Cromer Beach | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland & Great Northern Railway | opened: | 1887 | Melton Constable subshed | ||||||||
type: | A brick-built 1TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Mar-59 | From Sep 1954 subshed to Norwich | |||||||
location: | On the north side of Cromer Beach Station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | GCR - Great Central Railway | GER - Great Eastern Railway | M&GN - Midland & Great Northern Railway | ||||||||
Saturday 10 September 1938 | Sunday 19 September 1954 | Sunday 26 September 1954 | |||||||||
total: | 2 | total: | 2 | total: | 6 | ||||||
J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | J40 0-6-0 (M&GN) | B17 4-6-0 | B17 4-6-0 | ||||||||
5329 | 060 | 61656 | 32A Leeds United | 61656 | 32A Leeds United | ||||||
B12 4-6-0 (GER) | 61665 | 32A Leicester City | |||||||||
61540 | 32A | 61666 | 30E Nottingham Forest | ||||||||
B1 4-6-0 | B12 4-6-0 (GER) | ||||||||||
On 20th September 1954, Cromer High was closed and duties were | 61048 | 32A | 61540 | 32A | |||||||
switched to Cromer Beach. The shed, originally under the control | N7 0-6-2T (GER) | ||||||||||
of Melton Constable was taken over by Norwich. | 69690 | 32A | |||||||||
Shed Codes | 30E Colchester | 32A Norwich | |||||||||
Saturday 17 September 1955 | Tuesday 23 July 1957 | Sunday 6 April 1958 | |||||||||
total: | 4 | total: | 7 | total: | 6 | ||||||
B12 4-6-0 (GER) | B1 4-6-0 | B12 4-6-0 (GER) | B1 4-6-0 | B12 4-6-0 (GER) | |||||||
61540 | 32A | 61547 | 32A | 61045 | 32A | 61514 | 32A | 61312 | 32A | 61514 | 32A |
61545 | 32F | 61568 | 32A | 61312 | 32A | 61519 | 32A | 61516 | 31A | ||
Sunday 31 March 1957 | 61542 | 32A | 61542 | 32A | |||||||
total: | 4 | 61547 | 32A | 61547 | 32A | ||||||
B1 4-6-0 | B12 4-6-0 (GER) | 61556 | 32A | 61568 | 32A | ||||||
61046 | 32A | 61547 | 32A | ||||||||
61048 | 32A | 61570 | 32B | Shed Codes | 31A Cambridge | 32A Norwich | 32B Ipswich | ||||
Cromer Beach shed was closed on 2nd March, 1959. | |||||||||||
Cromer High | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway | opened: | 1877 | Norwich subshed | ||||||||
type: | A brick-built 1TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Sep-54 | ||||||||
location: | On the east side of Cromer High Station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | GCR - Great Central Railway | GER - Great Eastern Railway | GNR - Great Northern Railway | ||||||||
Saturday 10 September 1938 | Sunday 8 June 1952 | Sunday 5 July 1953 | |||||||||
total: | 3 | total: | 5 | total: | 4 | ||||||
F3 2-4-2T (GER) | B17 4-6-0 | B17 4-6-0 | |||||||||
8087 | 8089 | 61659 | 32A East Anglian | 61656 | 32A Leeds United | ||||||
8088 | D16 4-4-0 (GER) | L1 2-6-4T | 61664 | 32A Liverpool | |||||||
62553 | 32A | 67789 | 32A | 61665 | 32A Leicester City | ||||||
Sunday 29 August 1954 | 62610 | 32A | N7 0-6-2T (GER) | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | |||||||
total: | 5 | 69708 | 32A | 61989 | 32A | ||||||
B17 4-6-0 | |||||||||||
61656 | 32A Leeds United | ||||||||||
B1 4-6-0 | B12 4-6-0 (GER) | ||||||||||
61043 | 32A | 61540 | 32A | ||||||||
L1 2-6-4T | 61568 | 32A | |||||||||
67707 | 32A | ||||||||||
Cromer High closed on 20th September 1954 and the duties and Control were transferred to Cromer Beach. | |||||||||||
Wells next the Sea | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway | opened: | 1857 | Norwich subshed | ||||||||
type: | A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Sep-55 | ||||||||
location: | On the north side of Wells next the sea Station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | GER - Great Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
Friday 6 June 1952 | Sunday 5 July 1953 | Friday 16 September 1955 | |||||||||
total: | 2 | total: | 3 | total: | 2 | ||||||
D16 4-4-0 (GER) | J17 0-6-0 (GER) | D16 4-4-0 (GER) | J17 0-6-0 (GER) | D16 4-4-0 (GER) | |||||||
62522 | 32A | 65569 | 32A | 62596 | 32A | 65567 | 32A | 62540 | 32A | ||
62610 | 32A | 62577 | 32A | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 32A Norwich | ||||||||||
Wells next the Sea closed on 15th September 1955, but continued to service locos until 1960. | |||||||||||
Dereham | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway | opened: | 1846 | Norwich subshed | ||||||||
type: | A timber-built 2TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Sep-55 | ||||||||
location: | In the triangle of lines at the south end of Dereham Station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | GER - Great Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
Monday 5 September 1938 | Mon 24 May 1948 | total: | 11 | ||||||||
total: | 5 | E4 2-4-0 (GER) | F3 2-4-2T (GER) | J15 0-6-0 (GER) | |||||||
F3 2-4-2T (GER) | D15 4-4-0 (GER) | 2792 | NOR | 7127 | NOR | 5367 | NOR | 5471 | NOR | ||
8044 | 8850 | D15 4-4-0 (GER) | J17 0-6-0 (GER) | 5401 | NOR | 5472 | NOR | ||||
J15 0-6-0 (GER) | 8886 | 2506 | KL | 5568 | NOR | 5408 | NOR | 5478 | NOR | ||
7516 | 7550 | 5460 | NOR | ||||||||
Shed Codes | KL Kings Lynn | NOR Norwich | |||||||||
Saturday 7 June 1952 | Sunday 14 September 1952 | total: | 10 | ||||||||
total: | 5 | E4 2-4-0 (GER) | D16 4-4-0 (GER) | J17 0-6-0 (GER) | J15 0-6-0 (GER) | ||||||
E4 2-4-0 (GER) | J15 0-6-0 (GER) | 62787 | 32A | 62551 | 31C | 65553 | 32A | 65460 | 32A | ||
62782 | 32A | 65460 | 32A | 62793 | 32A | 62584 | 32A | 65569 | 32A | ||
62793 | 32A | J17 0-6-0 (GER) | 62797 | 32A | 62593 | 32A | 65574 | 32A | |||
J19 0-6-0 (GER) | 65551 | 32A | |||||||||
64674 | 32A | Shed Codes | 31C Kings Lynn | 32A Norwich | |||||||
Saturday 19 September 1953 | total: | 10 | Tuesday 27 July 1954 | total: | 8 | ||||||
E4 2-4-0 (GER) | D16 4-4-0 (GER) | J17 0-6-0 (GER) | D16 4-4-0 (GER) | J15 0-6-0 (GER) | |||||||
62797 | 32A | 62593 | 32A | 65516 | 32A | 62540 | 62584 | 65460 | |||
J15 0-6-0 (GER) | 62601 | 31C | 65542 | 32A | 62553 | 62610 | 65469 | ||||
65472 | 32A | 62608 | 32A | 65570 | 32A | 62555 | J17 0-6-0 (GER) | ||||
62610 | 32A | 65574 | 32A | 65574 | |||||||
Shed Codes | 31C Kings Lynn | 32A Norwich | |||||||||
Sunday 27 March 1955 | total: | 7 | Sunday 6 October 1957 | ||||||||
E4 2-4-0 (GER) | D16 4-4-0 (GER) | J15 0-6-0 (GER) | 0-6-0 diesel | ||||||||
62787 | 32A | 62553 | 32A | 65472 | 32A | 11169 | |||||
62584 | 32A | J17 0-6-0 (GER) | |||||||||
62608 | 32A | 65570 | 32A | An 0-6-0 diesel was often stabled there for a few years. | |||||||
62610 | 32A | ||||||||||
Dereham shed closed on 19th September 1955. | |||||||||||
Wymondham | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway | opened: | 1847 | Norwich subshed | ||||||||
type: | A service area consisting of turntable and siding. | closed: | Jun-58 | ||||||||
location: | In the fork of lines at the west end of Wymondham Station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | GER - Great Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
Sunday 4 September 1938 | Monday 24 May 1948 | Sunday 5 June 1949 | |||||||||
total: | 1 | total: | 2 | total: | 1 | ||||||
J15 0-6-0 (GER) | J15 0-6-0 (GER) | J65 0-6-0T (GER) | J15 0-6-0 (GER) | ||||||||
7828 | 5417 | NOR | 8214 | NOR | 65426 | NOR | |||||
Friday 6 June 1952 | Tuesday 27 July 1954 | Sunday 5 January 1958 | |||||||||
total: | 2 | total: | 1 | total: | 1 | ||||||
J15 0-6-0 (GER) | J69 0-6-0T (GER) | J67 0-6-0T (GER) | J15 0-6-0 (GER) | ||||||||
65417 | 32A | 68602 | 32A | 68616 | 32A | 65469 | 32A | ||||
Sunday 6 April 1958 | Friday 31 October 1958 | ||||||||||
total: | 1 | total: | 1 | ||||||||
0-6-0 diesel | 0-6-0 diesel | ||||||||||
11172 | D2214 | ||||||||||
Wymondham was closed to steam in June 1958 and became a stabling point for an 0-6-0 diesel until 1974. | |||||||||||
Swaffham | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway | opened: | 1847 | Norwich subshed | ||||||||
type: | A 2TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Apr-62 | ||||||||
location: | On the south side of the line east of Swaffham Station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | GER - Great Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
Monday 5 September 1938 | |||||||||||
F3 2-4-2T (GER) | |||||||||||
8085 | Swaffham shed was closed 2nd April 1962. |
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.
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