An excursion by enthusiasts from north-east Lancashire to Swindon via the Gloucester & Worcester area. | |||||||||||
Oxley (Wolverhampton) | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway (GWR) | opened: | 1907 | Sep 1935 - Jan 1950 | OXY | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 2RH shed. | closed: | Mar-67 | Feb 1950 - Aug 1963 | 84B | ||||||
location: | West side of the line, west of Dunstall Park station. | Sep 1963 - Mar 1967 | 2B | ||||||||
Abbreviations | BR - British Railways | WD - War Department | |||||||||
Sunday 10 March 1963 | 84B | total: | 57 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 28xx 2-8-0 | Grange 4-6-0 | Hall 4-6-0 | ||||||||
3605 | 84B | 3813 | 84B | 6807 | 85A Birchwood Grange | 4906 | 84B Bradfield Hall W | ||||
3778 | 84A | 3846 | 89B | 6823 | 84B Oakley Grange | 5943 | 82C Elmdon Hall | ||||
9669 | 89B xw | 3849 | 84C | 6831 | 84B Bearley Grange | 6907 | 84B Davenham Hall | ||||
9768 | 84B | 3865 | 84E | 6861 | 84E Crynant Grange | 6908 | 82B Downham Hall | ||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6862 | 84B Derwent Grange | 6925 | 84B Hackness Hall | ||||||
8464 | 84B | 6631 | 84B | 6868 | 81E Penrhos Grange | 6952 | 84C Kimberley Hall | ||||
9435 | 84A | 6644 | 84B | County 4-6-0 | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | ||||||
9495 | 81A | cl 8F 2-8-0 | 1005 | 82B County of Devon | 6964 | 89A Thornbridge Hall | |||||
2251 0-6-0 | 48206 | 2B | Castle 4-6-0 | Manor 4-6-0 | |||||||
2257 | 81D xw | 48305 | 5B | 5022 | 84A Wigmore Castle | 7824 | 84B Ilford Manor | ||||
BR 2MT 2-6-0 | 48697 | 6C | 5089 | 84A Westminster Abbey | Jubilee 4-6-0 | ||||||
78008 | 84B | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | Western T4 diesels | 45666 | 5A Cornwallis | ||||||
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | 44778 | 24E | D1001 | D1010 | 0-6-0 diesels | ||||||
42892 | 6C | WD 2-8-0 | D1005 | D1015 | D3026 | D3036 | D3039 | D3752 | D3976 | D3978 | |
90457 | 56D | D1008 | D1042 | D3028 | D3037 | D3191 | D3755 | D3977 | D3979 | ||
Shed Codes | 2B Nuneaton | 5A Crewe North | 5B Crewe South | 6C Birkenhead | 24E Blackpool | ||||||
56D Mirfield | 81A Old Oak Common | 81D Reading | 81E Didcot | 82B St. Philip's Marsh | 82C Swindon | ||||||
84A Stafford Road | 84C Banbury | 84E Tyseley | 85A Worcester | 89A Shrewsbury | 89B Croes Newydd | ||||||
Visits to Oxley (Wolverhampton) 1934 - 1967 | |||||||||||
Stourbridge Junction | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1870 & 1926 | Sep 1935 - Jan 1950 | STB | |||||||
type: | A brick-built roundhouse and a 4TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Jul-66 | Feb 1949 - Sep 1963 | 84F | ||||||
location: | North of the station on the west side of the Wolverhampton line. | Sep 1963 - Jul 1966 | 2C | ||||||||
Abbreviations | I - Ivatt | BR - British Railways | |||||||||
Sunday 10 March 1963 | 84F | total: | 56 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 74xx 0-6-0PT | cl 8F 2-8-0 | Grange 4-6-0 | ||||||||
3658 | 84F | 7424 | 84E | 48402 | 84F | 48460 | 84F | 6827 | 84F Llanfrechfa Grange | ||
4602 | 84F | 7435 | 84F | 48410 | 84F | 48474 | 84E | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | |||
4646 | 84F | 7449 | 84F | 48422 | 6C | 48475 | 84E | 6980 | 84B Llanrumney Hall | ||
4665 | 84F | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 48424 | 84F | 48478 | 84F | 7905 | 84C Fowey Hall | |||
4687 | 84F | 6403 | 84F | 48430 | 84F | 48524 | 87F | Manor 4-6-0 | |||
4696 | 84F | 6418 | 84F W | 48450 | 84F | 48724 | 84F | 7806 | 84F Cockington Manor | ||
8718 | 84G | 51xx 2-6-2T | 48459 | 84F | cl 2MT 2-6-0 | BR 9F 2-10-0 | 43xx 2-6-0 | ||||
9613 | 84F | 4140 | 84F | 56xx 0-6-2T | 46506 | 84F | 92241 | 88L | 5369 | 86G | |
9624 | 84F | 4167 | 84E | 6678 | 84F | 46517 | 84F | 0-6-0 diesels | |||
9646 | 84F | 4168 | 84F | 6692 | 84F | 46526 | 84F | D3004 | D3116 | D3981 | D3995 |
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I) | 5192 | 84F | D3025 | D3192 | D3982 | D3996 | |||||
41209 | 89A | W - withdrawn | D3029 | D3980 | D3988 | D3997 | |||||
Shed Codes | 6C Birkenhead | 84B Oxley | 84C Banbury | 84E Tyseley | 84F Stourbridge Jct | ||||||
84G Kidderminster | 86G Pontypool Road | 87F Llanelly | 88L Cardiff East Dock | 89A Shrewsbury | |||||||
Visits to Stourbridge Junction 1937 - 1966 | |||||||||||
Kidderminster | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1932 | Sep 1935 - Jan 1950 | KDR | |||||||
type: | A corrugated iron 2TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | 1964 | Feb 1950 - Sep 1960 | 85D | ||||||
location: | On the east side of the Severn Valley line, south of the station. | Oct 1960 - Aug 1963 | 84G | ||||||||
Sep 1963 - Aug 1964 | 2P | ||||||||||
Sunday 10 March 1963 | 84G | total: | 12 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 51xx 2-6-2T | 43xx 2-6-0 | |||||||||
3601 | 84G | 4114 | 84G | 4175 | 84G | 6314 | 84G | Shed Code | 84G Kidderminster | ||
3607 | 84G | 4129 | 84G W | 5151 | 84G W | 6364 | 84G | ||||
3619 | 84G | 4173 | 84G | 5153 | 84G | 6388 | 84G W | W - withdrawn | |||
Visits to Kidderminster 1937 - 1964 | |||||||||||
Worcester | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | c1852 | prior to Jan 1950 | WOS | |||||||
type: | Brick-built through road 4TS and 3TS sheds. | closed: | Dec-65 | Feb 1950 - Dec 1965 | 85A | ||||||
location: | In the triangle of lines north of Shrub Hill station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | BR - British Railways | ||||||||||
Sunday 10 March 1963 | 85A | total: | 41 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 51xx 2-6-2T | Castle 4-6-0 | Hall 4-6-0 | ||||||||
3745 | 85B | 4104 | 85A | 4074 | 81A Caldicot Castle | 5930 | 85A Hanningham Hall W | ||||
4613 | 85A | 4113 | 85A | 5057 | 81A Earl Waldegrave | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | |||||
4628 | 85A | 4124 | 85A | 7005 | 85A Sir Edward Elgar | 6966 | 81A Witchingham Hall | ||||
4664 | 85A | 4136 | 83G xw | 7007 | 85A Great Western W | 6967 | 81C Willesley Hall | ||||
4680 | 85B | 5152 | 85A | 7013 | 85A Bristol Castle | 6992 | 85A Arborfield Hall | ||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 61xx 2-6-2T | 7023 | 85A Penrice Castle | 7928 | 85A Wolf Hall | ||||||
8415 | 85A | 6155 | 85A | 7026 | 84A Tenby Castle | Grange 4-6-0 | |||||
9490 | 85A | 81xx 2-6-2T | 7027 | 85A Thornbury Castle | 6817 | 85A Gwenddwr Grange | |||||
16xx 0-6-0PT | 8106 | 85A | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | BR 4MT 4-6-0 | 6822 | 86G Manton Grange | |||||
1639 | 85A | BR 2MT 2-6-0 | 44814 | 21A | 75005 | 85A | 2251 0-6-0 | 42xx 2-8-0T | |||
1661 | 85A | 78009 | 85C | cl 2MT 2-6-0 | BR 9F 2-10-0 | 3207 | W | 5205 | 85A | ||
diesel railcar | 43038 | 55B* | 92102 | 15C | 3213 | 85A | 5226 | 85A | |||
W32 | xw - ex Wolverhampton Works | * on loan to Saltley (21A) | |||||||||
Shed Code | 15C Leicester Midland | 21A Saltley | 55B Stourton | 81A Old Oak Common | 81C Southall | ||||||
83G Penzance | 84A Stafford Road | 85A Worcester | 85B Gloucester H. Rd | 85C Hereford | 86G Pontypool Road | ||||||
Visits to Worcester 1937 - 1965 | |||||||||||
Cheltenham Malvern Road | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1907 | prior to Jan 1950 | CHEL | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Oct-63 | Feb 1950 - Oct 1963 | 85B subshed | ||||||
location: | On the north side of Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | F - Fowler | ||||||||||
Sunday 10 March 1963 | 85B subshed | total: | 11 | ||||||||
54xx 0-6-0PT | 74xx 0-6-0PT | 51xx 2-6-2T | cl 4F 0-6-0 (F) | 0-6-0 diesel | |||||||
5420 | 85B | 7430 | 84F | 4101 | 85B | 5154 | 85B | 43887 | 85C | D3993 | |
57xx 0-6-0PT | 7441 | 84F | 4161 | 85B | 5184 | 85B | cl 4F 0-6-0 | ||||
8743 | 85B | 44296 | 85C | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 84F Stourbridge Jct. | 85B Gloucester GWR | 85C Gloucester LMS | ||||||||
Visits to Cheltenham (Malvern Road) 1936 - 1963 | |||||||||||
Swindon | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1871 | prior to Jan 1950 | SDN | |||||||
type: | A brick-built double RH and 10TS dead-ended shed, plus a Stock Shed. | closed: | Oct-64 | Feb 1950 - Oct 1964 | 82C | ||||||
location: | North of the Gloucester line, west of the station. | ||||||||||
Sunday 10 March 1963 | 82C | total: | 85 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 45xx 2-6-2T | Hall 4-6-0 | Castle 4-6-0 | ||||||||
3746 | 82C | 5525 | 83A W | 4909 | 82C Blakesley Hall W | 4079 | 82C Pendennis Castle | ||||
3780 | 82C W | 5569 | 82C | 4924 | 82C Eydon Hall | 5017 | 85B The Gloucestershire | ||||
4697 | 82C | 5570 | 82C | 4930 | 82C Hagley Hall | Regiment 28th, 61st W | |||||
8793 | 82C | 43xx 2-6-0 | 4948 | 82C Northwick Hall W | 7025 | 85A Sudeley Castle | |||||
9604 | 82C W | 5357 | 87H W | 4951 | 82C Pendeford Hall | Western T4 diesels | |||||
9773 | 82C | 5385 | 87F W | 5932 | 81A Haydon Hall | D1007 | Western Talisman | ||||
9790 | 82C | 6326 | 88L | 5975 | 82B Winslow Hall | D1054 | Western Governor new | ||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 2251 0-6-0 | 6900 | 82C Abney Hall | Warship T4 diesel | Warship T4 diesel | ||||||
8459 | 81A | 2244 | 82C | 6901 | 86G Arley Hall | D600 | D817 | ||||
8484 | 88L | 2250 | 82C W | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | Hymek T3 diesels | NBL T2 diesel | |||||
9405 | 81A | 2291 | 82C | 6978 | 81A Haroldstone Hall | D7002 | D7061 | D6352 | |||
9488 | 86A | 28xx 2-8-0 | 7913 | 88L Little Wryley Hall | D7017 | D7066 | |||||
16xx 0-6-0PT | 2859 | 86G | 7923 | 81C Speke Hall | D7032 | D7070 | |||||
1658 | 82C | 2887 | 88L | County 4-6-0 | 0-6-0 diesels | ||||||
1664 | 82C | cl 7F 2-8-0 | 1006 | 82C County of Cornwall | D2086 | D2146 | D2193 | D4119 | |||
14xx 0-4-2T | 53806 | 82F | 1010 | 82C County of Caernarvon | D2087 | D2182 | D2194 | D4121 | |||
5815 | 82C W | 72xx 2-8-2T | 1029 | 82C County of Worcester W | D2088 | D2186 | D2196 | D4122 | |||
56xx 0-6-2T | 7207 | 84C | King 4-6-0 | D2126 | D2187 | D3435 | D4124 | ||||
5659 | 86G | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | 6000 | 81A King George V W | D2143 | D2188 | D3804 | D4127 | |||
BR 5MT 4-6-0 | 44945 | 21A | Grange 4-6-0 | D2144 | D2192 | D3955 | 15100 | ||||
73001 | 82C | 6824 | 81E Ashley Grange | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 21A Saltley | 81A Old Oak Common | 81C Southall | 81E Didcot | 82B St. Philip's Marsh | ||||||
82C Swindon | 82F Bath Green Park | 83A Newton Abbot | 84C Banbury | 85A Worcester | 85B Gloucester H. Rd | ||||||
86A Newport Ebbw J | 86G Pontypool Road | 87F Llanelly | 87H Neyland | 88L Cardiff East Dock | |||||||
Visits to Swindon 1934 - 1953 | Visits to Swindon 1954 - 1964 | ||||||||||
Swindon Works | |||||||||||
The main workshops of the Great Western Railway. | opened: | 1843 | closed: | 1966 | |||||||
Sunday 10 March 1963 | total: | 106 | |||||||||
A' Shop | |||||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | Castle 4-6-0 | 28xx 2-8-0 | Western T4 diesels | ||||||||
3784 | 88L | 5038 | 81D Morlais Castle | 3836 | 89A | D1009 | Western Invader | ||||
4673 | 83C | Hall 4-6-0 | 3866 | 88J | D1011 | Western Thunderer | |||||
5775 | 86G | 6918 | 88L Sandon Hall | Warship T4 diesels | D1049 | Western Monarch | |||||
7715 | 87B | 6922 | 89A Burton Hall | D603 | Active | new Western T4 | Peak T4 diesel | ||||
9648 | 88L | 6944 | 88L Fledborough Hall | D807 | Caradoc | D1017 | D1021 | D101 | |||
9666 | 87J | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | D809 | Champion | D1018 | D1022 | 0-6-0 diesels | ||||
9680 | 82C | 6961 | 81A Stedham Hall | D813 | Diadem | D1019 | D1023 | D3194 | D3522 | ||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 7919 | 81D Runter Hall | D818 | Glory | D1020 | D1024 | D3365 | D3525 | |||
8433 | 82C | 7920 | 85A Coney Hall | D825 | Intrepid | Hymek T3 diesels | D3424 | D3526 | |||
8481 | 88C | 7925 | 88L Westol Hall | D857 | Undaunted | D7014 | D7071 | D3505 | D4000 | ||
9437 | 88L | Manor 4-6-0 | NBL T2 diesel | D7026 | D7073 | D3506 | 15105 | ||||
81xx 2-6-2T | 7813 | 81D Freshford Manor | D6311 | ||||||||
8109 | 84E | ||||||||||
works yard | |||||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | Castle 4-6-0 | King 4-6-0 | 43xx 2-6-0 | ||||||||
3687 | 87A | 5006 | 87G Tregenna Castle W | 6011 | 81A King James I W | 6369 | 86E W | ||||
3735 | 82D | 5020 | 87F Trematon Castle | 6018 | 81A King Henry VI W | 7314 | 89A W | ||||
3769 | 89A W | 5023 | 82C Brecon Castle W | 6025 | 81A King Henry III W | 28xx 2-8-0 | |||||
4623 | 86C | 5027 | 87F Farleigh Castle | 6026 | 81A King John W | 3837 | 86A | ||||
4677 | 87A W | 5072 | 84A Hurricane W | Grange 4-6-0 | 0-6-0 diesels | ||||||
8773 | 81A W | 5078 | 87A Beaufort | 6819 | 86G Highnam Grange | D3398 | D4123 | ||||
8776 | 88C W | 5095 | 89A Barbury Castle W | 6855 | 84B Saighton Grange | Warship T4 diesel | |||||
9635 | 83C | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | 6870 | 84B Bodicote Grange | D847 | Strongbow | |||||
9652 | 87F W | 6962 | 81A Soughton Hall W | Manor 4-6-0 | |||||||
9725 | 81A W | 6963 | 81A Throwley Hall | 7819 | 89A Hinton Manor | ||||||
9775 | 88C W | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||||
4939 | 81E Littleton Hall W | ||||||||||
works dump | |||||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 43xx 2-6-0 | Castle 4-6-0 | ||||||||
6757 | 87D W | 9744 | 87D W | 6422 | 84A W | 6302 | 81E W | 5046 | 84A Earl Cawdor W | ||
8770 | 81C W | 9747 | 88D W | 14xx 0-4-2T | 6342 | 89A W | 61xx 2-6-2T | 28xx 2-8-0 | |||
9727 | 88C W | 9759 | 88E W | 1435 | 81F W | 6348 | 85C W | 6101 | 84E W | 2883 | 82D W |
W - withdrawn | 7334 | 87G W | |||||||||
Shed Codes | 81A Old Oak Common | 81C Southall | 81D Reading | 81E Didcot | 81F Oxford | ||||||
82C Swindon | 82D Westbury | 83C Exeter | 84A Stafford Road | 84B Oxley | 84E Tyseley | ||||||
85A Worcester | 85C Hereford | 86A Newport Ebbw J | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86E Severn Tunnel J. | 86G Pontypool Road | ||||||
87A Neath | 87B Duffryn Yard | 87D Swansea East Dk | 87F Llanelly | 87G Carmarthen | 87J Goodwick | ||||||
88C Barry | 88D Merthyr | 88E Abercynon | 88J Aberdare | 88L Cardiff East Dock | 89A Shrewsbury | ||||||
Visits to Swindon Works 1952 - 1954 | Visits to Swindon Works 1955 - 1957 | ||||||||||
Visits to Swindon Works 1958 - 1960 | |||||||||||
Gloucester Barnwood (LMS) | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway | opened: | 1895 | prior to Jan 1958 | 22B | |||||||
type: | A brick-built roundhouse. | closed: | May-64 | Feb 1958 - Dec 1960 | 85E | ||||||
location: | On the north side of the main lines, east of the station. | Jan 1961 - May 1964 | 85C | ||||||||
Abbreviations | D - Deeley | J - Johnson | BR - British Railways | WD - War Department | |||||||
S&DJ - Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway | |||||||||||
Sunday 10 March 1963 | 85C | total: | 30 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | BR 5MT 4-6-0 | BR 2MT 2-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D) | cl 7F 2-8-0 (S&DJ) | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||
4629 | 85B | 73021 | 85C | 78006 | 85C | 43593 | 85C W | 53807 | 82F | 90506 | 36A |
54xx 0-6-0PT | 73024 | 85C | 14xx 0-4-2T | 43754 | 85C W | cl 8F 2-8-0 | Peak T4 diesels | ||||
6437 | 85B | 73068 | 85C | 1455 | 84C | cl 4F 0-6-0 | 48172 | 85C | D15 | D43 | |
cl 0F 0-4-0T (D) | 73092 | 85C | cl 3F 0-6-0T | 44045 | 85C | 48351 | 21A | 0-6-0 diesels | |||
41535 | 85C | 73094 | 85C | 47417 | 85C W | 44160 | 21A | 48420 | 85C | D3987 | D3989 |
41537 | 85C | 73096 | 85C | 47623 | 85C | 44536 | 5D | 48633 | 5B | ||
Castle 4-6-0 | |||||||||||
5049 | 82B Earl of Plymouth W | Shed Codes | 5B Crewe South | 5D Stoke-on-Trent | 21A Saltley | ||||||
36A Doncaster | 82E St. Philip's Marsh | 82F Bath Green Park | 84C Banbury | 85B Gloucester H. Rd | 85C Gloucester Bwd | ||||||
Visits to Gloucester (Barnwood) 1936 - 1963 | |||||||||||
Gloucester Horton Road | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1845 | prior to Jan 1950 | GLO | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed and a 4TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Jan-66 | Feb 1950 - Jan 1966 | 85B | ||||||
location: | On the north side of the line, east of Gloucester station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | BR - British Railways | ||||||||||
Sunday 10 March 1963 | 85B | total: | 52 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 51xx 2-6-2T | 43xx 2-6-0 | 28xx 2-8-0 | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
9681 | 88L | 4106 | 85B W | 6304 | 85B | 2872 | 86E | 4936 | 88L Kinlet Hall | ||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 4116 | 85B W | 6330 | 85B W | 3806 | 84C | 5919 | 81A Worsley Hall | |||
8491 | 85B | 4141 | 85B W | 6381 | 85B W | 3810 | 88L | 5944 | 85B Ickenham Hall W | ||
14xx 0-4-2T | 4142 | 85B | 6394 | 85B | 3816 | 88J | 5968 | 85B Cory Hall W | |||
1409 | 82C | 4163 | 85B W | 2251 0-6-0 | 3822 | 87A | 5980 | 85B Dingley Hall W | |||
1424 | 85B | 51xx 2-6-2T | 2232 | 85B | 3826 | 86G | 6947 | 85B Helmingham Hall | |||
1453 | 85B | 5173 | 85B W | 2245 | 85B | 3852 | 84C | 6951 | 85A Impney Hall | ||
1473 | 85B W | 5199 | 84A W | 2253 | 85B | cl 8F 2-8-0 | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | ||||
Grange 4-6-0 | 61xx 2-6-2T | 48602 | 21B | 6989 | 85B Wightwick Hall | ||||||
6838 | 86G Goodmoor Grange | 6137 | 85B W | BR 9F 2-10-0 | 6993 | 85B Arthog Hall | |||||
6839 | 84B Hewell Grange | 56xx 0-6-2T | 92230 | 86A | Castle 4-6-0 | ||||||
0-6-0 diesels | 6684 | 88B | 5000 | 85B Launceston Castle | |||||||
D2137 | D3990 | D3994 | Western T4 diesel | Hymek T3 diesel | 5099 | 85B Compton Castle W | |||||
D2138 | D3991 | D1055 | D7036 | 7003 | 85B Elmley Castle | ||||||
Shed Codes | 21B Bescot | 81A Old Oak Common | 82C Swindon | 84A Stafford Road | 84B Oxley | ||||||
84C Banbury | 85A Worcester | 85B Gloucester H. Rd | 86A Newport Ebbw J. | 86E Severn Tunnel J | |||||||
86G Pontypool Road | 87A Neath | 88B Cardiff Radyr | 88J Aberdare | 88L Cardiff East Dock | |||||||
Visits to Gloucester (Horton Road) 1936 - 1965 | |||||||||||
Bromsgrove | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway | opened: | 1840 | Sep 1935 - Jan 1958 | 21C | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 3TS shed with a through road. | closed: | 1964 | Feb 1958 - Dec 1960 | 85F | ||||||
location: | On the east side of Bromsgrove station. | Jan 1961 - Jun 1964 | 85D | ||||||||
Abbreviations | BR - British Railways | ||||||||||
Sunday 10 March 1963 | total: | 8 | |||||||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | cl 4F 0-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T | BR 9F 2-10-0 | ||||||||
8400 | 85D | 8409 | 85D | 44218 | 21A | 47506 | 85D | 92079 | 85D | ||
8401 | 85D | 9493 | 85D | ||||||||
8403 | 85D | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 21A Saltley | 85D Bromsgrove | |||||||||
Visits to Bromsgrove 1935 - 1963 | |||||||||||
Bescot | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway | opened: | 1892 | Sep 1935 - May 1960 | 3A | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Mar-66 | Jun 1960 - Aug 1963 | 21B | ||||||
location: | At the north end of Bescot station, on the west side of the line. | Sep 1963 - Oct 1965 | 2F | ||||||||
Abbreviations | St - Stanier | BR - British Railways | EE - English Electric | ||||||||
Sunday 10 March 1963 | 21B | total: | 69 | ||||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | Jubilee 4-6-0 | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | |||||||
42417 | 21A | 42957 | 21B | 44836 | 2A | 45555 | 5B Quebec | 49361 | 21B | ||
42611 | 21A | 42972 | 21C | 44840 | 5A | cl 8F 2-8-0 | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2 | ||||
cl 2MT 2-6-0 | 42974 | 21B | 44873 | 21B | 48256 | 21B | 48674 | 21B | 49406 | 21B | |
46421 | 21B | 42979 | 21B | 44910 | 21B | 48269 | 21B | 48705 | 21B | 49430 | 21B |
46425 | 21B | 42980 | 21C | 44914 | 21B | 48335 | 1A | 48713 | 21B | cl 6F 0-8-0 G1 | |
46429 | 21B | cl 4MT 2-6-0 | 45191 | 5D | 48375 | 21B | 48723 | 2B | 49173 | 21B | |
46430 | 21B | 43001 | 21B | 45272 | 21A | 48387 | 2F | 48725 | 21B | BR 9F 2-10-0 | |
46456 | 21B | 43002 | 21B | 45280 | 21A | 48453 | 5C | 48733 | 21B | 92136 | 21A |
46457 | 21B | 43003 | 21B | cl 4F 0-6-0 | 48477 | 21B | 48734 | 21B | 0-6-0 diesels | ||
46490 | 21B | 43005 | 21B | 44137 | 21A | 48514 | 21B | 48747 | 21B | 12004 | 12091 |
BR 4MT 4-6-0 | 43012 | 15A | 44442 | 21B | 48522 | 21B | 48766 | 21B | 12012 | 12095 | |
75053 | 21D | 43022 | 21B | EE T4 diesels | 48529 | 21B | 48767 | 21B | 12030 | D3867 | |
43115 | 21B | D331 | D339 | 48556 | 21B | 48769 | 21B | 12056 | |||
Shed Codes | 1A Willesden | 2A Rugby | 2B Nuneaton | 2F Woodford Halse | 5A Crewe North | ||||||
5B Crewe South | 5C Stafford | 5D Stoke-on-Trent | 15A Wellingborough | 21A Saltley | |||||||
21B Bescot | 21C Bushbury | 21D Aston | |||||||||
Visits to Bescot 1937 - 1965 |
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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