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.

Saturday 14 May 2016

Dunbartonshire sheds 1938 - 1962

Helensburgh
Pre Grouping Ownership - North British Railwayopened:1894Sep 1935 - Jan 1950Parkhead sub-shed
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed.closed:Nov-60Feb 1950 - Nov 196065H
location:On the north side of the station.
AbbreviationsFb - FairburnSt - StanierBritish RailwaysNBR - North British Railway
GNR - Great Northern RailwayLNER - London & North Eastern Railway
Thursday 21 July 1938Parkhead sub-shedMonday 31 May 1943Parkhead sub-shed
3.35pm - 3.40pmtotal:7total:4
V1 2-6-2TJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)J36 0-6-0 (NBR)V1 2-6-2TC15 4-4-2T (NBR)J37 0-6-0 (NBR)
4042925946497842902292591359461
29032931
2922
Allocation - September 1950 (6)V1 2-6-2TLNER6
Wednesday 31 May 195065HSunday 1 June 195265H
total:8total:10
V1 2-6-2TJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)V1 2-6-2TJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)
6761365H6763165H6461165A6761665H6762565H6457365C
6761665H6763265HJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)6761965C6762865CJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)
6762565HK2 2-6-0 (GNR)6533565H6762165C6763265H6533565H
6177665A6762265C
D11 4-4-0
6268965A Maid of Lorn
Shed Codes65A Eastfield65C Parkhead65H Helensburgh
Saturday 6 June 195365HSunday 6 June 195465H
total:7total:12
V1 2-6-2TJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)J36 0-6-0 (NBR)V1 2-6-2TV3 2-6-2TJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)
6761465H6454865E6532465C6761365H6760465H6461065H
6762265C6456365C6761465H6761165CJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)
6766265CD11 4-4-06762265H6762565H6533565H
6268865A Ellen Douglas6763265C6767965C
6766165C
6767865C
Shed Codes65A Eastfield65C Parkhead65E Kipps65H Helensburgh
Monday 18 July 195565HSaturday 7 June 195865H
total:10total:7
V1 2-6-2TJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)J36 0-6-0 (NBR)V3 2-6-2TJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)J36 0-6-0 (NBR)
6761365H6460965C6533565H6762565H6454165A6521165C
6761965C6461065C6762865C6461065C
6762165C6462865A6763265H6463865A
6762865CK2 2-6-0 (GNR)
6764365C6178165A Loch Morar
Shed Codes65A Eastfield65C Parkhead65H Helensburgh
Allocation - March 1959 (12)J37 0-6-0NBR1J36 0-6-0NBR1
V1 2-6-2TLNER4V3 2-6-2TLNER6
Sunday 10 May 195965HTuesday 8 September 195965H
total:9total:7
V3 2-6-2TJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)V3 2-6-2TJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)
6760465C6762865C6521165C6761365H6762565H6521165C
6761365H6766165CC15 4-4-2T (NBR)6761465H6766065EJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)
6761965CV1 2-6-2T6747465A6762365C6454065A
6762565H6761665H
Shed Codes65A Eastfield65C Parkhead65E Kipps65H Helensburgh
Sunday 5 June 196065HSaturday 30 July 196065H
total:10total:12
V3 2-6-2TV1 2-6-2TJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)V3 2-6-2TV1 2-6-2T
6762565H6760165I6458065A6761365H6762865H6765565C
6762865H6762265HJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)6761465H6763265HJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)
6763265H6765565C6523965C6761665Hcl 4MT 2-6-06532065C
6764365Ccl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)6761965H4313665CJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)
4219965B6762565H4314165C6457465E
Shed Codes65A Eastfield65B St. Rollox65C Parkhead65E Kipps
65H Helensburgh65I Balloch
Helensburgh was official closed on 7th November 1960, but teething problems with the newly installed
electrification scheme enabled the shed to stay open until December 1961
Saturday 5 November 1960Saturday 1 April 1961Monday 4 September 1961
total:4total:6total:2
V1 2-6-2Tcl 4MT 2-6-0V3 2-6-2TBR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)
6760265A4313865C6761365C7609565C4246265C
V3 2-6-2TBR 4MT 2-6-06763265H7611365CBR 4MT 2-6-0
6761965H7611465Ccl 4MT 2-6-07611465C7607465C
4313665C
Shed Codes65A Eastfield65C Parkhead65H Helensburgh
Balloch
Pre Grouping Ownership - North British Railwayopened:1850Eastfield sub-shed
type:A corrugated-iron 1TS through-road shed.closed:Nov-60Feb 1950 - Nov 196065I
location:On the west side of the station.
Friday 15 July 1938Wednesday 31 May 1950Sunday 1 June 1952
4.40pm - 4.45pmtotal:4total:3total:3
J37 0-6-0 (NBR)J35 0-6-0 (NBR)J36 0-6-0 (NBR)V1 2-6-2TK2 2-6-0 (GNR)J36 0-6-0 (NBR)
9089919092006522765I6760165I6178465A6529665A
J36 0-6-0 (NBR)6533565C6533965I
9783
Sunday 6 June 1954Mon 18 July 1955Sunday 13 July 1958
total:7total:2total:2
V1 2-6-2Tcl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)J36 0-6-0 (NBR)cl 4MT 2-6-0J36 0-6-0 (NBR)
6760165I6764465A4017665D6527065A4313665A6529665A
6760265I6766765A
6763365HJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)Balloch was officially closed on 7th November 1960, but teething troubles
6764365C6527065Awith the newly installed electrification scheme enabled the shed
to remain open until December 1961.
Saturday 1 April 1961Monday 4 September 1961Shed Codes
total:3total:365A Eastfield
V3 2-6-2TBR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)BR 4MT 2-6-065C Parkhead
6767965C7609365C4213165D7611465C65D Dawsholm
0-6-0 diesel0-6-0 diesel65H Helensburgh
D3534D339665I Balloch
Dumbarton East
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railwayopened:1896Dawsholm sub-shed
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed.closed:Oct-64
location:East of the station in the fork of lines.BR Database
Thursday 21 July 1938Saturday 29 June 1946Sunday 25 April 1948
4pm - 4.05pmtotal:6total:3total:5
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)J36 0-6-0 (NBR)cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)
136978318931E1630231E18531E1630231E
cl 3F 4-6-0 (M)J35 0-6-0 (NBR)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)18731Ecl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)
1790892021746931E18831E1742731E
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)
1511515123Shed Codes31E Dawsholm
Allocation - September 1950 (4)J36 0-6-0NBR3V1 2-6-2TLNER1
Monday 29 August 1949Wednesday 31 May 1950Monday 18 June 1951
total:4total:4total:4
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)
4018765D1631565D4018865D5737265D4017665D5742665D
4018865Dcl 3F 0-6-0T (M)5737365Dcl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)
4018965D5630265D4212566B5630265D
Shed Codes65D Dawsholm66B Motherwell
Sunday 1 June 1952Sunday 6 June 1954Wednesday 20 June 1956
total:5total:5total:4
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)
4018665D5630265D4018765D5630265D4015965D5630265D
4018765Dcl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)4018865Dcl 3F 0-6-0 (M)4018665D
4018865D5732265D4018965D5755465D4018765D
Allocation - March 1959 (2)J36 0-6-0NBR1V1 2-6-2TLNER1
Saturday 31 May 1958Saturday 17 March 1962
total:4total:5Shed Codes
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)N15 0-6-2T (NBR)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)EE T1 diesels65D Dawsholm
4015965D6912665D4219565DD8082D8093
4018765Dcl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)0-6-0 diesel
4018965D5725965DD3216
Updated and revised - December 2021.

No comments:

Post a Comment