West Auckland 1946 - 1963

A Q6 0-8-0 on West Auckland shed on 9th July 1961.  photo: David James Desborough

West Auckland
Pre Grouping Ownership - North Eastern Railway							opened:	1887	pre 1950		AUK
type:	A brick-built roundhouse shed.						closed:	1964	1950 - 1964		51F
location:	Between West Auckland and Bishop Auckland stations.
Abbreviations		NER - North Eastern Railway			GCR - Great Central Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 22 December 1946					AUK	LNER 1923 numbers in red				total:	28
A8 4-6-2T (NER)		J21 0-6-0 (NER)		J25 0-6-0 (NER)		J72 0-6-0T (NER)		J71 0-6-0T (NER)		Q5 0-8-0 (NER)
9856	AUK	875	AUK	5650		8678	AUK	8249	AUK	3304	DAR
9869	AUK	5061	AUK	5659	AUK	8696	AUK	8254	AUK	3314	AUK
9877	AUK	J39 0-6-0		5677	AUK	Y1 0-4-0T		8255	AUK	3315	AUK
9879	AUK	1464	DAR	5683	AUK	8142	AUK	8269	AUK
V1 2-6-2T		1483	DAR	5688		142		N9 0-6-2T (NER)
7652				5689	AUK			9422	AUK
Shed Codes		AUK West Auckland		DAR Darlington
Saturday 3 July 1948					AUK					total:	25
A8 4-6-2T (NER)		J21 0-6-0 (NER)		J25 0-6-0 (NER)		J72 0-6-0T (NER)		J71 0-6-0T (NER)		Q6 0-8-0 (NER)
9870	AUK	5057	AUK	5659	AUK	8678	AUK	8249	AUK	3444	BLA
9886	AUK	65061	AUK	5675	AUK	8696	AUK	8254	AUK	J77 0-6-0T (NER)
G5 0-4-4T (NER)		5089	SKN	5683	AUK	J26 0-6-0 (NER)		8255	AUK	8432	AUK
7312	AUK	J39 0-6-0		65696	AUK	E5769	NPT	8269	AUK
7333	DAR	4778	AUK	5706	AUK	cl 2MT 2-6-0
7345	AUK	4848	AUK			6418	26A (on loan from Newton Heath for trials)
Shed Codes		AUK West Auckland		BLA Blaydon		DAR Darlington		SKN Stockton-on-Tees
Sunday 27 February 1949					AUK					total:	36
A8 4-6-2T (NER)		J21 0-6-0 (NER)		J25 0-6-0 (NER)				J71 0-6-0T (NER)		Y1 0-4-0T
69868	AUK	65057	AUK	65646	DAR	5683	AUK	E8249	AUK	8142	AUK
69872	AUK	65061	AUK	65659	AUK	E5696	AUK	8254	AUK	8149	AUK
9886	AUK	E5077	AUK	5662	AUK	65706	AUK	68255	AUK	Y3 0-4-0T
G5 0-4-4T (NER)		65083		5665	AUK	J39 0-6-0		8269	AUK	8182	AUK
67242	SKN	65084		5671	AUK	64778	AUK	J72 0-6-0T (NER)		N9 0-6-2T (NER)
67312	AUK	65092	AUK	5675	AUK	64848	AUK	68691	AUK	9422	AUK
7333	DAR	65097	AUK					68696	AUK
67345	AUK	5123
Shed Codes		AUK West Auckland		DAR Darlington		SKN Stockton-on-Tees
1950 August allocation (40)
J39 0-6-0		LNER	3	Y1 0-4-0T		LNER	3	J77 0-6-0T		NER	1
J21 0-6-0		NER	10	Y3 0-4-0T		LNER	1	J72 0-6-0T		NER	3
J25 0-6-0		NER	6	J71 0-6-0T		NER	4	A8 4-6-2T		NER	6
G5 0-4-4T		NER	3
Saturday 25 March 1950					51F					total:	22
A8 4-6-2T (NER)		J21 0-6-0 (NER)		J25 0-6-0 (NER)				J39 0-6-0		J71 0-6-0T (NER)
69870	51F	5037		65646	51A	65683	51F	64778	51F	8249	51F
69875	51F	65077	51F	65659	51F	5696	51F	64848	51F	8254	51F
G5 0-4-4T (NER)		65084		65662	51F	65706	51F	J72 0-6-0T (NER)		68255	51F
67312	51F	65102	51F	65671	51F	J77 0-6-0T (NER)		68691	51F	8269	51F
Y1 0-4-0T						68391	51F	69007	51F
E8149	51F
Shed Codes		51A Darlington		51F West Auckland
Sunday 24 June 1951					51F					total:	29
A8 4-6-2T (NER)		J21 0-6-0 (NER)				J25 0-6-0 (NER)				J72 0-6-0T (NER)
69851	51F	65061	51F	65102	51F	65662	51F	65702	51A	68691	51F
69868	51F	65077	51F	J71 0-6-0T (NER)		65675	51F	65706	51F	68696	51F
69870	51F	65078	51F	E8249	51F	65683	51F	J39 0-6-0		69007	51F
69872	51F	65091	51F	8254	51F	65691	51F	64756	51F	G5 0-4-4T (NER)
69875	51F	65092	51F	68255	51F	65696	51F	64778	51F	67312	51F
		65097	51F	68269	51F
Shed Codes		51A Darlington		51F West Auckland
Sunday 10 August 1952					51F					total:	32
cl 4MT 2-6-0		A8 4-6-2T (NER)		J21 0-6-0 (NER)		J25 0-6-0 (NER)		J39 0-6-0		J71 0-6-0T (NER)
43056	51A	69851	51F	65061	51F	65662	51F	64756	51F	68249	51F
43071	51A	69856	51F	65062	51F	65696	51F	64848	51F	68254	51F
cl 2MT 2-6-0		69868	51F	65078	51F	65702	51A	J72 0-6-0T (NER)		68255	51F
46473	51F	69872	51F	65088	51F	65706	51F	68691	51F	68269	51F
46479	51F	J77 0-6-0T (NER)		65091	51F			68696	51F	Y1 0-4-0T
G5 0-4-4T (NER)		68391	51F	65092	51F			69007	51F	68145	51F
67318	51F			65097	51F					E8149	51F
Shed Codes		51A Darlington		51F West Auckland
Sunday 1 March 1953					51F					total:	31
cl 2MT 2-6-0		A5 4-6-2T (NER)		J21 0-6-0 (NER)		J25 0-6-0 (NER)		J39 0-6-0		J71 0-6-0T (NER)
46470	51F	69832	51A	65062	51F	65662	51F	64756	51F	68269	51F
46473	51F	A8 4-6-2T (NER)		65077	51F	65696	51F	64778	51F	J77 0-6-0T (NER)
46479	51F	69856	51F	65078	51F	65706	51F	64848	51F	68391	51F
46482	51F	69870	51F	65088	51F	J72 0-6-0T (NER)		64940	51F	Y1 0-4-0T
		69872	51F	65091	51F	68691	51F	64982	51F	68145	51F
		69875	51F	65092	51F	68696	51F			68149	51F
				65097	51F	68707	51F
Shed Codes		51A Darlington		51F West Auckland
Sunday 25 April 1954					51F					total:	35
cl 2MT 2-6-0		BR 2MT 2-6-0		A8 4-6-2T (NER)		J39 0-6-0		J21 0-6-0 (NER)		J72 0-6-0T (NER)
46470	51F	78010	51F	69851	51F	64778	51F	65062	51F	68691	51F
46473	51F	78011	51F	69856	51F	64940	51F	65064	51F	68692	51F
46479	51F	78012	51F	69868	51F	64982	51F	65088	51F	68696	51F
46482	51F	78013	51F	69870	51F	J71 0-6-0T (NER)		65091	51F	69018	51F
K1 2-6-0		78014	51F	69875	51F	68254	51F	65097	51F	Y1 0-4-0T
62041	51E	78015	51F	Q6 0-8-0		J77 0-6-0T (NER)		J25 0-6-0 (NER)		68145	51F
				63351	51F	68391	51F	65662	51F	68149	51F
				63459	51F
Shed Codes		51E Stockton-on-Tees		51F West Auckland
Sunday 10 April 1955					51F					total:	35
cl 2MT 2-6-0		BR 3MT 2-6-0		A8 4-6-2T (NER)		J39 0-6-0		J71 0-6-0T (NER)		J72 0-6-0T (NER)
46471	51F	77000	51F	69851	51F	64778	51F	68254	51F	68691	51F
46473	51F	77001	51F	69856	51F	64817	51F	68269	51F	68692	51F
46476	51F	77002	51F	69870	51F	64862	51F	J77 0-6-0T (NER)		68696	51F
46480	51F	77010	51F	69872	51F	64910	51F	68391	51F	68707	51F
46481	51F	77011	51F	69875	51F	64940	51F	Q6 0-8-0		69018	51F
46482	51F	77012	51F	BR 2MT 2-6-0		64982	51F	63351	51F	Y1 0-4-0T
				78015	51F			63459	51F	68149	51F
Friday 30 March 1956					51F					total:	37
cl 4MT 2-6-0		cl 2MT 2-6-0		A8 4-6-2T (NER)		J39 0-6-0		J26 0-6-0 (NER)		J72 0-6-0T (NER)
43056	51F	46471	51F	69856	51F	64756	51F	65731	51F	68691	51F
43057	51F	46476	51F	69868	51F	64778	51F	65733	51F	68692	51F
43071	51F	46480	51F	69870	51F	64848	51F	65735	51F	68707	51F
43075	51F	46481	51F	69872	51F	64862	51F	J71 0-6-0T (NER)		69018	51F
43125	51F	46482	51F	69875	51F	64982	51F	68242	51F	Q6 0-8-0
BR 2MT 2-6-0		BR 3MT 2-6-0		V1 2-6-2T		Y1 0-4-0T		68269	51F	63351	51F
78015	51F	77002	51F	67610	64B xw	68149	51F	68391	51F	63459	51F
		77003	51F	xw - running-in ex Darlington Works
Shed Codes		51F West Auckland		64B Haymarket
Sunday 14 July 1957					51F					total:	34
cl 2MT 2-6-0		BR 4MT 2-6-0		A8 4-6-2T (NER)		J39 0-6-0		J26 0-6-0 (NER)		J72 0-6-0T (NER)
46471	51F	76024	51F	69851	51F	64756	51F	65731	51F	68685	51F
46480	51F	76045	51F	69868	51F	64778	51F	65733	51F	68691	51F
46481	51F	76046	51F	69872	51F	64848	51F	65735	51F	68692	51F
46482	51F	76049	51F	69875	51F	64862	51F	Q6 0-8-0		J71 0-6-0T (NER)
BR 3MT 2-6-0		76050	51F	Y1 0-4-0T		64927	51F	63351	51F	68254	51F
77002	51F	V3 2-6-2T		68149	51F	64982	51F	63459	51F	68269	51F
77003	51F	67690	52A xw - running-in ex Darlington Works							68295	51F
Shed Codes		51F West Auckland		52A Gateshead
Sunday 8 June 1958					51F					total:	34
cl 2MT 2-6-0		BR 4MT 2-6-0		J39 0-6-0		J72 0-6-0T (NER)		Q6 0-8-0		J71 0-6-0T (NER)
46480	51F	76021	51F	64756	51F	68685	51F	63351	51F	68235	51F
46481	51F	76024	51F	64778	51F	68691	51F	63353	51F	68242	51F
46482	51F	76046	51F	64848	51F	68692	51F	63398	51F	68254	51F
J26 0-6-0 (NER)		76049	51F	64862	51F	69018	51F	63459	51F	68269	51F
65731	51F	76050	51F	64927	51F	BR 2MT 2-6-0		J50 0-6-0T (GNR)		68295	51F
65733	51F	BR 3MT 2-6-0		64978	51F	78016	51F	68959	51F
65735	51F	77002	51F	64982	51F
April 1959 allocation (35)
cl 2MT 2-6-0		LMS	1	J71 0-6-0T		NER	3	BR 4MT 2-6-0		BR	6
Q6 0-8-0		NER	6	J72 0-6-0T		NER	6	BR 3MT 2-6-0		BR	2
J39 0-6-0		LNER	7	A8 4-6-2T		NER	1	BR 2MT 2-6-0		BR	1
J26 0-6-0		NER	2
Saturday 4 July 1959					51F					total:	28
cl 2MT 2-6-0		BR 2MT 2-6-0		J39 0-6-0		Q6 0-8-0		J71 0-6-0T (NER)		J72 0-6-0T (NER)
46482	51F	78016	51F	64756	51F	63340	51F	68235	51F	68685	51F
BR 4MT 2-6-0		J26 0-6-0 (NER)		64778	51F	63398	51F	68254	51F	68691	51F
76046	51F	65731	51F	64848	51F	63407	51F	68269	51F	68692	51F
76049	51F	65735	51F	64862	51F	63443	51F
BR 3MT 2-6-0				64927	51F	63446	51F
77002	51F			64978	51F	63459	51F
77003	51F			64982	51F	63463	51F
Sunday 1 May 1960					51F					total:	33
cl 2MT 2-6-0		BR 3MT 2-6-0		J39 0-6-0		Q6 0-8-0				J72 0-6-0T (NER)
46471	51F	77002	51F	64756	51F	63340	51F	63443	51F	68685	51F
BR 4MT 2-6-0		77003	51F	64778	51F	63351	51F	63446	51F	68691	51F
76021	51F	BR 2MT 2-6-0		64848	51F	63353	51F	63459	51F	68692	51F
76046	51F	78016	51F	64862	51F	63398	51F	J71 0-6-0T (NER)		68724	51F
76049	51F	J26 0-6-0 (NER)		64927	51F	63403	51F	68235	51F	69007	51F
76050	51F	65731	51F	64982	51F			68254	51F	69018	51F
		65735	51F					68269	51F
Sunday 2 July 1961					51F	4am - 4.10am				total:	28
BR 4MT 2-6-0		J39 0-6-0				Q6 0-8-0				J72 0-6-0T (NER)
76021	51F	64719	51F	64848	51F	63340	51F	63443	51F	68692	51F
76045	51F	64756	51F	64862	51F	63351	51F	63446	51F	68708	51F
76046	51F	64835	51F	64927	51F	63353	51F	63459	51F	0-6-0 diesel
BR 3MT 2-6-0		BR 2MT 2-6-0		64969	51F	63403	51F	J26 0-6-0 (NER)		D2154
77002	51F	78016	51F	64979	51F	63407	51F	65731	51F
77003	51F			64982	51F			65735	51F
Sunday 26 August 1962					51F					total:	24
BR 4MT 2-6-0		BR 3MT 2-6-0		Q6 0-8-0						0-6-0 diesels
76021	51F	77002	51F	63340	51F	63351	51F	63403	51F	D2319	D2337
76045	51F	77003	51F	63341	51F	63353	51F	63407	51F
76046	51F	BR 2MT 2-6-0		63343	51F	63355	51F	63443	51F
76049	51F	78016	51F	63344	51F	63373	51F	63446	51F
76050	51F			63347	51F	63398	51F
Sunday 10 March 1963					51F					total:	23
BR 4MT 2-6-0		BR 3MT 2-6-0		Q6 0-8-0						0-6-0 diesel
76045	51F	77003	51F	63340	51F	63353	51F	63407	51F	D2336
76046	51F	BR 2MT 2-6-0		63341	51F	63355	51F	63443	51F
76049	51F	78016	51F	63343	51F	63373	51F	63446	51F
76050	51F	78025	51F	63344	51F	63398	51F	63459	51F
				63347	51F	63403	51F
				63351	51F
Sunday 3 November 1963					51F					total:	16
cl 4MT 2-6-0		BR 3MT 2-6-0		Q6 0-8-0				BR T2 diesels		0-6-0 diesels
43133	51F	77010	51F	63344	51F	63398	51F	D5158	D5170	D2108	D2304
43138	51C			63351	51F	63446	51F	D5163	D5172
43140	51F			63361	51F
43141	51F					Shed Codes		51C West Hartlepool		51F West Auckland
West Auckland shed closed on 2nd February, 1964