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.

Thursday 28 December 2023

Shed Profiles - Rose Grove, Hellifield & Skipton 1961

Rose GroveAllocations 1961
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railwayopened:1899Sep 1938 - Aug 1963 24B
type: A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed. closed:Aug-68Sep 1963 - Aug 1968 10F
location: North of the line west of Rose Grove station.
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesJ - JohnsonSt - Stanier
BR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 9 April 196124Btotal:35
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)WD 2-8-0
4211024B4270624B4489424B4720124B9010056A9041441D
4229524B4271624B4494024Bcl 3F 0-6-0T9015924B9042024B
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4271724B4494824B4756224B9017124B9054356A
4247624C4282824B4506824B4757124B9023124B9056424C
4254624B4286924B4520924B9024124B9071056A
4254724B4289824B4522924B9027424B9071526A
4290124B4543624E9037424B
shed codes24C Lostock Hall24E Blackpool26A Newton Heath41D Canklow56A Wakefield
Saturday 20 May 196124Btotal:24
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)WD 2-8-0
4271624B4473224E4720124B9013824B9024124B9038556A
4286924B4489424Bcl 3F 0-6-0T9015924B9024527B9055724B
4289824B4494024B4756224B9021627B9027424B9059224B
4494924B9023124B9036056E9061755E
4520524B9023356E9038056A
shed codes24B Rose Grove24E Blackpool27B Aintree55E Normanton56A Wakefield
56E Sowerby Bridge
Monday 12 June 196124Btotal:20
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 5MT 4-6-0WD 2-8-0
4247624C4400724G4473224E4520524B9014324B9054356A
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-04488924B4521624B9015924B9062556A
4270624B4454427D4494024B4522924B9026424BBR 9F 2-10-0
4286924Bcl 8F 2-8-04495024E9042024B9216226A
4826556D
shed codes24B Rose Grove24C Lostock Hall24E Blackpool24G Skipton26A Newton Heath
27D Wigan L&Y56A Wakefield56D Mirfield
Thursday 29 June 196124Btotal:27
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0WD 2-8-0
4211024B4270624B4473024E4494824B4457924G9014324B
4229824C4272727B4473224E4496221Acl 8F 2-8-09023124B
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4282824B4473626A4505424L4854055D9027424B
4247327D4286924B4480326A4521624B9037850B
4289824B4486116AJubilee 4-6-09042024B
4489424B456295A Straits Settlements
shed codes5A Crewe North16A Nottingham21A Saltley24B Rose Grove24C Lostock Hall
24E Blackpool24G Skipton24L Carnforth26A Newton Heath27B Aintree
27D Wigan L&Y50B Hull Dairycotes55D Royston
Saturday 5 August 196124Btotal:35
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)WD 2-8-0
4211024B4270324B4473324E4720124B9010924B9030726B
4229524B4270624B4489424Bcl 3F 0-6-0T9012456A9033524C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4271624B4506824B4733324B9014324B9037424B
4254624B4282824B4521624B4756224B9017124B9042956A
0-6-0 diesel4286924B4522924Bcl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)9018124B9047056E
D37824289824B4544224E4343624B9023124B9066155E
4373424B9024124B9071526A
shed codes24B Rose Grove24C Lostock Hall24E Blackpool26A Newton Heath26B Agecroft
55E Normanton56A Wakefield56E Sowerby Bridge
Visiting locomotivesFriday 18 August 196124B
Tuesday 15 August 196124BJubilee 4-6-0WD 2-8-0
WD 2-8-04571026A Irresistible9032426B
9040456A9072024Ccl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 4-6-09037956A
9041441D4247624C4494724E
shed codes24C Lostock Hall24E Blackpool26A Newton Heath26B Agecroft41D Canklow
56A Wakefield
Sunday 17 September 196124B12.20pm - 12.35pmtotal:35
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)cl 5MT 4-6-0WD 2-8-0
4211024B4270324B4343624B4494024B9010924B9024124B
4229524B4270624B4373424B4506824B9011656A9026424B
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4282824Bcl 3F 0-6-0T4520524B9014324B9027424B
4254624B4286924B4733324B4520924B9015924B9063556A
4254724B4289824B4756224B4521624B9017124B9067440E
0-6-0 dieselcl 8F 2-8-04531824E9018124B9073156D
D37834816255D9023124B
Main-line trafficRoyal Scot 4-6-04611756F Welsh GuardsmanBradford - Blackpool special
shed codes24B Rose Grove24E Blackpool40E Colwick55D Royston
56A Wakefield56D Mirfield56F Low Moor
Saturday 30 September 196124Btotal:28
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 5MT 4-6-0WD 2-8-0
4211024B4270126A4733324B4489126A9010924B9031424B
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4270324B4756224B4489424B9014324B9041556A
4254624B4270624Bcl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)4494024B9018124B9055724B
4254724B4373424B4494924B9024124B9062056A
Jubilee 4-6-04520524B9026424B9063156A
4570226A Colossus4520924B9027424B9065456A
shed codes24B Rose Grove26A Newton Heath56A Wakefield

HellifieldAllocations 1961
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railwayopened:1880Sep 1935 - May 1950 20G
type: A brick-built 4TS through-road shedclosed:Jun-63Jun 1950 - Aug 1951 23B
location: On the north side of the line at the west end of Hellifield station.Sep 1951 - Feb 1957 20G
Mar 1957 - Jun 1963 24H
AbbreviationsFb - FairburnF - FowlerH - HughesI - IvattJ - Johnson
St - StanierBR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 9 April 196124Htotal:17
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)cl 4F 0-6-0
4068524H4248424H4275712A4489326A4358524H4422024G
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4249224H428479G4507626A4375624H4427624H
4213224H4264824Hcl 4MT 2-6-04446824G
4227824H4311324J4456724G
Shed Codes9G Gorton12A Carlisle Kingmoor24G Skipton24H Hellifield24J Lancaster
26A Newton Heath
Thursday 4 May 196124Htotal:17
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
4068524H4205124H4273224D4358524H4419724G483029F
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4214724Dcl 4MT 2-6-04375624H4456724Gcl 3F 0-6-0T
4249224H4227824H4311324Jcl 5MT 4-6-0BR T 2 diesel4740812B
4264824HBR 4MT 2-6-04510126AD5079ex Derby Works
7605124J
Shed Codes9F Heaton Mersey12B Carlisle Upperby24D Lower Darwen24G Skipton24H Hellifield
24J Lancaster26A Newton Heath
Monday 22 May 196124Htotal:21
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)Patriot 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)cl 4F 0-6-0
4068524H4248424H4550926A The Derbyshire Yeomanry4358524H4414924H
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4249124Hcl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4MT 2-6-04375624H4422024G
4205124H4249224H4270826A4303855Bcl 5MT 4-6-04456724G
4213224H4264824HBR 4MT 2-6-0cl 8F 2-8-04474527AWD 2-8-0
4227824H7608024D4810455A4488412A9025824C
Main-line trafficJubilee 4-6-04560855A Gibralterup Waverley Express
A3 4-6-26008055A Dick Turpindown Waverley Expresscl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)
A3 4-6-26006955A Sceptreup Thames-Clyde Express4270255F dn freight
A3 4-6-26007055A Gladiateurdown Thames-Clyde Express4292217B up freight
Shed Codes12A Carlisle Kingmoor24C Lostock Hall24D Lower Darwen24G Skipton24H Hellifield
26A Newton Heath27A Bank Hall55A Leeds Holbecl55B Stourton
Sunday 11 June 196124Htotal:24
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)Jubilee 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0
4068524H4248424H4270926A4566126A Vernon4414924H
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4249124Hcl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)cl 5MT 4-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-04427624H
4205124H4249224H429805B450726B7316955A4427724G
4214724D4264824HBR 4MT 2-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)cl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
4227824Hcl 4MT 2-6-07608124D4358524H4828355A9056126A
4305224J4375624H485058C
Main-line traffic4560555A Cypruspassenger service
Shed Codes5B Crewe South6B Mold Junction8C Speke Junction24D Lower Darwen24G Skipton
24H Hellifield24J Lancaster26A Newton Heath55A Leeds Holbecl
Visiting locomotives
Sunday 16 July 196124H
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0WD 2-8-0
4283612A4507724E4522026A9062626B
4288412A4510126A
Shed Codes12A Carlisle Kingmoor24E Blackpool26A Newton Heath26B Agecroft
Saturday 19 August 196124Htotal:17
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)Jubilee 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
4068524H W4249124H4560624L Falkland Islands4418612E483389F
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4249224Hcl 4MT 2-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)4427624H4875612A
4205124H4264824H4300724J4375624H4428224Gcl 3F 0-6-0T
BR 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)WD 2-8-04728812B
W - withdrawn7608024D4389324G9049756Aex Derby Works
Main-line traffic
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4227824HDales service4248324DHellifield - Blackburn services
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)4270324Blocal freight working4276255Fex Bradford passenger service
4272224F4287126A4283824Dfreight workings
cl 4MT 2-6-04311224J4312455ALeeds - Morecambe service
cl 5MT 4-6-0446805Aup freight4489224LMorecambe - Leeds service
4499863Adn relief Thames-Clyde 
Patriot 4-6-04551727Aex Liverpool passengerPeak T4 dieselsD29up Thames-Clyde
Jubilee 4-6-04560555A CyprusLeeds - Glasgow passengerD15dn Thames-Clyde
4562167A Northern Rhodesia
up Waverley
4571812A DreadnoughtHellified - Carlisle passenger
4572067A Indomitabledn Waverley
BR 4MT 2-6-07602224JMorecambe - Leeds7608424DBlackburn - Hellifield
Shed Codes5A Crewe North9F Heaton Mersey12A Carlisle Kingmoor12B Carlisle Upperby12E Barrow
24B Rose Grove24D Lower Darwen24F Fleetwood24G Skipton24H Hellifield24J Lancaster
24L Carnforth26A Newton Heath27A Bank Hall55A Leeds Holbeck55F Manningham56A Wakefield
63A Perth67A Corkerhill
Sunday 8 October 196124Htotal:23
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)Jubilee 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)
4205124H4270426A4556855A Western Australia4389324G4358524H
4227824H4271824D4570026A Amythyst4390824L4375624H
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)4275326Bcl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)cl 3F 0-6-0TWD 2-8-0
4243424C4286655C450935A4068524H W4766612B9028227B
4249224Hcl 4MT 2-6-04533626Acl 4F 0-6-0en route - Derby Wks.9064327B
4264824H W4311224J4427624H
Shed Codes5A Crewe North12B Carlisle Upperby24C Lostock Hall24D Lower Darwen24G Skipton
24H Hellifield24J Lancaster24L Carnforth26A Newton Heath26B Agecroft
27B Aintree55A Leeds Holbeck55C Farnley Junction

SkiptonAllocations 1961
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railwayopened:1877closed:Apr-67Sep 1935 to Apr 1950 20F
type: Two adjoining 3TS dead-ended sheds.May 1950 - Aug 1951 23ASep 1951 - Feb 1957 20F
location: South of the line, west of the station.Mar 1957 - Aug 1963 24GSep 1963 - Apr 1967 10G
AbbreviationsFb - FairburnF - FowlerH - HughesI - IvattJ - Johnson
St - StanierBR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 9 April 196124Gtotal:22
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 8F 2-8-0
4132724G4288412A4389324G4404124G4742724G4870812A
BR 2MT 2-6-2Tcl 5MT 4-6-04396024G4410524G4742824Gcl 7F 0-8-0 G2
8401524G4488312A4400724G4420812A4745424G4942824L
cl 2MT 2-6-04495812A4427724G4757724G
4645224G4549112A4428224G
4445112A
Shed Codes12A Carlisle Kingmoor24G Skipton24L Carnforth
Friday 14 April 196124Gtotal:20
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
4132724G4404124G4422024G4396024G4485355A4861212A
BR 2MT 2-6-2T4410524Gcl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)cl 3F 0-6-0T4548112A4870355B
8401524G4410755B4645224G4742724Gcl 7F 0-8-0 G2WD 2-8-0
4418112A4650124G4742824G4942824L9032426B
4419724G4757724G
Shed Codes12A Carlisle Kingmoor24G Skipton24L Carnforth26B Agecroft55A Leeds Holbeck
55B Stourton
Monday 1 May 196124Gtotal:18
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0
4132724G4389324G4410524G4436855B4572412A Warspite
cl 4MT 2-6-04396024G4419724G4446824Gcl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 8F 2-8-0
4301655F4396824G4422024Gcl 7F 0-8-0 G24742824G4808055B
4399924G4428224G4942824L4757724G4816055B
Shed Codes12A Carlisle Kingmoor24G Skipton24L Carnforth55B Stourton55F Manningham
Saturday 15 July 196124Gtotal:19
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0TJubilee 4-6-0
4132724G4283512A4404124G4742724G4571167A Courageous
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 2MT 2-6-04419724G4742824Gcl 5MT 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
4396024G4645224G4422024G4745424G4488412A4808055B
4399924G4446824G4757724G4545512A4832112A
4865255B
Shed Codes12A Carlisle Kingmoor24G Skipton55B Stourton67A Corkerhill
Main-line traffic
cl 4MT 2-6-04300724J4311324J
Leeds - Morecambe services
4301655Fex Bradford passenger4303241CSheffield - Morecambe special
B1 4-6-06106151CTeeside - Blackpool special
Jubilee 4-6-04560555A CyprusLeeds - Glasgow passenger
4562167A Northern Rhodesiaup Thames-Clyde relief Peak T4 diesels
A3 4-6-26007255Adn Thames-Clyde relief D19up T-C express
cl 5MT 4-6-07310067Aup passenger extraD25up Waverley
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)4285124Jup Morecamber - LeedsD27dn Waverley
BR 9F 2-10-09211915Cdn freightD15dn T-C express
Saturday 19 August 196124Gtotal:19
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 8F 2-8-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4132724G4396024G4404124G4742724G4810455A9216621A
BR 2MT 2-6-2T4399924G4410524G4742824G4814041D9216721A
8401524G4400724G4419724G4745424Gcl 2MT 2-6-0
4427724G4757724G4650124G
4446824G
Shed Codes21A Saltley24G Skipton41D Canklow55A Leeds Holbeck
Sunday 8 October 196124Gtotal:24
BR 2MT 2-6-2Tcl 4MT 2-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0
8401524G4303855B4565712A Tyrwhitt4404124G4445112A
8402824Gcl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 5MT 4-6-04409455B4446824G
cl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)4396024G4742724G4479012A4410524G WWD 2-8-0
4645224G4399924G4742824Gcl 8F 2-8-04422024G9016326A
4650124G4400724G4745424G4807555B4427724G9056826F
4757724G
Shed Codes12A Carlisle Kingmoor24G Skipton26A Newton Heath26F Patricroft55B Stourton
Saturday 14 October 196124Gtotal:17
BR 2MT 2-6-2Tcl 4MT 2-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0TWD 2-8-0
8401524G4303855B4396024G4404124G4742724G9056826F
8402824Gcl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)4398755B4422024G4742824G
4645224G4399924G4427724G4745424G
4650124G4400724G4757724G
Shed Codes24G Skipton26F Patricroft55B Stourton
Sunday 19 November 196124Gtotal:20
BR 2MT 2-6-2Tcl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 8F 2-8-0
8401524G4645224G4389324G4410524G4742724G4810455A
8402824G4650124G4396024G4419724G4742824GWD 2-8-0
cl 5MT 4-6-04399924G4445112A4745424G9059524J
4501812A4456724G4757724G
4533412A4457924G
Shed Codes12A Carlisle Kingmoor24G Skipton24J Lancaster55A Leeds Holbeck