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.

Tuesday, 3 December 2024

Shed Profiles - Staffordshire sheds 1961

5DStoke-on-TrentAllocations 1961
Pre Grouping - North Staffordshire Railwayopened:1875Sep 1935-Aug 19675D
type: A brick-built 8TS shed and a brick-built RH.closed:Aug-67
location: On both sides of the lines, south of the station.
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesJ - JohnsonSt - Stanier
EE - English ElectricBR - British RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 28 May 19615Dtotal:59
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)Jubilee 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)
425435D456031A Solomon Islands440685D444245D427775D
425905D456691A Fisher440745D444325D427825D
426005Dcl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0T442465D4443517B427875D
426035D4484121A473305B442715D444555D428869B
426055F448715D473805D443085D444785D428885D
426095D4494024B475875D443095D445005D428915D
426655F453695A476095D443105D445365D428929B
426675Dcl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)476585D443445D445485D429245D
426705D4211426E xwWD 2-8-0443555F445935D429375D
426715D426745D9023124B443585Dcl 4F 0-6-0 (F)429389B
426725Dcl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)443935D4388516Bcl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)
423625Dxw - ex Crewe Works443955D464305D
Shed Codes1A Willesden5A Crewe North5B Crewe South5D Stoke-on-Trent5F Uttoxeter
9B Stockport16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield17B Burton-on-Trent21A Saltley24B Rose Grove26E Lees, Oldham
Sunday 27 August 19615Dtotal:57
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0
425435D427775D428875D440745D443955D4494024B
426005D427785D428885D441155D444245Dcl 3F 0-6-0T
426055F427825D428945D442465D444325D473805D
426095D427875D429205D442715D444555D475875D
426635D428549B429245D443075D444785D476095D
426655F428565D429295D443085D444995D476585D
426675D428585D429329B443105D445005DWD 2-8-0
426685Dcl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)429375D443445D445365D9069550B
426705D423235Dcl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)443555F445485D
426715D423625D464295D443935D445935D
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)423755F
426745D423925D
Shed Codes5D Stoke-on-Trent5F Uttoxeter9B Stockport24B Rose Grove50B Hull Dairycotes
Sunday 8 October 19615D4.45pm - 5.10pmtotal:68
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0
424435D427775D428875D440475D444245D447135B
425435D427785D428885D440685D444325D447145A
425905D427825D428945D440745D444555D448675D
426005D427875D429205D442465D445005D452705A
426055F428565D429295D442715D4452617B453505D
426095D428765D429375D443085D445365Dcl 3F 0-6-0T
426635D428869B429429B443095D445485D472805D
426655Fcl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)Crab 2-6-0 (St)443105D445935D473805D
426675D423155D429816C443935DWD 2-8-0475875D
426705D423585Fcl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)443955D9016427B476095D
426715D423625D464295Dcl 8F 2-8-09023656D476585D
426725D423925D464305D485208C903926C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)Jubilee 4-6-0Britannia 4-6-2
426745D4566126A Vernon700041A William Shakespeare
Shed Codes5A Crewe North5B Crewe South5D Stoke-on-Trent5F Uttoxeter6C Birkenhead
8C Speke Junction9B Stockport17B Burton-on-Trent26A Newton Heath56D Mirfield
Sunday 29 October 19615Dtotal:56
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0
421605D4277455C429295D440685D445005D447145A
426745D427785D429375D440745D445365D448675D
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)427825Dcl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)442465D4454117B448689B
425435D427875D464295D443085D445935D450455A
425935D428585D464305D443095Dcl 3F 0-6-0T450605D
426635D428765Dcl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)443105D472805D4531612B
426685D428915D423095C443445D473805D453505D
426705D428945D423155D443955D475875Dcl 8F 2-8-0
426725D429205D423235D444245D476095D481668E
429245D423755F444325D476585D4845287F
423925D444995D
Shed Codes5A Crewe North5C Stafford5D Stoke-on-Trent5F Uttoxeter8E Northwich
9B Stockport12B Carlisle Upperby17B Burton-on-Trent55C Farnley Junction87F Llanelly
Sunday 26 November 19615Dtotal:58
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0
424435D423155D427825D440685D443955D448715D
425435D423625D427875D440745D444245D449379B
425935D423755F428565D442465D444325D450035D
426035D423785D428585D442715D4443417B450605D
426635D423925D428765D443075D444555D453505D
426675Dcl 3F 0-6-0T428855D443095D444995Dcl 8F 2-8-0
426725D472805D428875D443105D445005D4819817A
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)473805D428915D443555F445365D482555B
426745D475875D428945D443935D445935D485138A
cl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)476095D429205D
464295D476585D429295D
464305D429375D
Shed Codes5B Crewe South5D Stoke-on-Trent5F Uttoxeter8A Edge Hill9B Stockport
17A Derby17B Burton-on-Trent

5CStaffordAllocations 1961
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:1852Sep 1935 - Jul 19655C
type: A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed.closed:Jul-65
location: West of the line, at the north end of the station.
AbbreviationsD - DeeleyF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesJ - Johnson
St - StanierBR - British RailwayWD - War DepartmentEE - English Electric
Sunday 28 May 19615Ctotal:27
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 3F 0-6-0TJubilee 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
423095C473105C456842A Jutland481745C490941E
423275C473595Ccl 5MT 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0483665C493575C
423895C474755C452545A440768F484492B
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)475885C4540689A4439924L484535C
425755A475905CBR 5MT 4-6-04454117B485485B
476495C7309589A486862B
476655C4876187F (en route to Crewe Works)
Shed Codes1E Bletchley2A Rugby2B Nuneaton5A Crewe North5B Crewe South
5C Stafford8F Springs Branch17B Burton-on-Trent24L Carnforth87F Llanelly89A Shrewsbury
Sunday 8 October 19615C1.10pm - 1.20pmtotal:20
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 8F 2-8-0
420695C429392B4303321A473105C476495C483665C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)Royal Scot 4-6-0473595C476655C484535C
423275C46165
8F The Ranger (12th London Regiment)
474755Ccl 7F 0-8-0 G2a487055C
423755F475885C490931E487555C
423895C475905C493575C
Shed Codes1E Bletchley2B Nuneaton5C Stafford5F Uttoxeter8F Springs Branch
21A Saltley
Sunday 29 October 19615Ctotal:20
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 8F 2-8-0
420695C427832B451285B473105C476495C480466B
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)Patriot 4-6-0473595C476655C483665C
423275C455338A Lord Rathmore474755Ccl 7F 0-8-0 G2a4861115B
423895CJubilee 4-6-0475885C493575C487295B
456842A Jutland475905C487555C
Shed Codes2A Rugby2B Nuneaton5B Crewe South5C Stafford6B Mold Junction
8A Edge Hill15B Kettering
Sunday 26 November 19615Ctotal:16
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)Crab 2-6-0 (St)Jubilee 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0T
423095C429602B4569989A Galatea473105C475905C
423275Ccl 3F 0-6-0 (J/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0473595C476675C
423895C4360817B449176B480742B474755Ccl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
484535C475885C493575C
Shed Codes2B Nuneaton5C Stafford6B Mold Junction17B Burton-on-Trent89A Shrewsbury

5FUttoxeterAllocations 1961
Pre Grouping Ownership - North Staffordshire Railwayopened:1901Sep 1935 - Dec 19645F
type: A brick-built 3TS dead-ended shedclosed:Dec-64
location: In the triangle of lines, on the north side of the station.
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesJ - JohnsonSt - Stanier
Sunday 28 May 19615Ftotal:14
cl 2P 4-4-0cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4F 0-6-0 
406535A W406605A W423155D425935D440645D W445135D W
406555A W406795A W423585F426685D440935D Wcl 7F 0-8-0 G2
W - withdrawn423785D444995D494069D
Shed Codes5A Crewe North5D Stoke-on-Trent5F Uttoxeter9D Buxton
Sunday 8 October 19615F3.40pm - 3.45pmtotal:7
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
None of the five locos allocated to Uttoxeter were present. Three were seen at Stoke and one at Stafford. 4F 44355, was at Horwich Works.
4212012E423235D425935D493919D
ex Crewe Works423785D426035D
421605D
Shed Codes5D Stoke-on-Trent9D Buxton12E Barrow
Sunday 29 October 19615Ftotal:8
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
Of the five allocated locos, 42665 was in Crewe Works and 42375 was at Stafford. 4F 44355 possibly remained at Horwich Works.
423585F425905D443596B492779D
423625D426005D
423785D426035D
Shed Codes5D Stoke-on-Trent5F Uttoxeter6B Mold Junction9D Buxton
Sunday 19 November 19615Ftotal:7
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
421605D423785D426005D445935D492819D
426095D
426705D
Shed Codes5D Stoke-on-Trent9D Buxton
Sunday 26 November 19615Ftotal:7
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 7F 0-8-0 G2
421605D423585F425905D426095D494069D
426005D426655F
Shed Codes5D Stoke-on-Trent5F Uttoxeter9D Buxton


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