T2 diesel
4403827E4433417C4723527E6112136A638059GD5680
4404027E4448127E6128850A
Shed Codes9G Gorton17C Rowsley27E Walton-on-the-Hill36A Doncaster50A York
Saturday 16 September 196127Etotal:16
Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)B1 4-6-0O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)
4279312A4403827E4448127E4722827E6105350A635759G
J39 0-6-04404027E4460527E4723527EBR 9F 2-10-0cl 8F 2-8-0
648809G4441317Ccl 4F 0-6-0 (F)0-6-0 diesel9205017C4861212A
4446227E4398827ED3858
Shed Codes9G Gorton12A Carlisle Kingmoor17C Rowsley27E Walton-on-the-Hill50A York
Sunday 24 September 196127Etotal:21
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)B1 4-6-0O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)
4254027E4403827E4460527E4722827E6128850A635759G
Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)4404027Ecl 4F 0-6-0 (F)4723527EWD 2-8-0638059G
427689G4421827E4398827Ecl 3F 0-6-0T9021418B638959G
0-6-0 diesel4446227Ecl 8F 2-8-04768127E9038127BBR 9F 2-10-0
D38584448127E4846412A9200817C
Shed Codes9G Gorton12A Carlisle Kingmoor17C Rowsley18B Westhouses
27E Walton-on-the-Hill50A York
Sunday 29 October 196127Etotal:19
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)cl 8F 2-8-0O4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)
4254027E4403827E448278B4722527E4810121A635989G
0-6-0 diesel4418827EV2 2-6-24722827E4822416BWD 2-8-0
D38584421827E6093950A4723527E482498A9016241D
4448127Ecl 3F 0-6-0T486829F
4460527E4768127E
Shed Codes8A Edge Hill8B Warrington9F Heaton Mersey9G Gorton21A Saltley
16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield27E Walton-on-the-Hill41D Canklow50A York
Sunday 12 November 196127Etotal:18
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)cl 8F 2-8-0O4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)
4254027E4448127E4398827E4722527E4846412A636869G
Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)4455617C4402327E4722827E486058EWD 2-8-0
427679G4459717B0-6-0 diesel4723527EV2 2-6-29055227B
428739G4460527ED38586096350A
Shed Codes8E Northwich9G Gorton12A Carlisle Kingmoor17B Burton-on-Trent17C Rowsley
27B Aintree27E Walton-on-the-Hill50A York
Saturday 25 November 196127Etotal:9
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4F 0-6-0V2 2-6-2cl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0O4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)
4254027E4403827E6088750A484069F9010127B637139G
4418827EO4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)
4424541D637439G
Shed Codes9F Heaton Mersey9G Gorton27B Aintree27E Walton-on-the-Hill
41D Canklow50A York
Sunday 3 December 196127Etotal:15
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
4254027E4722527E4418827E4398827E450418A486799D
cl 3F 0-6-0T4722827E4421827E4402327EV2 2-6-2WD 2-8-0
4768127E4723527E4428917A0-6-0 diesel6085550A9033041F
D3858
Shed Codes8A Edge Hill9D Buxton17A Derby27E Walton-on-the-Hill
41F Mexborough50A York

27FBrunswick, Liverpool1961 Allocation
Post Grouping Ownership - Cheshire Lines Committee Railwayopened:1879prior to Jan 1950LIV
type: A brick built 5TS dead ended shed. closed:Sep-61Feb 1950 - Apr 195013E
location: On the north side of the line, east of Liverpool Central station.May 1950 - Apr 19588E
May 1958 - Sep 196127F
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesI - IvattJ - Johnson
St - StanierBR - British RailwaysGCR - Great Central RailwayWD - War Department
Saturday 22 April 196127Ftotal:12
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 4F 0-6-0
4218327F4258027F427929G4526227F4732027F4404027E
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)4259827F428739GB1 4-6-04736727F4411827F
4233327F6108450A4458727F
Shed Codes9G Gorton27F Brunswick27E Walton-on-the-Hill50A York
Sunday 9 July 196127F8.50am - 8.55amtotal:14
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 4F 0-6-0
4211327F4244527F4258427F4526227F4732027F4423227F
4218327F425609E4259827F4534627F4736727F0-6-0 diesel
4258027FCrab 2-6-0 (H/F)D3856
428479G
Shed Codes9E Trafford Park9G Gorton27F Brunswick
Wednesday 16 August 196127Ftotal:13
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0O4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)
422489E4244827F427759G4439627F4526227F637439G
cl 3F 0-6-0T424529EJ39 0-6-04458727F4534627F0-6-0 diesel
4732027F4262827F647449GD3857
Shed Codes9E Trafford Park9G Gorton27F Brunswick
Brunswick shed closed on 12th September 1961.
subshed
Warrington CentralAn engine pit onlyclosed:1966
Sunday 9 July 196127F subshed2.50pm - 2.55pm
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4F 0-6-0
4266026F4412727F4458727F
Shed Codes26F Patricroft27F Brunswick
On the closure of Brunswick shed in September 1961, authority passed to 9E Trafford Park.
Sunday 17 September 19619E subshed5.20am - 5.25am
cl 4F 0-6-0
443789F443969E444029E
Sunday 24 September 19619E subshed
cl 4F 0-6-0
443789F443969E445879E


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