| Agecroft | ||||||||||||
| Pre-Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway | ||||||||||||
| type: | A brick built 8TS dead ended shed. | |||||||||||
| location: | In the fork of the Pendleton Broad Street to Swinton and Pendle Broad Street to Clifton Junction lines. | |||||||||||
| access: | The entrance was on Tagge Lane off Langley Road. | |||||||||||
| Site Location - http://www.railuk.info/steam/getshed.php?id=150 | ||||||||||||
| Sunday 8 July 1951 | 26B | total: | 45 | |||||||||
| cl 4P 4-4-0 | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | ||||||||
| 41057 | 17A | 42721 | 26B | 42753 | 26B | 44724 | 68A | 47574 | 26B | 52102 | 26B | |
| cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | 42722 | 26B | 42755 | 26B | 44781 | 26B | 47578 | 26B | 52279 | 26B | ||
| 42645 | 26B | 42723 | 26B | 42790 | 21A | 44782 | 26B | 47579 | 26B | 12293 | 26B | |
| 42646 | 26B | 42724 | 26B | 42860 | 26B | 45337 | 26B | 47583 | 26B | 52333 | 26B | |
| 42647 | 26B | 42730 | 26B | 42864 | 26B | WD 2-8-0 | 47584 | 26B | 52523 | 24C | ||
| cl 2F 0-6-0ST | 42732 | 25F | 42878 | 26A | 77241 | 26C | 47585 | 26B | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | |||
| 51464 | 26B | 42750 | 26A | cl 0F 0-4-0ST | 90254 | 26B | 49544 | 26B | ||||
| 51500 | 26B | cl 4F 0-6-0 | 51230 | 26B | 90324 | 26B | 49578 | 26B | ||||
| 51512 | 26B | 44161 | 20C | 51240 | 26B | 90406 | 25A | 49627 | 26B | |||
| Shed Codes | 17A Derby | 20C Royston | 21A Saltley | 24C Lostock Hall | 25A Wakefield | |||||||
| 25F Low Moor | 26A Newton Heath | 26B Agecroft | 26C Bolton | 68A Carlisle Kingmoor | ||||||||
| Sunday 20 July 1952 | 26B | total: | 38 | |||||||||
| cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T | cl 0F 0-4-0ST | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | |||||||
| 42645 | 26B | 42725 | 26B | 44672 | 68A | 47574 | 26B | 51207 | 26B | 52279 | 26B | |
| 42646 | 26B | 42730 | 26B | 44781 | 26B | 47578 | 26B | 51230 | 26B | 52293 | 26B | |
| 42647 | 26B | 42734 | 26B | 44823 | 26B | 47579 | 26B | 51240 | 26B | WD 2-8-0 | ||
| 42648 | 26B | 42753 | 26B | 45337 | 26B | 47583 | 26B | cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | 90306 | 26B | ||
| cl 4F 0-6-0 | 42755 | 26B | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | 47584 | 26B | 50765 | 26C | 90316 | 25G | |||
| 44126 | 5E | 42819 | 26B | 49555 | 26B | 47585 | 26B | cl 2F 0-6-0ST | 90555 | 26D | ||
| 44543 | 26A | 42838 | 26B | 49657 | 25E | 51464 | 26B | 90564 | 26B | |||
| 42867 | 24F | 51500 | 26B | |||||||||
| Shed Codes | 5E Alsager | 24F Fleetwood | 25E Sowerby Bridge | 25G Farnley Junction | 26A Newton Heath | |||||||
| 26B Agecroft | 26C Bolton | 26D Bury | 68A Carlisle Kingmoor | |||||||||
| Sunday 18 April 1954 | 26B | total: | 37 | |||||||||
| cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T | cl 0F 0-4-0ST | WD 2-8-0 | |||||||
| 42634 | 24A | 42722 | 26B | 44781 | 26B | 47574 | 26B | 51207 | 26B | 90245 | 26A | |
| 42645 | 26B | 42723 | 26B | 44987 | 26B | 47578 | 26B | 51230 | 26B | 90306 | 26B | |
| 42646 | 26B | 42734 | 26B | 45337 | 26B | 47579 | 26B | cl 2F 0-6-0ST | 90307 | 26B | ||
| 42647 | 26B | 42755 | 26B | cl 2MT 2-6-0 | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | 51500 | 26B | 90408 | 26D | |||
| 42648 | 26B | 42819 | 26B | 46412 | 26B | 49555 | 26B | 51512 | 26B | 90413 | 26B | |
| cl 4F 0-6-0 | 42834 | 68A | 46485 | 26B | 49603 | 26B | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | 90546 | 26B | |||
| 44291 | 27D | 42838 | 26B | 46486 | 26B | 49627 | 26B | 52293 | 26B | |||
| 42864 | 26B | |||||||||||
| Shed Codes | 24A Accrington | 26A Newton Heath | 26D Bury | 27D Wigan L&Y | 68A Carlisle Kingmoor | |||||||
| Sunday 20 March 1955 | 26B | total: | 39 | |||||||||
| cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||||
| 42645 | 26B | 42721 | 26B | 42755 | 26B | 44782 | 26B | 47574 | 26B | 90102 | 26B | |
| 42646 | 26B | 42722 | 26B | 42819 | 26B | 44823 | 26B | 47578 | 26B | 90219 | 26D | |
| 42647 | 26B | 42723 | 26B | 42838 | 26B | 44889 | 24A | 47579 | 26B | 90254 | 26B | |
| 42648 | 26B | 42725 | 26B | 42867 | 24F | 44987 | 26B | 47584 | 26B | 90306 | 26B | |
| cl 2MT 2-6-0 | 42753 | 26B | 42932 | 5B | 45338 | 26B | 47585 | 26B | 90354 | 26B | ||
| 46485 | 26B | cl 0F 0-4-0ST | cl 2F 0-6-0ST | 45481 | 68A | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | 90564 | 26B | ||||
| 46486 | 26B | 51207 | 26B | 51500 | 26B | 49555 | 26B | 90595 | 24C | |||
| Shed Codes | 51230 | 26B | 51512 | 26B | ||||||||
| 5B Crewe South | 24A Accrington | 24C Lostock Hall | 24F Fleetwood | 26D Bury | 68A Carlisle Kingmoor | |||||||
| Sunday 16 September 1956 | 26B | total: | 40 | |||||||||
| cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||||
| 42645 | 26B | 42709 | 26A | 42755 | 26B | 44781 | 26B | 47574 | 26B | 90102 | 26B | |
| 42646 | 26B | 42722 | 26B | 42838 | 26B | 44823 | 26B | 47578 | 26B | 90292 | 26B | |
| 42647 | 26B | 42723 | 26B | 42842 | 24F | 45103 | 26A | 47579 | 26B | 90306 | 26B | |
| 42648 | 26B | 42724 | 26B | 42845 | 26B | 45337 | 26B | 47583 | 26B | 90307 | 26B | |
| cl 2MT 2-6-0 | 42725 | 26B | 42860 | 26B | 45338 | 26B | 47585 | 26B | 90546 | 26B | ||
| 46485 | 26B | 42753 | 26B | 42867 | 24F | cl 0F 0-4-0ST | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | 90626 | 26D | |||
| 46486 | 26B | cl 2F 0-6-0ST | 51207 | 26B | 49555 | 26B | 90713 | 26B | ||||
| 51512 | 26B | 51230 | 26B | 49627 | 26B | |||||||
| Shed Codes | 24F Fleetwood | 26A Newton Heath | 26B Agecroft | 26D Bury | ||||||||
| Sunday 23 June 1957 | 26B | total: | 47 | |||||||||
| cl 4P 2-6-4T (Fb) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||||
| 42150 | 25E | 42709 | 26A | 42819 | 26B | 44696 | 26A | 47574 | 26B | 90138 | 24B | |
| cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | 42722 | 26B | 42840 | 24F | 44781 | 26B | 47579 | 26B | 90292 | 26B | ||
| 42645 | 26B | 42724 | 26B | 42841 | 24F | 44929 | 26B | 47583 | 26B | 90306 | 26B | |
| 42646 | 26B | 42725 | 26B | 42860 | 26B | 44932 | 26B | 47585 | 26B | 90307 | 26B | |
| 42647 | 26B | 42727 | 26B | 42864 | 26B | 44986 | 19B | cl 0F 0-4-0ST | 90564 | 26B | ||
| 42648 | 26B | 42734 | 26B | 42867 | 24F | 44987 | 26B | 51207 | 26B | 90713 | 26B | |
| cl 2MT 2-6-0 | 42753 | 26B | 42868 | 26B | 45116 | 26B | 51241 | 26B | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | |||
| 46486 | 26B | 42755 | 26B | cl 4F 0-6-0 | 45223 | 26B | cl 2F 0-6-0ST | 49648 | 26B | |||
| Shed Codes | 43842 | 9D | 45261 | 26B | 51496 | 26B | ||||||
| 9D Buxton | 19B Millhouses | 44098 | 55E | 45450 | 26B | |||||||
| 24B Rose Grove | 24F Fleetwood | 25E Sowerby Bridge | 26A Newton Heath | 26B Agecroft | 55E Normanton | |||||||
| Sunday 12 January 1958 | 26B | total: | 36 | |||||||||
| cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | WD 2-8-0 | |||||||
| 42645 | 26B | 42724 | 26B | 44781 | 26B | 47574 | 26B | 49505 | 26B | 90107 | 27B | |
| 42646 | 26B | 42734 | 26B | 44823 | 26B | 47578 | 26B | 49509 | 26B | 90292 | 26B | |
| 42647 | 26B | 42755 | 26B | 44929 | 26B | 47579 | 26B | 49578 | 26B | 90564 | 26B | |
| 42648 | 26B | 42838 | 26B | 44987 | 26B | 47583 | 26B | 49627 | 26B | 90713 | 26B | |
| cl 2MT 2-6-0 | 42842 | 24F | 45116 | 26B | 47585 | 26B | cl 0F 0-4-0ST | cl 2F 0-6-0ST | ||||
| 46485 | 26B | 42868 | 26B | 45223 | 26B | 51207 | 26B | 51413 | 26B | |||
| 46486 | 26B | 45234 | 26B | Shed Codes | 51496 | 26B | ||||||
| 45261 | 26B | 24F Fleetwood | 26B Agecroft | 27B Aintree | ||||||||
| Sunday 14 June 1959 | 11.27am - 11.47am | 26B | total: | 55 | ||||||||
| cl 4P 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | WD 2-8-0 | |||||||
| 42411 | 56F | 42723 | 26B | 44782 | 26B | 47224 | 26B | 49505 | 26B | 90194 | 26D | |
| cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | 42724 | 26B | 44932 | 26B | 47574 | 26B | 49509 | 26B W | 90292 | 26B | ||
| 42645 | 26B | 42725 | 26B | 44948 | 24B | 47578 | 26B | 49511 | 26A W | 90307 | 26B | |
| 42646 | 26B | 42734 | 26B | 45223 | 26B | 47579 | 26B | 49627 | 26B | 90354 | 26B | |
| 42647 | 26B | 42755 | 26B | 45234 | 26B | 47583 | 26B | 49667 | 26A W | 90359 | 26B | |
| 42660 | 26A | 42759 | 17B | 45261 | 26B | 47585 | 26B | 49674 | 26B | 90632 | 26B | |
| cl 2MT 2-6-0 | 42819 | 26B | 45337 | 26B | cl 0F 0-4-0ST | cl 2F 0-6-0ST | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | |||||
| 46485 | 26B | 42838 | 26B | 45338 | 26B | 51204 | 26B | 51413 | 26B | 52431 | 26A S | |
| 46486 | 26B | 42841 | 24F | 45450 | 26B | 51207 | 26B | 51458 | 26A W | 52455 | 26A S | |
| 42868 | 26B | 0-6-0 diesels | 51496 | 26B | ||||||||
| Shed Codes | D3588 | D3589 | D3592 | 51497 | 26A W | |||||||
| 17B Burton-on-Trent | 24B Rose Grove | 24F Fleetwood | 26A Newton Heath | 26D Bury | 56F Low Moor | |||||||
| Sunday 4 September 1960 | 26B | total: | 54 | |||||||||
| cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||||
| 42646 | 26B | 42724 | 26B | 44745 | 27A | 47224 | 26B | 90122 | 56E | 90359 | 26B | |
| 42647 | 26B | 42725 | 26B | 44823 | 26B | 47574 | 26B | 90142 | 26A | 90364 | 26D | |
| cl 2MT 2-6-0 | 42753 | 26B | 44872 | 21D | 47578 | 26B | 90292 | 26B | 90372 | 26B | ||
| 46485 | 26B | 42755 | 26B | 44929 | 26B | 47579 | 26B | 90307 | 26B | 90546 | 26B | |
| 46486 | 26B | 42819 | 26B | 44987 | 26B | 47585 | 26B W | 90324 | 26B | 90558 | 26B | |
| cl 0F 0-4-0ST | 42838 | 26B | 45261 | 26B | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | 90354 | 26B | 90632 | 26B | |||
| 51204 | 26B | 42840 | 24F | B1 4-6-0 | 49511 | 26A W | cl 2F 0-6-0ST | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | ||||
| 51207 | 26B | 42860 | 26B | 61201 | 26B | 49627 | 26B | 51413 | 26B | 52431 | 26A W | |
| 0-6-0 diesel | 42868 | 26B | 61298 | 26B | 49637 | 26B | 51458 | 26A W | 52455 | 26A W | ||
| D3572 | 61369 | 26B | 49667 | 26A W | 51496 | 26B | BR 9F 2-10-0 | |||||
| Shed Codes | ||||||||||||
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.
