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 28 March 2017

Stratford subsheds

This is one of the 134 N7 0-6-2T at Stratford. These locomotives, designed for the GER in 1915 by Hill and perpetuated after the Grouping by Gresley, were nearly all based at Stratford and it's sub-Sheds for working the intensive suburban services from Liverpool Street.  
Photo: Ben Brooksbank Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0

Enfield Town
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway opened:1869Stratford subshed
type:A brick-built 1TS through-road shed.closed:Nov-60
location:On the west side of Enfield Town station.
Friday 15 March 1946Saturday 9 August 1947
STR subshedtotal:9STR subshedtotal:8
F6 2-4-2T (GER)F4 2-4-2T (GER)F6 2-4-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
7001STR7010STR75857226STR7232STR9671STR
7005STR7064STRN7 0-6-2T (GER)7227STR7234STR9679STR
7006STR7065STR7979STR7228STR7239STR
7008STR
Saturday 27 December 1947Sunday 20 May 1951
STR subshedtotal:830A subshedtotal:9
F5 2-4-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
7215STR9660STR9669STR6965330A6966230A6966730A
9661STR9670STR6965930A6966530A6967130A
9662STR9671STR6966130A6966630A6972530A
9667STR
Sunday 14 April 1957Sunday 13 July 1958
30A subshedtotal:1030A subshedtotal:14
N7 0-6-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
6963934C6966830A6967630A6964130A6966230A6966830A
6965730A6966930A6971230A6965830A6966330A6966930A
6965830A6967030A6973030A6965930A6966530A6967030A
6966330A6966030A6966630A6967730A
6966130A6966730A
Sunday 29 November 1959Monday 17 October 1960
30A subshedtotal:1130A subshedtotal:5
N7 0-6-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
6961130A6968330A6971230A6967030A6969730A
6966530A6969330A6972030A6967130A6971930A
6966830A6970130E6972330A6969330A
6967730A6970230A
Palace Gates
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway opened:1878Stratford subshed
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-end shed.closed:1954
location:On the east side of the line, north of the station.
Friday 15 March 1946Saturday 27 December 1947Saturday 25 July 1948
STR subshedtotal:2STR subshedtotal:5STR subshedtotal:9
F4 2-4-2T (GER)F3 2-4-2T (GER)F5 2-4-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)G5 0-4-4T (GNR)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
717480407203STR9629STR7209STR9628STR
9632STR7269STR9631STR
9633STR7279STR9632STR
9634STRF5 2-4-2T (GER)9633STR
7322STR69634STR
Brentwood
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway opened:1894Stratford subshed
type:A brick-built 3TS dead-end shed.closed:1949
location:On the north side of the station.
Friday 15 March 1946
STR subshedtotal:2
V1 2-6-2TN7 0-6-2T (GER)
490STR2608STR
Chelmsford
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway opened:1883Stratford subshed
type:A servicing area with water tank and coal stage.closed:1961
location:On the north side of the line, east of the station.
Friday 12 September 1958Friday 31 October 1958
STR subshedtotal:2STR subshedtotal:2
N7 0-6-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)0-6-0 diesel
6967730A6971630A6971530AD3680
Epping
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway opened:1893Stratford subshed
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-end shed.closed:Nov-57
location:On the west side of the station.
Friday 15 March 1946Saturday 9 August 1947
STR subshedtotal:7STR subshedtotal:8
G5 0-4-4T (NER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
2093STR941STR7992STR9613STR9630STR
971STR7995STR9614STR9645STR
2613STR7998STR9618STR9708STR
9626STR9727STR
Saturday 27 December 1947Sunday 19 July 1953
STR subshedtotal:1130A subshedtotal:4
J15 0-6-0 (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)J15 0-6-0 (GER)F5 2-4-2T (GER)
5450STR9612STR9620STR6544930A6720330A
9613STR9625STRJ17 0-6-0 (GER)C12 4-4-2T (GNR)
9614STR9635STR6555530A6736330A
9617STR9659STR
9619STR9727STR
Sunday 25 April 1954Sunday 14 April 1957
30A subshedtotal:530A subshedtotal:5
J15 0-6-0 (GER)F5 2-4-2T (GER)J15 0-6-0 (GER)F5 2-4-2T (GER)F6 2-4-2T (GER)
6545530A6719330A6544130E6720230A6721830A
6546430A6720330A6545530A6720330A
6721330A
Sunday 28 April 1957Tuesday 23 July 1957
30A subshedtotal:630A subshedtotal:5
J15 0-6-0 (GER)F5 2-4-2T (GER)F6 2-4-2T (GER)J15 0-6-0 (GER)F5 2-4-2T (GER)F6 2-4-2T (GER)
6544130E6719330A6721830A6544030E6719330A6721830A
6545530A6720030A6545230A6720030A
6720230A
Shed Codes30A Stratford30E Colchester
Wood Street, Walthamstow
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway opened:1879Stratford subshed
type:A brick-built 2TS through-road shed.closed:1960
location:On the west side of the line, north of the station.
Friday 15 March 1946Saturday 27 December 1947
STR subshedtotal:6STR subshedtotal:11
F5 2-4-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
7788426STR7983STR9600STR9606STR9627STR
457STR7984STR9602STR9608STR9649STR
7982STR9603STR9610STR9655STR
9604STR9626STR
Saturday 25 July 1948Sunday 20 May 1951
STR subshedtotal:530A subshedtotal:9
N7 0-6-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
9602STR9658STR6960030A6960730A6962630A
69604STR9727STR6960130A6960830A6962730A
9606STR6960530A6961130A6965630A
Sunday 14 April 1957Sunday 28 April 1957
30A subshedtotal:1430A subshedtotal:12
N7 0-6-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
6960030A6960930A6962730A6960030A6960830A6962630A
6960230A6961030A6964130A6960230A6960930A6962730A
6960330A6961130A6971130A6960330A6961030A6964130A
6960630A6962230A6972630A6960730A6961130A6967730A
6960830A6962630A
Sunday 13 July 1948Sunday 29 November 1959
30A subshedtotal:830A subshedtotal:9
N7 0-6-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
6960330A6960830A6971430A6963630A6964630A6972530A
6960430A6964630A6971630A6964230A6968030A6972830A
6960630A6970130A6964530A6970030A6972930A
Spitalfields
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway opened:1866Stratford subshed
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-end shed.closed:1960
location:West of Bethnal Green station.
Saturday 21 September 1957
30A subshedtotal:2
J69 0-6-0T (GER)J68 0-6-0T (GER)
6857730A6864930A
Ware
Pre Grouping Ownership - London North Eastern Railway opened:1930Stratford subshed
type:A short siding,used by a petrol loco.closed:1966
location:In the goods yard, east of the station.
Tuesday 13 September 1938Friday 15 March 1946Tuesday 13 September 1949
STR subshedtotal:1STR subshedtotal:1STR subshedtotal:1
Y11 0-4-0T (petrol)Y11 0-4-0T (petrol)Y11 0-4-0T (petrol)
8431843115099(ex 8189)
Sunday 21 February 1954Tuesday 23 July 1957Friday 12 September 1958
30A subshedtotal:130A subshedtotal:130A subshedtotal:1
Y11 0-4-0T (petrol)0-4-0 diesel0-4-0 diesel
1509930A1150611505
Hertford East
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway opened:1858Stratford subshed
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-end shed.closed:19601950 - 196030B
location:On the north side of the line, east of the station.
Tuesday 13 September 1938Tuesday 12 August 1947Tuesday 13 September 1949
STR subshedtotal:5STR subshedtotal:4STR subshedtotal:6
F5 2-4-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)F6 2-4-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
71009077220STR9640STR9638STR69686STR
J39 0-6-026409675STR69643STR69712STR
271826479687STR69666STR69730STR
Allocation 1952 (13)J20 0-6-0 (GER)1N7 0-6-2T (GER)12
Sunday 21 February 1954Sunday 13 July 1958
30Btotal:1230Btotal:11
N7 0-6-2T (GER)J15 0-6-0 (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
6963430B6968430B6968830B6544430A6968030B6968830B
6968030B6968530B6971630AL1 2-6-4T6968130B6970230A
6968230B6968630B6972230A6773030A6968330B6972630A
6968330B6968730BJ67 0-6-0T (GER)J69 0-6-0T (GER)6968630B6972930A
6852130A6850030A
Saturday 21 March 1959Sunday 29 November 1959
30Btotal:1330Btotal:12
N7 0-6-2T (GER)L1 2-6-4TBR 4MT 2-6-0L1 2-6-4TJ69 0-6-0T (GER)
6963330B6770230A7603030A6770530A6773230A6860030A
6968230B6770630AJ69 0-6-0T (GER)6771130A6773730AN7 0-6-2T (GER)
6968730B6772830A6850030A6772331A6773930A6968430B
6971530A6772930A6772630A6777830ABR 4MT 2-6-0
6972930A6773630A6773030A7603030A
6777830A
Shed Codes30A Stratford30B Hertford East31A Cambridge
Buntingford
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway opened:1863Stratford subshed
type:A servicing point with coal stage, pit and water tank.closed:Jun-59
location:At the south end of the line.
Tuesday 23 July 1957Sunday 28 July 1958
30A subshedtotal:130A subshedtotal:1
N7 0-6-2T (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)
6963330B6963330B
Bishop's Stortford
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway opened:1845Stratford subshed
type:A servicing point with coal stage, turntable and water tank.closed:Nov-601950 - 196030C
location:On the east side of the station.
Monday 12 September 1938Saturday 11 May 1946
STR subshedtotal:8STR subshedtotal:8
D15 4-4-0 (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)J15 0-6-0 (GER)V1 2-6-2TN7 0-6-2T (GER)J17 0-6-0 (GER)
887226607871447STR2617STR8152CAM
889126617571V3 2-6-2TJ15 0-6-0 (GER)8167CAM
J15 0-6-0 (GER)7849451STR7646STR8181COL
82708192STR
Shed CodesCAM CambridgeCOL ColchesterSTR Stratford
Sunday 24 July 1955Sunday 25 September 1955
30Ctotal:830Ctotal:10
N7 0-6-2T (GER)L1 2-6-4TJ17 0-6-0 (GER)N7 0-6-2T (GER)L1 2-6-4TJ17 0-6-0 (GER)
6962330A6771230A6552830A6961630A6770130C6552830C
6967530A6772430A6554630A6962930A6772230C6553530A
6971230A6964230AJ19 0-6-0 (GER)
6964730A6467230A
6972630A
Sunday 13 July 1958
30Ctotal:6Shed Codes30A Stratford
N7 0-6-2T (GER)L1 2-6-4TJ20 0-6-0 (GER)30C Bishop's Stortford
6970930A6772330C6468331A31A Cambridge
6971330C6773230AJ17 0-6-0 (GER)
6555630ABishop's Storford became, a subshed of Cambridge in 1959.
Updated and revised - October 2021.