A weekend trip from London to the north west, which took in visits to Shrewsbury, Wrexham and North Wales on Friday and Saturday before the main event - a visit to Crewe Works and two of the LNWR's main sheds. | |||||||||||
Chester West (GWR) | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1856 | 1945 - 1949 | CHR | |||||||
type: | Two brick-built 3TS through sheds. | closed to steam: | Apr-60 | 1949 - 1958 | 84K | ||||||
location: | On the east side of the line, north of Chester General station. | 1958 - 1960 | 6E | ||||||||
Abbreviations | St - Stanier | BR - British Railways | WD - War Department | ||||||||
Sunday 28 September 1958 | 6E | total: | 43 | ||||||||
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St) | 57xx 0-6-0PT | Castle 4-6-0 | Hall 4-6-0 | ||||||||
40116 | 6E | 3630 | 6E | 4078 | 6E Pembroke Castle | 4912 | 84A Berrington Hall | ||||
BR 3MT 2-6-2T | 3665 | 6E | 5025 | 81F Chirk Castle | 5962 | 6E Wantage Hall | |||||
82001 | 6E | 3786 | 6E | 5038 | 84G Morlais Castle | 5977 | 84G Beckford Hall | ||||
82002 | 6E | 5719 | 6E | Jubilee 4-6-0 | 43xx 2-6-0 | cl 8F 2-8-0 | |||||
82003 | 6E | 8709 | 6E | 45624 | 6E St. Helena | 5399 | 6E | 48317 | 9E | ||
82005 | 6E | 8730 | 6E | 45632 | 6E Tonga | 6376 | 6E | 48402 | 6E | ||
51xx 2-6-2T | 9728 | 6E | Grange 4-6-0 | 6380 | 6E | 48415 | 6E | ||||
4115 | 6E | 9794 | 6E | 6872 | 86G Crawley Grange | 6395 | 84G | 48417 | 6E | ||
BR 5MT 4-6-0 | BR 4MT 4-6-0 | 28xx 2-8-0 | WD 2-8-0 | 48418 | 6E | ||||||
73021 | 6E | 75020 | 6E | 2822 | 83B | 90214 | 6E | 48430 | 6E | ||
73023 | 6E | 75026 | 6E | 2868 | 86A | ||||||
73026 | 6E | 75028 | 6E | 3824 | 86G | ||||||
Shed Codes | 6E Chester West | 9E Trafford Park | 81F Oxford | 83B Taunton | |||||||
84A Stafford Road | 84G Shrewsbury | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct | 86G Pontypool Road | ||||||||
Visits to Chester West 1937 - 1959 | |||||||||||
Chester Midland | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway | opened: | 1870 | 1938 - 1967 | 6A | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Jun-67 | ||||||||
location: | On the north side of the Chester to Crewe lines, east of Chester Station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | F - Fowler | H - Hughes | J - Johnson | St - Stanier | BR - British Railways | ||||||
Sunday 28 September 1958 | 6A | total: | 41 | ||||||||
BR cl 4MT 2-6-4T | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | BR 4MT 4-6-0 | Jubilee 4-6-0 | |||||||
80040 | 6A | 42415 | 6D | 44710 | 6A | 75005 | 6E | 45623 | 5A Palestine | ||
80047 | 6A | 42417 | 6D | 44910 | 6A | 75013 | 6G | cl 3F 0-6-0T | cl 8F 2-8-0 | ||
80048 | 6A | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | 45042 | 6A | 75014 | 6A | 47297 | 6A | 48153 | 15C | |
80049 | 6A | 42466 | 9E | 45142 | 6B | 75034 | 6A | 47383 | 6A | 48308 | 6E |
80050 | 6A | 42544 | 6A | 45297 | 6J | 75039 | 6A | 47389 | 6A | 48448 | 6C |
80051 | 6A | BR 5MT 4-6-0 | 45304 | 26F | 75054 | 6A | 47504 | 6A | cl 2F 0-6-0 (J) | ||
80053 | 6A | 73070 | 6A | 45312 | 6A | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | 47600 | 6A | 58171 | 6A | |
Shed Codes | 73071 | 6A | 45352 | 26F | 42846 | 21A | 0-6-0 diesels | 12036 | 12037 | ||
5A Crewe North | 6A Chester Midland | 6B Mold Junction | 6C Birkenhead | 6D Chester Northgate | 6E Chester West | ||||||
6G Llandudno Jct. | 6J Holyhead | 9E Trafford Park | 15C Leicester Midland | 21A Saltley | 26F Patricroft | ||||||
Visits to Chester Midland 1937 - 1967 | |||||||||||
Crewe Works | |||||||||||
Abbreviations for type of repairs. Numbers indicate days in works
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HI | Heavy Intermediate | LI | Light Intermediate | NC | Non-classified | ||||||
HG | Heavy General | LC | Light Casual | ||||||||
Abbreviations | A - Aspinall | BW - Barton Wright | D - Deeley | Dr - Drummond | Fb - Fairburn | ||||||
J - Johnson | St - Stanier | BR - British Railways | WD - War Department | ||||||||
LNW - London & North Western Railway | MR - Midland Railway | ||||||||||
Sunday 28 September 1958 | |||||||||||
works yard | |||||||||||
cl 4P 4-4-0 | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | Patriot 4-6-0 | Royal Scot 4-6-0 | ||||||||
41106 | 24J W | 44682 | 5A | 45510 | 1A HG 34 | 46111 | 9A Royal Fusilier HG 32 | ||||
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I) | 44805 | 21A | 45520 | 9A Llandudno LI 35 | 46113 | 55A Cameronian HI 34 | |||||
41234 | 6H | 44840 | 3E | Jubilee 4-6-0 | Princess Royal 4-6-2 | ||||||
cl 4P 2-6-4T (Fb) | 44847 | 14D | 45560 | 8A Prince Edward Islands LI | 46207 | 8A Prin. Arthur of Connaught | |||||
42297 | 27D | 45001 | 6B | 45580 | 24E Burma LI 33 | BR 9F 2-10-0 | WD 2-8-0 | ||||
cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | 45071 | 3E | 45595 | 5B Southern Rhodesia LI 31 | 92014 | 16D | 90637 | 55E | |||
42429 | 3B | 45185 | 12B | 45658 | 55A Keyes LI 27 | 92020 | 15A | 90672 | 2F | ||
42653 | 26C | 45201 | 24E | 45691 | 12A Orion HI 39 | 92023 | 15A | cl 3F 0-6-0 (J) | |||
cl 2MT 2-6-0 | 45449 | 8F | 45721 | 5A Impregnable LI 35 | 92068 | 16D | 43208 | 41D W | |||
46433 | 11B | cl 8F 2-8-0 | Britannia 4-6-2 | 43323 | 17C W | ||||||
cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | 48135 | 8E | 70004 | 9E William Shakespeare | 43356 | 82G W | |||||
49121 | 86K W | 48722 | 3A | W - withdrawn | 43742 | 55F W | |||||
erecting shop | |||||||||||
cl 5MT 4-6-0 | Patriot 4-6-0 | Royal Scot 4-6-0 | |||||||||
44766 | 5A | 45206 | 24F | 45514 | 1B Holyhead LC 28 | 46109 | 55A Royal Engineer HG 44 | ||||
44768 | 8A | 45236 | 21B | 45525 | 8A Colwyn Bay HG 34 | 46114 | 8A Coldstream Guardsman LI | ||||
44851 | 17A | 45243 | 8A | Jubilee 4-6-0 | 46120 | 5A Royal Inniskilling Fusilier | |||||
44875 | 1A | 45260 | 17A | 45552 | 8A Silver Jubilee | 46127 | 6J Old Contemptibles HI 37 | ||||
44911 | 6A | 45376 | 6J | 45555 | 3B Quebec LC 42 | 46155 | 8A The Lancer HI 29 | ||||
44948 | 24B | 45379 | 5A | 45576 | 41C Bombay HI 35 | Coronation 4-6-2 | |||||
45065 | 3D | 45450 | 26B | 45578 | 9A United Provinces HG 44 | 46243 | 5A City of Lancaster HI 38 | ||||
45080 | 55C | cl 8F 2-8-0 | 45610 | 17A Gold Coast LI 33 | 46244 | 12B King George VI HI 41 | |||||
45133 | 26F | 48648 | 1A | 45630 | 5A Swaziland LC 37 | 46246 | 5A City of Manchester LI 37 | ||||
cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | BR 9F 2-10-0 | 45664 | 41C Nelson LI 32 | Britannia 4-6-2 | |||||||
42634 | 24C | 92021 | 15A | WD 2-8-0 | new 9F 2-10-0 | 70042 | 9E Lord Roberts | ||||
42655 | 26C | 92073 | 16D | 90101 | 27B | 92241 | 92243 | 70043 | 9A Earl Kitchener | ||
cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | 92081 | 18A | 90318 | 55C | 92242 | 92244 | new 0-6-0 diesels | ||||
49087 | 26F | cl 6F 0-8-0 G1 | cl 2MT 2-6-0 | diesels | D3582 | D3584 | D3586 | D3588 | |||
49224 | 8A | 49191 | 24K | 46402 | 15C | 12029 | 12081 | D3583 | D3585 | D3587 | D3589 |
paint shop | |||||||||||
cl 4P 2-6-4T (Fb) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | Princess Royal 4-6-2 | new 0-6-0 diesels | ||||||||
42184 | 17A | 45073 | 5A | 46205 | 5A Princess Victoria | D3580 | D3581 | ||||
works shunters (September 1958) | |||||||||||
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D) | cl 4F 0-6-0 | cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | cl 0F 0-4-0ST (Dr) | |||||||
43330 | 43464 | 44363 | 44374 | 51412 | 51446 | 52093 | 52312 | 52459 | 56027 | 56032 | |
cl 3F 0-6-0T | 44373 | 51444 | 52218 | 52345 | 52464 | ||||||
47592 | 52225 | 52441 | |||||||||
preserved locos - stored in the Paint Shop | |||||||||||
Liverpool & Manchester 0-4-2 Lion | LNW 0-4-0ST 1439 | MR 4-4-0 41000 | |||||||||
LNW 2-2-2 3020 | 0-4-0T LNW Pet | LNW 2-4-0 790 | |||||||||
Shed Codes | 1A Willesden | 1B Camden | 2F Woodford Halse | 3A Bescot | 3B Bushbury | ||||||
3D Aston | 3E Monument Lane | 5A Crewe North | 5B Crewe South | 6A Chester Midland | 6B Mold Junction | ||||||
6C Birkenhead | 6H Bangor | 6J Holyhead | 8A Edge Hill | 8B Warrington | 8E Northwich | ||||||
8F Springs Branch | 9A Longsight | 9E Trafford Park | 11A Barrow | 11B Workington | 12A Carlisle Kingmoor | ||||||
12B Carlisle Upperby | 14A Cricklewood | 14B Kentish Town | 14D Neasden | 14E Bedford | 15A Wellingborough | ||||||
15C Leicester Midland | 16D Annesley | 17A Derby | 17B Burton-on-Trent | 17C Rowsley | 18A Toton | ||||||
21A Saltley | 21B Bourneville | 24A Accrington | 24B Rose Grove | 24C Lostock Hall | 24E Blackpool | ||||||
24F Fleetwood | 24J Lancaster | 24K Preston | 26A Newton Heath | 26B Agecroft | 26C Bolton | ||||||
26F Patricroft | 27A Bank Hall | 27B Aintree | 27D Wigan L&Y | 41C Millhouses | 41D Canklow | ||||||
55A Leeds Holbeck | 55C Farnley Junction | 55E Normanton | 55F Manningham | 66A Polmadie | 82F Bath Green Park | ||||||
82G Templecombe | 85B Gloucester Mid. | 86K Abergavenny | |||||||||
Visits to Crewe Works 1955 | Visits to Crewe Works 1956 | ||||||||||
Visits to Crewe Works Sep. 1956 | Visits to Crewe Works 1957 | ||||||||||
Visits to Crewe Works 1958 Part 1 | Visits to Crewe Works 1958 Part 2 | ||||||||||
Crewe North | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway | opened: | 1865 | 1935 - May 1965 | 5A | |||||||
type: |
Brick-built 12Ts and 4Ts dead-ended sheds and an 8 track semi-roundhouse.
| closed: | May-65 | ||||||||
location: | On the west side of the line, north of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | F - Fowler | Fb - Fairburn | H - Hughes | I - Ivatt | J - Johnson | ||||||
St - Stanier | BR - British Railway | LNW - London & North Western Railway | L&Y - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway | ||||||||
Sunday 28 September 1958 | 5A | 4.15pm - 4.45pm | total: | 64 | |||||||
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | Coronation 4-6-2 | Patriot 4-6-0 | ||||||||
40652 | 5A | 44683 | 5A | 46225 | 5A Duchess of Gloucester | 45535 | 8A Sir Herbert Walker KCB | ||||
40655 | 5A | 44685 | 5A | 46228 | 5A Duchess of Rutland | 45548 | 5A Lytham & St. Annes | ||||
40660 | 5A | 44696 | 26A | 46248 | 5A City of Leeds | Jubilee 4-6-0 | |||||
40679 | 5A | 44714 | 5A | 46249 | 5A City of Sheffield | 45601 | 1B British Guiana | ||||
cl 4P 4-4-0 (3 cyl) | 44758 | 5A | 46251 | 5A City of Nottingham | 45606 | 1B Falkland Islands | |||||
41049 | 17A | 44760 | 5A | 46253 | 5A City of St. Albans | 45625 | 5A Sarawak | ||||
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I) | 44800 | 6B | 46257 | 12B City of Salford | 45629 | 5A Straits Settlements | |||||
41220 | 5A | 45019 | 24L xw | Princess Royal 4-6-2 | 45634 | 5A Trinidad | |||||
41229 | 5A | 45058 | 3D | 46206 | 5A Princess Marie Louise | 45643 | 5A Rodney | ||||
41270 | 14E xw | 45096 | 24K | 46212 | 5A Duchess of Kent aw | 45644 | 9A Howe | ||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | 45148 | 5A | Royal Scot 4-6-0 | 45666 | 5A Cornwallis aw | ||||||
42421 | 5D | 45149 | 5B | 46118 | 5A Royal Welch Fusilier | 45680 | 9A Camperdown | ||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | 45181 | 8A | 46122 | 9A Royal Ulster Rifleman | 45684 | 5A Jutland xw | |||||
42433 | 24A xw | 45189 | 5A | 46129 | 6J The Scottish Horse | 45733 | 5A Novelty | ||||
42548 | 24A xw | 45231 | 3D | 46146 | 1B The Rifle Brigade | class 8P 4-6-2 | |||||
42575 | 5A | 45234 | 26B | 46149 | 6J The Middlesex Regiment | 71000 | 5A Duke of Gloucester | ||||
42578 | 5A | 45237 | 55G | 46150 | 5A The Life Guardsman | BR 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 8F 2-8-0 | ||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb) | 45278 | 1A | 46159 | 5A The Royal Air Force | 73034 | 84G | 48529 | 5B | |||
42670 | 5D | 45301 | 5B aw | 46163 | 5A Civil Service Rifleman | 73035 | 84G | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | |||
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | 45305 | 5A | 73090 | 84G | 49116 | 8D | |||||
42785 | 5B | 45370 | 3D | ||||||||
45390 | 5B | aw - awaiting works | xw - ex works | ||||||||
45434 | 5A | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 1A Willesden | 1B Camden | 3D Aston | 5A Crewe North | 5B Crewe South | ||||||
5D Stoke-on-Trent | 6B Mold Junction | 6J Holyhead | 8A Edge Hill | 8D Widnes | 9A Longsight | ||||||
12B Carlisle Upperby | 14E Bedford | 17A Derby | 24A Accrington | 24K Preston | 24L Carnforth | ||||||
26A Newton Heath | 26B Agecroft | 55G Huddersfield | 84G Shrewsbury | ||||||||
Visits to Crewe North 1935 - 1955 | Visits to Crewe North 1956 - 1965 | ||||||||||
Crewe South | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway | opened: | 1897 | 1935 - Nov 1967 | 5B | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 12TS through shed. | closed: | Nov-67 | ||||||||
location: | In the fork of the Stafford and Shrewsbury lines, south of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | A - Aspinall | F - Fowler | Fb - Fairburn | H - Hughes | J - Johnson | ||||||
St - Stanier | BR - British Railway | ||||||||||
Sunday 28 September 1958 | 5B | 5pm - 5.30pm | total: | 105 | |||||||
cl 4P 4-4-0 (3 cyl) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | Patriot 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T | cl 8F 2-8-0 | |||||||
41078 | 21A W | 44681 | 5B | 45502 | 12B Royal Naval Division | 47450 | 5B | 48287 | 5B | ||
41156 | 21B W | 44713 | 5B | 45518 | 8A Bradshaw aw | 47467 | 5B | 48294 | 5B | ||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb) | 44772 | 8A | Royal Scot 4-6-0 | 47516 | 5B | 48297 | 5B | ||||
42139 | 55F xw | 44832 | 9A | 46147 |
8A The Northamptonshire Regiment aw
| 47523 | 5B | 48372 | 6C | ||
42250 | 14D aw | 44864 | 6G | 47524 | 5B | 48438 | 6C | ||||
BR 2MT 2-6-2T | 44927 | 24E aw | Princess Royal 4-6-2 | 47526 | 5B | 48626 | 5B | ||||
84007 | 17B xw | 45002 | 5B | 46200 | 8A The Princess Royal aw | 47595 | 5E | 48692 | 5B | ||
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | 45003 | 5B | cl 4F 0-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | 47598 | 5E | 48720 | 8B | |||
42747 | 1A | 45062 | 17A xw | 44047 | 17B | 52399 | 56E W | 47606 | 5E | BR 9F 2-10-0 | |
42776 | 5B | 45069 | 8A | 44186 | 5B | 52517 | CW W | 47608 | 5B | 92240 | new |
42811 | 5B | 45093 | 5B xw | 44344 | 5B | 0-6-0 diesels | 47670 | 5B | cl 6F 0-8-0 G1 | ||
42815 | 5B | 45146 | 9A | 44386 | 5E | 11114 | 12020 | 47680 | 5B | 49229 | 5B |
42885 | 5B | 45306 | 11A | 44436 | 17B | 12000 | 12021 | cl 3F 0-6-0 (J) | 49340 | 26F | |
42894 | 5B | 45314 | 8F | 44503 | 5E | 12001 | 12030 | 43187 | 5B | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | |
42920 | 5B | 45391 | 5B | 44592 | 5B | 12003 | 12032 | 43207 | 5B | 48964 | 3A |
42933 | 5B | 45405 | 3B aw | cl 2F 0-6-0 (J) | 12004 | 13245 | 43389 | 5B | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2 | ||
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St) | 45419 | 3A | 58135 | 5B | 12010 | D3578 | 43394 | 5B | 49454 | 5B | |
42953 | 5B | 45421 | 8A | 58157 | 2A W | 12011 | D3579 | 43419 | 71H W | EE T1 diesels | |
42956 | 5B | cl 1F 0-6-0T (J) | 58196 | 5B W | 12013 | D3584 | 43631 | 18D W | D8000 | D8003 | |
42972 | 5B | 41724 | 17A W | 58271 | 5B | 12019 | cl 0F 0-6-0ST (A) | D8001 | D8004 | ||
W - withdrawn | aw - awaiting works | xw - ex works | 51218 | 5B | |||||||
Shed Codes | 1A Willesden | 2A Rugby | 3A Bescot | 3B Bushbury | 5B Crewe South | ||||||
5E Alsager | 6C Birkenhead | 6G Llandudno Jct. | 8A Edge Hill | 8B Warrington | 8F Springs Branch | ||||||
9A Longsight | 11A Carnforth | 12B Carlisle Upperby | 14D Neasden | 17A Derby | 17B Burton-on-Trent | ||||||
18D Staveley B. Hill | 21A Saltley | 21B Bournville | 24E Blackpool | 26F Patricroft | 55F Manningham | ||||||
56E Sowerby Bridge | 71H Templecombe | CW Crewe Works | |||||||||
Visits to Crewe South 1935 - 1958 | Visits to Crewe South 1959 - 1967 | ||||||||||
The party returned to London Euston on the 6.25pm, a 15 coach train hauled by Princess Royal 4-6-2 "Princess Margaret Rose".
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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.
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