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.

Wednesday 8 January 2014

Darlington Works 1955 - Part 3

An L1 2-6-4T 67733 seen at Haringey, North London.  The first 30 were built at Darlington and they and the rest of the class were maintained at Darlington, some having to make the trek from East Anglia and London. Copyright Ben Brooksbank and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Darlington Works - 1955
Darlington Locomotive Works was opened in 1863 by the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
The main workshops were on North Road, where 2,269 locomotives were built and repaired until closure in 1966
BR Database: http://www.brdatabase.info/sites.php?page=works&subpage=locos&id=DA
1955 : Locos constructed at Darlington - BR Standard 2MT 2-6-0s 78045 - 78054 (10)
Diesel/electric 0-6-0s - 13137 - 13166, 13217 - 13231 (45)
Sunday 4 September 1955
Works yard and erecting shops
V3 2-6-2TV2 2-6-2D49 4-4-0WD 2-8-0
6762064B6086450A6092264A6273753B The York & Ainsty9000653A
L1 2-6-4T6087364A Coldstreamer6273950E The Badsworth9013251B
6777532B6093952B6095752A6275250D The Atherstone9018451E
6778334EB1 4-6-0B16 4-6-06275550D The Bilsdale9045251B
6779834E6106550B6145250A6275850D The Cattistock9048253A
A8 4-6-2T (NER)6106950B6147550AJ25 0-6-0 (NER)J27 0-6-0 (NER)J26 0-6-0 (NER)
6987051F6111138Aunder construction6566350G6587752F6574551B
A5 4-6-2T (GCR)6130653BBR cl 2MT 2-6-0J71 0-6-0T (NER)J72 0-6-0T (NER)under construction
6980253BQ6 0-8-0 (NER)78045780476823551A6868754B0-6-0 diesels
new 0-6-0 diesel6340854C780466823651A6869151F1316113164
131556345451CStooperdale1316213165
B16 4-6-0Q6 0-8-0 (NER)J94 0-6-0ST1316313166
6143450A6334051D6801151B
scrap yard
D20 4-4-0 (NER)Y3 0-4-0TJ71 0-6-0T (NER)N8 0-6-2T (NER)
6238450C W6815553D W6823820D W6937752B W6938153A W
Saturday 5 November 1955
Works yard and erecting shops
V1 2-6-2TV2 2-6-2D49 4-4-0WD 2-8-0
6762165C6081364A6272353B Nottinghamshire9007853A
6764252B6084462B6085650A6273950E The Badsworth9012036B
6768065A6084750A St. Peter's School, York6274850B The Southwold9017540B
V3 2-6-2T6090450A6094252B6275150E The Albrighton9025940E
6761564BB1 4-6-06275850D The Cattistock9039340B
6769052A6103550B PronghornQ6 0-8-0 (NER)J26 0-6-0 (NER)9047853C
L1 2-6-4T6111550A6115039B6336451D6574051B9067436A
6771432C6118951E Sir William Gray6339751CJ27 0-6-0 (NER)9069636A
6777134E6122937C6133950A6341151D6581252E9069925G
6777634AB16 4-6-0BR cl 2MT 2-6-06347054B6582252Eunder construction
G5 0-4-4T (NER)6144752B7801751HA5 4-6-2T (GCR)6587752FBR cl 2MT 2-6-0
6729754AJ72 0-6-0T (NER)7801851H6982238A7805078052
6900953C7805178053
works traffic on shed
V1 2-6-2TV2 2-6-2B1 4-6-0WD 2-8-0
6762964A aw6080652B aw6091961B aw6106151A xw9004340E xw9048751B aw
6764752B xw6083552B The Green Howard's xw6123037C aw9005454B xw9049536B xw
L1 2-6-4T6097361B xw6095752A xw6132154C aw9024435A xw9052835A aw
6775553B xwJ72 0-6-0T (NER)BR cl 2MT 2-6-0N5 0-6-2T (GCR)9028636B aw9061335A xw
6779534E xw6868150B xw7804964A new6925339B W9042136B aw
6928539B W
Shed Codes20D Normanton25G Farnley Junction32B Ipswich32C Lowestoft34A King's Cross
34E Neasden35A New England36A Doncaster36B Mexborough37C Bradford38A Colwick
39B Sheffield Darnall40B Immingham40E Langwith Jct.50A York50B Leeds Neville Hill50C Selby
50D Starbeck50E Scarborough50G Whitby51A Darlington51B Newport (Yorks)51C West Hartlepool
51D Middlesborough51E Stockton-on-Tees51F West Auckland51H Kirkby Stephen52A Gateshead52B Heaton
52E Percy Main52F N & S Blyth53A Hull Dairycoates53B Hull Botanic Grd53C Hull Springhead53D Bridlington
54A Sunderland54B Tyne Dock54C Borough Gards61B Aberdeen F'hill64A St. Margarets64B Haymarket
65A Parkhead65C Parkhead
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