Shropshire sub-sheds 1939 - 1963

A 1P 2-4-2T No. 46727, used for local works is seen at Craven Arms and Stokesay station on 27th August, 1949. Photo: Ben Brooksbank, Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0

Craven Arms
Pre Grouping Ownership - London, North Western Railway							opened:	1869	Shrewsbury sub shed
type:	A stone-built 4TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	1965
location:	On the west side of the line north of Craven Arms & Stokesay station.
Abbreviations		D - Deeley		F - Fowler		J - Johnson		St - Stanier		Wb - Webb
		Clf - Cauliflower		BR - British Railways
Monday 10 April 1939					11.15am - 11.20am					total:	4
cl 4P 2-6-4T (St)		cl 2F 0-6-0ST (Wb)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Clf)
2580		27370		8370	8583
Tuesday 20 August 1946										total:	6
cl 4P 2-6-4T (F)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Clf)		cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
2394	4B	3618	4A	7755	4A	28527	4A	8945	4A
Shed Codes		4A Shrewsbury		4B Swansea Victoria				8948	4B
Wednesday 29 September 1948					11.30am - 11.35am					total:	2
cl 4P 2-6-4T (F)		cl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)
2385	4B	27591	4A			Shed Codes		4A Shrewsbury		4B Swansea Victoria
Thursday 2 April 1953										total:	6
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		cl 1P 2-4-2T (Wb)		cl 8F 2-8-0		cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		cl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)
42305	87K	46616	87K	48706	26A	58211	84G	58904	84G
								58926	84G
Shed Codes		26A Newton Heath		84G Shrewsbury		87K Swansea Victoria
Sunday 8 August 1954										total:	4
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		cl 2F 0-6-2T (Wb)
40141	87K	58241	84G	58900	84G
				58904	84G	Shed Codes		84G Shrewsbury		87K Swansea Victoria
Sunday 4 September 1955										total:	4
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		cl 7F 0-8-0 G2
40097	87K	58213	84G	49260	87K	49422	86G
Shed Codes		84G Shrewsbury		86G Pontypool Road		87K Swansea Victoria
Monday 2 April 1956										total:	3
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)
43491	84G	49376	87K	58213	84G	Shed Codes		84G Shrewsbury		87K Swansea Victoria
Sunday 1 September 1957										total:	6
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		Dukedog 4-4-0
40058	84G	42390	87K	58213	84G	43394	84G	9024	89C S	9028	84J S
								S - locos stored
Shed Codes		84G Shrewsbury		84J Croes Newydd		87K Swansea Victoria		89C Machynlleth
Sunday 7 September 1958										total:	6
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)				cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 8F 2-8-0		cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		Dukedog 4-4-0
42385	87K	42394	87K	43621	84G	48730	26A	58213	84G	9014	84J S
Shed Codes		26A Newton Heath		84G Shrewsbury		84J Croes Newydd		87K Swansea Victoria
Saturday 7 February 1959										total:	6
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		cl 8F 2-8-0		cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		Dukedog 4-4-0
42390	87K	43570	84G	43822	84G	48463	87K	58213	84G	9014	84J S
Shed Codes		84G Shrewsbury		84J Croes Newydd		87K Swansea Victoria
Sunday 23 April 1961										total:	5
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		74xx 0-6-0PT		57xx 0-6-0T				cl 8F 2-8-0
42307	87E	7418	86C	9656	89A	9657	89A	48732	87F
Shed Codes		86C Hereford		87E Swansea Landore			87F Llanelly		89A Shrewsbury
Sunday 22 April 1962										total:	3
2251 0-6-0		94xx 0-6-0PT		cl 8F 2-8-0
3205	89A	8449	89A	48307	87F	Shed Codes		87F Llanelly		89A Shrewsbury
Sunday 5 May 1963										total:	13
2251 0-6-0		43xx 2-6-0		28xx 2-8-0		cl 8F 2-8-0		County 4-6-0
2242	86C	7309	89A W	2839	86G	48307	87F	1017	89A County of Hereford W
2249	86C	7336	89A W			48525	87F	1022	89A County of Northants W
3205	86C	BR 4MT 2-6-4T		Castle 4-6-0				1026	89A County of Salop W
		80102	89A	5015	88L Kingswear Castle W
Shed Codes		86C Hereford		86G Pontypool Road		87F Llanelly		88L Cardiff East Dock		89A Shrewsbury
Much Wenlock
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway						Built by the Much Wenlock & Severn Junction Railway.
type:	A brick-built 1TS dead-ended shed.						opened:	1862	Wellington sub shed
location:	On the east side of the line south of the station.						closed:	1951
Sunday 28 September 1947						Sunday 14 May 1950
44xx 2-6-2T
4403	WLN	4406	WLN			57xx 0-6-0PT		44xx 2-6-2T
						3732	84H	4403	84H
Shed Codes		WLN Wellington		84H Wellington
Whitchurch
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1883	Crewe North sub shed
type:	A brick-built 4TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Sep-57
location:	On the east side of Whitchurch station.
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		I - Ivatt		J - Johnson		St - Stanier
		Clf - Cauliflower		BR - British Railways
Sunday 18 August 1946										total:	6
cl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)				cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Clf)		Manor 4-6-0
402	5B	492	5A	4380	5D xw	28458	5B	7819	OSW Hinton Manor
448	5B	Shed Codes		5A Crewe North		5B Crewe South		5D Stoke-on-Trent		OSW Oswestry
Wednesday 15 June 1949										total:	4
cl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)				cl 8F 2-8-0		2251 0-6-0
479	5A	40495	7D	48467	5B	3208	89A
Shed Codes		5A Crewe North		5B Crewe South		7D Rhyl		89A Oswestry
Sunday 11 February 1951										total:	6
cl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)				cl 4P 4-4-0 (3 cyl)				Manor 4-6-0
40322	5A	40527	5A	41112	5A	41167	5A	7819	89A Hinton Manor
40402	5A					Shed Codes		5A Crewe North		89A Oswestry
Saturday 13 September 1952										total:	2
cl 4P 4-4-0 (3 cyl)		Dukedog 4-4-0
41169	6A	9001	89A			Shed Codes		6A Chester Midland		89A Oswestry
Sunday 28 June 1953										total:	5
cl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)		cl 4P 4-4-0 (3 cyl)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)				cl 2MT 2-6-0
40332	5A	41160	5A	42434	24C xw	42652	26C xw	46505	89A	xw - ex works
Shed Codes		5A Crewe North		24C Lostock Hall		26C Bolton		89A Oswestry
Sunday 25 April 1954										total:	3
cl 4P 4-4-0 (3 cyl)		BR 4MT 4-6-0		Dukedog 4-4-0		Shed Codes		5A Crewe North		89A Oswestry
40926	5A	75020	89A	9013	89C			89C Machynlleth
Sunday 18 September 1955										total:	5
cl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)		cl 4P 4-4-0 (3 cyl)		cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)				Dukedog 4-4-0
40413	5A	41167	5A	41258	25G xw	41321	6K	9026	89C
Shed Codes		5A Crewe North		25G Farnley Junction		6K Rhyl		89C Machynlleth
Sunday 11 November 1956										total:	4
cl 2P 4-4-0		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		cl 4F 0-6-0		BR 4MT 4-6-0
40660	5A	42321	5A	44142	17A	75002	89A
Shed Codes		5A Crewe North		17A Derby		89A Oswestry
Sunday 8 September 1957										total:	5
cl 2P 4-4-0				cl 4P 4-4-0 (3 cyl)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		BR 4MT 4-6-0
40660	5A	40692	5A	41167	5A	42677	5A	75006	89A
Shed Codes		5A Crewe North		89A Oswestry
Sunday 19 January 1958										total:	3
cl 4P 4-4-0 (3 cyl)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		BR 4MT 4-6-0		Shed Codes		5A Crewe North		24E Blackpool
41167	5A	42625	24E xw	75020	89A			89A Oswestry		xw - ex works
Clee Hill
Pre Grouping Ownership - GWR & LNWR Joint						Built by the Ludlow & Clee Hill Railway.
type:	A timber-built 1TS dead-ended shed.						opened:	1877	Shrewsbury sub shed
location:	Near the top of the incline, east of the line.						closed:	Nov-60
Tuesday 20 August 1946				Saturday 24 November 1951				Friday 30 March 1956
Sentinel 0-4-0T				Sentinel 0-4-0T				Sentinel 0-4-0T
7180	4A			47180	4A			47181	84G
Monday 19 August 1957				Tuesday 3 September 1957				Sunday 7 September 1958
SHT 0-4-0ST Hudswell Clarke				SHT 0-4-0ST Hudswell Clarke				SHT 0-4-0ST Hudswell Clarke
1142	84G			1142	84G			1142	84G
Sunday 8 February 1959				Monday 7 November 1960			day of closure			Shed Codes
SHT 0-4-0ST Hudswell Clarke				SHT 0-4-0ST Peckett						4A Shrewsbury
1142	84G			1143	84G					84G Shrewsbury
Coalport
Pre Grouping Ownership - London, North Western Railway							opened:	1861	Shrewsbury sub shed
type:	A brick-built 2TS dead ended shed, later rduced to a 1TS.						closed:	1952
location:	On the north side of the line east of the station.
				Sunday 28 September 1947
				cl 1P 2-4-2T (Wb)
				6757	4A			Shed Codes		4A Shrewsbury
Ludlow
Pre Grouping Ownership - GWR & LNWR Joint						Built by the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway.
type:	A brick-built 1TS through-road shed.					opened:	1857		Shrewsbury sub shed
location:	East of the line, north of the station.					closed:	1951
Monday 10 April 1939				Tuesday 20 August 1946				Thursday 1 June 1950
57xx 0-6-0T		45xx 2-6-2T			57xx 0-6-0PT				cl 3P 2-6-2T (F)
3788	SALOP	4527			4672	SALOP			40008	84G
Shed Codes		SALOP Shrewsbury		84G Shrewsbury
Knighton
Pre Grouping Ownership - London, North Western Railway						Built by the Knighton Railway.
type:	A stone-built 1TS through-road shed.							opened:	1870	closed:	1962
location:	North of the line, east of the station.				Google Map				Shrewsbury sub shed
Tuesday 20 August 1946				Monday 18 April 1949				Tuesday 5 June 1951
	cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)				cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)			cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)
	3283	4A			3394	4A		43600	84G
	3615	4A			3600	4A
Sunday 8 August 1954				Sunday 19 February 1961				Shed Codes		4A Shrewsbury
	cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)				cl 8F 2-8-0					84G Shrewsbury
	43581	84G			48724	89A				89A Shrewsbury
Kinnerley Junction
Shropshire & Mongomeryshire Light Railway										opened:	1911
type:	A timber-built 2TS dead-ended shed.									closed:	1960
location:	West of the station in the fork of Melverley and Llanymynech lines.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			GW - Great Western Railway			LSWR - London & South Western Railway
LB&SCR - London, Brighton & South Coast Railway					Wb - Webb			WD - War Department
Sunday 15 May 1938
cl 2F 0-6-0 (Wb) - Coal Tank				ex LSWR cl 282 0-6-0			ex LB&SCR 0-6-0T		0-4-2WT
8108	8182	8236		Hesperus			Daphne		Gazelle
The Shropshire & Montgomery Railway was taken over in 1941 by the War Department. It was extensively reconstructed to serve the Central Ammunition Depot at Nesscliffe.
Sunday 11 August 1946
cl 2F 0-6-0 (Wb)		WD 0-6-0ST		J69 0-6-0T (GER)		2301 0-6-0 (Dean Goods)
8108	8236	1872	Ashford	70088	ex 7388	70093	ex 2433	70169		WD 180
8182		0-4-2WT		70091	ex 7088	70095		70098	ex 2415	70099
		Gazelle				70175		70197		70096
								70094		GW 2442

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