Huddersfield Hillhouse | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway | opened: | 1882 | 1935 - Aug 1956 | 25B | |||||||
type: | A stone-built 6TS shed and a smaller stone-built 2TS extension. | closed: | Jan-67 | Sep 1957 - Jan 1967 | 55G | ||||||
location: | West of the line, north of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | A - Aspinall | D - Deeley | F - Fowler | Fb - Fairburn | H - Hughes | ||||||
I - Ivatt | J - Johnson | St - Stanier | BR - British Railways | MR - Midland Railway | WD - War Department | ||||||
LMS - London, Midland & Scottish Railway | LNW - London & North Western Railway | L&Y - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway | |||||||||
Sunday 27 November 1938 | 25B | total: | 34 | ||||||||
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | cl 3P 2-6-2T (St) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | ||||||
10822 | 10890 | 149 | 162 | 2711 | 2864 | 12182 | 11408 | 11447 | 9004 | 9124 | |
cl 3P 2-4-2T (A/H) | 160 | 164 | 2860 | 2865 | cl 3F 0-6-0 (H) | 11421 | 9005 | 9126 | |||
10942 | 10946 | 161 | 2863 | 12568 | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | 9007 | 9360 | ||||
10943 | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 6F 0-8-0 G1 | 9668 | 9018 | 9387 | ||||||
5005 | 5060 | 9006 | 9125 | 9121 | |||||||
Sunday 15 March 1942 | 25B | 1.15pm - 1.30pm | total: | 27 | |||||||
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | cl 3P 2-4-2T (A/H) | cl 3P 2-6-2T (St) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | ||||||
10693 | 10777 | 10934 | 10942 | 196 | 2862 | 9520 | 9018 | 9360 | |||
10712 | 10852 | cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | cl 4P 2-6-4T (St) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | 9055 | 9387 | ||||
10717 | 10855 | 11408 | 11447 | 2640 | 5061 | 5238 | 12095 | 12182 | 9123 | ||
10735 | 10886 | 5225 | 12126 | ||||||||
Allocation December 1945 (33) | cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | L&Y | 5 | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | L&Y | 4 | |||||
cl 3F 0-6-0 (H) | L&Y | 2 | cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | L&Y | 3 | cl 3P 2-6-2T (St) | LMS | 3 | |||
cl 4P 2-6-4T (F) | LMS | 1 | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | LNW | 8 | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | LMS | 3 | |||
cl 5MT 4-6-0 | LMS | 4 | |||||||||
Sunday 15 September 1946 | 25B | total: | 32 | ||||||||
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | cl 3P 2-6-2T (St) | cl 4P 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | ||||||
10717 | 25B | 195 | 25B | 2381 | 25B | 2861 | 25B | 12182 | 25B | 9087 | 25B |
10777 | 25B | 196 | 25B | 2408 | 25B | 2862 | 25B | 12272 | 25B | 9121 | 25B |
10852 | 25B | 197 | 25B | 2410 | 25B | 2863 | 25B | 12515 | 25B | 9122 | 25B |
cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | 2411 | 25B | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0 (H) | 9123 | 25B | |||||
11408 | 25B | 2412 | 25B | 5061 | 25B | 12538 | 25B | 9126 | 25B | ||
11447 | 25B | 2414 | 25B | 5237 | 25B | 12568 | 25B | 9329 | 25B | ||
11524 | 25B | 12587 | 25E | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 25B Huddersfield | 25E Sowerby Bridge | |||||||||
Sunday 25 May 1947 | 25B | total: | 30 | ||||||||
cl 4P 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | cl 8F 2-8-0 | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | ||||||
2310 | 25B | 2828 | 25F | 5061 | 25B | 12182 | 25B | 8458 | 25B | 9536 | 25B |
2312 | 25B | 2861 | 25B | 5099 | 25B | 12272 | 25B | 8463 | 25B | 9544 | 25B |
2408 | 25B | 5200 | 25B | 12351 | 25B | cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | 9563 | 25B | |||
2410 | 25B | 5215 | 25B | 12381 | 25B | 11408 | 25B | 9572 | 25B | ||
2411 | 25B | 5237 | 25B | 12515 | 25B | 11524 | 25B | 9583 | 25B | ||
2413 | 25B | 5367 | 25B | cl 3F 0-6-0 (H) | |||||||
2414 | 25B | 12568 | 25B | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 25B Huddersfield | 25F Low Moor | |||||||||
Sunday 8 February 1948 | 25B | total: | 27 | ||||||||
cl 4P 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 8F 2-8-0 | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | |||||||
2310 | 25B | 2411 | 25B | 2733 | 25B | 5215 | 25B | 8455 | 25B | 9381 | 25B |
2311 | 25B | 2412 | 25B | 2863 | 25B | 5237 | 25B | 8737 | 25B | 9387 | 25B |
2312 | 25B | 2413 | 25B | 2866 | 25B | 5420 | 10C | cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | ||
2384 | 25B | 2414 | 25B | cl 3F 0-6-0 (A) | 11408 | 25B | 9501 | 25B | |||
2410 | 25B | 12099 | 25E | 11447 | 25B | 9544 | 25B | ||||
12464 | 26F | 11524 | 25B | 9563 | 25B | ||||||
Shed Codes | 10C Patricroft | 25B Huddersfield | 25E Sowerby Bridge | 26F Lees, Oldham | |||||||
Sunday 12 March 1950 | 25B | total: | 37 | ||||||||
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | ||||||||
50731 | 25B | 42310 | 25B | 42413 | 25B | 44780 | 25B | 49501 | 25B W | 49634 | 25B |
10736 | 25B | 42311 | 25B | 42414 | 25B | 44948 | 25B | 49536 | 25B | 49635 | 25B |
10799 | 25B | 42312 | 25B | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | 45237 | 25B | 49544 | 25B | 49638 | 25B | |
10887 | 25B | 42408 | 25B | 42861 | 25B | 45238 | 25B | 49580 | 25B | WD 2-8-0 | |
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | 42409 | 25B | 42862 | 25B | cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | 49583 | 25B | 90680 | 25B | ||
42639 | 25B | 42411 | 25B | 42863 | 25B | 51408 | 25B | 49596 | 25B W | 90694 | 25B |
42412 | 25B | 2866 | 25B | 51524 | 25B | 49631 | 25B | 90723 | 25D | ||
Shed Codes | 25B Huddersfield | 25D Mirfield | |||||||||
Allocation September 1950 (42) | cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | L&Y | 4 | cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | L&Y | 2 | |||||
cl 7F 0-8-0 (F) | LMS | 1 | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | LMS | 5 | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | LMS | 8 | |||
Jubilee 4-6-0 | LMS | 1 | WD 2-8-0 | WD | 11 | ||||||
Sunday 18 March 1951 | 25B | total: | 28 | ||||||||
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||||
50731 | 25B | 42310 | 25B | 42413 | 25B | 44948 | 25B | 90181 | 25B | 90527 | 25B |
50735 | 25B | 42311 | 25B | 42414 | 25B | 44949 | 25B | 90308 | 25B | 90619 | 25B |
50736 | 25B | 42312 | 25B | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | 45215 | 25B | 90332 | 25B | 90694 | 25B | |
cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | 42384 | 25B | 42861 | 25B | 45222 | 25B | 90345 | 25B | |||
51408 | 25B | 42409 | 25B | 42862 | 25B | 45237 | 25B | 90347 | 25B | ||
42410 | 25B | 42866 | 25B | ||||||||
Sunday 20 July 1952 | 25B | total: | 27 | ||||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||||
42310 | 25B | 42413 | 25B | 42845 | 25B | 44780 | 25B | 90332 | 25B | 90655 | 25B |
42312 | 25B | 42414 | 25B | 42861 | 25B | 45218 | 25B | 90347 | 25B | 90680 | 25B |
42408 | 25B | cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | 42863 | 25B | 45222 | 25B | 90527 | 25B | 90694 | 25B | |
42409 | 25B | 51408 | 25B | 42866 | 25B | 45340 | 25B | 90619 | 25B | ||
42410 | 25B | 51524 | 25B | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St) | cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | ||||||
42412 | 25B | 42978 | 5B | 50859 | 25B | ||||||
Shed Codes | 5B Crewe South | 25B Huddersfield | |||||||||
Sunday 12 April 1953 | 25B | total: | 25 | ||||||||
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||
50859 | 25B | 42311 | 25B | 42845 | 25B | 44780 | 25B | 51408 | 25B | 90100 | 50A |
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I) | 42312 | 25B | 42862 | 25B | 45215 | 25B | 51524 | 25B | 90325 | 25B | |
41257 | 25G | 42409 | 25B | 42863 | 25B | 45222 | 25B | 90332 | 25B | ||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | 42410 | 25B | 42866 | 25B | 45237 | 25B | 90619 | 25B | |||
42116 | 25F | 42414 | 25B | 42925 | 9A | 90655 | 25B | ||||
90694 | 25B | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 9A Longsight | 25B Huddersfield | 25G Farnley Junction | 50A York | |||||||
Sunday 3 April 1955 | 25B | total: | 28 | ||||||||
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW) | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||
50725 | 25B | 42310 | 25B | 42777 | 5B | 44780 | 25B | 51408 | 25B | 90325 | 25B |
50831 | 25B | 42311 | 25B | 42861 | 25B | 44949 | 25B | 51524 | 25B | 90332 | 25B |
50865 | 25B | 42312 | 25B | 42862 | 25B | 45182 | 10C | 90345 | 25B | ||
42384 | 25B | 42863 | 25B | 45222 | 25B | 90347 | 25B | ||||
42409 | 25B | 42866 | 25B | 90619 | 25B | ||||||
42410 | 25B | 90621 | 25B | ||||||||
42414 | 25B | 90655 | 25B | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 5B Crewe South | 10C Patricroft | 25B Huddersfield | ||||||||
Sunday 1 July 1956 | 25B | total: | 28 | ||||||||
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||||
50725 | 25B | 42312 | 25B | 42412 | 25B | 44780 | 25B | 90249 | 25B | 90621 | 25B |
50865 | 25B | 42384 | 25B | 42413 | 25B | 44845 | 26A | 90265 | 25B | 90624 | 25B |
cl 3F 0-6-0T | 42408 | 25B | 45215 | 25B | 90325 | 25B | 90655 | 25B | |||
47403 | 25B | 42409 | 25B | 45222 | 25B | 90345 | 25B | 90680 | 25B | ||
47556 | 25B | 42410 | 25B | 45237 | 25B | 90347 | 25B | 90694 | 25B | ||
45333 | 8E | 90619 | 25B | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 8E Brunswick | 25B Huddersfield | 26A Newton Heath | ||||||||
Sunday 28 April 1957 | 55G | total: | 21 | ||||||||
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | WD 2-8-0 | |||||||
50725 | 55G | 42384 | 55G | 42861 | 55G | 45209 | 24B | 90249 | 55G | 90666 | 55C |
50865 | 55G | 42409 | 55G | 45222 | 55G | 90265 | 55G | 90680 | 55G | ||
cl 3F 0-6-0T | 42410 | 55G | 45237 | 55G | 90619 | 55G | 90694 | 55G | |||
47403 | 55G | 42412 | 55G | 45340 | 55G | 90621 | 55G | ||||
47556 | 55G | 42413 | 55G | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 24B Rose Grove | 55C Farnley Junction | 55G Huddersfield | ||||||||
Sunday 9 March 1958 | 55G | total: | 27 | ||||||||
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||||
50725 | 55G | 42310 | 55G | 42412 | 55G | 44948 | 24B | 90243 | 55G | 90619 | 55G |
50865 | 55G | 42312 | 55G | 42413 | 55G | 45222 | 55G | 90249 | 55G | 90624 | 55G |
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb) | 42384 | 55G | 42414 | 55G | 45339 | 55G | 90265 | 55G | 90680 | 55G | |
42072 | 55G | 42409 | 55G | cl 4MT 2-6-0 | 0-6-0 diesels | 90325 | 55G | 90694 | 55G | ||
42410 | 55G | 43101 | 56F | D2262 | D3375 | 90347 | 55G | ||||
D2263 | |||||||||||
Shed Codes | 24B Rose Grove | 55G Huddersfield | 56F Low Moor | ||||||||
Allocation March 1959 (26) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | LMS | 10 | BR 5MT 4-6-0 | BR | 5 | |||||
WD 2-8-0 | WD | 11 | |||||||||
Sunday 23 August 1959 | 55G | total: | 29 | ||||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | BR 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 8F 2-8-0 | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||||
42312 | 55G | 42413 | 55G | 73162 | 55G | 48513 | 8A | 90249 | 55G | 90619 | 55G |
42384 | 55G | 42414 | 55G | 73165 | 55G | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | 90300 | 56D | 90621 | 55G | |
42408 | 55G | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | 73169 | 55A | 49147 | 26F | 90325 | 55G | 90624 | 55G | |
42409 | 55G | 44758 | 8F | J39 0-6-0 | BR 9F 2-10-0 | 90332 | 55G | 90649 | 55G | ||
42412 | 55G | 44948 | 24B | 64886 | 56F | 92162 | 26A | 90345 | 55G | 90680 | 55G |
45449 | 8F | 90347 | 55G | 90694 | 55G | ||||||
Shed Codes | 8F Springs Branch | 24B Rose Grove | 26A Newton Heath | 26F Patricroft | 55A Leeds Holbeck | ||||||
55G Huddersfield | 56D Mirfield | 56F Low Moor | |||||||||
Sunday 7 May 1961 | 55G | 11.10am - 11.25am | total: | 24 | |||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | BR 5MT 4-6-0 | WD 2-8-0 | |||||||
42310 | 55G | 42766 | 55C | 44680 | 5A | 73162 | 55G | 90308 | 55G | 90621 | 55G |
42384 | 55G | 45037 | 1E | 73164 | 55G | 90325 | 55G | 90624 | 55G | ||
42412 | 55G | 0-6-0 diesels | 73165 | 55G | 90332 | 55G | 90666 | 55G | |||
D2262 | D3458 | 90334 | 55C | 90680 | 55G | ||||||
D3375 | 90347 | 55G | 90694 | 55G | |||||||
Shed Codes | 1E Bletchley | 5A Crewe North | 55C Farnley Junction | 90619 | 55G | 90699 | 55C | ||||
Sunday 18 March 1962 | 55G | total: | 22 | ||||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | BR 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 8F 2-8-0 | WD 2-8-0 | |||||||
42310 | 55G | 44774 | 17A | 73163 | 55G | 48175 | 6B | 90325 | 55G | 90621 | 55G |
42317 | 55G | 45311 | 5A | 73164 | 55G | 0-6-0 diesels | 90345 | 55G | 90680 | 55G | |
42384 | 55G | 73165 | 55G | D2262 | D2266 | 90591 | 55G | 90694 | 55G | ||
42410 | 55G | 73166 | 55G | 90619 | 55G | 90698 | 56D | ||||
42413 | 55G | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 5A Crewe North | 6B Mold Junction | 17A Derby | 55G Huddersfield | 56D Mirfield | ||||||
Sunday 28 April 1963 | 55G | total: | 24 | ||||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | BR 5MT 4-6-0 | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||||
42310 | 55G | 42410 | 55G | 44761 | 5A | 73163 | 55G | 90325 | 55G | 90624 | 55G |
42317 | 55G | 42413 | 55G | 44942 | 21D | 73164 | 55G | 90345 | 55G | 90649 | 55G |
42384 | 55G | 0-6-0 diesels | 73165 | 55G | 90588 | 55G | 90655 | 56D | |||
42408 | 55G | D2263 | D3381 | 90619 | 55G | 90680 | 55G | ||||
D2266 | 90621 | 55G | 90694 | 55G | |||||||
Shed Codes | 5A Crewe North | 21D Aston | 55G Huddersfield | 56D Mirfield | |||||||
Sunday 10 May 1964 | 55G | 12.35pm - 12.50pm | total: | 17 | |||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | WD 2-8-0 | 0-6-0 diesels | |||||||
42073 | 56C | 42317 | 55G | 45004 | 6G | 90325 | 55G | 90621 | 55G | D2262 | D3941 |
42408 | 55G W | 45038 | 2J | 90332 | 55G | 90649 | 55G | ||||
42413 | 55G | BR 5MT 4-6-0 | 90347 | 55G | 90680 | 55G | |||||
73165 | 55G | 90619 | 55G | 90694 | 55G | ||||||
Shed Codes | 2J Aston | 6G Llandudno Jct. | 55G Huddersfield | 56C Leeds Copley Hill | |||||||
Allocation April 1965 (12) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb) | LMS | 1 | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | LMS | 2 | |||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | LMS | 1 | WD 2-8-0 | WD | 8 | ||||||
Sunday 16 May 1965 | 55G | total: | 12 | ||||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | WD 2-8-0 | 0-6-0 diesels | |||||||
42052 | 55A | 42317 | 55G | 42618 | 55G | 90325 | 55G | 90362 | 55G | D2249 | D2410 |
42141 | 55G | 90332 | 55G | 90686 | 8F W | D2262 | |||||
90342 | 56A | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 8F Springs Branch | 55A Leeda Holbeck | 55G Huddersfield | 56A Wakefield | |||||||
Sunday 12 September 1965 | 55G | total: | 16 | ||||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | WD 2-8-0 | EE T4 diesel | |||||||
42141 | 55G | 42317 | 55G W | 42618 | 55G W | 90325 | 55G W | 90619 | 55G | D305 | |
42689 | 55G | 42394 | 55A | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | 90332 | 55G | 90680 | 55G | 0-6-0 diesel | ||
42410 | 55G | 44932 | 16B | 90362 | 55G | cl 8F 2-8-0 | D2323 | ||||
W - withdrawn | 90409 | 56A | 48701 | 9F | |||||||
Shed Codes | 9F Heaton Mersey | 16B Annesley | 55A Leeda Holbeck | 55G Huddersfield | 56A Wakefield | ||||||
Sunday 3 April 1966 | 55G | total: | 14 | ||||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 8F 2-8-0 | WD 2-8-0 | cl 9F 2-10-0 | ||||||
42052 | 55A | 42410 | 55G | 44714 | 5D | 48373 | 9B | 90332 | 55G | 92165 | 8H |
42141 | 55G | 44934 | 9D | 48512 | 8A | 90362 | 55G | 0-6-0 diesels | |||
90680 | 55G | D2095 | D2324 | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 5D Stoke-on-Trent | 8A Edge Hill | 8H Birkenhead | 90684 | 56A | ||||||
9B Stockport | 9D Newton Heath | 55A Leeda Holbeck | 55G Huddersfield | 56A Wakefield | |||||||
Sunday 2 October 1966 | |||||||||||
55G | total: | 7 | |||||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | WD 2-8-0 | cl 8F 2-8-0 | |||||||||
42410 | 55G W | 90362 | 55G | 48549 | 9B | ||||||
cl 5MT 4-6-0 | 90649 | 55G | cl 9F 2-10-0 | Shed Codes | 8A Edge Hill | 8H Birkenhead | |||||
44773 | 8A | 90694 | 55G | 92092 | 8H | 9B Stockport | 55G Huddersfield | ||||
Huddersfield shed closed on 2nd January 1967. |
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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