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.

Thursday 25 October 2012

Lower Darwen 1937 - 1966

Lower Darwen
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railwayopened:1881Sep 1938 - Aug 196324D
type:A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.closed:Feb-66Sep 1963 - Feb 196610H
location:West of the line, about 1.5 miles south of Blackburn station.
AbbreviationsA - AspinallBW - Barton WrightClf - CauliflowerF - FowlerFb - Fairburn
H - HughesI - IvattJ - JohnsonSt - StanierWb - WebbWh - Whale
LMS - London, Midland & Scottish RailwayLNW - London & North Western RailwayL&Y - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
BR - British RailwaysWR - Wirral RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 16 May 193724D3.40pm - 3.50pmtotal:38
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)cl 4P 2-6-4T (F)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 (H)
106751069210803108192413113271144512094122721284912958
10677106961081110838cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F)113521149912236123071288612962
1068210701108121087527261142011506122471235912913
10691Leyland diesel carcl 2F 0-6-0T (F)1226012526cl 3F 0-6-0 (H)
2995271631255012581
Allocation December 1945 (40)cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)L&Y8cl 3P 2-4-2T (A/H)L&Y3
cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)L&Y4cl 4P 2-6-4T (Fb)LMS1cl 2P 4-4-0LMS2
cl 5P 2-6-0 (H/F)LMS6cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)L&Y10cl 3F 0-6-0 (H)L&Y3
cl 4F 0-6-0LMS3
Sunday 3 February 194624Dtotal:35
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)cl 2P 2-4-2T (A/H)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F)
1073224D1089124D1132724D389724D1225324D273024D
1073524D1089324D1146724Dcl 4F 0-6-01226024D273124D
1076524D1095024D1149924D429124D1227224D273324D
1078124Dcl 4 2-6-4T (Fb)1150624D440719D1228924D273424D
1080324D220224Dcl 2P 4-4-0 (F)448324D1236324D282124D
1081224D220424D67724Dcl 3F 0-6-0 (H)1246126B
68424D1256224D1252624D
1259224D
shed codes19D Heaton Mersey24D Lower Darwen26B Agecroft
Sunday 18 July 194824Dtotal:37
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A/H)cl 4 2-6-4T (St)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)
1089324D248324D1133624D271526B1226024D389724D
1094324D248424D1146223B276626A1226824Dcl 4F 0-6-0
1095024D249024D1150324Dcl 2P 4-4-01228924D405623C
1095124D255924D1150624D58824D1243124D418912A
1095324Dcl 4 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 8F 2-8-067724D1244424D429124D
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)215424D843624D68424D1252624D448324D
1073524D847224D69024Dcl 7F 0-8-0 (H)cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)
1078124D1294524B958123B
shed codes12A Carlisle Upperby23B Aintree23C Southport24B Rose Grove24D Lower Darwen
26A Newton Heath26B Agecroft
Sunday 28 August 194924Dtotal:37
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A/H)cl 4P 2-6-4T (St)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)WD 2-8-0
5089324D4243924D1141524D1226024D4389724D9017824D
1095124D4248424D5149924D1228924Dcl 4 0-6-0cl 8F 4-6-0
5095324D4248524D5150624D1230426B429124D834224D
cl 2P 2-6-2T (I)4249024Dcl 3F 0-6-0 (H)1243124D4439824D849124A
120520G4255924D1257924D5244124D4448324Dcl 5P 4-6-0
cl 2P 4-4-0cl 4P 2-6-4T (Fb)5260824D5246024Dcl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F)4529512B
4058824D4215424D1252424D4271824A
shed codes12A Carlisle Upperby20G Hellifield24A Accrington24D Lower Darwen26B Agecroft
Allocation September 1950 (38)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)LMS7cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)LMS3
cl 2F 0-6-0STL&Y3cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)L&Y12cl 3F 0-6-0 (H)L&Y2
cl 4F 0-6-0LMS6cl 2P 4-4-0LMS1WD 2-8-0WD4
Sunday 10 September 195024Dtotal:31
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0WD 2-8-0
4243924D4214724D5141524D5226224D4424024D9017824D
4248324D4215424D5149924D5226824D4429124D9026624D
4248524Dcl 2P 4-4-0 (F)5150624D5236324Dcl 5MT 4-6-09040625E
4249024D4058824Dcl 3F 0-6-0 (H)5243124D4467268A
4255924D5257924D5244524D4473426A
5246024D
5252924D
shed codes24D Lower Darwen25E Sowerby Bridge26A Newton Heath68A Carlisle Kingmoor
Sunday 1 July 195124Dtotal:28
cl 3MT 2-6-2Tcl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)WD 2-8-0
4016223B4243924D1220324D5244524D4395227D9013524D
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4248324D5226024D5252624Dcl 4F 0-6-09026624D
4215424D4248424D5236324D5252924D4414923B9037424D
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)4248524D5238824Dcl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)4424024D
4058824D4255824D5243124D5141524D4439824D
4255924D5244124D5149924D4447924D
shed codes23B Aintree24A Accrington24D Lower Darwen27D Wigan L&Y
Sunday 12 October 195224Dtotal:31
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)WD 2-8-0
4243924D5074624D5219424D5231124D4389724D9013524D
4248324Dcl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)5220324D5238824Dcl 4F 0-6-09035926D
4248424D5149924D5221624D5239924D4439824D9037424D
4248524D5150624D5222024D5244524D4446024D9056426B
4249024D5226024D5252224D4448324D
4255727D5229924D5252924D
4255824D5230024D
shed codes24A Accrington24D Lower Darwen26B Agecroft26D Bury27D Wigan L&Y
Sunday 12 April 195324Dtotal:31
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)WD 2-8-0
5074624D4243924D5216024D5238824D4389724D9026624D
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4248324D5219424D5239924Dcl 4F 0-6-09041926D
4214724D4248524D5220324D5244524D4446024D9054626B
4215424D4255824D5222024D5252224D4447924Dcl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)
4255924D5226024D5252624D4448324D5141524D
5227224D5252924D5149924D
5230024D5150624D
shed codes24D Lower Darwen26B Agecroft26D Bury
Sunday 7 February 195424Dtotal:28
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0WD 2-8-0
5074624D4272924D5216024D5239924D4446024D9027126C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)5219424D5243124D4447924D9037424D
4248424D4068124D5221624D5244524D4448324D9058926A
4248524D5222024D5244724Dcl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)
4249024D5226024D5252224D5141524D
4255824D5227224D5252624D5149924D
5238824D
shed codes24A Accrington24D Lower Darwen26A Newton Heath26C Bolton
Sunday 3 April 195524Dtotal:29
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)WD 2-8-0
4068124D4248324D4272924D4389724D5216024D9026624D
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4248424D4279624Dcl 4F 0-6-05217924D9041326B
4214724D4249024D4282124D442465D5219727D9041926D
4215424D4255824D4439824D5221624Dcl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)
4255924D4448324D5226024D5141524D
4263026C5244724D5149824D
5252624D5149924D
shed codes5D Stoke-on-Trent24D Lower Darwen26B Agecroft26C Bolton26D Bury
Saturday 18 May 195724Dtotal:19
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)WD 2-8-0
4012024D4214724D4271824D7608324D5226024D9034327B
4016324Dcl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4272924D7608424D5241324D9036256A
4018324D4248324D4279624Dcl 4F 0-6-09053527B
BR 2MT 2-6-2T4446024D9062626D
8401124D4448324D
shed codes24D Lower Darwen26D Bury27B Aintree56A Wakefield
Sunday 21 September 195824Dtotal:24
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)BR 2MT 2-6-2Tcl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)
4012024D8401024D4248324D4271824D7608124D4389724D
4016224D8401124D4248524D4272924D7608424Dcl 4F 0-6-0
4016324D8401224D4255824D4275526Bcl 5MT 4-6-04439824D
4018324Dcl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4255924D4282124D4492926B4448324D
4214724D4526126B
4215424D
shed codes24D Lower Darwen26B Agecroft
Allocation March 1959 (26)cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)LMS4BR 2MT 2-6-2TBR2
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)LMS2cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)LMS4cl 4F 0-6-0LMS5
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)LMS5BR 4MT 2-6-0BR4
Sunday 24 July 196024Dtotal:27
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 8F 2-8-0
4012024D4248524D4214724D4271824D4397624D4834641E
4016224D4255124D4215424D4279624Dcl 4F 0-6-0WD 2-8-0
BR 2MT 2-6-2T4255824DBR 4MT 2-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-04439824D9035426B
8401124D4255924D7608024D4482855A4447924D0-6-0 diesel
8401224D4263424C7608124DB1 4-6-04448324D WD378024D
4264824H7608324D6136926B
7608424D
shed codes24C Lostock Hall24D Lower Darwen24H Hellifield26B Agecroft
41E Staveley Barrow Hill55A Leeds Holbeck
Sunday 9 April 196124Dtotal:25
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)
4012024D4248324D4214724D4272824D7608024D4397624D
4016224D4248524D4215424D4273224D7608324Dcl 4F 0-6-0
4018324D4255124Dcl 3F 0-6-0T4279624D7608424D4411924D
4019224D4255824D4751224DB1 4-6-04439824D
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)4255924D6129826B4447924D
423038F4448324D W
shed codes8F Springs Branch24D Lower Darwen26B Agecroft
Sunday 15 April 196224Dtotal:31
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)WD 2-8-0
4007224D4214724D4271824D7608024D4397624D9029724D
4009924D4215424D4272924D7608224Dcl 4F 0-6-09031624D
4012024Dcl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4279624D7608324D4411924D9055624D
4016424D4248324D4283824D7608424D4439824D9060456A
4019224D W426078Fcl 5MT 4-6-04446024D0-6-0 diesels
4262026A4482326B4447924DD3783D3846
4492826B
shed codes8F Springs Branch24B Rose Grove24D Lower Darwen24K Preston26A Newton Heath
26B Agecroft56A Wakefield
Sunday 5 May 196324Dtotal:20
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)BR 4MT 2-6-0B1 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)
4243624C4272824D7608024D6103150A Reedbuck4397624D
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4272924D7608124Dcl 5MT 4-6-0WD 2-8-0cl 4F 0-6-0
4269726A4273224D7608224D4489526A9059224D4411924D
7608324D0-6-0 diesels4439824D
7608424DD3371D41144446024D
shed codes24C Lostock Hall24D Lower Darwen26A Newton Heath50A York4447924D
Sunday 25 October 196410Htotal:20
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)0-6-0 dieselsWD 2-8-0
4272910H W7608010H4487710J4395210HD3374D37839018710H
4273210H7608110H450969Jcl 4F 0-6-09037510H W
4289610H7608210H4422210H905998L W
4290710H W7608310H4434710HW - withdrawn
7608410H4454810H
shed codes8L Aintree9J Agecroft10H Lower Darwen10J Lancaster
Allocation April 1965 (15)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)LMS6cl 4MT 2-6-0LMS4
WD 2-8-0WD5
Sunday 30 May 196510Htotal:31
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0WD 2-8-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4271610H W4286910H4304110H4434710H W9014810H9201712A
4272710H4287810H4311810H4438910G9015210H W9211412A
4273210H4288610H W4311910H0-6-0 diesels9018710Hcl 8F 2-8-0
4282810H4289210H WD3369D33719020410H4806210H
4284110H W4289610H W9026110H485479K
4284410H4289810H9055610H W
428489B W9062610H W
shed codes9B Stockport9K Bolton10G Skipton10H Lower Darwen12A Carlisle Kingmoor
Sunday 21 November 1965Monday 14 February 1966
10Htotal:910Htotal:13
cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0BR 9F 2-10-0cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
4304110H4806210H9201012A4301910H483659F9006856A
4311810H4842310H4304110H4842310HBR 9F 2-10-0
4311910H4844110H4304610H4844110H9201512A
484948F4311810H4868410H0-6-0 diesels
4868410H4869110HD3374D4114
shed codes8F Springs Branch9F Heaton Mersey10H Lower Darwen12A Carlisle Kingmoor56A Wakefield
Lower Darwen shed closed on 14th February 1966.
Revised and updated: September 2021
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