Doncaster Works 1955

Doncaster Works - 1955
Doncaster Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works, known locally as ‘The Plant’, was built in 1853 for the former Great Northern Railway Co. On the amalgamation of the Railway Companies in 1923, Doncaster became one of the main workshops of the London and North Eastern Railway.
Abbreviations		BR - British Railways		GCR - Great Central Railway			GNR - Great Northern Raiway
Sunday 6 February 1955										total:	86
yards, erecting shops and paint shop
cl 4MT 2-6-0		V2 2-6-2		B1 4-6-0				A4 4-6-2
43128	52C	60896	36A	61027	34D Madoqua			60010	34A Dominion of Canada
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		60908	35A	61047	35A	61165	36B	60012	64B Comm. of Australia
61824	38A	60916	35A	61093	34D	61167	36B	60021	34A Wild Swan
61868	31B	60917	36A	61097	34D	61196	36A	60027	64B Merlin
61890	31B	60948	31B	61145	36A	61390	40B	A3 4-6-2
61905	40B	O2 2-8-0 (GNR)		B17 4-6-0				60039	35B Sandwich
61907	31B	63923	35B	61601	30A Holkham			60060	52A The Tetrarch
K1 2-6-0		63924	36E	61612	30A Houghton Hall			60080	52B Dick Turpin
62025	52C	63932	35B	61637	32B Thorpe Hall			60089	64B Felstead
62030	52C	63963	36A	61638	31B Melton Hall			A1 4-6-2
62033	31B	J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		61650	30E Grimsby Town			60155	52A Borderer
62059	51G	64195	36A	61651	30E Derby County			A2 4-6-2
BR 4MT 2-6-0		64226	37C	J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)		J50 0-6-0T (GNR)		60503	50A Lord President
76021	50C	64228	35A	68796	36A	68905	32A	60506	35A Wolf of Badenoch
C13 4-4-2T (GCR)		64238	38A	68835	36A	68906	34B	60516	52A Hycilla
67439	39B	W1 4-6-4		N1 0-6-2T (GNR)		68934	37C	new erecting shop
		60700	36A	69453	38A	68950	30A	BR 4MT 2-6-0 - under construction
				69457	38A			76045	76046	76047	76048
Scrap Road
N5 0-6-2T (GCR)		N1 0-6-2T (GNR)		J3 0-6-0 (GNR)		J5 0-6-0 (GNR)		C12 4-4-2T (GNR)		J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)
69324	39B W	69445	34B W	64140*	36E W	65480	38A W	67360	31C W	68757	34A W
69336	9E W	69454	37C W	*last of class		65486	38A W	67383	40C W	68760	35A W
N4 0-6-2T (GCR)		C13 4-4-2T (GCR)				65494	38A W	67387	32D W	68777	38A W
69233	39B W	67426	39A W							68788	38A W
										68802	34A W
Sunday 1 May 1955										total:	75
Works Yards
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		B1 4-6-0		J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		V2 2-6-2		A3 4-6-2
61813	53A	61195	40B	64183	38A	60862	34A	60048	36A Diamond Jubilee
61825	40B	61282	35A	64225	38A	60890	38E	60056	35B Centenary
61878	64A	61284	40B	B17 4-6-0				60093	68E Coronach
61965	53A	BR 4MT 2-6-0		61631	32B Serlby Hall			A1 4-6-2
K1 2-6-0		76003	66B	new erecting shop				60148	35B Aboyeur
62017	31B	J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)		BR 4MT 2-6-0 - under construction				A2 4-6-2
		68778	36A	76056 ps	76057	76058	76059	60536	64B Trimbush
Scrap Road
C12 4-4-2T (GNR)						Y3 0-4-0T (Sentinel)		N1 0-6-2T (GNR)
67350	53B W	67371	53B W	67385	53B W	68185	40B W	69431	37A W	69459	37C W
67353	53B W	67375	53B W	67389	53B W			69449	37C W	69475	37C W
67361	53B W	67382	53B W					69455	37C W
Erecting Shops & Paint Shop (ps)
cl 4MT 2-6-0		V2 2-6-2		A3 4-6-2				A4 4-6-2
43125	50C	60841	35A	60041	64B Salmon Trout			60013	34A Dom. of New Zealand
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		60875*	36A	60042	52A Singapore ps			60026	34A Miles Beavor
61805	30A	60921	36A	60070	52A Gladiateur			60033	34A Seagull
61848	40A	O2 2-8-0 (GNR)		60072	52B Sunstar			60034	34A Lord Faringdon
61865	39A	63971	36A	60084	50B Trigo			A2 4-6-2
61870	38A ps	63976	36E	60090	64B Grand Parade			60518	52A Tehran ps
61891	40B	J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)		A1 4-6-2				B1 4-6-0
61980	38B	68824	34B ps	60115	52A Meg Merrilies ps			61009	34E Hartebeeste
B17 4-6-0				60118	37B Archibald Sturrock			61124	36A	61136	34E
61640	31A Somerleyton Hall ps			60149	37B Amadis			61130	40B ps	61144	40B
61648	30A Arsenal			60151	52A Midlothian ps
61669	32B Barnsley ps			60153	50A Flamboyant
Class 4MT 2-6-0s built at Doncaster - January to June 1955					Locos scrapped at Doncaster - January to June 1955, also included the following
76045	76056	76050	76061		C13 4-4-2T (GCR)		C12 4-4-2T (GNR)		Y3 0-4-0T (Sentinel)
76054	76048	76059	76053		67426	39A W	67371	53B W	68169	40B W
76046	76057	76051	76062		67429	6E W	67375	53B W	68185	40B W
76055	76049	76060			N5 0-6-2T (GCR)		67385	53B W	N1 0-6-2T (GNR)
76047	76058	76052			69324	39B W			69441	37C W
Shed Codes		9E Trafford Park		30A Stratford		30E Colchester		31A Cambridge		31B March
31C King's Lynn		32A Norwich		32B Ipswich		32D Yarmouth South Town		34A King's Cross		34B Hornsey
34D Hitchin		34E Neasden		35A New England		35B Grantham		36A Doncaster		36B Mexborough
36E Retford		37B Leeds Copley Hill		37C Bradford		38A Colwick		38E Woodford Halse		39A Gorton
39B Sheffield Darnall		40A Lincoln		40B Immingham		40C Louth		50A York		50B Leeds Neville Hill
50C Selby		51G Haverton Hill		52A Gateshead		52B Heaton		52C Blaydon		53A Hull Dairycoates
53B Hull Botanic Gardens		64A St. Margarets		64B Haymarket		66B Motherwell		68E Carlisle Canal		6E Wrexham
Sunday 25 September 1955
Works Yards
cl 4MT 2-6-0		V2 2-6-2		B17 4-6-0				A4 4-6-2
43090	31D	60914	34A	61637	32B Thorpe Hall			60032	34A Gannet
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		B1 4-6-0		61665	32D Leicester City			A3 4-6-2
61836	40B	61390	40B	61666	30E Nottingham Forest			60076	52A Galopin
61913	39A	J6 0-6-0		61668	30E Bradford City			A1 4-6-2
61947	31B	64192	35A	A2 4-6-2				60122	37B Curlew
K1 2-6-0		64242	34B W	60534	64B Irish Elegance			Scrap Road
62011	63D	64243	36A					J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)
62051	31B	N1 0-6-2T (GNR)		new erecting shop				68769	36A W	68879	35A W
O2 2-8-0 (GNR)		69467	37C	BR 5MT 4-6-0 - under construction				68807	38A W	68884	35A W
63950	35B	J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)		73111	73112	73113	73114	68812	38A W
		68795	36A
Erecting Shops & Paint Shop (ps)
cl 4MT 2-6-0		V2 2-6-2		B17 4-6-0				A4 4-6-2
43084	35A	60828	34A	61636	31A Harlaxton Manor			60003	34A Andrew K. McCosh
43104	31D	60829	35A ps	61649	32B Sheffield United			60016	52A Silver King ps
43105	31D	60905	35A	A2 4-6-2				60020	52A Guillemot
43106	31D	K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		60505	35A Thane of Fife			60025	34A Falcon
43129	52B	61812	40A	60513	35A Dante ps			60030	34A Golden Fleece
43161	32F	61821	38A	B1 4-6-0				A3 4-6-2
K1 2-6-0		61838	40B	61031	37C Reedbuck			60035	64B Windsor Lad
62003	51A	61927	52B	61116	34E	J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		60086	50B Gainsborough
BR 4MT 2-6-0		61960	40A	61207	35A	64175	34D	60103	35B Flying Scotsman
76039	34E	61938	31B ps	61210	35A ps	64178	35B	A1 4-6-2
BR 5MT 4-6-0		61987	52B ps	61393	34A	64199	38A	60125	35B Scottish Union
new construction				O2 2-8-0 (GNR)		64200	38A ps	60137	52A Redgauntlet
73104 ps	73110 ps			63968	36A ps	64273	38A
Sunday 13 November 1955
Works Yards
cl 4MT 2-6-0		V2 2-6-2		J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		J50 0-6-0T (GNR)		A1 4-6-2
43146	32G	60854	35A	64218	38A	68877	35B	60152	64B Holyrood
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		60890	38E	64246	35A			60154	52A Bon Accord
61821	38A	B1 4-6-0		A2 4-6-2				60160	64B Auld Reekie
61958	32C	61392	35A	60518	52A Tehran			new erecting shop
BR 4MT 4-6-0		O2 2-8-0 (GNR)		B17 4-6-0				BR 5MT 4-6-0 - under construction
76040	34E	63925	36E	61664	32D Leicester City			73115	73118	73119
Scrap Road
J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)								C12 4-4-2T (GNR)		N1 0-6-2T (GNR)
68769	36A W	68796	36A W	68810	38A W	68865	36A W	67368	35C W	69439	37C W
68771	35A W	68797	35C W	68861	34A W	68868	37A W	Y1 0-4-0T (Sentinel)		69458	34B W
68787	38A W	68805	34A W	68864	34A W	68873	38A W	68133	DS stock	69463	37A W
Erecting Shops & Paint Shop (ps)
cl 4MT 2-6-0		V2 2-6-2		A2 4-6-2				A4 4-6-2
43052	35A	60832	35A ps	60503	50A Lord President ps			60012	64B Comm. of Australia
43137	65A	60915	38E ps	60520	35A Owen Tudor ps			60022	34A Mallard
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		60924	35A	60521	52A Watling Street			A3 4-6-2
61806	40B	B1 4-6-0		60529	64B Pearl Diver			60043	64B Brown Jack
61818	52B	61127	36A	60531	61B Barham ps			60049	38C Galtee More
61864	31B ps	61165	36B ps	B17 4-6-0				60096	64B Papyrus
61877	32A ps	61389	35A	61608	30A Guntin			60105	35B Victor Wild
61919	40A ps	W1 4-6-4		61625	32B Raby Castle			A1 4-6-2
61917	52D	60700	36A	61663	30A Everton			60126	52B Sir Vincent Raven
61923	53A	BR 5MT 4-6-0		J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		O2 2-8-0 (GNR)		60140	50A Balmoral
K1 2-6-0		new construction		64187	35B	63927	36E	60143	52A Sir Walter Scott ps
62052	63D	73116 ps	73117 ps	64190	40F	63957	36A	60144	35B King's Courier
Sunday 4 December 1955
Works Yards
cl 4MT 2-6-0		K1 2-6-0		B17 4-6-0				A3 4-6-2
43145	32G	62016	31B	61611	30A Raynham Hall			60110	35B Robert the Devil
BR 4MT 4-6-0		62040	31B	61657	31A Doncaster Rovers			A1 4-6-2
76041	34E	V2 2-6-2		B1 4-6-0				60128	35B Bongrace
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		60966	35B	61036	36A Ralph Assheton			60161	64B North British
61847	53A	O2 2-8-0 (GNR)		61286	31A	61390	40B	A2 4-6-2
61930	52D	63925	36E	J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		C12 4-4-2T (GNR)		60524	50A Herringbone
61962	52D	63969	36A	64218	38A	67368	35C W	new erecting shop
J50 0-6-0T (GNR)				J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)		67395	31E	BR 5MT 4-6-0 - under construction
68921	34B			68811	36A			73107	73108	73109
Scrap Road
J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)								J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		N1 0-6-2T (GNR)
68758	38A W	68805	34A W	68818	34A W	68865	36A W	64194	38A W	69439	37C W
68787	38A W	68810	38A W	68856	36A W	68868	37A W	Y1 0-4-0T (Sentinel)		69463	37A W
68795	36A W	68814	38A W	68864	34A W	68873	38A W	68133	35A W
Erecting Shops & Paint Shop (ps)
cl 4MT 2-6-0		V2 2-6-2		A4 4-6-2				A1 4-6-2
43146	32G	60820	38C	60017	34A Silver Fox			60152	64B Holyrood
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		60854	35A	A3 4-6-2				60154	52A Bon Accord
61957	32A	60890	38E	60049	38C Galtee More ps			60159	64B Bonnie Dundee
61958	32C ps	60924	35A ps	60074	50B Harvester			A2 4-6-2
K1 2-6-0		B1 4-6-0		60101	64B Cicero			60515	50A Sun Stream
62019	31B	61060	53A	60105	35B Victor Wild ps			B17 4-6-0
62036	31B	61113	35A	W1 4-6-4		O2 2-8-0 (GNR)		61608	30A Guntin
BR 4MT 4-6-0		61139	34A	60700	36A	63952	36A	61656	32D Leeds United
76022	53A	61206	34E	J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		C12 4-4-2T (GNR)		61663	30A Everton
BR 5MT 4-6-0 - new construction				64206	34D	67397	31E
73105 ps	73106 ps	73119 ps
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		30E Colchester		31a Cambridge		31B March		31D South Lynn
31E Bury St. Edmonds		32A Norwich		32B Ipswich		32C Lowestoft		32D Yarmouth Sth Tn		32F Yarmouth Beach
32G Melton Constable		34A King's Cross		34B Hornsey		34D Hitchin		34E Neasden		35A New England
35B Grantham		35C Peterborough Sp Br		36A Doncaster		36B Mexborough		36E Retford		37A Ardsley
37C Bradford		38A Colwick		38C Leicester GC		38E Woodford Halse		39A Gorton		40A Lincoln
40B Immingham		40F Boston		50A York		50B Leeds Neville Hill		51A Darlington		52A Gateshead
52B Heaton		52D Tweedmouth		53A Hull Dairycoates		61B Aberdeen Ferryhill		63D Fort William		64B Haymarket
65A Eastfield
	The following Class 5MT 4-6-0s were built at Doncaster - July to December 1955
	73100	73101	73102	73103	73104	73105	73106	73107	73108	73109
	73110	73111	73112	73113	73114	73115	73116	73117	73118	73119