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.

Monday, 30 March 2015

Spalding, Sleaford, Stamford & Bourne

Spalding
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland & Great Northern RailwaySep 1935 - Jan 1957New England sub-shed
type:A brick-built 2TS through-road shed.opened:1866Feb 1958 - Mar 1960Boston sub shed.
location:On the west side of the line, south of Spalding Station.closed:Mar-60
AbbreviationsGCR - Great Central RailwayGNR - Great Northern RailwayGER - Great Eastern Railway
J - Johnson
Sunday 18 July 1937Sunday 31 July 1938Saturday 1 May 1949
12.55pm - 1.10pmtotal:9total:72.40pm - 2.45pmtotal:10
cl 2P 4-4-0 (J)J3 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 2P 4-4-0 (J)D2 4-4-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
028076082085013025433564176NEW64228NEW
042042J6 0-6-0 (GNR)4177NEW4238NEW
J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J4 0-6-0 (GNR)357935934189NEW4265GRA
3593416041713586E4191NEWD3 4-4-0 (GNR)
J11 0-6-0 (GCR)E4216NEW2128NEW
52314217NEW
Shed CodesGRA GranthamNEW New England
Sunday 22 April 1951Sunday 18 August 1951Sunday 4 May 1952
3.25pm - 3.40pmtotal:12total:7total:12
cl 4MT 4-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 4MT 4-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 4MT 4-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
4306035A6417135A4308535A6417135A4306235A6417235A
4306635A6418435AB12 4-6-06417635A4306535A6419135A
4308135A6419235A6153731D6417735A4306835A6420735A
4308535A6424240F6419235A4308135A6422035A
4308635A6425235A6422135A4308235A6425435A
4308735A4308735A6427835A
4308835AJ1 0-6-0 (GNR)
6500235A
Shed Codes31D South Lynn35A New England40F Boston
Sunday 31 May 1953Sunday 15 May 1955
total:15total:12
cl 4MT 4-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 4MT 4-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J52 0-6-0ST
4306235A6417135A6427535A4306035A6417135A6882335A
4308135A6417235A6427935A4306735A6417735A6888435A
4308635A6420735AJ52 0-6-0ST4308235A6420735A
4308735A6421035A6878635A4308535A6421635A
J11 0-6-0 (GCR)6421635A6887635A4308835A6427935A
6435940A6421935A
Shed Codes35A New England40A Lincoln
Sunday 18 March 1956Sunday 11 May 1958
total:13total:15
cl 4MT 4-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 4MT 4-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
4306035A4308635A6418435A4305940F4306540F6417140F
4306535A4308835A6419235A4306140F4308040F6417240F
4306635Acl 3F 0-6-0T6421635A4306240F4308340F6419140F
4308235A4745835A6427535A4306440F4308540F6423140F
4308435AJ52 0-6-0STK2 2-6-0 (GNR)J69 0-6-0T (GER)6427840F
6882335A6175640F6856040F
Shed Codes35A New England40F Boston
Saturday 21 February 1959Sunday 3 May 1959Sunday 15 May 1960
total:6total:8total:5
cl 4MT 4-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 4MT 4-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)0-6-0 diesels
4305840F6418040F4306840F6417240FD202411178D3490
4306540F6427840F4308540F6421940AD2025D3625
4308540FK2 2-6-0 (GNR)4314740F0-6-0 diesels
6176340E4315740FD2023D2024
Shed Codes40A Lincoln40E Colwick40F Boston
Spalding shed was closed on March 7th 1960.
Sleaford
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railwayopened:1883Boston sub shed.
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed.closed:May-64
location:On the south side of Sleaford Station.
AbbreviationsGNR - Great Northern RailwayGER - Great Eastern Railway
Sunday 8 April 1951Sunday 4 October 1953Sunday 11 April 1954
total:3total:2total:2
O2 2-8-0 (GNR)J3 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
6392736C6413240F6424240F6420140F
J6 0-6-0 (GNR)6424740F6421440F
6419640F
Shed Codes36C Frodingham40F Boston
Sunday 3 April 1955Sunday 15 April 1956Sunday 26 May 1957
total:3total:2total:3
J6 0-6-0 (GNR)K2 2-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J20 0-6-0 (GER)
6424740F6176740F6421440F6418040F6469031B
6426040F6426040F6469831B
Shed Codes31B March40F Boston
Sunday 5 January 1958Sunday 19 April 1959Sunday 24 April 1960
total:1total:2total:2
0-6-0 dieselJ6 0-6-0 (GNR)0-6-0 dieselJ69 0-6-0T (GER)0-6-0 diesel
111606426040FD20256856940FD2241
Sleaford shed was closed in May 1964.
Stamford East
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railwayopened:1856New England sub shed.
type:A brick-built 1TS through-road shed.closed:1959
location:On the west side of the line north of Stamford (East) station.
Sun 4 May 1952Sunday 18 March 1956Sunday 16 March 1958
C12 4-4-2T (GNR)C12 4-4-2T (GNR)C12 4-4-2T (GNR)
6736135A6735735A6735735A
6736535A6736535A6738035A
Shed Codes35A New England
Stamford shed was closed on 15th June 1959.
Bourne
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railwayopened:1893New England sub shed.
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed.closed:1953
location:On the west side of the line, south of Bourne station.
AbbreviationsGNR - Great Northern RailwayF - Fowler
Sunday 18 July 1937Sunday 3 September 1938Saturday 4 June 1949
cl 2P 4-4-0 (J)J4 0-6-0 (GNR)D2 4-4-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J1 0-6-0 (GNR)
048084304635794187NEW5007CLK
D3 4-4-0 (GNR)J3 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)4217NEWcl 4F 0-6-0
34000863905403415C
Sunday 22 April 1951Sunday 4 May 1952
cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 4MT 2-6-0
4305835A4308335A4306135A
4306535A4306635A
Shed Codes35A New EnglandNEW New EnglandCLK Colwick15C Leicester Midland
Bourne shed was closed in 1953.
Updated and revised - September 2021.
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