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.

9A Longsight - Allocation in 1962

9A 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
Longsight
42137cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)9A9A9A9A9A5F5F5F5F5F5F5F
42357cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)12B12B12B12B12B12B12B12B12B9A9A9A
42425cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A
42578cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9AWWW
44747cl 5MT 4-6-09A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A
44748cl 5MT 4-6-09A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A
44916cl 5MT 4-6-01A1A1A1A1A6A6A6A6A9A9A9A
45256cl 5MT 4-6-08B8B8B8B8B6A6A6A6A9A9A9A
45385cl 5MT 4-6-09A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A
46115Royal Scot 4-6-09A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A
Scots Guardsman
46129Royal Scot 4-6-012B12B5A5A5A5A5A5A9A9A9A9A
The Scottish Horse
46149Royal Scot 4-6-09A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A
The Middlesex Regiment
48310cl 8F 2-8-09A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A9A
70016Britannia 4-6-212C12C12C12C9A9A9A9A5A5A5A6G
Ariel
70018Britannia 4-6-212C12C12C12C9A9A9A9A5A5A5A5A
Flying Dutchman
70019Britannia 4-6-212A12A12A12A12A9A9A9A5A5A5A5A
Lighning
70020Britannia 4-6-212A12A12A12A12A9A9A9A5A5A5A5A
Mercury
70022Britannia 4-6-212A12A12A12A12A9A9A9A21D2A2A2A
Tornado
70023Britannia 4-6-212A12A12A12A12A9A9A9A21D2A2A2A
Venus
70028Britannia 4-6-221D21D9A9A9A21D9A9A21D21D21D21D
Royal Star
70043Britannia 4-6-221D21D9A9A9A21D21D21D21D21D21D21D
Lord Kitchener
Totals991111131415159111111
AbbreviationsFb - FairburnSt - StanierBR - British Railways
W - withdrawn
Shed Codes1A - Willesden2A - Rugby5A - Crewe North
5F - Uttoxeter6A - Chester Midland6G - Llandudno Jct.
8B - Warrington9A - Longsight12A - Carlisle Kingmoor
12B - Carlisle Upperby12C - Carlisle Canal

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