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.

Wednesday 25 January 2017

St. Leonard's (Hastings) 1946 - 1958


St. Leonard's (Hastings)
Pre Grouping Ownership - London, Brighton & South Coast Railway opened:1872prior to Jan 1950STL
type:A brick-built 4TS, with three through roads.closed:Jun-58Feb 1950 - Jun 195874E
location:On the north side of the station.
AbbreviationsLBSCR - London, Brighton & South Coast RailwaySECR - South Eastern & Chatham Railway
Fb - FairburnSER - South East RailwayWD - War DepartmentBR - British Railways
Friday 22 March 1946STLtotal:19
D3 0-4-4T (LBSCR)C 0-6-0 (SECR)O1 0-6-0 (SER)L 4-4-0 (SECR)V "Schools" 4-4-0
2371STL1037STL1041STL1767STL907STL Dulwich
2379STL1038STL1432STL1768STL908STL Westminster
2383STL1711STLB1 4-4-0 (SER)D 4-4-0 (SECR)E 4-4-0 (SECR)R1 0-6-0T (SECR)
E5 0-6-2T (LBSCR)1101STL1740STL1176BA1339
2406EBN1440FAV1744STL
shed codesBA Bricklayer's ArmsEBN EastbourneFAV FavershamSTL St. Leonard's
Monday 9 December 1946STLtotal:15
D3 0-4-4T (LBSCR)C 0-6-0 (SECR)B1 4-4-0 (SER)D 4-4-0 (SECR)V "Schools" 4-4-0
2379STL1038STL1101STL1075STL903STL Charterhouse
2383STL1720HITN1 2-6-0 (SECR)1740STL904STL Lancing
R1 0-6-0T (SECR)WD 8F 2-8-01878HITD1 4-4-0 (SECR)908STL Westminster
1335STL77205BA1747932BA Blundells
shed codesBA Bricklayer's ArmsHIT Hither GreenSTL St. Leonard's
Allocation January 1947 (29)D3 0-4-4TLBSCR4C 0-6-0SECR3
O1 0-6-0SER2R1 0-6-0TSECR1V 4-4-0SR11
D 4-4-0SECR4B1 4-4-0SER1L 4-4-0SECR3
Sunday 14 September 1947STLtotal:29
D3 0-4-4T (LBSCR)O1 0-6-0 (SER)V "Schools" 4-4-0
2365AFD1051GIL901STL Winchester908STL Westminster
2379STLE1 4-4-0 (SECR)902STL Wellington932BA Blundells
R1 0-6-0T (SECR)1160BAT903STL CharterhouseL 4-4-0 (SECR)D 4-4-0 (SECR)
1335STL2129TON904STL Lancing1761TON1075STL
13392138TON905STL Tonbridge1770AFD1737STL
C 0-6-0 (SECR)L1 4-4-0906STL Sherborne1774AFD1740STL
1037STL1759BA907STL DulwichB1 4-4-0 (SER)1744STL
1038STL1789BA1021
shed codesAFD AshfordBA Bricklayer's ArmsBAT Stewart's LaneGIL GillinghamTON Tonbridge
Sunday 28 March 1948STLtotal:36
D3 0-4-4T (LBSCR)C 0-6-0 (SECR)L 4-4-0 (SECR)D 4-4-0 (SECR)V "Schools" 4-4-0
2371STL1037STL1763TON1075STL900STL Eton
2379STL1038STL1766STL1734TON901STL Winchester
2394STLO1 0-6-0 (SER)1767STL1737STL902STL Wellington
H 0-4-4T (SECR)1041AFD1768STL1738STL906STL Sherborne
S1322AFD1432TONS1789BA1740STL908STL Westminster
R1 0-6-0T (SECR)Q1 0-6-0L1 4-4-01744STL909STL St. Paul's
1174STLC27TON1758BAN1 2-6-0 (SECR)910STL Merchant Taylors
1335STLE4 0-6-2T (LBSCR)1759BA1822STL921BA Shrewsbury
2562ELH1876STLS938BA St. Olave's
shed codesAFD AshfordBA Bricklayer's ArmsELH EastleighSTL St. Leonard'sTON Tonbridge
Sunday 23 March 195274Etotal:28
D3 0-4-4T (LBSCR)C 0-6-0 (SECR)V "Schools" 4-4-0
3238674E3103874E3090174E Winchester3093373B King's Canterbury
3239174EQ1 0-6-03090274E Wellington3093773B Epsom
H 0-4-4T (SECR)3304074E3090774E DulwichL 4-4-0 (SECR)D 4-4-0 (SECR)
3127974AR1 0-6-0T (SECR)3091074E Merchant Taylors3176674Es149374E
3132774A3117474E3091174E Dover3176774E3149674E
3132874E3133574E3092773B Clifton3176874E3150173D
3132974EU1 2-6-03092873B Stowe3176974E3157774A
3190673A
shed codes73A Stewart's Lane73B Bricklayer's Arms73D Gillingham74A Ashford74E St. Leonards
Saturday 15 August 195374Etotal:16
H 0-4-4T (SECR)C 0-6-0 (SECR)V "Schools" 4-4-0
3116174E3172174E3090174E Winchester3092873B Stowe
3127474EL 4-4-0 (SECR)3090374E Charterhouse3093073B Radley
R1 0-6-0T (SECR)3176874E3090574E TonbridgeD 4-4-0 (SECR)N 2-6-0 (SECR)
3117474E3176974E3090774E Dulwichs149374E3182973B
3177074D3091074E Merchant Taylors
shed codes73B Bricklayer's Arms74D Tonbridge74E St. Leonards
Saturday 23 June 195674Etotal:22
H 0-4-4T (SECR)C 0-6-0 (SECR)L 4-4-0 (SECR)N 2-6-0 (SECR)V "Schools" 4-4-0
3151974E3172174E3176074D3140673C3090274E Wellington
A1X 0-6-0T (LBSCR)Q1 0-6-03176873E3182973B3090374E Charterhouse
3263674E3303974D3177074DN1 2-6-0 (SECR)3092174C Shrewsbury
3267074E3304074DR1 0-6-0T (SECR)3187973C3092274B Marlborough
3267874E3117474Ecl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)3093074E Radley
3101074E4209674A3093173B King's Wimbledon
shed codes73B Bricklayer's Arms73C Hither Green73E Faversham74A Ashford74B Ramsgate
74C Dover74D Tonbridge74E St. Leonards
Sunday 27 April 195874E7.05pm - 7.10pmtotal:19
H 0-4-4T (SECR)C 0-6-0 (SECR)L 4-4-0 (SECR)N 2-6-0 (SECR)V "Schools" 4-4-0
3116274E3149873C3176374D3185373B3090074E Eton
3126974E3158874D3177174Dcl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)3090174E Winchester
3151974EA1X 0-6-0T (LBSCR)L1 4-4-04208673B3090274E Wellington
BR 2MT 2-6-2T3263674E3175874A4209874A3091374B Christ's Hospital
8402874B3267874E3093673B Cranleigh
shed codes73B Bricklayer's Arms73C Hither Green74A Ashford74B Ramsgate
74D Tonbridge74E St. Leonards
St. Leonard's shed closed in June 1958.
Kent & East Sussex Railway
Rolvenden
Pre Grouping Ownership - Kent & East Sussex Railwayclosed:Jan-54An Ashford subshed.
type:A brick and timber 2TS dead-ended shed.location:On the west side of the station.
Monday 9 December 1946AFD subshedtotal:4
A1X 0-6-0T (LBSCR)ex LSWR 0-6-0ST0395 0-6-0
3KESR Bodiam2678KESR*4KESR3440KESR*
shed codesKESR - Kenst & east Sussex Railway
* on loan to KESR
Saturday 6 January 195174A subshedtotal:4
A1X 0-6-0T (LBSCR)O1 0-6-0 (SER)* locos working the line
264074A32644*74A3267074A31370*74Ashed codes74A Ashford
Shepherd's Well
Pre Grouping Ownership - East Kent Light Railwayclosed:Oct-48A Dover subshed.
type:A timber built 2TS dead-ended shed.location:At the north end of the station.
Thursday 13 December 1945DOV subshedtotal:6
Kerr, Stuart & Co. 0-6-0T (EKLR)Neilson & Co. 4-4-2T (EKLR)O1 0-6-0
4to BR (1948) as 309485to BR (1948) cl. O415 305831371EKLR loaned
Sharp, Stewart & Co. 0-6-0 (EKLR)Beyer, Peacock 0-6-0ST (EKLR)1373DOV
6to BR (1948) as O1 313727scrapped at Ashford in 1946
Saturday 11 September 194874C subshedtotal:5
Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0sT (EKLR)Kerr, Stuart & Co. 0-6-0T (EKLR)O1 0-6-0
2Walton Park4to BR (1948) as 309481371EKLR loaned
Sharp, Stewart & Co. 0-6-0 (EKLR)
6to BR (1948) as O1 31372
Updated and revised - October 2021.
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