Hatfield and Hitchin 1938-1961

A down local goods at Hitchin station hauled by Great Northern J6 0-6-0 64175, a Hitchin based loco, in June 1950. Photo: Ben Brooksbank, Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike licence 2.0.

Hatfield
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railway							prior to 1949		HAT	opened:	1854
type:	A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed						1949 - 1961		34C	closed:	1961
location:	On the west side of Hatfield station.
Monday 10 April 1944					HAT	5.15pm - 5.25pm				total:	16
N2 0-6-2T (GNR)				N7 0-6-2T (GER)		N1 0-6-2T (GNR)		J67 0-6-0T (GER)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
2584	2592	4613	4737	2650	2654	4575	4577	7396	J67	7389	J69
2589	2664	4614	4762	2651	2656
Allocation - September 1950 (28)				J67 0-6-0T		GER	1	J69 0-6-0T		GER	1
N1 0-6-2T		GNR	1	N2 0-6-2T		GNR	15	N7 0-6-2T		GER	10
Sunday 21 February 1954					34C					total:	18
N2 0-6-2T (GNR)				N7 0-6-2T (GER)				J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)
69504	34C	69586	34C	69632	34C	69644	34C	68867	34C
69516	34C	69588	34A	69635	34C	69648	34C	68885	34C
69534	34C	69594	34C	69639	34C	69649	34C
69554	34C			69640	34C	69678	34C
						69704	34C
Shed Codes		34A Kings Cross		34C Hatfield
Sunday 29 January 1956					34C					total:	16
N2 0-6-2T (GNR)				N7 0-6-2T (GER)
69494	34C	69534	34C	69631	34C	69638	34C	69648	34C	69678	34C
69504	34C	69547	34C	69632	34C	69639	34C	69649	34C	69704	34C
69516	34C			69637	34C	69640	34C	69654	34C
Saturday 22 June 1957					34C					total:	17
N2 0-6-2T (GNR)				N7 0-6-2T (GER)
69504	34C	69536	34C	69631	34C	69639	34C	69650	34C
69516	34C	69547	34C	69635	34C	69644	34C	69678	34C
69534	34C	69582	34C	69638	34C	69648	34C	69704	34C
		69586	34C					69709	34C
Sunday 18 May 1958					34C	11.25am - 11.55am				total:	18
N2 0-6-2T (GNR)		N7 0-6-2T (GER)								0-6-0 diesels
69504	34C	69631	34C	69638	34C	69648	34C	69678	34C	D2000	D3476
69534	34C	69632	34C	69640	34C	69649	34C	69704	34C	D2001	D3490
69588	34C	69637	34C	69644	34C	69650	34C
Allocation - March 1959 (21)				N2 0-6-2T		GNR	8	N7 0-6-2T		GER	13
Sunday 26 April 1959					34C					total:	23
N2 0-6-2T (GNR)						N7 0-6-2T (GER)				0-6-0 diesels
69520	34A	69577	34C	69588	34C	69618	34C	69654	34C	D2002	D3478
69571	34C	69582	34C	69591	34C	69638	34C	69692	34C	D3475	D3490
69575	34A	69586	34C	69593	34A	69640	34C	69698	34C	D3477
						69649	34C	69704	34C
						69650	34C
Shed Codes		34A Kings Cross		34C Hatfield
Sunday 24 April 1960					34C					total:	21
N7 0-6-2T (GER)						N2 0-6-2T (GNR)		0-6-0 diesels		Brush T2 diesels
69618	34C	69640	34C	69692	34C	69531	34C	D3442	D3478	D5586	D5594
69629	34C	69648	34C	69696	34C	69580	34C	D3475	D3690	EE T1 diesels
69631	34C	69678	34C	69698	34C	BRCW T2 diesels		D3476		D8045	D8048
						D5313
Hatfield shed closed on 2nd January 1961
Hitchin
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railway							prior to 1949		HIT	opened:	1850
type:	A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed						1949 - 1961		34D	closed:	1961
location:	On the east side of Hitchin station.
Saturday 10 September 1938					HIT					total:	27
C1 4-4-2 (GNR)		D2 4-4-0 (GNR)		J1 0-6-0 (GNR)		J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)		O1 2-8-0 (GNR)
3272	4434	3049	4377	3002	3010	3539	3630	7365	7395	3462
3301	4451	K2 2-6-0 (GNR)		3007		3585				O2 2-8-0 (GNR)
4411	4458	4681	K2	J3 0-6-0 (GNR)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)				3483
4419	4460			3313	4100	7845
4427	4461			4081
Sunday 17 February 1946					HIT					total:	26
C1 4-4-2 (GNR)				D2 4-4-0 (GNR)		J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		J3 0-6-0 (GNR)		J67 0-6-0T (GER)
3272		4429		4359		3591	HIT	3313	HIT	7400	HIT
3274	HIT	4449		D3 4-4-0 (GNR)		N2 0-6-2T (GNR)		4100	HIT	J69 0-6-0T (GER)
3285	KX	4451		4309		4751		4166	HIT	7198	HIT
3295	KX	4457	GRA	D16 4-4-0 (GER)		K2 2-6-0 (GNR)		4140*	HIT	7365	HIT
4404		4458		8865	CAM	4666		* new number		WD 2-8-0
4415		steam railcar								78565	NEW
		51912	Rising Sun
Shed Codes		CAM Cambridge		GRA Grantham
Sunday 1 June 1947					HIT					total:	29
B1 4-6-0				D3 4-4-0 (GNR)		J3 0-6-0 (GNR)		J67 0-6-0T (GER)		WD 2-8-0
1090	HIT	1114	KX	2126		4105	HIT	8512	HIT	3059	NEW
1091	HIT	1129	KX	2148	HIT	4122	HIT	J69 0-6-0T (GER)		77358	NEW
1093	HIT	K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		C1 4-4-2 (GNR)		4138	HIT	8541	HIT	J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
1095	HIT	1867	NEW	2800	KX	4140	HIT	8605	HIT	4240	HIT
1097	HIT	1967	NEW	2801	KX	4145	HIT	N2 0-6-2T (GNR)
1098	HIT			2841	KX	4153	HIT	9544	KX
				2859	KX
Shed Codes		HIT Hitchin		KX Kings Cross		NEW New England
Friday 15 April 1949					HIT					total:	25
B1 4-6-0		D3 4-4-0 (GNR)		L1 2-6-4T		J3 0-6-0 (GNR)		J67 0-6-0T (GER)		WD 2-8-0
61090	HIT	2148	HIT	67740	HIT	64105	HIT	8512	HIT	63118	NEW
61093	HIT	J1 0-6-0 (GNR)		67741	HIT	E4117	HIT	J69 0-6-0T (GER)		63173	NEW
C1 4-4-2 (GNR)		65003	HIT	67743	HIT	64122	HIT	68541	HIT	Y3 0-4-0T
2817	HIT	65010	HIT	67744	HIT	64153	HIT	8605	HIT	8175	HIT
2828	HIT			67745	HIT	J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		N2 0-6-2T (GNR)
2881	HIT W					64240	HIT	69515	HIT
Shed Codes		HIT Hitchin		NEW New England						W - withdrawn
Allocation - September 1950 (33)				B1 4-6-0		LNER	8	J3 0-6-0		GNR	6
J6 0-6-0		GNR	2	J1 0-6-0		GNR	3	L1 2-6-4T		LNER	8
Y3 0-4-0T		LNER	1	J67 0-6-0T		GER	1	J69 0-6-0T		GER	2
N2 0-6-2T		GNR	2
Sunday 21 February 1954					34D					total:	24
B1 4-6-0				L1 2-6-4T		J6 0-6-0 (GNR)				J67 0-6-0T (GER)
61027	34D Madoqua			67743	34D	64175	34D	64240	34D	68529	34D
61090	34D	61094	34D	67744	34D	64186	34D	64251	34D	68540	34D
61093	34D			67745	34D	64197	34D	N2 0-6-2T (GNR)		68610	34D
V2 2-6-2		J15 0-6-0 (GER)		67746	34D	64206	34D	69515	34D	WD 2-8-0
60814	34A	65479	34D	67790	34D	64237	34D	69557	34D	90093	35A
Shed Codes		34A Kings Cross		34D Hitchin		35A New England
Sunday 29 January 1956					34D					total:	31
B1 4-6-0				L1 2-6-4T		J6 0-6-0 (GNR)				J67 0-6-0T (GER)
61027	34D Madoqua			67743	34D	64175	34D	64240	34D	68496	34D
61090	34D	61094	34D	67744	34D	64177	35A	64251	34D	68610	34D
61093	34D	61203	34A	67756	34A	64186	34D	J50 0-6-0T (GNR)		WD 2-8-0
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		N2 0-6-2T (GNR)		67785	34D	64197	34D	68930	34B	90477	40B
42328	34D	69557	34D	67790	34D	64206	34D	0-6-0 diesels
42374	34D	J15 0-6-0 (GER)		E4 2-4-0 (GER)		64237	34D	13158	13160
		65479	34D	62785	34D			13159	13161
Shed Codes		34A Kings Cross		34B Hornsey		34D Hitchin		35A New England		40B Immingham
Sunday 28 April 1957					34D					total:	35
B1 4-6-0				L1 2-6-4T		N2 0-6-2T (GNR)		J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)
61027	34D Madoqua			67741	34D	69515	34D	64175	34D	65479	34D
61091	34D	61113	35A	67744	34D	69551	34A	64186	34D	J68 0-6-0T (GER)
61093	34D	61393	34A	67745	34D	69552	34A	64197	34D	68638	34D
61094	34D	E4 2-4-0 (GER)		67761	34D	69557	34D	64206	34D	68654	34D
61097	34D	62785	34D	67779	34A	69561	34D	64237	34D	WD 2-8-0
61105	34D			67785	34D	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		64240	34D	90169	35A
B17 4-6-0				67790	34D	42374	34D	64251	34D	90709	35A
61653	31A Huddersfield Town
Shed Codes		31A Cambridge		34A Kings Cross		34D Hitchin		35A New England
Sunday 15 February 1959					34D					total:	37
N2 0-6-2T (GNR)		B1 4-6-0		L1 2-6-4T				J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
69515	34D	61090	34D	67741	34D	67768	34A	64175	34D	64206	34D
69531	34D	61091	34D	67744	34D	67787	34A	64184	34D	64237	34D
69540	34D	61093	34D	67745	34D	67790	34D	64196	34B	64240	34D
69568	34A	61094	34D	67749	34D	67791	34D	64197	34D	64251	34D
69571	34A	61097	34D	67761	34D	67797	34A	64198	34D	J68 0-6-0T (GER)
69584	34A	61251	34D Oliver Bury			K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)		68661	34D
		61367	34D			61805	34E	65479	34D	0-6-0 diesels
										D2003	D2019
Shed Codes		34A Kings Cross		34B Hornsey		34D Hitchin		34E New England
Allocation - March 1959 (29)				B1 4-6-0		LNER	8	J6 0-6-0		GNR	7
J15 0-6-0		GER	1	L1 2-6-4T		LNER	9	J68 0-6-0T		GER	1
N2 0-6-2T		GNR	3
Sunday 24 April 1960					34D					total:	29
N2 0-6-2T (GNR)		B1 4-6-0		L1 2-6-4T		J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		0-6-0 diesels		EE T1 diesels
69498	34A S	61091	34D	67744	34D	64175	34D S	D2000	D2018	D8020	D8024
69512	34A S	61097	34D	67745	34D	64206	34D S	D2001	D2019	D8021	D8026
69543	34A S	WD 2-8-0		67746	34D	64240	34D S	D2002		D8023	D8049
69549	34A S	90239	34E	K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		64251	34D S	J15 0-6-0 (GER)
69583	34A S	90665	34E	61978	34E			65479	34D	S - stored loco
Shed Codes		34A Kings Cross		34D Hitchin		34E New England
Hitchin shed was closed in June 1961
Sunday 15 October 1961						locos stabled in the area				total:	19
BR 9F 2-10-0		0-6-0 diesels		EE T1 diesels		EE T2 diesels		Brush T2 diesels
92041	34E	D2000	D2018	D8022	D8026	D5900	D5905	D5608	D5650
		D2001	D3689	D8023	D8049	D5902	D5907
		D2003		D8024		D5904	D5908
Shed Codes		34E New England

Updated and revised - October 2021.