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.

Friday 9 November 2012

Sutton Oak 1938 - 1967

Sutton Oak
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:1880Sep 1938 - Sep 195410E
type: A brick-built 10TS dead-ended shed.closed:Jun-67Oct 1954 - Jan 195810D
location: East of the line between Sutton Oak and Peasley Cross
Feb 1958 - Jun 19678G
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 17 April 193810E4.20pm - 4.25pmtotal:50
cl 1P 2-4-2T (Wb)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Wb)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
6690670011316114127692777812119123938152825690149117
6692672211319cl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)12126124498239829691099176
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)cl 0F 0-4-0ST2755227636cl 3F 0-6-0T (F)824091139217
1064811212112212755873937452cl 2F 0-6-0 (Clf)91149235
cl 4P 2-6-4T (St)cl 4F 0-6-07394745383728561cl 6F 0-8-0 G1
257141254473740176038494858589189303
Allocation December 1945 (41)cl 1P 2-4-2TLNW5cl 1F 0-6-2TLNW3
cl 0F 0-6-0ST L&Y1cl 2F 0-6-0STL&Y5Sentinel 0-4-0TLMS3
cl 2F 0-6-0 (Wb)LNW2cl 2F 0-6-0 (Clf)LNW3cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)L&Y8
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)LMS4cl 3F 0-6-0TLMS2cl 6F 0-8-0 G1LNW3
cl 7F 0-8-0 G2aLNW
854986149102
Sunday 24 March 194610Etotal:36
cl 1P 2-4-2T (Wb)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
665610E1131910E2760210E407910E1212610E931210E
669010E1147110E769210E412510E1229510E931710E
669210E1149110E777810E435910E1239310Ecl 6F 0-8-0 G1
670310ESentinel 0-4-0T780310A447310E1239510E891810E
672210E718110Ecl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 2F 0-6-0 (Clf)1239710E903010A
718310E739310E2849410E1244910E91719A
745310E2850910Ecl 2F 0-6-0 (Wb)930310E
2854910E2829610E
shed codes10A SprIngs Branch10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 15 June 194710Etotal:36
cl 1P 2-4-2T (Wb)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
662810E1131910E412510E1209110E1239710E931210E
667610E1147110E43595B1212610E1244910E931710E
668210E1149110E447310E1217710Ecl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 6F 0-8-0 G1
669210E1149510Ecl 2F 0-6-01228010E739310E910210B
670310Ecl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)2849410E1234910E745310E92538C
cl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)776510E2854910E1236610ESentinel 0-4-0T930310E
769210Ecl 2F 0-6-0 (BW)1239310E718010E
1202410A1239510E718310E
shed codes5B Crewe South8C Speke Junction10A SprIngs Branch10B Preston10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 20 June 194810Etotal:27
cl 1P 2-4-2T (Wb)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 2F 0-6-0 (Clf)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
662810E1131610E745310E2849410E1209110E895410E
663210E1131910Ecl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)2850910E1212610E921210E
663710E1149510E769210E2854910E 1228010E931210E
672710ESentinel 0-4-0T775210Ecl 4F 0-6-01234910Ecl 6F 0-8-0 G1
718010E447310E5239710E891810E
718410E1245310E915210E
shed codes10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 21 August 194910Etotal:35
cl 1P 2-4-2T (Wb)cl 3P 2-6-2T (St)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 6F 0-8-0 G1
662810E8010E1131610E4302610E5209110E905310E
663210E4008410E5131910E4302710E5212610Ecl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
4663710E10810E5139710E4302810E5217710E931210E
4664310Ecl 3F 0-6-0T5147110E4302910E5234910E931710E
667610E4739310E1149110Ecl 2F 0-6-0 (Clf)5236610E4938910E
4672710E745110E2850910E5239310E
674210E2854910E5239710E
5244910E
shed codes10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 23 July 195010Etotal:40
cl 1P 2-4-2T (Wb)cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
662810E4008010E5131610E5209110E4411926G920510E
663210E W4008410E5131910E5217710Ecl 3F 0-6-0T4926210E
4664310E4010810E5139710E5228010E4739310E931210E
4665810Ecl 4MT 2-6-05147110E5234910E4744410E937710E
4672710E4302610E5149110E5236610E745110E4938910E
4302910ESentinel 0-4-0T5239310Ecl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
cl 2F 0-6-0 (Clf)718010E5239710E820919C9041225A
5839410E4718110E5244910E821018D
2854910E4718410E
shed codes10E Sutton Oak18D Staveley Barrow Hill19C Canklow25A Wakefield26G Belle Vue
Allocation September 1950 (39)cl 1P 2-4-2TLNW4cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)LMS3
cl 4MT 2-6-0LMS4cl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)LNW1cl 2F 0-6-0STL&Y5
Sentinel 0-4-0TLMS2cl 2F 0-6-0 (Clf)LNW2cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)L&Y8
cl 4F 0-6-0LMS1cl 3F 0-6-0TLMS4cl 7F 0-8-0 G2aLNW5
Sunday 25 February 195110Etotal:29
cl 1P 2-4-2T (Wb)cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
4662810E4008010E5131610E4739310E5217710E4923910E
4675710E4008410E5147110E4744410E5228010E4926210E
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)4010810E5149110E4745110E5236610E4937710E
4128510Ecl 4MT 2-6-0Sentinel 0-4-0Tcl 2F 0-6-0 (Clf)5244910E4938910E
4128610E4302810E4718410E5837810Ecl 4F 0-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
4128710Ecl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)5839410E4430310E487088D
782210E
shed codes8D Widnes10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 20 July 195210Etotal:37
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
4128510E4302610E5131610E4736610E5209110E4923910E
4128810E4302810E5131910E4739310E5212510E4926210E
4128910E4302910E5139710E4744410E5217710E4928810E
Sentinel 0-4-0Tcl 4F 0-6-05144110E4745110E5219610E493558A
4718110E4428010E5147110E4745310E5234910E4937710E
4430310E5149110Ecl 2F 0-6-05236610E4938910E
5837810E5239310Ecl 7F 0-8-0 G2
5839410E5239710E493988C
shed codes8A Edge Hill8C Speke Junction10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 2 May 195410Etotal:30
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
4128610E4302510E5131610E4736610E5212510E4931810E
4128810E4302810E5139710E4739310E5217710E4937710E
4302910E5144110E4744410E5219610E4938910E
5147110E4745310E5233810Ecl 7F 0-8-0 G2
5149110Ecl 4F 0-6-05234110A493988C
Sentinel 0-4-0T4428010E5234910E
4718110E4430310E5236610E
4443810E5239710E
shed codes8C Speke Junction10A Springs Branch10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 17 June 195510Etotal:32
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0
4128610E4302510E5131610E4728810E5212510E4428010E
4128810E4302610E5131910E4736610E5217710E4430310E
4128910E4302810E5144110E4739310E5219610E4443810E
4302910E5149110E4744410E5233810Ecl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
4303510Ecl 8F 2-8-04745210E5239310E4928110E
480548C4745310E5242910E4931810E
483229D
shed codes8C Speke Junction9D Buxton10E Sutton Oak
Sunday 10 June 195610Dtotal:32
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
4128610D4302510D5131610D4728810D5212510D4923910D
4128910D4302610D5131910D4729810D5217710D4926210D
cl 4F 0-6-04302810D5139710D4736610D5219610D4928810D
4443810D4302910D5144110D4739310D5233810D4931810D
4303510D5149110D4744410D5236610Dcl 8F 2-8-0
4745210D5242910D487449A
shed codes9A Longsight10D Sutton Oak
Sunday 15 December 195710Dtotal:30
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
4121110D4428010D7607510D4736610D5214010D4926210D
4128610D4435010D7607610D4745210D5220110D4928110D
4128810D4443810D7607710D4745310D5232210D4928810D
4128910Dcl 2F 0-6-0T (F)7607810Dcl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)5236610D4930410D
4716610D7607910D5131610D5239310Dcl 7F 0-8-0 G2
5131910Dcl 8F 2-8-04944810D
5144110D4865417D
shed codes10D Sutton Oak17D Rowsley
Sunday 29 June 19588G.total:37
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
412118G760758G441928G431858G472988G4925224L
412868G760778G443008Gcl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)473668G492628G
412898G760798G443508G432138G473938G492818G
cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)432588G474448G492888G
430218G450398A513168G432948G474528G493048G
430228G4532912B513198G435068G474538Gcl 7F 0-8-0 G2
0-6-0 diesel513978G437638Gcl 2F 0-6-0T (F)494488G
D33698G514418G471668G
shed codes8A Edge Hill8G Sutton Oak12B Carlisle Upperby24L Carnforth
Allocation March 1959 (31)cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)LMS4cl 2F 0-6-0STL&Y1
cl 3F 0-6-0LMS5cl 4F 0-6-0LMS5cl 3F 0-6-0TLMS6
cl 4MT 2-6-0LMS1BR 4MT 2-6-0BR5cl 7F 0-8-0 G2aLNW4
Sunday 2 October 19608G.total:45
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 2F 0-6-0 (J)WD 2-8-0
412118G760208G440868G472988G581778G901708G
412868G760758G441178G473668G582918G901788G
412888G760768G441928G473768Gcl 8F 2-8-0904648G
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)760778G442668G473938G4819216B907028G
431858G760788G443008G474448G4841418Acl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)443058G474528G484659A4925224L W
432138G443158G474538G492888G
443178G W0-6-0 diesels
443508G12102D3837
444978G
shed codes8F Springs Branch8G Sutton Oak9A Longsight18A Toton
24L Carnforth16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Sunday 18 June 19618G.total:29
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0TWD 2-8-0
412868G760208G440758G443008G472988G901708G
BR 5MT 4-6-0760238G440868G443058G473668G902128G
7312526F760758G441178G443158G473768G904648G
760768G441928G444978G474528G907028G
760778G442668G445968G474538Gcl 8F 2-8-0
760788G482948C
760798G
shed codes8C Speke Junction8G Sutton Oak26F Patricroft
Sunday 29 April 19628G.total:27
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0TWD 2-8-0
412868G760208G440758G443508G472988G901708G
760238G440868G444938G473768G901788G
760758G441278G444978G473938G902128G
760768G443008G445968G474528G904648G
760788G443158Gcl 7F 0-8-0 G2a474538G907028G
760798G492888G474908G
shed codes8G Sutton Oak
Sunday 17 November 19638G.total:25
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0TWD 2-8-0
412868G760768G441178G443508G472988G901788G
0-6-0 diesels760778G441278G444848G473778G904648G
12003D3836760798G442008G444938G W473938G905668G
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)442668G445968G W474528G906068G
429429B443008G474538GW - withdrawn
shed codes8C Speke Junction8F Springs Branch8G Sutton Oak9B Stockport
Sunday 20 September 19648G.total:25
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0TWD 2-8-0
412868G760768G440758G472988G474528G901788G
0-6-0 diesels760778G441178G473678G474538G902128G
1202412075760788G441278G473778G476688G903908G
760798G442668G473938G905668G W
443508G907028G
445368G
shed codes8G Sutton Oak
Allocation April 1965 (29)cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)LMS1cl 4F 0-6-0LMS3
cl 3F 0-6-0TLMS6BR 4MT 2-6-0BR9cl 8F 2-8-0LMS6
WD 2-8-0WD4
Saturday 1 May 19658G.total:17
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
412868G760798G439948G W472988G484798G901788G
760808Gcl 4F 0-6-0473778G487278G902128G
760828G440758G474528G W903908G
760848G442668G W476688GW - withdrawn
shed codes8G Sutton Oak
Sunday 27 February 19668G.total:20
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 8F 2-8-0
412348G760778G760828G473778G480298C484798G W
412868G760798G760838G473938G W480338G486238G
760808G760848G476688G483268G486478G
760818G484228G487278G
shed codes8C Speke Junction8G Sutton Oak
Sunday 9 April 19678G.total:25
cl 5MT 4-6-0BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
453058F S760758G760818G480338G481938G486178G
0-6-0 diesels760778G760848G481218G W482068G487228G
12072D3791760798G481538G482788F487278G
12100760808G481678G483628G487468A
S - storedW - withdrawn481858G W486148G487508G
shed codes8A Edge Hill8F Springs Branch8G Sutton Oak
Sunday 11 June 19678G07.35 - 07.40.total:23
cl 5MT 4-6-0BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 8F 2-8-00-6-0 diesels
453058F S760518G W480338G482788F1200312072
453868C S760758G481218G W483628G1202012076
453888C S760798G481538G486148G
760808G481678G486768G
760848G481858G W487468A
S - storedW - withdrawn481938G
shed codes8A Edge Hill8C Speke Junction8F Springs Branch8G Sutton Oak
Sutton Oak shed closed on 19th June 1967.
Six weeks after closure the following locos were still present at Sutton Oak.
Sunday 30 July 1967Stored and withdrawn locostotal:18
cl 5MT 4-6-0BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
453868C S760518G W481218G W481928F S483628F S
453888C S760758F S481538F S481938F S486148F S
760798F S481678F S482068F S486178E S
760808F S481858G W482788F S
760848F SS - storedW - withdrawn
shed codes8C Speke Junction8E Northwich8F Springs Branch8G Sutton Oak
Revised and updated - September 2021
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2 comments:

  1. Unknown16 August 2021 at 16:27

    Prior to 1938 the shed code for Sutton Oak was 24 and its Foreman C.E.Winby

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  2. Teebee19457 June 2022 at 09:47

    Thank you for your article on SUTTON OAK SHEDS, my Dad worked there not quite sure but towards or at the end of the war, he was in 1950 a fireman and when he could I used to travel on the footplate with him to various places like Horwich wagon works, and turning the trains round on the turntable,thats whenever his boss was not around, there is a photo of me aged about 5yrs old at the sheds taking a photo of a train while my dad took one of me with a little red fez on my head (similar to what Tommy Cooper later on wore) my dad's name was George Anthony Bowers, later on he became shedman then chief shedman till he retired ,I think late 50s or 60s not quite sure, I grew up wanting like most kids then to be a train driver but my dad would not let me apply saying there is no money in it, and in a huff I went to Liverpool and joined the Navy instead. Regards Tony.

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