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 15 November 2012

Lees, Oldham 1938 - 1963

Lees, Oldham
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:1878Sep 1938 - Sep 195426F
type: A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shedclosed:Apr-64Oct 1954 - Aug 196326E
location: On the north side of Lees station
Sep 1963 - Apr 19649P
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 193826F8.15pm - 8.20pmtotal:23
cl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 6F 0-8-0 G1cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
777327555107381082111401115031219612389929792889291
7796276271075210872123781243792899292
27553cl 3P 2-4-2T (A/H)cl 3F 0-6-0 (H)9290
1092312569
Sunday 8 December 194626Ftotal:18
cl 2P 2-4-2Tcl 3P 2-6-2T (F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 3F 0-6-0 (H)cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)
1081826A5626F6026F1221824D1254526F950926F
5726F6126F1235526A1256926F954826F
5826F6226F1237826F1258626Fcl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
5926F1240326F93439A
shed codes9A Longsight24D Lower Darwen26A Newton Heath26F Lees, Oldham
Sunday 20 July 194726Ftotal:22
cl 3P 2-6-2T (F)cl 4 2-6-4T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)cl 8F 2-8-0
1226F255026F1224826F447126F950926F842526F
5626Fcl 3F 0-6-0 (H)1232626Fcl 6F 0-8-0 G1954826F844426F
5726F1254526F1237826F91719A959326F844626F
5926F1256926F1238726Fall loaned, ex GWR
6226F1238926F
shed codes9A Longsight26F Lees, Oldham
Saturday 30 October 194826Ftotal:14
cl 3P 2-6-2T (F)cl 4 2-6-4T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 3F 0-6-0 (H)cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)
4001226F4255026F1224826F1258626F950926F
M5726F263526F1238726F1260726F4966826F
5926F1246426F
6126F
6226Fshed codes26F Lees, Oldham
Saturday 26 August 195026Fevening visittotal:18
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)
4001426F434579A5209926F5238726F4950926F
4001526F5224826F5238926F4954826F
4006126F5236526F5241626F4959026F
4006226F5237826F5246426F4959326F
4966826F
shed codes9A Longsight26F Lees, Oldham
Sunday 6 May 195126Ftotal:24
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)WD 2-8-0
4001226F4005926F5209926F5241626E4954826F9033826A
4001426F4006026F5224826F5246426F4959326F W9062225D
4005626F4006126F5236526Fcl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)4959826Fcl 8F 2-8-0
4005726F4006526A5237826F428899A4961826F485009A
5238926F4966726D
shed codes9A Longsight25D Mirfield26A Newton Heath26D Bury
26E Bacup26F Lees, Oldham
Sunday 20 July 195226Ftotal:21
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)cl 8F 2-8-0
4001226F4005926F4228626A5209926F4950926F483229D
4001426F4006026F5224826F4953626F487449A
4005626F4006226F5226626F4960826FWD 2-8-0
4005726F5236026F4961826F9015924B
5254926F4966226F
shed codes9A Longsight9D Buxton24B Rose Grove26A Newton Heath26F Lees, Oldham
Saturday 17 April 195426Ftotal:18
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)WD 2-8-0
4001226F4211426F4255126F5209926F494289A9066926A
4005626F4211526F5224826F4950926F
4006026F5238826F4953626F
4006226F5242726F496388C
5256926F4966226F
shed codes9A Longsight8C Speke Junction26A Newton Heath26F Lees, Oldham
Sunday 1 May 195526Etotal:21
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)WD 2-8-0
4001426E4128026E4211426E5209926E4955726A9055826A
4006226E4128126E4211526E5224826E4957826E9073125D
BR 2MT 2-6-2T4128226Ecl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)5229326E4961826E
8401026E4255126E5238826E
8401226E5242726E
8401526E
shed codes25D Mirfield26A Newton Heath26E Lees, Oldham
Sunday 1 January 195626Etotal:16
BR 2MT 2-6-2Tcl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)WD 2-8-0
8401026E4211426E4255126E5209926E4950526E9032624C
8401426E4211526E4265725F5229326E4950926E
8401926E5238826E4953626E
5242726E4961826E
shed codes24C Lostock Hall25F Low Moor26E Lees, Oldham
Sunday 31 March 195726Etotal:18
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)WD 2-8-0
4128026E4255126E5224826E5238826E4953626E9054826A
BR 2MT 2-6-2T4265726E5227026A5241026E4961826E9072156D
8401326Ecl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)5229326E5242726E4966226E
8401926E4211426E
4211526E
shed codes26A Newton Heath26E Lees, Oldham56D Mirfield
Sunday 14 May 195926Etotal:16
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)WD 2-8-0
4211426E4241055G5218326E5226926E9012326E9053026A
4211526E5224026E5232226E9014026E9065556D
5224826E5246626E9030626E9070826E
shed codes26A Newton Heath26E Lees, Oldham55G Huddersfield56D Mirfield
Sunday 23 March 196026Etotal:16
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)BR 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
4211426E7313326F5218326E W5226926E W4849126A9014126E
4211526E5220726E5232226E9040226E
5224026E5246626E9052326A
W - withdrawn5224826E9067126E
9070826E
shed codes26A Newton Heath26E Lees, Oldham26F Patricroft55A Leeds Holbeck
Sunday 25 June 196126Etotal:16
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)WD 2-8-0
4211426E5224826E5234526C9012326E9019426E9070826E
4211526E5227126E5245626E9014026E9030626E9071826E
4228726E5227526E9014126E9067126E
shed codes26C Bolton26E Lees, Oldham
Sunday 29 July 196226Etotal:19
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 2MT 2-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)WD 2-8-0
4211426E423439B4648426E5224826E W9012326E9052526E
4211526EYE 0-4-0 diesel4648526E5227526E9014026E9067126E
4228726ED28584648626E5245626E9019426E9070826E
9040226E9071826E
shed codes9B Stockport26E Lees, Oldham
Sunday 15 September 196326Etotal:19
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 2MT 2-6-0WD 2-8-0
4207926E423749B4641926E4648626E9012326E9067126E
4211526Ecl 5MT 4-6-04644926E4648726E9019426E9070826E
4218326E4469726A4648426EYE 0-4-0 diesel9038926A9071826E
4648526ED28649052526E
shed codes9B Stockport26A Newton Heath26E Lees, Oldham
Lees shed closed on 13th April 1964.
Revised and updated, September 2021.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)