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.

Friday 7 January 2022

The Steam Scene no. 14 - May 1963 (part 1) - East Midlands, Manchester, Cardiff and Newport.

The Steam Scene no. 14 - May 1963.
Colwick
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railwayopened:1858Sep 1938 - Jan 1950CLK
type:A brick-built 18TS dead-ended shed.closed:Dec-66Feb 1950 - Jan 195838A
location:In the fork of the Colwick North Junction to Colwick East goods line.Feb 1958 - Dec 196540E
Visits to Colwick 1946 - 1953Visits to Colwick 1954 - 1966Jan 1966 - Dec 196616B
AbbreviationsGCR - Great Central RailwayGNR - Great Northern RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 5 May 196340Etotal:82
cl 4MT 2-6-0B1 4-6-0K3 2-6-0 (GNR)O4 2-8-0 (GCR)WD 2-8-0
4303240E6109240E6194340E W6361540E9000240E9038340E
4305940E6114140E6198240E W6363940E9000540E9043240E
4306040E6114240Ecl 8F 2-8-06367440E9003740E9043740E
4306140E6116040E486595B6370740E9003840E9043840E
4306240E6117740EO1 2-8-0 (GNR)6375040E9005140E9049240E
4306440E6118840E6358940E6375440E9008440E9062940E
4306540E6122740E6365240E6377040E9010340E9067440E
4306640E6126440E6386340E6381640E9010440E9070340E
4308040E6128140EO2 2-8-0 (GNR)6383740E W9011840E9071740E
4310840E6128540E6397240E6385940E9016940EBR 9F 2-10-0
4314540E6129940E0-6-0 diesels6387340E9026340E9218936A
4315240E6131341AD2024D36256390040E W9030440E
4315440E6133640ED2235D3626
4315540E6136140ED2300D3627
4315640E6139040ED2302D3628Shed Codes5B Crewe South36A Doncaster
4316040E6140640BD362440B Immingham40E Colwick41A Sheffield Darnall
Nottingham
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railwayopened:1868Sep 1935 - Aug 196316A
type:A brick-built three roundhouse shed.closed to steam:Apr-65Sep 1963 - Apr 196516D
location:South of the line, west of Nottingham Midland station.Visits to Nottingham 1935 - 1953
Visits to Nottingham 1954 - 1965
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesSt - StanierBR - British Railways
Sunday 5 May 196316Atotal:83
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)Royal Scot 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
4276316A4611216D Sherwood Forester4404716A4809916D4839316A
4279916A4615316D The Royal Dragoon W4416816A4810816A4840116A
4285516A4615816D The Loyal Regiment4418416A481222A485555B
4289716ABritannia 4-6-24421516A4817016A4863816A
cl 2MT 2-6-07004140B Sir John Moore4424116A4818416A4864016A
4640416Acl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 4-6-04424816A4821116A4865316A
4644416A4214016A4465816A4425916A4821716A4867115A
BR 2MT 2-6-04216116A447688A4429716A4821816A4867516A
7801316A4218516A4480616A4430416A4826116A4874816A
7802016Acl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4485116A4440116A4830416DO1 2-8-0 (GNR)
7802116A4258716A4485616A4447216A4831916A6368731B
7802816A4258816A4486116A4447616A4837716ABR 9F 2-10-0
cl 3F 0-6-0T4262816A4491816A4453216A0-6-0 diesels9207416D
4732016Acl 4F 0-6-0 (F)4523816A4455617CD308312050Peak T4 diesels
4753316A4392816ABR 2MT 2-6-2T4457716AD308512052D81D106
4395116A8400616DD329012097D90D118
4395416AD3860
Shed Codes2A Rugby5B Crewe South8A Edge Hill15A Wellingborough16A Nottingham
16D Annesley17C Rowsley31B March40B Immingham
Grantham
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railwayopened:1855Sep 1935 - Jan 1950GRA
type:Two 4TS sheds, one of them with two through roadsclosed:Sep-63Feb 1950 - Jan 195835B
location:On the west side of Grantham station.Feb 1958 - Sep 196334F
Visits to Grantham 1937 - 1963
AbbreviationsGNR - Great Northern RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 5 May 196334Ftotal:36
cl 4MT 2-6-0A4 4-6-2B1 4-6-0O2 2-8-0 (GNR)
4308734F6002934A Woodcock61251*34F6392334F W6396834F
4309034FA3 4-6-26136734F6392834F6398134F
4311134F6004634F Diamond Jubilee6138934F6393034F W6398434F
4315934F6004834F Doncaster6139234F6393134F6398534F
K1 2-6-06010534F Victor WildV2 2-6-26393334F WWD 2-8-0
6206836A6010634F Flying Fox6089936A6394834F W9005936C
0-6-0 diesels6011234F St. Simon6095034F6395634F9011936C
D3156D3453Brush T4 diesel* Oliver Bury6396234F9073036C
D3451D1511W - Withdrawn
Shed Codes34A Kings Cross34F Grantham36A Doncaster36C Frodingham
Langwith Junction
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Central Railwayopened:1896Sep 1935 - Jan 1950LNG
type:A brick-built 3TS and a 2TS with a through road.closed:Feb-66Feb 1950 - Jun 195840E
location:South of Shirebrook North station.Jul 1958 - Feb 196641J
Visits to Langwith Junction 1936-1966
AbbreviationsGCR - Great Central RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 5 May 196341Jtotal:49
cl 8F 2-8-0O4 2-8-0 (GCR)WD 2-8-0
4837816D6357741J6371741J6380141J9000341J9030241J
J94 0-6-0ST6362241J6372041J6382841J9014541J9041841J
6802041J6366441J W6372241J6382941J9020941J9044241J
0-6-0 diesels6367941J6373241J6384241J9022441J9044941J
D3325D40666368341J6373941J6385341J9027541J9048341J
D3701D40676369141J6376341J6386141J9030141J9057740A
D4053D40696369741J6376541J6390241J
D4057D40856370341J6377641J W6391241J WShed Codes16D Annesley
D40606371541J6380041J40A Lincoln41J Langwith Junction
Leicester Midland
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railwayopened:1840*Sep 1935 - Aug 196315C
type:A concrete-built polygonal roundhouse shed with a flat roof.closed:Jun-66Sep 1963 - Jun 196615A
location:On the east side of the line, north of Leicester Midland station*Completely rebuilt in 1945
Visits to Leicester Midland 1936 - 1965
AbbreviationsF - FowlerI - IvattBR - British RailwaysBRCW - Birmingham, Railway, Carriage & Wagon Co.
Sunday 5 May 196315Ctotal:42
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 5MT 4-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4127915C4481115C4561017A Ghana4403415C9208915C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)4481515CB1 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-04418215C9210215C
4233315C4484315C6120431B4835615B4427915D9210315C
4235515C4525315CBR 4MT 4-6-04861416Acl 4F 0-6-0 (F)9210915C
BR 2MT 2-6-2T4526415C7506117A0-6-0 diesels4396915CPeak T4 diesels
8402915C4527915CBRCW T2 dieselsD3786D37894401315CD12D73
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)4533315CD5391D5399D3787D3790D51D108
4282321A453982ED5397D5409D3788D3791D69
Shed Codes2E Northampton15B Kettering15C Leicester Midland15D Coalville16A Nottingham
17A Derby21A Saltley31B March
Market Harborough
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:1864Sep 1935 - Sep 1955Rugby subshed
type:A brick-built 2TS through-road shed.closed:Oct-65Oct 1955 - Jan 19582F
location:On the west side of the line, at the north end of the station.Feb 1958 - Sep 196015F
Oct 1960 - Oct 1965Leicester subshed
AbbreviationsI - IvattWD - War DepartmentVisits to Market Harborough 1952 - 1963
Sunday 5 May 1963subshed of 15C Leicester Midlandtotal:8
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
4122515C450312A4453915D4813215B4846715B9025940E
4830115A4849215A
Shed Codes2A Rugby15A Wellingborough15B Kettering15C Leicester Midland15D Coalville
40E Colwick
Days Out No. 70 : 5th May 1963 - Cardiff & Newport
Visits to:AberbeegAbercynonAberdareCardiff CantonCardiff East Dock
Cardiff RadyrCraven ArmsNewport Ebbw JunctionNewport Pill
Pontypool RoadShrewsburyTonduTreherbertHerefordSevern Tunnel Jct.
Horwich Works
The workshops of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railwaylocation:Built on 142 hectares of land near Bolton.
opened:1886, when the L&YR moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.Visits to Horwich Works 1963
closed:The last engine was repaired in 1964, though work continued on other rolling stock until 1983.
AbbreviationsA - AspinallBW - Barton WrightF - FowlerH - HughesSt - Stanier
BR - British RailwaysMV - Metropolitan VickersYE - Yorkshire Engineering Co.WD - War Department
Sunday 5 May 1963total:45
works yard, paint shop and scrap yard
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 8F 2-8-0cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 3MT 0-6-0T
4237824L4289616A4386118A W4812715B11305HW47429HW
cl 4MT 2-6-0BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-04815955D11324HW47549HW
4306950B7603075A4458115D4827716B11368HW47550HW
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)760872F0-6-0 diesel485039F xwPaint Shop
429582BYE 0-4-0 diesel120134865417C xwFurness Railwaycl 2P 2-4-2T (A)
D2863Coppernob No. 31008ex 50621
erecting shop
cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)WD 8F 2-8-00-6-0 diesels
4300912H4312951A4270026D480178E4864415D1202812070
4307850B4314634E428179B4831155B486862B12040D2020
4307950BYE 0-4-0 dieselMV type 2 diesel4838316BWD 8F 2-8-012067
4308934ED2858D5701485511A9040226E
Shed Codes1A Willesden2B Nuneaton2F Woodford Halse8E Northwich9F Heaton Mersey
12H Tebay15B Kettering15D Coalville16A Nottingham16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield17C Rowsley
24L Carnforth26D Bury26E Lees (Oldham)34E New England50B Hull Dairycotes51A Darlington
55B Stourton55D Royston75A Brighton
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.Visits to Bolton 1938 - 1968
AbbreviationsA - AspinallF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesSt - Stanier
BR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 5 May 196326Ctotal:42
BR 2MT 2-6-2Tcl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)Jubilee 4-6-0WD 2-8-0
8401326C4244426C4270426C4566126C Vernon9010226C
8401426C4246026C4270526Ccl 5MT 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-09012126C
8401926C4255026C4270826C4473626A4810455A xw9020626C
8402526C4256326C4272526C45156*8A482485B xw9026726C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4263026CBR 4MT 2-6-04519926C ^4837226A xw9036426D
4228926C ^4263326C7603614A xw4522426C ^cl 2F 0-6-0T (F)9046626C
cl 4MT 2-6-04265226Ccl 3F 0-6-0 (A)4529026C4716526C9064126C
4308234E xw4265326C W5234526C Wcl 4F 0-6-0 (F)0-6-0 diesel9070826E
xw - ex Horwich Wks4265626C5252326C W4389324G xwD3588*named Aryshire Yeomanry
^ during May, class 5MTs transferred to Burton (17B). The Fairburn 2-6-4T was transferred to Willesden (1A).
Shed Codes5B Crewe South8A Edge Hill14A Cricklewood24G Skipton26A Newton Heath
26C Bolton26D Bury26E Lees, Oldham34E New England55A Leeds Holbeck
Bury
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railwayopened:1876Sep 1938 - Aug 196326D
type:A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.closed:Nov-65Sep 1963 - Nov 19659M
location:On the east side of the Bury to Radcliffe line, south of Bury (Bolton Street) station
Visits to Bury 1937 - 1965
AbbreviationsF - FowlerH - HughesWD - War Department
Sunday 5 May 196326Dtotal:25
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 2MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0WD 2-8-0
4271226D4640526D4643626D4409626D9020526D9036426D
4271926D4640626D4643926D4431126D9022626D9041926D
4282026D4641226Dcl 3F 0-6-0T4456726D9022726D9055526D
4641426D4758426Dcl 4F 0-6-0 (F)9033956A
4641726D4762126D W4388026D9036255E
4391326D
Shed Codes26D Bury55E Normanton56A Wakefield
Lees, Oldham
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:1878Sep 1938 - Sep 195426F
type:A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shedclosed:Apr-64Oct 1954 - Aug 196326E
location:On the north side of Lees stationSep 1963 - Apr 19649P
Visits to Lees, Oldham 1938 - 1963
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnWD - War Department
Sunday 5 May 196326Etotal:14
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 2MT 2-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
4211426E ^423439B4641926E486928C9012326E9067126E
4211526E4648426E9019426E9071826E
4228726E ^4648526E9052526E
^ Transferred to Rugby during May4648626E
Shed Codes8C Speke Junction9B Stockport26E Lees, Oldham
Patricroft
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:18851935 - Jan 195810C
type:Two brick-built sheds: one 8TS, the other 10TS.closed:Jul-68Feb 1958 - Aug 196326F
location:In the fork of the Eccles to Patricroft and Monton Green Lines.Sep 1963 - July 19689H
Visits to Patricroft 1936 -1968
AbbreviationsSt - StanierBR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 5 May 196326Ftotal:44
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 4-6-0WD 2-8-0cl 8F 2-8-0
4244226F4469626A4532312A9054626B4803716D4854626F
4245826F4489026A4541126F0-6-0 diesel4810317A4872716D
4256126F449716B4545112AD38684811526F4872817B
4257426F450025BJubilee 4-6-0481368Dcl 3F 0-6-0T
4266026F4509626F4556326F Australia4814826F4732226F
BR 5MT 4-6-04512926F4566326F Jervis4817826F4736526F
7313026F4513326FPatriot 4-6-04818126F4737826F
7313226F4518226F4552612B Morecambe & Heysham4834616B4743026F
7313326F4525226FRoyal Scot 4-6-04849126F
7313426F4529426F461566J The South Wales Borderer4852326F
Shed Codes5B Crewe South6B Mold Junction6J Holyhead8D Widnes12A Carlisle Kingmoor
12B Carlisle Upperby16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield16D Annesley17A Derby17B Burton-on-Trent26A Newton Heath
26B Agecroft26F Patricroft
Other shed visits on 5th May 1963 can be found through these links:
AnnesleyKirkby-in-AshfieldLower DarwenRose GroveRowsley
SkiptonWesthouses
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