Ardrossan 1938 - 1964

Ardrossan
Pre Grouping Ownership - Glasgow and South West Railway							opened:	1895	Sep 1935 - Dec 1948		30C
type:	A brick-built 4TS through-road shed.						closed:	Feb-65	Jan 1949 - Feb 1965		67D
location:	In a triangle of lines formed by the Glasgow to Largs lines.
Abbreviations		Dr - Drummond		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		M - Macintosh
Pick - Pickersgill		BR - British Railways			CR - Caledonian Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
LMS - London, Midland & Scottish Railway				NBR - North British Railway			St - Stanier		WD - War Department
Sunday 24 July 1938						30C				total:	33
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)				cl 2P 4-4-0 (M)		cl 4P 4-6-0 (Pick)		cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)
578	606	624	650	14330	14344	14642		16259	16282	17269	17348
579	607	625	667	14331		cl 4F 0-6-0		16279		17274	17356
595	608	626	668	cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)		4330		0-6-0 diesels		17276	17359
596	609			14467		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)		7107	7108	17304
						17590
Sunday 7 July 1946						30C				total:	32
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)				cl 4P 2-6-4T (St)		cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
578	30C	625	30C	2472	30C	16259	30C	17263	30C	17577	30C
606	30C	626	30C	2473	30C	16282	30C	17274	30C	17579	30C
608	30C	667	30C	2474	30C	16311	30C	17276	30C	17590	30C
609	30C	668	30C	2475	30C	16364	30C	17282	30C	17625	30C
615	30A	669	30C					17304	30C	17627	30C
624	30C							17335	30C
								17355	30C
shed codes		30A Corkerhill		30C Ardrossan				17356	30C
Sunday 14 August 1949						67D				total:	36
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)				cl 4P 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
40578	67D	40626	67D	42196	67A	44969	66B	57263	67D	57577	67D
40579	67D	40637	67A	42209	67D	45084	68A	57272	66B	57590	67D
40606	67D	40641	67A	42210	67D	cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		57282	67D	57602	68B
40607	67D	40642	67A	cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F)		56259	67D	57348	67D	57627	67D
40608	67D	40651	67A	42909	68B	56311	67D	57355	67D	57673	67D
40609	67D	40668	67D	K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		56364	67D	57357	67D
40617	67B	40669	67D	61990	STM	shed codes		66B Motherwell		67A Corkerhill
40624	67D	67B Hurlford		67D Ardrossan		68A Carlisle Kingmoor		68B Dumfries		STM St. Margarets
Allocation September 1950 (35)				cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		CR	8	cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)		CR	6
cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		CR	5	cl 4P 2-6-4T (Fb)		LMS	4	cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)		LMS	12
Sunday 17 June 1951						67D				total:	36
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)				cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
40579	67D	40609	67D	42122	67A	56259	67D	57263	67D	57575	67A
40599	67A	40624	67D	42192	67A	56274	67C	57274	67D	57577	67D
40606	67D	40625	67D	42209	67D	56282	67D	57276	67D	57579	67D
40607	67D	40626	67D	42210	67D	56311	67D	57282	67D	57590	67D
40608	67D	40669	67D	42211	67D	56364	67D	57348	67D	57627	67D
				42212	67D			57355	67D	57669	67D
								57356	67D	57673	67D
shed codes		67A Corkerhill		67C Ayr		67D Ardrossan		57357	67D
Sunday 20 July 1952						67D				total:	33
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)				cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
40578	67D	40609	67D	42131	67C	42742	67D	57263	67D	57577	67D
40579	67D	40624	67D	42190	67A	42749	68C	57274	67D	57590	67D
40604	67A	40626	67D	42209	67D	42911	67D	57276	67D	57627	67D
40606	67D	40663	67B	42210	67D	cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		57282	67D	57669	67D
40607	67D	40667	67D	42211	67D	56259	67D	57348	67D	57673	67D
40608	67D	40668	67D	42212	67D	56279	67D	57348	67D	BR 4MT 2-6-4T
shed codes		40669	67D	42238	66A	56282	67D	57355	67D	80022	66A
66A Polmadie		67A Corkerhill		67B Hurlford		56311	67D	57356	67D	80030	67A
67C Ayr		67D Ardrossan		68C Stranraer		56364	67D
Sunday 24 June 1956						67D				total:	36
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)				cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
40578	67D	40624	67D	42191	67A	56279	67D	57263	67D	57577	67D
40579	67D	40625	67D	42209	67D	56282	67D	57266	67D	57627	67D
40606	67D	40626	67D	42210	67D	56311	67D	57274	67D	57669	67D
40607	67A	40638	67C	42212	67D	56364	67D	57348	67D	57673	67D
40608	67D	40666	67D	42697	67D	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		57355	67D
40609	67D	40667	67D			42806	67D	57356	67D
		40669	67D			42911	67D	57357	67D
						42917	67C
shed codes		67A Corkerhill		67C Ayr		67D Ardrossan
Sunday 25 May 1958						67D				total:	36
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)				cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)				cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
40578	67D	40625	67D	42209	67D	57254	67D	57356	67D	57566	67D
40579	67D	40626	67D	42210	67D	57263	67D	57357	67D	57579	67D
40606	67D	40638	67C	42211	67D	57266	67D	cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		57590	67D
40607	67A	40666	67D	42212	67D	57274	67D	56259	67D	57627	67D
40608	67D	40668	67D	42697	67D	57309	67D	56279	67D	57673	67D
40609	67D	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 4F 0-6-0		57348	67D	56282	67D
		42742	67D	44159	67D	57355	67D	56311	67D
shed codes		67A Corkerhill		67C Ayr		67D Ardrossan
Allocation March 1959 (42)				cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		CR	9	cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)		CR	6
cl 4F 0-6-0		LMS	1	cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		CR	2	cl 4P 2-6-4T (Fb)		LMS	6
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)		LMS	12	cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F)		LMS	4	cl 5MT 4-6-0		LMS	2
Sunday 23 August 1959						67D				total:	35
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)				cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)				cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
40578	67D	40669	67D	42742	67D	57254	67D	57355	67D	57566	67D
40579	67D	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		42806	67D	57263	67D	57356	67D	57579	67D
40624	67D	42209	67D	42911	67D	57266	67D	57357	67D	57590	67D
40625	67D	42210	67D	42912	67D	57274	67D	cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		57627	67D
40638	67C	42211	67D	cl 4F 0-6-0		57309	67D	56259	67D	57669	67D
40667	67D	42212	67D	44159	67D	57348	67D	56364	67D	57673	67D
40668	67D							56372	67C
shed codes		67C Ayr		67D Ardrossan
Saturday 19 August 1961						67D				total:	34
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
40578	67D	42124	67D	45167	67D	56232	67D	57254	67D	57566	67D
40579	67D W	42190	67A	45251	67D	56282	67D	57263	67D	57579	67D
40624	67D W	42193	67D	45490	67D	BR 4MT 2-6-4T		57266	67D	57590	67D
40625	67D	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		WD 2-8-0		80028	67D	57274	67D	57669	67D
40668	67D	42911	67D	90505	67D	80029	67D	57348	67D	57673	67D
40669	67D		Jubilee 4-6-0					57355	67D	0-6-0 diesels
			45665	67A Lord Rutherford of Nelson				57356	67D W	D3928	D3929
shed codes		67A Corkerhill		67C Ayr		67D Ardrossan		57357	67D
Sunday 24 June 1962						67D				total:	52
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 5MT 4-6-0				cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
40578	67D W	42123	67D	44706	67A	45463	67D	57254	67D	57566	67D
40625	67D W	42190	67A	44977	67D	45470	67D	57263	67D W	57579	67D W
40668	67D W	42191	67D	45167	67D	45490	67D	57266	67D	57590	67D
40669	67D W	42193	67D	45251	67D	45497	67D	57274	67D W	57594	67D
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		42194	67D	45384	67D	cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		57309	67D	57627	67D
42740	67D	42203	67D	45456	67D	56232	67D W	57348	67D	57669	67D W
42806	67D	BR 4MT 2-6-0		45457	67D	56282	67D W	57355	67D	57673	67D W
		76090	66B	WD 2-8-0		J36 0-6-0 (GNR)		57357	67D W	cl 4F 0-6-0
Clan 4-6-2				90463	67D	65214	67D	B1 4-6-0		44322	66B
72006	12A Clan Mackenzie			90505	67D W	65273	67D	61262	62B	0-6-0 diesels
										D3926	D3928
shed codes		12A Carlisle Kingmoor		62B Dundee Tay Br.		66A Polmadie				D3927	D3929
		67A Corkerhill		66B Motherwell		67D Ardrossan
Sunday 9 June 1963					67D					total:	35
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
40578	67D W	42123	67D	44700	66E	56232	67D W	57309	67D	57566	67D
40625	67D W	42190	67A	45167	67D	J36 0-6-0 (NBR)		57336	67D	57590	67D
40668	67D W	42191	67D W	45456	67D	65214	67D	57348	67D W	57594	67D W
40669	67D W	42193	67D W	45457	67D	65273	67D			57627	67D
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		BR 4MT 2-6-4T		45463	67D	0-6-0 diesels				WD 2-8-0
42740	67D	80047	67A	45467	67A	D3007	D3929			90463	67D
42806	67D	80049	67A	45479	67D	D3928				90505	67D W
42911	67D			shed codes		66E Carstairs		67A Corkerhill		67D Ardrossan
Saturday 8 August 1964					67D					total:	25
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 5MT 4-6-0				BR 4MT 2-6-0		cl 2MT 2-6-0		0-4-0 diesels
42190	67A W	44974	67D	45479	67D W	76001	67D	46413	67B	D2436	D2437
BR 4MT 2-6-4T		45007	67B W	45490	67B	76093	67A	46435	67B W	0-6-0 diesels
80005	67A	45124	67B	cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)		76095	67A R	46482	67D	D2574	D3007
80030	67A W	45167	67D	57566	67D W	76097	67C W	46498	67D
80049	67A W	45365	67D			76099	67D R			W - withdrawn
R - signifies that the loco was reinstated. In this case both 76095 and 76099 were transferred to Saltley in early September 1964.
shed codes		67A Corkerhill		67B Hurlford		67C Ayr		67D Ardrossan
Ardrossan shed closed to steam on 15th February 1965.

Updated and revised - December 2021.