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 2 April 2019

Days Out No. 6: 25th September 1955 - Bristol and Bath Sheds



A scene outside Bristol Bath Road shed on 3rd August 1958. Photo: Ben Brooksbank Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0.
Bristol Barrow Road
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railwayopened:18731946 - 195822A
type:A brick built square roundhouse.closed:19651958 - 196582E
location:On the west side of the Fishponds line, north of the station.BR Database
AbbreviationsBG - Beyer-GarrattD - DeeleyF - FowlerH - HughesI - Ivatt
J - JohnsonSt - Stanier
Sunday 25 September 195522Atotal:59
cl 2P 4-4-0 (J)cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0
4042622A4325617B4387521A4413522A4556620A Queensland
4054122B4334422A4388722B4424821A4559019B Travencore
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)4342722A4389217B4426519A4565122A Shovell
4056871H4344422A4392622A4426622A4566022A Rooke
cl 3P 2-6-2T (St)4359322A4394621A4426922A4566222A Kempenfelt
4011622A4369821A4394921A4433321A4566322A Jervis
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)4371222A4401522A4441122A4568222A Trafalgar
4124022A4373422Acl 3F 0-6-0T4442422Acl 5MT 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
cl 2MT 2-6-0cl 1F 0-6-0T (J)4731671G4446622A4474622A4812818A
4640022A4170622A4733322A4453422A4484221A4821318D
4649422A4187922A4754422A4453622ABR 5MT 4-6-0cl 7F 2-8-0 (F)
cl 1P 0-4-4T (J)cl 0F 0-4-0ST4755222A4453722A7304520A5380671G
5807371J5120222A4767822A4455322A
5121222A4456922A
Shed Codes17B Burton-on-Trent18A Toton18D Staveley B Hill19A Sheffield G'thorpe19B Millhouses
20A Leeds Holbeck21A Saltley22A Bristol Barrow Rd22B Gloucester Bwd71G Bath Green Park
71H Templecombe71J Highbridge
Visits to Bristol Barrow Road
Bath Green Park
Pre Grouping Ownership - MR (1869) & SDJR (1874)closed:1966prior to 195022C
type:A wooden 4TS dead ended shed and a stone built 2TS dead ended shed.1950 - Feb 195871G
location:On the north side of the line, west of Green Park station.BR DatabaseMar 1958 - 196682F
AbbreviationsBG - Beyer-GarrattD - DeeleyF - FowlerH - HughesI - Ivatt
J - JohnsonSt - Stanier
Sunday 25 September 195571Gtotal:59
cl 2P 4-4-0 (J)cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0BR 4MT 2-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-0cl 7F 2-8-0 (F)
4052771G4124171G4409671G7601371A7304971G5380071G
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)4124271G4414671Hcl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)7305171G5380171G
4056471H4124371G4422721A4281817B7305271G5380471G
4063471Hcl 4F 0-6-0 (F)4442271Gcl 3F 0-6-0T7306817A5380571G
4069671G4385521A4452371G4754271Gcl 5MT 4-6-05380771G
4069771G4455971G4755771G4540721A5380871G
4070071G4456071G5381071G
Shed Codes17A Derby17B Burton-on-Trent21A Saltley71G Bath Green Park71H Templecombe
Visits to Bath Green Park
Bristol Bath Road
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railwayopened:1934 replaced earlier sheds.prior to 1950BRD
type:A brick built 10TS dead ended shed.closed:19601950 - 196082A
location:At the south end of Temple Meads Station.BR Database
AbbreviationsI - Ivatt
Sunday 25 September 195582Atotal:61
57xx 0-6-0PT45xx 2-6-2TCounty 4-6-0Hall 4-6-0
375982A450782E100082A County of Middlesex491482A Cranmore Hall
778282A458282A100982A County of Carmarthen494481C Middleton Hall
877982C459582A101482A County of Glamorgan494782B Nanhoran Hall
961082A551282A102882A County of Warwick495982A Purley Hall
962382A552882ACastle 4-6-0496181D Pyrland Hall
14xx 0-4-2T553582A407382A Caerphilly Castle590482A Kelham Hall
140282A554782A409682A Highclere Castle591082A Park Hall
145482A555982A502582A Chirk Castle591485A Ripon Hall
581382A556582A502782A Farleigh Castle591982A Worsley Hall
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)556682C503086C Shirburn Castle594081A Whitbourne Hall
4120282A51xx 2-6-2T505084G Earl of St. Germans594581F Leckhampton Hall
cl 2MT 2-6-0415782A505383A Earl Cairns693682A Breccles Hall
4650782A415982A505782A Earl Waldegrave695482A Lotherton Hall
4652782A519782A507682A GladiatorModified Hall 4-6-0
72xx 2-8-2T61xx 2-6-2T701781A G. J. Churchward696782C Willesley Hall
725386A610782A701982A Fowey Castle699782A Bryn-Ivor Hall
613782A703482A Ince Castle790782A Hart Hall
616382A792184K Edstone Hall
Shed Codes81A Old Oak Common81C Southall81D Reading81F Oxford82A Bristol Bath Road
82B St. Philips Marsh82C Swindon82E Yeovil83A Newton Abbot84G Shrewsbury
84K Chester GWR85A Worcester86A Newport Ebbw J.86C Cardiff Canton
Visits to Bristol Bath Road
Bristol St. Philip's Marsh
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railwayopened:1910prior to 1950SPM
type:A brick built 2RH shed.closed:19641950 - 196482B
location:On the south side of the Bristol relief line, east of Pyle Hill junction.BR Database
AbbreviationsROD - Railway Operating DivisionWD - War Department
Sunday 25 September 195582Btotal:107
57xx 0-6-0PT2251 0-6-028xx 2-8-0Hall 4-6-0
360482B874682B220182B286986E492482A Eydon Hall
361482B879082B221582B289081C495882B Priory Hall
362382B879582A225182B382486A499381D Dalton Hall
363282B960582B226582BROD 2-8-0592586C Eastcote Hall
372082B962682B226982B301782B597785C Beckford Hall
374882B972982B229382B47xx 2-8-0598282B Harrington Hall
375882B977182B43xx 2-6-0470682B598684G Arbury Hall
376582B94xx 0-6-0PT530782Bcl 8F 2-8-0Modified Hall 4-6-0
377382B841382B532382B4842082B791682B Mobberley Hall
465582B849182B534582B4843182B792982B Wyke Hall
468882B849282B536082B4843482BGrange 4-6-0
771982B945382B633681F4847582B681182B Cranbourne Grange
772982B948182B635182BWD 2-8-0682282D Manton Grange
774982B948882B635584B9048638E682782B Llanfrechfa Grange
778082B949582B635682B72xx 2-8-2T683082B Buckenhill Grange
778382B16xx 0-6-0PT56xx 0-6-2T725082B683582B Eastham Grange
779082B164982B567582B725186E684282B Nunhold Grange
779382B166982B660182B42xx 2-8-0T684582B Paviland Grange
779582B51xx 2-6-2T663082B426282B684682B Ruckley Grange
870382B413182B665682BBR 5MT 4-6-0685282B Headbourne Grange
871382B0-6-0 diesels667082B7301982B686782B Peterston Grange
871482B1300013108cl 2MT 2-6-07303982Bdiesel railcars
873782B13002151004652582BW4W23W24W28
13003151074652682BW35W36
Shed Codes38E Woodford Halse81C Southall81D Reading81F Oxford82A Bristol Bath Road
82B St. Philips Marsh82D Westbury84B Oxley84G Shrewsbury85C Hereford
86A Newport Ebbw J86C Cardiff Canton86E Severn Tunnel J.
Visits to St. Philip's Marsh
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