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.

Tuesday 7 January 2014

Consett 1949 - 1964

The ubiquitous Q6 0-8-0s were the backbone of Consett's allocation.
Consett
Pre Grouping Ownership - North Eastern Railwayopened:1875Sep 1935 - Jan 1950CON
type: A brick-built 1TS through-shed and a 1TS dead-ended shed.closed:May-65Feb 1950 - Sep 195854D
location: At Consett Junction, in the fork of the lines.
Oct 1958 - May 196552K
AbbreviationsNER - North Eastern RailwayGNR - Great Northern RailwayLNER - London & North Eastern Railway
BR - British RailwaysWD - War DepartmentEE - English Electric
Friday 6 May 1949CONtotal:9
Q6 0-8-0 (NER)N8 0-6-2T (NER)N9 0-6-2T (NER)
63350BOR3357CON63377BOR9395CON9411CON
E3353BLA63361CON63402BOR9414CON
Shed CodesBLA BlaydonBOR Borough GardensCON Consett
Allocation - August 1950 (13)Q6 0-8-0NER11N8 0-6-2TNER2
Saturday 25 March 195054Dtotal:9
Q6 0-8-0 (NER)N8 0-6-2T (NER)N9 0-6-2T (NER)
6334654D6336154D6337954B6939454DE942954B
335954D6337654DE340454D6939554D
Shed Codes54B Tyne Dock54D Consett
Sunday 30 September 195154Dtotal:12
Q6 0-8-0 (NER)J39 0-6-0J94 0-6-0STN8 0-6-2T (NER)
6337254D6342754D6343954D6492154C6801954D6939454D
6340454D6343354D6345554DWD 2-8-06939554D
6341854D9043054B
Shed Codes54B Tyne Dock54C Borough Gardens54D Consett
Sunday 10 August 195254Dtotal:6
Q6 0-8-0 (NER)N8 0-6-2T (NER)
6336154D6337254D6345554D6939454D
6336554D6340454D
Sunday 1 March 195354Dtotal:10
Q6 0-8-0 (NER)J39 0-6-0J94 0-6-0STN8 0-6-2T (NER)
6335254B6341854D6343354D6471054C6801954D6939054D
6335454C6342754D6345554D
6337254D
Sunday 25 April 195454Dtotal:13
Q6 0-8-0 (NER)WD 2-8-0
6334654D6337254D6341854D6343954D9004554D
6335754D6337954B6342754D6345554D9005454D
6336154D6340454D6343354D
O1 2-8-0 (GNR)Q6 0-8-0 (NER)
passing the shed on a iron ore hopper train were:6376054Bbanked by:6347454B
Shed Codes54B Tyne Dock54D Consett
Sunday 10 June 195654Dtotal:15
Q6 0-8-0 (NER)J94 0-6-0STT1 4-8-0T (NER)
6334654D6336154D6337954D6342754D6801954D6991754D
6335254B6336554D6340454D6343354D
6335754D6337254D6341854D6345554D
6335954DShed Codes54B Tyne Dock54D Consett
April 1959 - allocation (14)Q6 0-8-0NER13J94 0-6-0STWD1
Sunday 5 July 195952Ktotal:13
Q6 0-8-0 (NER)Q7 0-8-0 (NER)
6334552K6335952K6340452K6342752K6346552H
6334652K6337252K6340652K6343352K
6335752K6337952K6341852K6345552K
Shed Codes52H Tyne Dock52K Consett
Wednesday 3 August 196052Ktotal:18
Q6 0-8-0 (NER)0-6-0 diesel
6334252K6335752K6338752K6342752K6344852KD3673
6334552K6335952K6340652K6343752K6345552K
6334652K6336552K6341852K6343952K6345652K
6335452K6337952K
Sunday 9th July 196152Ktotal:16
Q6 0-8-0 (NER)B1 4-6-0
6334252K6335952K6340652K6343952K6101652A Inyala
6334552K6336552K6341852KQ7 0-8-0 (NER)0-6-0 diesel
6335452K6337952K6342752K6346152HD3942
6335752K6340452K6343352K
Shed Codes52A Gateshead52K Consett52H Tyne Dock
Saturday 24 March 196252Ktotal:16
Q6 0-8-0 (NER)
6334252K6335752K6336852K6340652K6343352K6344852K
6334552K6335952K6337952K6341852K6343952K6345552K
6334652K6336552K6340452K6342752K
Sunday 26 August 196252Ktotal:16
K1 2-6-0Q6 0-8-0 (NER)0-6-0 diesel
6200252K6202752K6334652K6336852K6342752KD3321
6202252K6205052K6335452K6337952K6343952K
6202352K6206052K6335952K6340652K6345552K
Sunday 11 August 196352Ktotal:10
K1 2-6-0Q6 0-8-0 (NER)EE T3 diesel0-6-0 diesel
6202752K6334652K6343352K6344852KD6790D3242
6205052K6337952K6343952K6345552K
Saturday 15 August 196452Ktotal:13
K1 2-6-0Q6 0-8-0 (NER)EE T3 diesel0-6-0 diesel
6202752K6334652K6337952K6339552KD6793D6794D3678D3679
6205052K6335752K6339452K6342752K
6336852K
April 1965 - allocation (8)Q6 0-8-0NER7K1 2-6-0LNER1
Consett shed closed on the 24th May 1965.
Updated and revised - September 2021.
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