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.

Friday 21 June 2013

Chester Northgate 1937 - 1959

For a long time the passenger traffic from Chester Northgate was in the hands of these Robinson built class C13 4-4-2Ts.  This one, 7413 was seen on the turntable at Northgate shed. Copyright Ben Brooksbank and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. 
Chester Northgate
Pre Grouping Ownership - Cheshire Lines Railwayopened:18741938 - Dec 1949CHR
type: A brick-built 2Ts dead-ended shed.closed:Jan-60Jan 1950 - Jan 19606D
location: In the Goods Yard on the east side of Chester Northgate station.
AbbreviationsF - FowlerI - IvattSt - StanierGCR - Great Central Railway
GNR - Great Northern RailwayNER - North Eastern RailwayBR - British Railways
Sunday 18 April 1937CHR9pm - 9.15pmtotal:9
F1 2-4-2T (GCR)C13 4-4-2T (GCR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)J10 0-6-0 (GCR)B9 4-6-0 (GCR)steam railcar
57315020545559385829610551909Waterloo
5310J62 0-6-0ST (GCR)
5882
Sunday 7 September 1941CHR8.15pm - 8.30pmtotal:15
C12 4-4-2T (GNR)C13 4-4-2T (GCR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)J10 0-6-0 (GCR)J71 0-6-0T (NER)O4 2-8-0 (GCR)
4517453850475548592951165824776519
4528577751765828
56435841
Sunday 24 June 1945CHR9.35pm - 9.45pmtotal:12
C13 4-4-2T (GCR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)J10 0-6-0 (GCR)J39 0-6-0O4 2-8-0 (GCR)
5178CHR553650765847CHR1977GOR6133
5179CHR57525081WAL5849CHR
5359CHR5797NTH
Shed CodesCHR Chester N'thgateGOR GortonNTH NorthwichWAL Walton-on-the-hill
Sunday 14 September 1947CHRtotal:10
C12 4-4-2T (GNR)C13 4-4-2T (GCR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)J10 0-6-0 (GCR)J39 0-6-0O4 2-8-0 (GCR)
7366CHR7400CHR9267WRX5149LIV4918GOR3692IMM
7413CHR9274CHR5205NTH
Shed Codes7436CHR
CHR Chester N'thgateGOR GortonIMM ImminghamLIV BrunswickNTH NorthwichWRX Wrexham
Sunday 12 September 1948CHRtotal:12
C13 4-4-2T (GCR)D10 4-4-0 (GCR)J10 0-6-0 (GCR)J39 0-6-0
E7400CHR67433WRX62651TFD Purdon Viccars5145STP64755GOR
67413CHR7436CHRN5 0-6-2T (GCR)5167CHR4823TFD
E7414CHR9274CHR5169CHR
Shed CodesCHR Chester N'thgateGOR GortonTFD Trafford ParkSTP StockportWRX Wrexham
Sunday 25 September 19496Dtotal:8
O1 2-8-0 (GNR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)J10 0-6-0 (GCR)
6377339A692746D692816D651436D651849E
Shed Codes692906E651479G651859F
6D Chester Northgate6E Wrexham9E Trafford Park9F Heaton Mersey9G Northwich39A Gorton
Allocation September 1950 (9)N5 0-6-2TGCR2C13 4-4-2TGCR5
J10 0-6-0GCR2
Sunday 27 May 19516Dtotal:13
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)O4 2-8-0 (GCR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)C13 4-4-2T (GCR)
404256D692676E692886E6370239A6432639A674006D
404306A692746D692936D6373939AJ39 0-6-0674146D
692816D6474539A
Shed Codes6A Chester Midland6D Chester Northgate6E Wrexham39A Gorton
Wednesday 4 April 19536Dtotal:11
cl 3P 2-6-2T (St)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)J39 0-6-0J10 0-6-0 (GCR)C13 4-4-2T (GCR)
401036C692746D6471839A651676D674146D674336D
693326DD10 4-4-0 (GCR)674326E674366D
693406D626529G Edwin A. Beazley
Shed Codes6C Birkenhead6D Chester Northgate6E Wrexham39A Gorton
Sunday 18 April 19546Dtotal:15
cl 2P 2-6-2T (I)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)J39 0-6-0O4 2-8-0 (GCR)C13 4-4-2T (GCR)
412166D692746D692888E6471239A6359839A674146D
412346D692816D693326D6475539ABR 2MT 2-6-2T674366D
412356DD11 4-4-0 (GCR)840036E
412396D626619E Gerard Powys Dewhurst
Shed Codes6D Chester Northgate6E Wrexham8E Brunswick9E Trafford Park39A Gorton
Sunday 4 September 19556Dtotal:13
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)cl 2P 2-6-2T (I)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)O4 2-8-0 (GCR)J10 0-6-0 (GCR)C13 4-4-2T (GCR)
405596G412156D692816E6357539A651406D674306E
BR cl 2P 2-6-2T693326D6371339A651436D674336D
840026E693428E6376639A
Shed Codes6D Chester Northgate6E Wrexham6G Llandudno Jct.8E Brunswick39A Gorton
Sunday 23 September 19566Dtotal:14
cl 2P 2-6-2T (I)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)O4 2-8-0 (GCR)J10 0-6-0 (GCR)BR cl 2MT 2-6-0
412156D412376D692906E6374339A651816D780556D
412316D413246DBR 2MT 2-6-2TJ39 0-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0780576D
412326D840016D6474539A481356D780586D
Shed Codes6D Chester Northgate6E Wrexham39A Gorton
Sunday 28 September 19586Dtotal:15
cl 3P 2-6-2T (St)cl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)cl 4P 2-6-4T (F)O4 2-8-0 (GCR)BR 2MT 2-6-0
4011084K406586A423036D635759G636499G780316D
BR 2MT 2-6-2Tcl 4P 4-4-0 (3 cyl)423086D636009G637679G780556D
840016D411646A636419G780566D
780596D
Shed Codes6A Chester Midland6D Chester Northgate84K Wrexham9G Gorton
Allocation March 1959 (11)cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)LMS1BR 2MT 2-6-2TBR1
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)LMS4BR 2MT 2-6-0BR5
Thursday 11 June 19596Dtotal:10
cl 2P 2-6-2T (I)cl 4P 2-6-4T (F)O4 2-8-0 (GCR)BR 4MT 4-6-0BR 2MT 2-6-0BR 3MT 2-6-2T
412156D423036D637439G750346A780556D8202184K
4124184H424176D780586DBR 2MT 2-6-2T
840016D
Shed Codes6A Chester Midland6D Chester Northgate84H Wellington84K Wrexham9G Gorton
Chester Northgate closed to steam on 4th January 1960 and was then used to house diesel multiple units.
Revised and updated - September 2021.
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