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 30 July 2014

Derby Friargate 1936 - 1954

Derby Friargate shed in 1952. Photo: unknown.

Derby Friargate
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railwayopened:1876Colwick sub-shed
type: A brick-built 4TS dead-ended shed.closed:1955prior to 1950CLK
location: West of the town centre, north of Uttoxeter New Road.1950-195538A
Sunday 13 September 1936Sunday 11 July 1937
CLK sub6.35pm - 6.40pmtotal:11CLK sub6.05pm - 6.10pmtotal:10
N5 0-6-2T (GCR)D2 4-4-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)D2 4-4-0 (GNR)J2 0-6-0 (GNR)
554630434370353635665923433843993078
K2 2-6-0 (GNR)4326J2 0-6-0 (GNR)K2 2-6-0 (GNR)D3 4-4-0 (GNR)J5 0-6-0 (GNR)
4660D3 4-4-0 (GNR)307746604074430130273039
J55 0-6-0ST (GNR)4302J5 0-6-0 (GNR)J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)
391830404210
Sunday 19 February 1939Sunday 23 July 1939
CLK subtotal:7CLK subtotal:5
N5 0-6-2T (GCR)D2 4-4-0 (GNR)J5 0-6-0 (GNR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)K2 2-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
5765439330355765CLK4660CLK3622GRA
J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)D3 4-4-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)J39 0-6-0
42064073357636253965CLK2696
Shed codesCLK ColwickGRA Grantham
Sunday 18 August 1946Saturday 28 September 1946
CLK sub5.10pm - 5.15pmtotal:7CLK subtotal:9
J66 0-6-0T (GER)D2 4-4-0 (GNR)J1 0-6-0 (GNR)J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)D2 4-4-0 (GNR)J1 0-6-0 (GNR)
8382CLK2177CLK5002CLK4055CLK2199CLK3004CLK
J39 0-6-02194CLK30064392CLK3005
2693J5 0-6-0 (GNR)4393CLK3006
5498CLK4320CLK5014CLK
Shed CodesCLK Colwickred text denotes old number
Sunday 15 February 1948Sunday 30 January 1949
CLK subtotal:7CLK subtotal:6
J69 0-6-0T (GER)D2 4-4-0 (GNR)J1 0-6-0 (GNR)J69 0-6-0T (GER)D3 4-4-0 (GNR)J5 0-6-0 (GNR)
8527CLK2151CLK5008CLK8527CLK2125CLK65488CLK
2153CLK5010CLKD2 4-4-0 (GNR)2140CLK65498CLK
2199CLK5013CLK2150CLK
Shed CodesCLK Colwick
Sunday 8 April 1951Sunday 6 April 1952
38A subtotal:638A subtotal:8
J50 0-6-0T (GNR)J1 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J50 0-6-0T (GNR)J2 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
6892038A6500838A6423838A6897238A6501838A6423038A
J5 0-6-0 (GNR)6501438A6427338AA5 4-6-2T (GCR)6501938A6427338A
6548938A6981038A6502238AJ5 0-6-0 (GNR)
Shed Codes38A Colwick6548638A
Sunday 21 September 1952Sunday 1 February 1953
38A subtotal:638A subtotal:8
J50 0-6-0T (GNR)J2 0-6-0 (GNR)J5 0-6-0 (GNR)J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)J2 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
6898238A6502238A6549038A6881238A6500238A6427338A
J39 0-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)6549838AJ5 0-6-0 (GNR)6501438AJ39 0-6-0
6474738A6421338A6549138A6501538A6497638A
6501938A
Sunday 15 March 1953Sunday 23 August 1953
38A subtotal:838A subtotal:7
J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)J2 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)J2 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
6881438A6501538A6419438A6881438A6501538A6420038A
J1 0-6-0 (GNR)J5 0-6-0 (GNR)6423538AJ1 0-6-0 (GNR)J39 0-6-06423338A
6500238A6549238A6424938A6500238A6480538A
6427338A6498038A
Sunday 31 January 1954Sunday 21 November 1954
38A subtotal:738A subtotal:10
N7 0-6-2TN1 0-6-2T (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)N1 0-6-2T (GNR)J5 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
6962138A6945138A6421338A6944138A6548338A6421238A
J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)6948138A6423038A6946738AJ39 0-6-06421538A
6888238A6427338AJ52 0-6-0ST (GNR)6483238A6423038A
6876838A6423838A
6425738A
Derby Friargate closed in 1955
Updated and revised - September 2021.
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2 comments:

  1. grantd7 January 2015 at 22:20

    Hello

    Could you please publish your visits for Derby Friargate.

    Thank you very much for all the great work!

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  2. grantd12 January 2015 at 17:05

    Hello

    Thank you very much for adding the most interesting Derby Friargate visits!

    ReplyDelete

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