| 40E Allocation 1962 | Jan-62 | Feb-62 | Mar-62 | Apr-62 | May-62 | Jun-62 | Jul-62 | Aug-62 | Sep-62 | Oct-62 | Nov-62 | Dec-62 | |
| Colwick | |||||||||||||
| 43032 | cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 43060 | cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I) | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 43145 | cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I) | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 43152 | cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 43154 | cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I) | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 43155 | cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 43156 | cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 43160 | cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 43161 | cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61000 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Springbok | |||||||||||||
| 61088 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61092 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61141 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61142 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61160 | B1 4-6-0 | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40A | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61163 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 61175 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61177 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61188 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61209 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 61227 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61232 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61247 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Lord Burghley | |||||||||||||
| 61264 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61281 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61285 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61299 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61336 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61361 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61390 | B1 4-6-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 61821 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40B | 40B | W | W | W | W |
| 61826 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 61827 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 61831 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 61837 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 61870 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 61873 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 61877 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W |
| 61896 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 61905 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40A | 40A | 40A | W | W | W |
| 61907 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 61914 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W |
| 61943 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 61944 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 61947 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W |
| 61957 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 61966 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 61977 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 61982 | K3 2-6-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 63585 | O4/1 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63587 | O4/1 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 63589 | O1 2-8-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63592 | O1 2-8-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63594 | O1 2-8-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63607 | O4/1 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63615 | O4/7 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63616 | O4/7 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 63639 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63644 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63651 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63652 | O1 2-8-0 (GNR) | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63657 | O4/3 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 63663 | O1 2-8-0 (GNR) | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 41H | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63674 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63675 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63692 | O4/1 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63707 | O4/1 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63738 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63750 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63754 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63768 | O1 2-8-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63770 | O4/7 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63816 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63819 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63837 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 63859 | O4/3 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63863 | O1 2-8-0 (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63873 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63878 | O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 63900 | O4/3 2-8-0 (GCR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 67741 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67743 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 67744 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67745 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67746 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W |
| 67747 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 67749 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67751 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 67756 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 67767 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67770 | L1 2-6-4T | 34A | 34A | 34A | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67773 | L1 2-6-4T | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 40E | W |
| 67776 | L1 2-6-4T | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 40E | W |
| 67779 | L1 2-6-4T | 34A | 34A | 34A | 34A | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67780 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67783 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67784 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W |
| 67785 | L1 2-6-4T | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 40E | W |
| 67786 | L1 2-6-4T | 34A | 34A | 34A | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67787 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67788 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 67791 | L1 2-6-4T | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 40E | W |
| 67792 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67793 | L1 2-6-4T | 34A | 34A | 34A | 34A | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 67797 | L1 2-6-4T | 34A | 34A | 34A | 34A | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W |
| 67798 | L1 2-6-4T | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 34F | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 67799 | L1 2-6-4T | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 67800 | L1 2-6-4T | 34A | 34A | 34A | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 68009 | J94 0-6-0ST | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W |
| 68018 | J94 0-6-0ST | 40F | 40F | 40F | 40F | 40F | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W | W |
| 68067 | J94 0-6-0ST | 36E | 36E | 36E | 36E | 36E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 41J | 41J | 41J |
| 68070 | J94 0-6-0ST | 40F | 40F | 40F | 40F | 40F | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 41F |
| 68074 | J94 0-6-0ST | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W |
| 68075 | J94 0-6-0ST | 36E | 36E | 36E | 36E | 36E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 68077 | J94 0-6-0ST | 40F | 40F | 40F | 40F | 40F | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W |
| 68982 | J50 0-6-0T (GNR) | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 36A | 36A | 36A | W | W | W | W |
| 90002 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90005 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90036 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90037 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90038 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90051 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90084 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90103 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90104 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90118 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90169 | WD 2-8-0 | 34E | 34E | 34E | 34E | 34E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90259 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90263 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90287 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90303 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90304 | WD 2-8-0 | 34E | 34E | 34E | 34E | 34E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90383 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90393 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90432 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90437 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90438 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90473 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B |
| 90492 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90510 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90545 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90554 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | W | W | W | W |
| 90594 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40B | 40B | 40B | 40B |
| 90629 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90634 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90674 | WD 2-8-0 | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90703 | WD 2-8-0 | 34E | 34E | 34E | 34E | 34E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| 90717 | WD 2-8-0 | 34E | 34E | 34E | 34E | 34E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E | 40E |
| Totals | 113 | 110 | 110 | 110 | 109 | 117 | 115 | 109 | 101 | 99 | 103 | 81 | |
| Abbreviations | GCR - Great Central Railway | GNR - Great Northern Railway | |||||||||||
| I - Ivatt | W - withdrawn | ||||||||||||
| Abbreviations | 34A - Kings Cross | 34E - New England | 34F - Grantham | ||||||||||
| 36A - Doncaster | 36E - Retford | 40A - Lincoln | |||||||||||
| 40B - Immingham | 40E - Colwick | 40F - Boston | |||||||||||
| 41F - Mexborough | 41H - Staveley GC | 41J - Langwith Junction | |||||||||||
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.
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