Westhouses 1936 - 1966

View northward, towards Chesterfield on 13 June 1957, just south of Westhouses station a Class F freight is on the Up Slow, headed by LMS Fowler 4F 0-6-0 No. 44070.  On the right can be glimpsed the mineral line which served collieries towards South Normanton and Sutton-in-Ashfield.  Copyright Ben Brooksbank and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Westhouses
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway							opened:	1890	Sep 1935 - Aug 1963		18B
type:	A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Oct-66	Sep 1963 - Oct 1966		16G
location:	On the south side of the Blackwell East Junction, south of the station.
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		BG - Beyer Garrett		D - Deeley		F - Fowler		H - Hughes
		J - Johnson		St - Stanier		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 11 October 1936					18B		5.25pm - 5.35pm			total:	37
cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)			cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)			cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)
2994	3519	3235	3408	3622	3848	3865	3883	4089	4162	9528	9577
2998	3725	3254	3448	3679	3849	3866	3890	4130	4179	9529	9598
3227		3361	3620	3774	3850	3880	4014	cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 8F 2-8-0
		3379			3857	3881		7630	7631	8009
December 1945 - allocation (51)				cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		Midland	4	cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		Midland	6
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		Midland	8	cl 4F 0-6-0		LMS	5	cl 3F 0-6-0T		LMS	1
cl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)		Midland	1	cl 8F 2-8-0		LMS	26
Sunday 28 July 1946					18B					total:	40
cl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0
337	18C	3799	18A	3235	18B	4130	18B	8024	15A	8118	18B
414	18B	cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		3254	18B	4191	18B	8057	18B	8217	16A
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		2995	18B	3266	18B	4243	18B	8060	18B	8353	18B
3866	18B	2996	18B	3331	18B	4321	18B	8083	18B	8358	18B
3867	18B	3044	18B	3379	18B	4518	16B	8089	19D	8623	18B
3880	18B	3227	18B	3509	20C	cl 3F 0-6-0T		8102	18B	8650	18B
3882	18B	22944	16A	3580	18B	7466	18B	8115	18B
		22982	17A	3584	17A
Shed Codes		15A Wellingborough		16A Nottingham		17A Derby		18A Toton		18B Westhouses
		18C Hasland		19D Heaton Mersey		20C Royston
Sunday 24 August 1947					18B					total:	39
cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0
2995	18B	3850	18B	4043	18A	8056	18B	8315	19A	8535	18B
2996	18B	3866	18B	4130	18B	8063	18B	8333	18B	8549	18B
3044	18B	3867	18B	4188	18B	8115	18B	8342	18B	8604	18D
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		3966	18B	4321	18B	8118	18B	8391	18B	8621	18B
3235	18B	3992	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		8125	18B	8494	18B	8623	18B
3266	18B	4014	18B	3823	18A	8136	18B	8495	18B	BG 2-6-6-2T
3379	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)		8212	18B	8534	18B	7977	18A
		7466	18B	9652	26A
Shed Codes		18A Toton		18B Westhouses		18D Staveley B. Hill		19A Sheffield		26A Newton Heath
Sunday 10 July 1949					18B					total:	41
cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 8F 2-8-0
2933	18B	43235	18B	43850	18B	8057	18B	48280	18B	48495	18B
2995	18B	3266	18B	43860	18B	48083	18B	48302	18B	8522	8C
3044	18B	3317	18B	43866	18B	8102	18B	48331	18A	8620	18B
cl 4F 0-6-0		43331	18B	3867	18B	48115	18B	48333	18B	8623	18B
44130	18B	3379	18B	3880	18B	8152	18B	48358	18B	8670	20D
44188	18B	3580	18B	3882	18B	48212	18B	8391	18B	48721	18B
44430	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0T		43992	18B					BG 2-6-6-2T
44521	16B	7466	18B	43998	18B					47967	18A
Shed Codes		8C Speke Junction		18A Toton		18B Westhouses		20D Normanton
September 1950 - allocation (61)				cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)		Midland	8	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		Midland	10
cl 4F 0-6-0		LMS	8	cl 3F 0-6-0T		LMS	1	cl 8F 2-8-0		LMS	31
cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		Midland	3
Sunday 16 July 1950					18B					total:	48
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0
43252	18D	43850	18B	44130	18B	48057	18B	48186	18B	48623	18B
3254	18B	43860	18B	44171	17B	48060	18B	48333	18B	48650	18B
43266	18B	43866	18B	44188	18B	48063	18B	48353	18B	48661	18B
43331	18B	43885	18B	44191	18B	48118	18B	48358	18B	48727	25C
3379	18B	43966	18B	44206	16C	48136	18B	48388	21A	cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)
43580	18B	43992	18B	44239	16B	48152	18B	48430	18B	58166	18B
cl 3F 0-6-0T		43998	18B	44430	18B	48184	18B	48435	2B	2995	18B
7466	18B	44014	18B	44605	18B	48185	18B	48494	18B	58196	18B
								cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)		BG 2-6-6-2T
Shed Codes		2B Nuneaton		16C Kirkby-in-Ashfield		17B Burton-on-Trent		49594	26D	47991	18A
18A Toton		18B Westhouses		18D Staveley B. Hill		21A Saltley		25C Goole		26D Bury
Sunday 20 April 1952					18B					total:	39
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0
43254	18B	43860	18B	44118	18B	48037	18B	48212	18B	48494	18B
43331	18B	43866	18B	44130	18B	48056	18B	48333	18B	48495	18B
cl 3F 0-6-0T		43867	18B	44188	18B	48060	18B	48353	18B	48530	16C
47466	18B	43880	18B	44191	18B	48079	17A	48430	18B	48620	18B
		43885	18B	44430	18B	48115	18B	48444	18B	cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)
		43966	18B	44482	18B	48125	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		58168	18B
		43998	18B	44598	18B	48164	18B	52135	16A	58196	18B
		44014	18B	44605	18B	48208	9F
Shed Codes		9F Heaton Mersey		16A Nottingham		16C Kirkby-in-Ashfield		17A Derby		18B Westhouses
Sunday 4 July 1954					18B					total:	43
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)				cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0
43235	18B	43856	18B	43966	18B	44130	18B	48056	18B	48333	18B
43253	18B	43860	18B	43975	14B	44173	18B	48057	18B	48430	18B
43580	18B	43866	18B	43998	18B	44229	18B	48060	18B	48494	18B
cl 3F 0-6-0T		43867	18B	44006	18B	44284	18B	48063	18B	48495	18B
47466	18B	43880	18B	44014	18B	44285	18B	48115	18B	48620	18B
		43885	18B			44321	18B	48118	18B	48623	18B
		cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)				44430	18B	48125	18B	48677	11E
		58166	18B			44482	18B	48212	18B	WD 2-8-0
		58168	18B			44605	18B	48280	18B	90617	25A
Shed Codes		11E Lancaster		14B Kentish Town		18B Westhouses		25A Wakefield
Sunday 14 August 1955					18B					total:	44
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)				cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0
43253	18B	43850	18B	43885	18B	44118	18B	48056	18B	48353	18B
43266	18B	43856	18B	43966	18B	44130	18B	48057	18B	48404	18B
43331	18B	43860	18B	43998	18B	44173	18B	48063	18B	48430	18B
43580	18B	43866	18B	44014	18B	44188	18B	48118	18B	48444	18B
cl 3F 0-6-0T		43867	18B	44018	16A	44191	18B	48125	18B	48494	18B
47466	18B	43880	18B	cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		44235	21A	48139	18B	48495	18B
				58166	18B S	44321	18B	48212	18B	48623	18B
		S - stored		58168	18B S	44430	18B	48280	18B	48661	18B
						44605	18B	48324	18A
Shed Codes		16A Nottingham		18A Toton		18B Westhouses		21A Saltley
Sunday 13 May 1956					18B					total:	38
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0
43856	18B	44118	18B	44430	18B	48026	19C	48139	18B	48650	18B
43860	18B	44150	18B	44482	18B	48037	18B	48190	9F	48661	18B
43866	18B	44173	18B	44598	18B	48057	18B	48212	18B	48676	9F
43880	18B	44191	18B	44605	18B	48060	18B	48280	18B	cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)
43994	18A	44233	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		48063	18B	48353	18B	58166	18B
44014	18B	44284	18B	43193	18B	48115	18B	48495	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0T
		44285	18B	43580	18B	48118	18B	48623	18B	47466	18B
Shed Codes		9F Heaton Mersey		18A Toton		18B Westhouses		19C Canklow
Sunday 23 June 1957					18B		10.10am - 10.25am			total:	38
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0
43193	18B	43850	18B	44130	18B	44285	18B	48057	18B	48650	18B
43235	18B	43860	18B	44131	16A	44289	18A	48060	18B	48664	55D
43253	18B	43941	18A	44150	18B	44321	18B	48112	18B	48673	18A
43580	18B	43966	18B	44173	18B	44430	18B	48139	18B	BR 9F 2-10-0
cl 3F 0-6-0T		43998	18B	44217	18C	44462	27E	48204	18A	92115	18B
47466	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		44229	18B	44482	18B	48333	18B	92117	18B
BG 2-6-6-2T		43825	18B	44233	18B	44598	18B	48543	18A	92118	18B
47982	18A									92119	18B
Shed Codes		16A Nottingham		18A Toton		18C Hasland		27E Walton-on-the Hill		55D Royston
Sunday 8 June 1958					18B					total:	37
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0				BR 9F 2-10-0
43860	18B	44118	18B	44430	18B	48057	18B	48638	18B	92113	18B
43866	18B	44130	18B	44598	18B	48060	18B	48661	18B	92115	18B
43880	18B	44150	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		48204	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		92116	18B
43917	16A	44173	18B	43235	18B	48351	21A	43825	18B	92117	18B
43966	18B	44191	18B	43253	18B	48494	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0T		92120	18B
43998	18B	44233	18B	43266	18B	48495	18B	47466	18B	92150	18B
		44285	18B	43580	18B	48543	18A			92161	18B
Shed Codes		16A Nottingham		18A Toton		18B Westhouses		21A Saltley
March 1959 - allocation (33)				cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)		Midland	2	cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		Midland	1
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		Midland	3	cl 4F 0-6-0		LMS	12	cl 3F 0-6-0T		LMS	1
cl 8F 2-8-0		LMS	8	9F 2-10-0		BR	6
Sunday 30 August 1959					18B					total:	31
cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0				WD 2-8-0		BR 9F 2-10-0
44118	18B	44285	18B	48057	18B	48650	18B	90152	18B	92113	18B
44123	85E	44289	18B	48060	18B	48661	18B	90176	18B	92115	18B
44130	18B	44321	18B	48112	18B	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		90563	18B	92117	18B
44177	18B	44430	18B	48127	18B	43850	18B	90701	18B	92118	18B
44229	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		48333	18B	43966	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		cl 3F 0-6-0T
44233	18B	43266	18B	48353	18B			43825	18B	47466	18B
Shed Codes		18B Westhouses		85E Gloucester LMS				WDs were ex Western Region
Sunday 25 September 1960					18B					total:	33
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0		WD 2-8-0		BR 9F 2-10-0
43266	18B	44173	18B W	44387	18B	48053	15D	90010	18B	92100	18B
cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		44244	18C	44430	18B W	48112	18B	90152	18B	92115	18B
43825	18B	44285	18B W	44598	18B	48127	18B	90214	18B	92116	18B
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		44289	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		48144	41B	90284	18B	92117	18B
43850	18B	44290	55D	47250	18B	48163	18A	90716	18B	92156	18A
43966	18B W	44362	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0T		48353	18B	cl 5MT 4-6-0
				47466	18B	48355	15B	45280	21A
Shed Codes		15B Kettering		15D Coalville		18A Toton		18B Westhouses		18C Hasland
		21A Satley		41B Sheffield Grimesthorpe			55D Royston
Sunday 14 May 1961					18B					total:	30
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0		WD 2-8-0		BR 9F 2-10-0
43266	18B W	44143	21A	44244	18C	48033	18B	90010	18B	92100	18B
cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		44154	18B	44289	18B	48112	18B	90046	18B	92114	18A
43825	18B	44177	18B	44321	18B	48199	41E	cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		92115	18B
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		44191	18B	44362	18B	48650	16A	47250	18B	92116	18B
43850	18B	44229	18B	44387	18B	48750	18B	cl 3F 0-6-0T		92131	18B
43869	41E	44233	18B	44598	18B			47466	18B
Shed Codes		16A Nottingham		18A Toton		18B Westhouses		18C Hasland
		21A Saltley		41E Staveley B. Hill
Sunday 27 May 1962					18B					total:	33
cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0		WD 2-8-0				BR 9F 2-10-0
44118	18B	44387	18B	48033	18B	90010	18B	90238	18B	92100	18B
44177	18B	44518	41E	48694	17B	90046	18B	90251	18B	92104	18B
44191	18B	44598	18B	48750	18B	90152	18B	90284	18B	92115	18B
44229	18B	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 3F 0-6-0T		90176	18B	90678	56D	92131	18B
44244	18C	43850	18B	47250	18B	90214	18B	90716	18B	92159	15A
44327	17C	43917	18B	47466	18B	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)
				47638	18B	42761	9G
Shed Codes		9G Gorton		15A Wellingborough		17B Burton-on-Trent		17C Rowsley
		18B Westhouses		18C Hasland		41E Staveley B. Hill		56D Mirfield
Sunday 5 May 1963					18B					total:	20
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0		WD 2-8-0		BR 9F 2-10-0
43917	18B	44130	18B	44362	18B	48327	9F	90291	26A	92049	17C
cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		44178	18A	44387	18B	48353	18B			92058	18B
47250	18B	44191	18B	44598	18B	48494	18A			92115	18B
cl 3F 0-6-0T		44229	18B			48620	18B			92131	18B
47638	18B					48625	18B
Shed Codes		9F Heaton Mersey		17C Rowsley		18A Toton		18B Westhouses		26A Newton Heath
Sunday 7 June 1964					16G	4am - 4.15am				total:	27
cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		cl 8F 2-8-0				BR 9F 2-10-0
44049	16G	44233	16G	47250	16G	48195	16G	48620	16G	92115	16G
44130	16G	44321	16G W	cl 3F 0-6-0T		48196	16G	48621	16E	92153	16G
44178	16G	44362	16G	47442	16G	48204	16G	48625	16G	Peak T4 diesel
44191	16G	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		48317	16E	48681	16A	D83
44229	16G	43850	16G	45229	8L	48384	16G	48740	8E
		43917	16G			48507	16G
Shed Codes		8E Northwich		8L Aintree		16A Toton		16E Kirkby-in-Ashfield		16G Westhouses
April 1965 allocation (41)				cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		Midland	2	cl 4F 0-6-0		LMS	9
cl 3F 0-6-0T		LMS	4	cl 8F 2-8-0		LMS	25	BR 9F 2-10-0		BR	1
Saturday 19 June 1965					16G		9.10pm - 9.30pm			total:	45
cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		cl 8F 2-8-0
44113	16G	44355	16G	47231	16G	48112	16G	48258	16G	48661	16G
44118	16G W	44420	16G	cl 3F 0-6-0T		48143	16G	48286	16G	48671	15A
44203	16G	44458	55E	47442	16G W	48177	16G	48324	16G	48750	16G
44218	16G	44528	16G W	47611	16G	48185	15A	48384	16G	48763	16G
44243	16G	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		WD 2-8-0		48195	16G	48393	16G	BR 9F 2-10-0
44278	16G	43865	16G W	90409	56A	48196	16G	Brush T4 diesels		92031	16G
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		43991	16G W	90516	36C	48197	16G	D1621	D1812	92113	16G
42924	8H	cl 4MT 2-6-0		BR T2 diesel		Peak T4 diesel		D1626	D1832	92120	8H
		43092	41E W	D5257		D146		D1630		W - withdrawn
Shed Codes		8H Birkenhead		15A Wellingborough		16G Westhouses		36C Frodingham
		41E Staveley B. Hill		55E Normanton		56A Wakefield
Sunday 20 February 1966					16G					total:	32
cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		cl 8F 2-8-0						Peak T4 diesels
44113	16G	47231	16G	48127	16G	48376	16G	48638	16G	D114	D154
44203	16G	cl 3F 0-6-0T		48143	16G	48432	16G	48644	16G	D144
44218	16G	47535	16G	48149	16G	48548	5D	48678	16G	Brush T4 diesels
44278	16G	47629	16G	48177	16G	48600	16G	BR T2 diesels		D1817	D1828
cl 5MT 4-6-0		BR 9F 2-10-0		48195	16G	48619	16G	D5262	D7506	D1819
45150	9E	92048	8H	48272	16G	48620	16G
Shed Codes		5D Stoke-on-Trent		8H Birkenhead		9E Trafford Park		16G Westhouses
Sunday 18 September 1966					16G					total:	32
cl 4MT 2-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0						WD 2-8-0		Peak T4 diesel
43043	55E	48073	16G	48214	16G	48538	16G	90465	55E	D131
cl 5MT 4-6-0		48083	16G	48254	16G	48600	16G	BR 9F 2-10-0		Brush T4 diesels
44684	5B	48127	16G	48286	16G	48606	16G	92082	8H	D1804	D1828
cl 3F 0-6-0T		48137	16G	48332	16G	48620	16G	0-6-0 diesels		BR T2 diesels
47534	16G	48177	16G	48361	16G	48662	16G	12052	12098	D5197	D7510
47629	16G	48196	16G	48370	16G			12063		EE T1 diesel
Shed Codes		5B Crewe South		8H Birkenhead		16G Westhouses		55E Normanton		D8152
Westhouses closed to steam on 3rd October, 1966. It remained a diesel depot until January 1987.

Updated and revised - September 2021.