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.

Saturday, 15 November 2025

Shed Profiles - Bournemouth & Weymouth in 1962

71BBournemouthAllocations 1962
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & South Western Railway opened:1888Sep 1935 - Jan 1950 BM
type:A brick-built 4TS dead-ended shed.closed:Jul-67Feb 1950 - Aug 1963 71B
location:At the west end of Bournemouth station.Sep 1963 - Jul 1967 70F
AbbreviationsBR - British RailwaysLSWR - London & South Western Railway
SECR - South East Coast Railway
Sunday 4 March 196271B4.20pm - 4.35pmtotal:44
M7 0-4-4T (LSWR)BR 4MT 2-6-0West Country 4-6-2Battle of Britain 4-6-2
3003171B7601571B3400875A Padstow3405371B Sir Keith Park
3005671B7601971B3402971B Lundy3407370A 249 Squadron
3005771B7602571B3403971B Boscastle3408870A 213 Squadron
3010571B7602671B3404071B Crewkerne3409070A Sir Eustace Missenden
3010771B7605671B3404271B DorchesterMerchant Navy 4-6-2
3010871B7606471A3404471B Woolacombe3501171B General Steam Navigation
3011171BN 2-6-0 (SECR)3404571B Ottery St. Mary3502171B New Zealand Line
3011271B3140571G3404671B Braunton3502371B Holland-Afrika Line
3037971BU 2-6-03404771B Callington3502470A East Asiatic Company
Q 0-6-03163971A3409470A Mortehoe3502771B Port Line
3053971B0-6-0 diesels3410271B LapfordBR 5MT 4-6-0
3054871BD2274D22753410571B Swanage7302271G
7308670A The Green Knight
shed codes70A Nine Elms71A Eastleigh71B Bournemouth71G Weymouth75A Brighton
Sunday 6 May 196271Btotal:44
M7 0-4-4T (LSWR)BR 4MT 2-6-0West Country 4-6-2Battle of Britain 4-6-2
3003171B7601171A3400970A Lyme Regis3405371B Sir Keith Park
3005671B7602571B3402070A SeatonMerchant Navy 4-6-2
3005771B7602671B3402171B Dartmoor3500871B Orient Line
3010571B7605671B3402971B Lundy3501171B General Steam Navigation
3010871B7605771B3403170A Torrington3502070A Bibby Line
3011171BN 2-6-0 (SECR)3403771B Clovelly3502171B New Zealand Line
3011271B3140771G3403971B Boscastle3502771B Port Line
3032871BU 2-6-03404371B Combe Martin3502870A Clan Line
3037971B3161371A3404671B BrauntonBR 5MT 4-6-0Q 0-6-0
0-6-0 diesels3162971A3404771B Callington73114*70A3053271A
D2274D22753410175A HartlandBR 4MT 4-6-03053971B
Schools V 4-4-07506871A3054171B
3090370C Charterhouse*named : Etarre3054871B
shed codes70A Nine Elms70C Guildford71A Eastleigh71B Bournemouth71G Weymouth
75A Brighton
Sunday 3 June 196271Btotal:46
M7 0-4-4T (LSWR)BR 4MT 2-6-0West Country 4-6-2Battle of Britain 4-6-2
3005671B7601571B3400970A Lyme Regis3405371B Sir Keith Park
3005771B7601971B3401870A Axminster3406470A Fighter Command
3010571B7602571B3402775A Taw ValleyMerchant Navy 4-6-2
3010771B7602671B3402871B Eddystone3500271B Union Castle
3011071B7605671B3403771B Clovelly3501171B General Steam Navigation
3011171B7606171A3403971B Boscastle3501970A French Line CGT
3032871BU 2-6-03404171B Wilton3502171B New Zealand Line
3037971B3161971A3404371B Combe Martin3502371B Holland-Afrika Line
Q 0-6-03180871A3404771B Callington3502870A Clan Line
3053971BN 2-6-0 (SECR)3409570A BrentnorModified Hall 4-6-0
3054171B3140571G3410271B Lapford697684C Graythwaite Hall
3054871B0-6-0 diesels3410371B CalstockBR 5MT 4-6-0
D2083D22757308470A Tintagel
D22747311670A Iseult
shed codes70A Nine Elms71A Eastleigh71B Bournemouth71G Weymouth75A Brighton
84C Banbury
Sunday 5 August 196271Btotal:42
M7 0-4-4T (LSWR)BR 4MT 2-6-0West Country 4-6-2Battle of Britain 4-6-2
3003171B7601571B3400170A Exeter3408571B 501 Squadron
3005771B7601971B3401671A BodminMerchant Navy 4-6-2
3010571B7602671B3402171B Dartmoor3500271B Union Castle
3010771B7602771B3403971B Boscastle3500871B Orient Line
3011071B7605572B3404171B Wilton3500972A Shaw Savill
3011171B7605671B3404471B Woolacombe3501171B General Steam Navigation
3012771B7606071A3404771B Callington3501570A Rotterdam Lloyd
3032871BU 2-6-03410571B Swanage3502171B New Zealand Line
3037971B3179571AQ 0-6-0BR 4MT 4-6-03502371B Holland-Afrika Line
0-6-0 diesels3180371A3053971B7506671ALord Nelson 4-6-0
D2275D22883054171BBR 5MT 4-6-03085771A Lord Howe
3054871B7311570A King Pellinore
shed codes70A Nine Elms71A Eastleigh71B Bournemouth72A Exmouth Junction72B Salisbury
Sunday 12 August 196271Btotal:50
M7 0-4-4T (LSWR)BR 4MT 2-6-0West Country 4-6-2Battle of Britain 4-6-2
3003171B7600671A3402171B Dartmoor3405371B Sir Keith Park
3005671B7600872B3402775A Taw Valley3406171A 73 Squadron
3005771B7601371A3403170A Torrington3406672A Spitfire
3010571B7601772B3403471A Honiton3408870A 213 Squadron
3010771B7602571B3404271B DorchesterMerchant Navy 4-6-2
3011171B7602671B3404371B Combe Martin3500271B Union Castle
3011271B7602771B3404771B Callington3501270A United States Line
3032871B7605472B3409871A Templecombe3501570A Rotterdam Lloyd
Q 0-6-07605671B3410271B Lapford3502171B New Zealand Line
3053971B7606071A3410371B Calstock3502371B Holland-Afrika Line
3054171B7606171A3410571B Swanage3503070A
3054871BU 2-6-0Schools V 4-4-0BR 5MT 4-6-0BR 4MT 4-6-0
S15 4-6-03161770A3090670C Sherborne73081*70A7506671A
3051070B3179171A* names : Excalibar, Morgan le Fay73112*70A
shed codes70A Nine Elms70B Feltham70C Guildford71A Eastleigh71B Bournemouth
72A Exmouth Junction72B Salisbury75A Brighton
Sunday 9 September 196271Btotal:42
M7 0-4-4T (LSWR)BR 4MT 2-6-0West Country 4-6-2
3003171B7601371A3400670A Bude3410371B Calstock
3005671B7601971B3400875A Padstow3410571B Swanage
3005771B7602771B3403471A HonitonBattle of Britain 4-6-2
3010571B7605771B3403971B Boscastle3405371B Sir Keith Park
3010771B7606971A3404171B Wilton3406470A Fighter Command
3011071BN 2-6-0 (SECR)3404271B Dorchester3407170A 601 Squadron
3011271B3140075A3404371B Combe Martin3408571B 501 Squadron
3032871BU 2-6-03404571B Ottery St. MaryMerchant Navy 4-6-2
3037971B3179171A3409672A Trevone3501970A French Line CGT
Q 0-6-03179371A3410175A Hartland3502171B New Zealand Line
3054171B3410271B LapfordBR 4MT 4-6-0
3054871B7506671A
shed codes70A Nine Elms71A Eastleigh71B Bournemouth72A Exmouth Junction75A Brighton

71GWeymouthAllocations 1962
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway (GWR)opened:1885prior to Jan 1950 WEY
type:A brick-built 3TS through-road shed.closed to steam:Jul-67Feb 1950 - Jan 1958 82F
location:On the east side of the line, north of the station.Feb 1958 - Aug 1963 71G
Sep 1963 - Jul 1967 70G
AbbreviationsBR - British RailwaysSECR - South East Coast Railway
Sunday 6 May 196271Gtotal:33
57xx 0-6-0PT1366 0-6-0PTHall 4-6-0West Country 4-6-2
373771G136771G595382B Dunley Hall3403871A Lynton
375971G136971G695482B Lotherton Hall3409570A Brentnor
462471G43xx 2-6-0BR 4MT 2-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-03410371B Calstock
468971G634471G7601772B7302071GBattle of Britain 4-6-2
778071G730182B7602771B7302971G3407170A 601 Squadron
879971G730371G7606571A7304171GMerchant Navy 4-6-2
962071G0-6-0 diesels7606971A7304271G3502371B Holland-Afrika Line
975671GD2292D2397Hymek T3 diesel73080*71G3502470A East Asiatic Company
D7016*named Merlin
shed codes70A Nine Elms71A Eastleigh71B Bournemouth71G Weymouth72B Salisbury
82B St. Philip's Marsh, Bristol
Friday 10 August 196271Gtotal:32
57xx 0-6-0PTBR 5MT 4-6-0Hall 4-6-0West Country 4-6-2
373771G7301771G493382D Himley Hall3400170A Exeter
778071G7302071G494882C Northwick Hall3403170A Torrington
778271G7302971G497282D Saint Bride's HallBattle of Britain 4-6-2
879971G7304271G596781A Bickmarsh Hall3404972B Anti-Aircraft Command
962071G73080*71GGrange 4-6-03407770A 603 Squadron
975671G73112*70A684282B Nunhold Grange3408870A 213 Squadron
0-6-0 dieselsBR 4MT 2-6-0Lord Nelson 4-6-0Merchant Navy 4-6-2
D2295D23987601071A3086271A Lord Collingwood3500170A Channel Packet
D2397N 2-6-0 (SECR)Hymek T3 diesel3501870A British India Line
*Nmaed : Merlin, Morgan Le Fay3140771GD70093502272A Holland- America Line
shed codes70A Nine Elms71A Eastleigh71G Weymouth72A Exmouth Junction72B Salisbury
81A Old Oak Common82B St. Philip's Marsh82C Swindon82D Westbury


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