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.

Monday 29 October 2012

Plodder Lane, Bolton 1938 - 1954

Plodder Lane, Bolton
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:18911938-195410D
type: A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed.closed:Oct-54
location: On the west side of the line, north of Plodder Lane 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 RailwayWR - Wirral RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 22 May 193810D6.15pm - 6.20pmtotal:21
cl 2F 0-6-2T "Coal Tanks" (Wb)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 4F 0-6-0cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
769277562758627621738873894059437990099147
77157769275902762343584386
77222758027602276454374
Sunday 14 May 193910Dtotal:23
cl 2F 0-6-2T "Coal Tanks" (Wb)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
770310D2758010D2762310D405910D437910D900910D
771510D2758610D2764510D411910D438610D914710D
772210D2760210D276628C435610Dcl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 3F 0-6-0 (A)
775610D2762110D435810D738810D1222510A
738910D
shed codes8C Speke Junction10A Springs Branch10D Plodder Lane
Sunday 14 January 194010Dtotal:22
cl 2F 0-6-2T "Coal Tanks" (Wb)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
770310D2758010D2762310D405910D28928A900910D
772210D2758610D2764510D435610Dcl 3F 0-6-0T914710D
775610D2760210D276628C435810D738810Dcl 6F 0-8-0 G1
776910D2762110D437910D738910D919710A
438610D
shed codes8C Speke Junction10A Springs Branch10D Plodder Lane
Sunday 4 March 194510Dtotal:16
cl 2P 2-4-2Tcl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
1064310D772210D411910D435610D740110D902910A
1064410D776910D434110D437910D914710D
27555435210D438610D937810D
27590
shed codes10A Springs Branch10D Plodder Lane
Allocation December 1945 (18)cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)L&Y2cl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)LNW6
cl 3F 0-6-0TLMS1cl 4F 0-6-0LMS7cl 7F 0-8-0 G2aLNW2
Sunday 10 February 194610Dtotal:18
cl 2P 2-4-2Tcl 2F 0-6-2T "Coal Tanks" (Wb)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
1064310D768210D775610D411910D437910D914710D
1064410D772210D776110D435210D438610D937810D
773710D776910D435610Dcl 3F 0-6-0T
775210E435810E740110D
shed codes10D Plodder Lane10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 22 June 194710Dtotal:18
cl 2P 2-4-2Tcl 2F 0-6-2T "Coal Tanks" (Wb)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
1064310D773710D780210D407910D435610D914710D
1064410D775610D780310A411910D438610D937810D
776910D276698A434110Dcl 3F 0-6-0T
778910D435210D740110D
shed codes8A Edge Hill10A Springs Branch10D Plodder Lane
Sunday 20 June 194810Dtotal:19
cl 2F 0-6-2T "Coal Tanks" (Wb)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 2P 4-4-0 (J)cl 6F 0-8-0 G1cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
770310D778910D435210D41916A925710D914710D
772010D780210D435610Dcl 3F 0-6-0T920310D
773710D2761910D437910D740110D922410D
775610D2762710D931510D
937810D
shed codes10A Springs Branch10D Plodder Lane16A Nottingham
Sunday 28 August 194910Dtotal:18
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 6F 0-8-0 G1cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
4121010D4121410D4411910D490758B900910D4914710D
4121110D4121510D4435610D4925710D4906510D4931510D
4121210D4121710Dcl 3F 0-6-0T4910110D4937810D
4121310D4740110D
shed codes8B Warrington10D Plodder Lane
Allocation September 1950 (38)cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)L&Y1cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)LMS6
cl 3F 0-6-0TLMS1cl 4F 0-6-0LMS6cl 7F 0-8-0 G2aLNW3
Sunday 1 October 195010Dtotal:19
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 6F 0-8-0 G1cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
4121110D4121510D4423710D4445410D4889510A4914710D
4121210D4121610D4426110D4447310Dcl 2P 2-4-2T4920310D
4121310D4121710D4435610Dcl 3F 0-6-0T5064410D4931510D
4121410D4438410D4740110D
shed codes10A Springs Branch10D Plodder Lane
Sunday 11 November 195110Dtotal:19
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 2P 2-4-2Tcl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
4121110D5064310D4423710D4438410D4740110D4903410D
4121210D5064410D4426110D4445410D4914710D
4121310D4435610D4447310D4920310D
4121410D4931510D
4121510D4937710E
shed codes10D Plodder Lane10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 17 February 195210Dtotal:20
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 2P 2-4-2Tcl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
4121010D4121410D5064310D4423710D4740110D4903410D
4121110D4121510D5064410D4435610D4914710D
4121210D4121610D4438410D4920310D
4121310D4445410D4923910E
4447310D4931510D
shed codes10D Plodder Lane10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 11 October 195310Dtotal:19
BR 2MT 2-6-2Tcl 2MT 2-6-2Tcl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
8400010D4121410D4423710D4740110D5244910A4903410D
8400110D4128910E4426110D4920310D
8400210D443543D wks4931510D
8400310D4438410D4935210A
8400410D4447310D4938610C
wks - running-in ex Horwich Works.
shed codes3D Aston10A Springs Branch10C Patricroft10D Plodder Lane10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 20 June 195410Dtotal:12
BR 2 2-6-2Tcl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 4F 0-6-0cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
8400410D4740110D4423710D4903410D
4426110D4914710D
4435610D4914910D
4438410D4930610A
4447310D4931510D
shed codes10A Springs Branch10D Plodder Lane
Plodder Lane closed on 10th October 1954.
Updated and revised in September 2021.
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3 comments:

  1. Unknown25 November 2015 at 23:42

    I used to play in the disused plodder lane shed early 60s

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  2. Unknown25 November 2015 at 23:43

    I used to play in the old engine sheds at plodder lane as a kid in the early 60s,

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  3. Gordon Mitchell30 May 2019 at 23:07

    Allocation September 1950 shows total of 38, but only 17 locos listed. Love this site!

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