Bacup 1937 - 1953

A Stanier 4MT 2-6-4T stands at Bacup having just brought a Manchester train into the station in June 1959.  Photo: Ben Brooksbank Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0.

Bacup
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway							opened:	1882	1938-1954		26E
type:	A stone built 4TS through road shed						closed:	Oct-54
location:	On the east side of the Rochdale line, south of Bacup station
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		BW - Barton Wright		Clf - Cauliflower		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn
H - Hughes		I - Ivatt		J - Johnson		St - Stanier		Wb - Webb		Wh - Whale
LMS - London, Midland & Scottish Railway				LNW - London & North Western Railway				L&Y - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
BR - British Railway				WR - Wirral Railway				WD - War Department
Sunday 16 May 1937					26E	7.05pm - 7.10pm				total:	23
cl 3P 2-6-2T (St)		cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		cl 4P 2-6-4T (F)		cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		cl 7F 0-8-0 (H)
71	73	10721	10822	2310		11410	11511	12156	12439	12873
72	74	10737	10858			11498		12293	12440
		10766	10859					12379	12442
		10806						12424
Sunday 25 June 1939					26E					total:	18
cl 3P 2-6-2T (F)		cl 3P 2-6-2T (St)		cl 4P 2-6-4T (St)		cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)
14	26A	71	26E	2414	26A	11498	26E	12156	26E	9641	26E
15	26A	72	26E			11511	26E	12387	26A	cl 7F 0-8-0 (H)
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		73	26E					12440	26E	12959	26A
10651	26E	75	26E					12442	26E
		194	26E
		195	26E	shed codes		26A Newton Heath		26E Bacup
Allocation December 1945 (16)				cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		L&Y	2	cl 3P 2-4-2T (A/H)		L&Y	2
cl 3P 2-6-2T (St)		LMS	6	cl 2P 4-4-0		LMS	1	cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		L&Y	5
Sunday 3 February 1946					26E					total:	16
cl 3P 2-6-2T (St)		cl 2P 4-4-0		cl 5P 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		cl 3P 2-4-2T (A/H)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)
190	26E	681	26E	2711	26A	10651	26E	10835		12156	26E
192	26E					10652	26E	10925	26E	12218	24D
198	26E							10934	26E	12299	26E
199	26E							10945	24D	12442	26E
shed codes		24D Lower Darwen		26A Newton Heath		26E Bacup
Saturday 14 August 1948					26E					total:	9
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		cl 4P 2-6-4T (St)		cl 2P 4-4-0		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)
10651	26E	2650	26E	580	26E	12299	26E	12442	26E
10652	26E					12326	26E	12445	26E
						12440	26E
Sunday 21 August 1949					26E					total:	12
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		cl 4P 2-6-4T (St)		cl 3 2-6-2T (F)		cl 2P 4-4-0		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)
50651	26E	42621	26A	40013	26A	40587	26E	12279	26A
50652	26E	2649	26E			682	26E	12299	26E
		42652	26C			691	26E	12440	26E
shed codes		26A Newton Heath		26E Bacup		26C Bolton
Sunday 2 April 1950					26E					total:	10
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 2P 4-4-0		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)
50651	26E	42619	26E	M682	26E	12299	26E
50652	26E	42624	26A	691	26E	12440	26E
		42650	26E			12443	26E
shed codes		26A Newton Heath		26E Bacup
Allocation September 1950 (13)				cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		L&Y	2	cl 4P 2-6-4T (St)		LMS	5
				cl 2P 4-4-0		LMS	2	cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		L&Y	4
Sunday 20 July 1952					26E					total:	8
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)				cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)
50656	26E	42619	26E	42650	26E	52440	26E
50829	26E	42649	26E	42651	26E	52443	26E
Sunday 6 December 1953					26E					total:	10
cl 2P 2-4-2T		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)				cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)
50647	26E	42486	26A	42620	26E	52139	26C
50829	26E	42550	26A	42649	26E	52549	26E
		42619	26E	42651	26E
shed codes		26A Newton Heath		26C Bolton		26E Bacup
Bacup shed closed on 9th October, 1954

Updated and revised September 2021.