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.

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Oban & Ballachulish 1938 - 1962

A class 5MT 4-6-0 leaves for Glasgow from Oban station on 21st August 1948. 
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0

Oban
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railwayopened:1880Feb 1950 - Apr 195563E
type:A timber-built 2TS dead-ended shed.closed:May-63May '55 - May 196063D
location:South of the station, in the fork of the goods yard.
Jun 1960 - May 196363C
AbbreviationsDr - DrummondM - MacIntoshPick - PickersgillCR - Caledonian Railway
Allocation - September 1950 (7)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)CR5cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)CR2
Friday 5 June 195363ESaturday 22 May 195463E
total:8total:7
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)
4488065B4499963A5519563E4478665B5519563E5725463E
4495765B5521563E4488065B5526363E5742463E
4515765B The Glasgow Highlander5526363E4548863A
cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)
5742463E
Shed Codes63A Perth South63E Oban65B St. Rollox
Sunday 3 July 195563Dtotal:13
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
4492265B4508463B5520863D4431863B5742463D5757663D
4493163A4516863A5521563D
4496163A4542365B5526363DShed Codes63A Perth South63B Stirling South
4515465B Lanarkshire Yeomanry63D Oban65B St. Rollox
Monday 13 August 195663DMonday 16 June 195863D
total:9total:7
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)cl 5MT 4-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)
4515565B5520063D5727663D4495364D7314865B5512663B
4521363B5521563D5736863D4536412Acl 3F 0-6-0 (M)5520863D
4536763A5526363D4542363B5757163D
4548863A
Shed Codes12A Carlisle Kingmoor63A Perth South63B Stirling South64D Dalry Road65B St. Rollox
Allocation - March 1959 (17)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)CR5cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)CR1
cl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)CR1
Friday 12 September 195963DFriday 1 July 196063C
total:9total:11
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
4501312A5520063A5757163D4482063A5519565J5757163C
4515365B5526363D5766763D4504763A5522663A5763563C
4538963B4521365J5523063C
4539663B4542365J5526363C
4547363A4544365B
Shed Codes12A Carlisle Kingmoor63A Perth South63B/65J Stirling South63C/63D Oban65B St. Rollox
Tuesday 29 August 196163CFriday 20 April 196263C
total:11total:8
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2MT 2-6-0cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
4472163A4646063C5517363C4538965J5520463C5758763C
4504763A4646863C5520763Ccl 2MT 2-6-05521763CBRCW T2 diesels
4511965B5522463C4646863C5526063CD5353D5357
4538965J5523363C
4548863A
Shed Codes63A Perth South63C Oban65B St. Rollox65J Stirling South
Oban shed closed on 6th May 1963
Ballachulish
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railwayopened:1903Oban sub-shed
type:A timber-built 2TS dead-ended shed.closed:Mar-62
location:On the north side of the station.
Thursday 21 July 1938Tuesday 29 September 1953Monday 27 June 1955
12.50pm - 12.55pmtotal:1total:1total:1
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)
151415521563E5519663D
Saturday 30 June 1956Monday 26 May 1958Saturday 14 May 1960
total:1total:1total:1
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)
5521563D5520863D5523963A
Friday 7 July 1961Friday 18 August 1961
total:2total:2Shed Codes
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 2MT 2-6-063A Perth South
5512463C5766763C5526063C4646063C63C Oban
Ballachulish shed closed on 12th March 1962
Balquhidder
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railwayopened:1905
type:A timber-built 1TS dead-ended shed.closed:Feb-42
location:On the north side of the station, in the fork of lines.
Saturday 27 August 1938
total:1
cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)
17453
Crianlarich
Pre Grouping Ownership - North British Railwayopened:1894
type:A brick-built 1TS dead-ended shed.closed:1930
location:On the east side of the line, at the south end of the station.
Tuesday 27 August 1957Saturday 30 July 1960Friday 7 July 1961
both locos storedtotal:1loco storedtotal:1loco storedtotal:1
D11 4-4-0D11 4-4-0D11 4-4-0
6267565A Colonel Gardiner S6268865A Ellen Douglas S6268865A Ellen Douglas S
6268865A Ellen Douglas SS - stored
Shed Codes65A Eastfield
Updated and revised - December 2021.
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