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.

Monday 2 November 2020

Days Out No. 76 : 3rd December 1961 - Crewe Works and sheds in Cheshire.

A group of enthusiasts from North East Lancashire visited Crewe Works and sheds in Cheshire and South Lancashire..
Alsager
Pre Grouping Ownership - North Staffordshire Railwayopened:1890Sep 1935 - Jun 19625E
type:A brick built 4TS dead ended shed.closed:Jun-62
location:On the south side of the line, east of Alsager station.
AbbreviationsF - FowlerJ - JohnsonSt - Stanier
Sunday 3 December 19615Etotal:13
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 8F 2-8-0
434645B442425E444055E429686C475965D486265B
443495E444505E476065E486916C
443775B444525B476335E
Shed Codes5B Crewe South5D Stoke-on-Trent5E Alsager6C Birkenhead
Visits to Alsager 1936 - 1962
Crewe South
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:18971935 - Nov 19675B
type:A brick built 12TS through shed.closed:Nov-67
location:In the fork of the Stafford and Shrewsbury lines, south of the station.
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesI - IvattJ - Johnson
St - StanierBR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 3 December 19615Btotal:92 + 22 (Diesel Depot)
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0TJubilee 4-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
4007456A W473305B4558812B Kashmir450316B480772B
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)4733450B W455968A Bahamas450348C aw482555B
4126255H473385B4560855A Gibralter450745B482925B
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)473845B456445B Howe4519712B xw4835756D
4222033C W473975B456665B Cornwallis452485B484161A aw
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)474005BRoyal Scot 4-6-04528389A aw484416C
4263951A aw474318C4612166A Highland Light Infantry… aw452975B4846387F
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)474455E4614121A North Staffordshire Reg. xw453155B4847087F
427766C474505B461526G King's Dragoon Guardsman aw453408A485262A
4283512A474675BPatriot 4-6-04535226F486011A aw
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)475055B455231A Bangor453915B486305B
429485B4750856E WCoronation 4-6-2BR 5MT 4-6-04873287F
429525B475165B4622512B Duchess of Gloucester7316555G487428A
429542B4758050B W4623612B City of Bradfordcl 3F 0-6-0 (J/F)487435B
429635B475985EPrincess Royal 4-6-24368155F WWD 2-8-0
429725B476015B462115A Queen Maud Wcl 4F 0-6-0907028G aw
429805B4763250B W462125A Duchess of Kent W440795Ecl 7F 0-8-0 G2
429816C476485BBritannia 4-6-2443865E494075B
429845B476645B7001721D Arrow445925B494488A
Hall 4-6-07003121D Byron aw0-6-0 diesels494545B
490881D Broome Hall700331A Charles Dickens1201012021cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
493786G Lanelay HallGrange 4-6-012011D37994895021C W
687286G Crawley Grange491585B W
Crewe Diesel Depot
English Electric Type 4 dieselsBR T2 dieselsEE T1 dieselGas Turbine loco0-6-0 diesels
D210D287D306D335D5018D5140D8035GT312001D2236
D213D297D330D34112022D3175
D234D301D334D343
D236D303aw - awaiting worksxw - ex worksW - withdrawn
Shed Codes1A Willesden2A Rugby2B Nuneaton5A Crewe North5B Crewe South
5E Alsager6B Mold Junction6C Birkenhead6G Llandudno Jct.8A Edge Hill8C Speke Junction
8G Sutton Oak12A Carlisle Kingmoor12B Carlisle Upperby21A Saltley21C Bushbury21D Aston
26F Patricroft33C Shoeburyness50B Hull Dairycotes51A Darlington55A Leeds Holbeck55F Manningham
55G Huddersfield55H Leeds Neville Hill56D Mirfield56E Sowerby Bridge66A Polmadie81D Reading
86G Pontypool Road87F Llanelly89A Shrewsbury
Visits to Crewe South 1935 - 1958Visits to Crewe South 1959 - 1967
Crewe Gresty Lane
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railwayopened:1870Wellington (Salop) subshed
location:On the north side of the Nantwich line, south of Crewe station.closed:Jun-63
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed.
Sunday 3 December 1961subshed to Wellington (84H)total:7
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)Grange 4-6-0Hall 4-6-0
963084H683082B Buckenhill Grange590084A Hinderton Hall
684682B Ruckley Grange690784B Davenham Hall
687686G Kingsland Grange694584A Glasfryn Hall
Shed Codes82B St. Philip's Marsh84A Stafford Road84B Oxley84H Wellington86G Pontypool Road
Visits to Crewe Gresty Lane 1935 - 1963
Crewe North
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:18651935 - May 19655A
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.
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesI - IvattJ - Johnson
St - Stanier
BR - British Railways
EE - English Electric
Sunday 3 December 19615Atotal:65
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0TJubilee 4-6-0
412125A446785A453311E475245B455605A Prince Edward Island
412205A446805A xw453485ABR 2MT 2-6-0455955A Southern Rhodesia
412295A446835A453548B780305A456295A Straits Settlements
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)446845A4541821DEE T4 diesels456435A Rodney
4205124H4469556F454295AD322D3244565189A Shovell
4208356E4475755A xwD327D3384568282E Trafalgar xw
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)447615APrincess Royal 4-6-2456842A Jutland
4244012C xw447635A462095A Princess Beatrice457215A Impregnable
4258112E447801ACoronation 4-6-2457365A Phoenix
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)449379B4622112A Queen ElizabethPatriot 4-6-0
427732B450045A4624412A King George VI455346G E. Tootal Broadhurst
427815A450455A462485A City of LeedsRoyal Scot 4-6-0
428875D451425A462515A City of Nottingham461016G Royal Scots Grey
429205D4518512B462565A Sir William A. Stanier, F.R.S.461275A Old Contemptibles
429335A452355Aclass 8P 4-6-2461285A The Lovat Scouts
429345A452375A710005A Duke of Gloucester461365A The Border Regiment
cl 3F 0-6-0T (J/F)453078AGrange 4-6-0461386J The London Irish Rifleman
432408B682186G Leaton Grange
Shed Codes1A Willesden1E Bletchley2A Rugby2B Nuneaton5A Crewe North
5B Crewe South5D Stoke-on-Trent6G Llandudno Jct.6J Holyhead8A Edge Hill8B Warrington
9B Stockport12A Carlisle Kingmoor12B Carlisle Upperby12C Carlisle Canal12E Barrow21D Aston
24H Hellifield55A Leeds Holbeck56E Sowerby Bridge56F Low Moor82E Britaol Barrow Road86G Pontypool Road
89A Shrewsbury
Visits to Crewe North 1935 - 1955Visits to Crewe North 1956 - 1965
Crewe Works
The major locomotive works of the London & North Western Railway
AbbreviationsA - AspinallBG - Beyer GarrattBW - Barton WrightFb - FairburnF - Fowler
H - HughesI - IvattJ - JohnsonSt - StanierBR - British RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 3 December 1961total:169
paint shop and paint shop yard
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 4-6-0preserved locos
4229424E4474327A4520124ELiverpool & Manchester 0-4-2 Lion
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4496521A4522827CLNW 2-2-2 3020 Cornwall
424628F450426BJubilee 4-6-0LNW 2-4-0 790 Hardwicke
4257824L4510126A4570226A Colossus0-4-0T LNW PetLNW 0-4-0ST 1439
426035D4518621A4571026A Irresistible
works yards
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 4-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0Coronation 4-6-2
421171A4469015C4564526F Collingwood4622366A Princess Alice
4222433C4475355A456702A Howard of EffinghamBritannia 4-6-2
4267933C4478126B4571927A Glorious7002212A Tornado
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4494355ABR 2MT 2-6-0BR 9F 2-10-07004814D The Territorial Army
4246026D4510724F7804227A9201626Acl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)4520024Ecl 7F 0-8-0 G29202515A484081E9018886A
5085027C4521516D49395preserved9208215A484452E9041326D
4529026A9216315B4870355B
scrap roads
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 3F 0-6-0TJubilee 4-6-0Patriot 4-6-0
4003414B W424672A W4740350E W456305A Swaziland W455448B W
4003814B W4254926A W4740556A Wcl 2P 4-4-0cl 7F 0-8-0 G2cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4F 0-6-04742055C W4056982G W494019D W4931321B W
4221712A W4408841E W4757055C Wcl 3F 0-6-0T (J)494539D Wcl 6F 0-8-0 G1
426839E W4424941E W4725556A W489278A W
erecting shops and yards
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 5MT 4-6-0Patriot 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0new PeakT4 diesels
4125150F446866G455438A Home Guard4817016AD50D130
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4474626AJubilee 4-6-04839955AD51D131
4214824E4475655A4564655C Napier485008DD52D132
4225533B447655A4565017B Blake4852816BD53D133
4228726E4494221D4569555C Minotaur4853255DD54D134
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4494421A457095B Implacable485511AD55D135
4257124J4498927CRoyal Scot 4-6-0486491AD56D136
cl 2MT 2-6-0450268F4610956F Royal Engineer486582BD57D137
4650682B450465A4613326A The Green Howards4870021AD58
BR 2MT 2-6-0450925BCoronation 4-6-2487625Cdiesel erecting shop
780358D4514589A4622466A Princess AlexandraWD 2-8-0Peak T4 diesels
cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a4523612B462535A City of St. Albans901476BD1D8
491308A452568BBritannia 4-6-2903652FD3D9
4936121B453012E7002621D Polar StarBR 9F 2-10-0EE T4 diesels
4533726B700421A Lord Roberts9201726AD214D290
4533826B7004321D Lord Kitchener9201815AD231
453868C7004914D Solway Firth9207616DBR T2 diesel
454218A9212315CD5073
4542426F9212515B0-6-0 diesel
454932A9215915AD3292
works shunters
cl 2F 0-6-0ST (A)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (Aspinall)cl 3F 0-6-0T
51412CW44374CW52093CW52441CW47592CW47661CW
51446CW52218CW52459CW47608CW
Shed Codes1A Willesden1E Bletchley2A Rugby2B Nuneaton2E Northampton
2F Woodford Halse5A Crewe North5B Crewe South5C Stafford5D Stoke-on-Trent6B Mold Junction
6G Llandudno Jct.8A Edge Hill8B Warrington8C Spek Junction8D Widnes8F Springs Branch
9D Buxton9E Trafford Park12A Carlisle Kingmoor12B Carlisle Upperby14B Kentish Town14D Neasden
15A Wellingborough15B Kettering16A Nottingham16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield16D Annesley17B Burton-on-Trent
21A Saltley21B Bescot21D Aston24E Blackpool24F Fleetwood24J Lancaster
24L Carnforth26A Newton Heath26B Agecroft26D Bury26E Lees, Oldham26F Patricroft
27A Bank Hall27B Aintree33B Tilbury33C Shoeburyness41E Stavley Barrow Hill50E Scarborough
50F Malton55A Leeds Holbeck55B Stourton55C Farnley Junction55D Royston56A Wakefield
56F Low Moor66A Polmadie82B St. Philip's Marsh82G Templecombe86A Newport Ebbw Jct.89A Shrewsbury
Chester Midland
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:1870Sep 1935 - Jun 19676A
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.
AbbreviationsFb - FairburnSt - StanierBR - British Railways
Sunday 3 December 19616Atotal:50
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)43xx 2-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0Hall 4-6-0
400986A424316A734189B4480826F691689A Misterton Hall
401066A424636Acl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)4509626FCastle 4-6-0
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)424826A429466C451378C504784A Earl of Dartmouth
420616A425386A429675A452756B509589A Barbury Castle
420795Acl 3F 0-6-0TBR 4MT 4-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-0Manor 4-6-0
422026A472976A750326A730116J782889B Odney Manor
422126A473716A750506A730386ARoyal Scot 4-6-0
422296A473726C750516A730406A461546G The Hussar
422366A473896ABR 2MT 2-6-0730676J461566J The South Wales Border
422476A475046A780186A730706AJubilee 4-6-0
0-6-0 diesels475076C780336A730716A4559321D Kolhapur
12057D3833Britannia 4-6-2cl 8F 2-8-0
D3764D4105700471A485485B
Shed Codes1A Willesden5A Crewe North5B Crewe South6A Chester Midland6B Mold Junction
6C Birkenhead6G Llandudno Jct.6J Holyhead8C Speke Junction21D Aston26F Patricroft
84A Stafford Road89A Shrewsbury89B Croes Newydd
Visits to Chester Midland 1937 - 1967
Mold Junction
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:1890Sep 1935 - Apr 19666B
type:A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.closed:Apr-66
location:South of the Chester to North Wales line, about 3.5 miles west of Chester.
AbbreviationsBR - British Railways
Sunday 3 December 19616Btotal:38
43xx 2-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 8F 2-8-0Hall 4-6-0
638486E448006B474106B482739E495288A Peplow Hall
BR 4MT 4-6-0448426B476156B482789D593482B Kneller Hall
750136B449176B476466B4834782F594886G Siddington Hall
750146B449716B476736B483486B692584B Hackness Hall
750286B450286B28xx 2-8-04842484FGrange 4-6-0
750536B450436B289686E4846889A683686G Estevarney Grange
750546B450556B380586AJubilee 4-6-00-6-0 diesels
cl 4F 0-6-0454192A381589B4558224L Central Provinces12048D3176
443596B4573955A Ulster12053
Shed Codes2A Rugby6B Mold Junction9D Buxton9E Trafford Park24L Carnforth
55A Leeds Holbeck82B St. Philip's Marsh82F Bath Green Park84B Oxley84F Stourbridge86A Newport Ebbw J.
86E Severn Tunnel J.86G Pontypool Road88A Cardiff Canton89A Shrewsbury89B Croes Newydd
Visits to Mold Junction 1937 - 1966
Widnes
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:1888Sep 1938 - Apr 19648D
type:A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed.closed:Apr-64
location:In the fork of the Widnes South to Warrington and St. Helens lines.
AbbreviationsI - IvattSt - StanierBR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 3 December 19618Dtotal:22
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)BR 2MT 2-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
401348D W412218D780178D481668E485138A902428D
401438D W412308D780398D482759D485548D0-6-0 diesels
cl 3F 0-6-0T412378Dcl 5MT 4-6-0483088D487098DD2372D3793
473498D412448D4480421A483268DD2394D3794
shed codes8A Edge Hill8D Widnes8E Northwich9D Buxton21A Saltley
Visits to Widnes 1937 - 1964
Wigan Springs Branch
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:c1847Sep 1938 - Jan 195810A
type:Two brick-built 6TS dead-ended sheds.closed:Dec-67Feb 1958 - Dec 19678F
location:East of the main line, about a mile south of Wigan North Western station.
AbbreviationsA - AspinallBW - Barton WrightB-C Bowen-CookeClf - CauliflowerF - Fowler
Fb - FairburnH - HughesI - IvattJ - JohnsonSt - StanierWb - Webb
Wh - WhaleBR - British RailwayWR - Wirral RailwayWD - War DepartmentGCR - Great Central Railway
LMS - London, Midland & Scottish RailwayLNW - London & North Western RailwayL&Y - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Sunday 3 December 19618Ftotal:63
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 4-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0cl 6F 0-8-0 G1cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
421339F447508C4568112B Aboukir488958F490028F
422358F4506127CPatriot 4-6-0490498F490088F
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)450718C455468B Fleetwood491298F490258F
4231755G451098FRoyal Scot 4-6-0491548F491048F
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)451318A461618F King's Own491648F W491228F
4243926F451818A461658F The Ranger (12th London)492678F491398F
424658F452895Acl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0TWD 2-8-0491418F
4246826F453138F440698F472708F901738F493448F
425728F453148F440768F473928F902578F4938226F
426078F4531712B441218F473958F9037524Dcl 7F 0-8-0 G2
cl 2MT 2-6-04535124K441258F474448F905072F494028F
464228F453888F442808F475178F905098F494388F
464288F453908A443038F476718F9056826F494478F
464708F454088F444908F906868F494518F
454258Fcl 8F 2-8-00-6-0 diesels
454498F4861212AD383612031
454945B
shed codes2F Woodford Halse5A Crewe North5B Crewe South8A Edge Hill8B Warrington
8C Speke Junction8F Springs Branch9F Heaton Mersey12A Carlisle Kingmoor12B Carlisle Upperby24D Lower Darwen
24K Preston26F Patricroft27C Southport55G Huddersfield
Visits to Springs Branch 1937 - 1967
Bolton
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railwayopened:1874Sep 1938 - Aug 196326C
type:A brick-built 12TS dead-ended shed.closed:Jul-68Sep 1963 - Jul 19689K
location:On the west side of the Bolton to Clifton Junction line, south of the station.
AbbreviationsA - AspinallF - FowlerFb - FairburnSt - Stanier
BR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 3 December 196126Ctotal:39
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0WD 2-8-0
4006326A4247624C4265426C4469626A4404027E xw9011026C
BR 2MT 2-6-2T4256326C4265526Ccl 8F 2-8-04411924D xw9020626C
8401326C4256526C4265626C484556C xw4422024G xw9026726C
8401426C4262626Ccl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)485558E xw4460455E9029724D
8401926C4263026C4220726Ccl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)9053326A
8402526C4263326C4228926C4387155B xw523455B9064126C
8402626C4265226Ccl 2F 0-6-0T (F)5252326C9072526C
8402726C4265326C4716526C9072926C
xw - ex Horwich Works
shed codes5B Crewe South6C Birkenhead8E Northwich24C Lostock Hall24D Lower Darwen
24G Skipton26A Newton Heath26C Bolton27E Walton-on-the-Hill55B Stourton55E Normanton
Visits to Bolton 1938 - 1968

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