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.

Tuesday 18 March 2014

Bo'ness & Southern Scotland Dumps 1961 - 1963

ex-Caledonian Railway, Drummond 2F 0-6-0 57472 'dumped' at Bo'ness on 4th October 1961. 
Photo: Ben Brooksbank and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Bo'ness Dump
By April 1961 a site at Bo'ness, on the Firth of Forth, was established as a holding base for locos from the Glasgow sheds.
Two sidings were used to collect about 85 engines over a two and half year period.
Locos were stripped of their backhead fittings at Polmont before they were moved northwards by an 0-6-0 diesel.
AbbreviationsDr - DrummondM - MacintoshPick - PickersgillSt - Stanier
NBR - North British RailwayWD - War Department
6th May 1961total:27
cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)D11 4-4-0 cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)J35 0-6-0 (NBR)
5447565B6268965A Maid of Lorn5724565D5736665F6447166A
5448365Bcl 3F 0-6-0T (M)J88 0-6-0T (NBR)5725765J5737365B6448264A
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)5637065B W6832565B W5726766B5741165B6451564A
5522265Jcl 3F 0-6-0 (M)J83 0-6-0T (NBR)5728565F5742665B6451864A
cl 2F 0-6-0T (M)5755765B6845464A5728765F5742965F6453564A
5616965B W5757665J5733865F5747065D
16th December 1961total:52
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)D11 4-4-0 J35 0-6-0 (NBR)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)J83 0-6-0T (NBR)
4015865D6269164B Laird of Balmawhapple W6446165C W5724565D W6844864A
4015965D6269364B Roderick Dhu W6447265E W5725765J W6845464A
4020065Dcl 5MT 4-6-0V1 2-6-2T6447766A W5728565F W6847264A
N15 0-6-2T (NBR)44956*65A6761965H6451465C5728765F W6847965A
6913165A44977*63B6762265H6451564A W5731465D WJ72 0-6-0T (NER)
6918165AK1 2-6-06763265H6451864A W5733865F6901464A
6918365A W6203163B6765065C W6453264A W5736665F WJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)
6919165A6205263B6765565C6453564A W5741165B W6523065C
D34 4-4-0 V3 2-6-2Tcl 3F 0-6-0 (M)5742965F WWD 2-8-0
6249665A Glen Loy W6761165C5755765B W5747065D W9043665D
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)Y9 0-4-0ST (NBR)6762565H5757665J W5747265D W
5522265J W6811964A W6762665C* both locos repaired at St. Rollox Works during 1962.
Saturday 23 June 1962total:59
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)D34 4-4-0 J35 0-6-0 (NBR)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)J83 0-6-0T (NBR)
4015465D W6249665A Glen Loy W6447265E W5724565D W6844864A
4015865D WD11 4-4-0 6447766A W5728565F W6845464A W
4015965D6269164B Laird of Balmawhapple W6451465C W5728765F W6847264A W
4017765D6269364B Roderick Dhu W6451564A W5731465D W6847965A
4020065DK1 2-6-0V1 2-6-2T6451864A W5733865F WY9 0-4-0ST (NBR)
N15 0-6-2T (NBR)6203163B6761465C6453264A W5736665F W6811964A W
6912665D W6205263B6761965H6453564A W5747065D WJ72 0-6-0T (NER)
6913165A WV3 2-6-2T6762265H Wcl 3F 0-6-0 (M)6901464A W
6916365A W6761165C6763265H5757665J WWD 2-8-0
6918165A W6762565H6765065C WJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)9043665D W
6918365A W6762665C6765565C W6523065C
6919165A6767665C
Saturday 17 August 1963total:14
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)K1 2-6-0V1 2-6-2TV3 2-6-2TJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)WD 2-8-0
4015965D W6203163B W6761965H W6761165C W6523065C W9043665D W
4017765D W6205263B W6763265H W6762565H W
4020065D W6765065C W6762665C W
6767665C W
Shed Codes63B Fort William64A St. Margarets64B Haymarket65A Eastfield65B St. Rollox
65C Parkhead65D Dawsholm65E Kipps65F Grangemouth65H Helensburgh
65J Stirling66A Polmadie66B Motherwell
Carnbroe
29 locos, mostly withdrawn, were 'dumped' between June and September 1962 on a disused branch line near Carnbroe.
AbbreviationsDr - DrummondM - MacintoshNER - North Eastern Railway
Sunday 28 March 1962total:35
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
5520166A W5629866A W5723966A W5731966A W5741766A S5756366A W
5522063C W5631366B W5726866A W5732166C W5741866A W5756466A W
5526566A W5635666B W5727166A W5732566B W5743666A W5759366B W
5526766D Wcl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)5728866A W5736366B W5746166B W5763260B W
5526866A W5765966B W5729266A W5736766A W5746366A W
J72 0-6-0T (NER)5766366C W5730366B W5736966A S
6871766B W5766566B W5731766A W5738964A W
Shed Codes60B Aviemore63C Oban64A St. Margarets66A Polmadie66B Motherwell
66C Hamilton66D Greenock
Sunday 10 June 1962total:29
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
5520166A W5629866A W5726866A W5731966A W5741766A S5756366A W
5526566A W5631366B W5727166A W5732566B W5741866A W5756466A W
5526766D W5635666B W5728866A W5736366B W5743666A W5759366B W
5526866A WJ72 0-6-0T (NER)5729266A W5736766A W5746166B W5763260B W
6871766B W5730366B W5736966A S5746366A W
5731766A W5738964A W
Shed Codes60B Aviemore64A St. Margarets66A Polmadie66B Motherwell66D Greenock
Sunday 2 September 1962total:12
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
5520166A W5629866A W5727166A W5736966A S5741766A S5756466A W
5526766D W5631366B W5728866A W5738964A W5741866A W
5635666B WS - storedW - withdrawn
Shed Codes64A St. Margarets66A Polmadie66B Motherwell66D Greenock
Foldubbs Yard, Grangemouth
In 1963, withdrawn locos from the Grangemouth area were stored in Foldubbs Yard, which was near to Grangemouth shed.
AbbreviationsNBR - North British Railway
Sunday 7 April 1963total:13
cl 4F 0-6-0J 36 0-6-0 (NBR)WD 2-10-0
4423465F W65217*65F W9075565F W9076965F W
4432065F W6525765F W9075765F W9077365F W
6527565F W9076565F W9077465F W
* named French6530665F W9076665F W
Monday 3 June 1963total:11
cl 4F 0-6-0J 37 0-6-0 (NBR)WD 2-10-0
4423465F W6460165F W9075565F W9076965F W
4432065F Wcl 5MT 4-6-09075765F W9077365F W
4512565F W9076565F W9077465F W
9076665F W
Shed Codes65F GrangemouthW - withdrawn
Lugton, Ayrshire
A siding near Lugton station was used to store locos from Corkerhill during 1962, and later Polmadie in 1963.
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnM - Macintosh
Saturday 22 June 1962total:10
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)Jubilee 4-6-0
5520667A W4062067A W4562167A Northern Rhodesia S4571167A Courageous S
5522567A W4062167A W4566567A Lord Rutherford of Nelson S4572067A Indomitable S
5526667A W4570767A Valient S
Saturday 10 August 1963total:13
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)Jubilee 4-6-0
5520667A W4062067A W4562167A Northern Rhodesia W4571167A Courageous W
5522567A W4062167A W4566567A Lord Rutherford of Nelson W4572067A Indomitable W
5526667A Wcl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4570767A Valient Wcl 5MT 4-6-0
4214466A W4545866A W
4227666A W
Shed Codes66A Polmadie67A Corkerhill
Newton-on-Ayr
A small collection of withdrawn locos which were present during 1963.
Saturday 10 August 1963total:7
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
5526267C W4212267C W4274567C W5756967C W
5526467D W4280967C W5759667C W
Shed Codes67C Ayr67D Ardrossan

Updated and revised - December 2021.

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