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 9 May 2014

Cromford & High Peak Railway 1946 - 1967

Class 2F 0-6-0T designed by Park for the North London Railway between 1880 and 1905.   Several of these rugged tank engines were transferred to the Cromford and High Peak line in 1931, from where the last engine was withdrawn in 1960.

Cromford & High PeakPhoto Feature 1Photo Feature 2Photo Feature 3
Photo Feature 4Video 1Video 2

Cromford
Pre Grouping Ownership - London North Western Railwayopened:1860closed to steam:1966
type: A stone-built 1TS dead-ended shed.subshed of Rowsley
location: On the north side of the line, at the foot of the first incline.
Sun 17 July 1949Wed 1 Aug 1951Mon 14 July 1952Sat 25 April 1953
cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)cl 0F 0-4-0ST (A)cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)
5885017D5886217D5123517A5885017D
Sat 15 Aug 1953Sun 25 Sep 1955Tue 10 Apr 1956Sun 18 Aug 1957
cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)cl 0F 0-4-0T (D)J94 0-6-0ST
5886017D5886217D4153617D6800617D
Wed 13 Nov 1957Sun 1 March 1959Sun 19 July 1959Sun 9 Aug 1959
cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)J94 0-6-0STcl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)
5885017D5885017C6803417C5885017C
Sun 30 Oct 1960Sun 30 July 1961Sat 14 Apr 1962Sun 2 Sep 1962
J94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0ST
6800617C6803017C6800617C6801217C
Sun 9 Sep 1962Sun 5 May 1963Sat 9 Nov 1963Sat 27th June 1964
J94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0ST
6801317C6806817C6800616J6800616C
Wed 3 Feb 1965Thu 18 Feb 1965Tue 28 Dec 1965Mon 26 Sep 1966
J94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0STcl 0F 0-4-0STcl 0F 0-4-0ST (K)
6806816C6800616C4700616C4700016G
0-6-0 dieselcl 0F 0-4-0ST
D23804700616C W
Shed Codes
16J Rowsley17C Rowsley17D Rowsley16C Derby17A Derby16G Westhouses
Sheep Pasture
Pre Grouping Ownership - London North Western Railwayopened:1831closed to steam:1966
type: A timber-built 1TS dead-ended shed.subshed of Rowsley
location: On the south side of the line at the top of Sheep Pasture incline.
Sat 14 Sep 1946Sun 12 Dec 1948Sun 17 July 1949Sun 16 July 1950
cl 1P 2-4-0T (Wb)cl 1P 2-4-0T (Wb)cl 0F 0-4-0ST (K)cl 1P 2-4-0T (Wb)
64289D264289D700017B580929D
Wed 1 Aug 1951Sat 24 May 1952Sat 25 April 1953Sun 25 Sep 1955
cl 1P 2-4-0T (Wb)cl 0F 0-4-0ST (K)cl 0F 0-4-0ST (K)cl 0F 0-4-0T (D)
580929D4700017D4700017D4153617D
Tue 10 Apr 1956Sun 18 Aug 1957Sun 19 July 1959Sun 30 Oct 1960
cl 0F 0-4-0ST (K)cl 0F 0-4-0ST (K)cl 0F 0-4-0STcl 0F 0-4-0ST
4700017D4700017D4700717C4700717C
Sat 22 April 1961Sat 14 Apr 1962Sun 5 May 1963Sat 27th June 1964
cl 0F 0-4-0STcl 0F 0-4-0STcl 0F 0-4-0STcl 0F 0-4-0ST
4700717C4700717C4700717C4700616C
Wed 1 Sep 1965Tue 23 Dec 1965Shed Codes
cl 0F 0-4-0STcl 0F 0-4-0ST (K)9D Buxton16C Derby16G Westhouses
4700616C4700016G17B Burton-on-Trent17C Rowsley17D Rowsley
Middleton Top
Pre Grouping Ownership - London North Western Railwayopened:1830closed to steam:1967
type: A timber built 1TS replaced with corrugated iron in 1905.subshed of Rowsley
location: At th top of Middleton Top incline.
Sun 12 Dec 1948Sun 17 July 1949Wed 1 Aug 1951Sat 24 May 1952
cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)
5885617D5885617D5885017D5886017D
5886217D5885617D
Sat 25 April 1953Sat 15 Aug 1953Sun 25 Sep 1955Sun 23 Oct 1955
cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)
5885617D5885017D5885017D5885617D
5886017D5885617D5886017D5886017D
Tuesday 10 April 1956Tue 11 Sep 1956Sun 18 Aug 1957
cl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)J94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0STcl 2F 0-6-0T (NLR)
5885017D6803017D6801317D5885017D
5885617Don trial at Hopton6803017DJ94 0-6-0ST
6801317D
Sun 19 July 1959Tue 8 Sep 1959Sat 22 April 1961Sat 14 Apr 1962
J94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0ST
6800617C6801317C6801317C6801317C
6801317C6803017C6803017C
Sun 5 May 1963Wed 3 Feb 1965Mon 26 Sep 1966Fri 17 Feb 1967
J94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0STJ94 0-6-0ST
6801217C680799L680129L680129L
Shed Codes9L Buxton17C Rowsley17D Rowsley
Updated and revised - September 2021.




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