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.

Wednesday 3 December 2014

Stratford-on-Avon LMS & GWR 1938 - 1962

Stratford-on-Avon (LMS)
Pre Grouping Ownership - Stratford-on-Avon & Midland Junction Railwayopened:1873Sep 1935 - Jul 195721D
type:A timber-built 2TS dead-ended shed with corrugated roof.closed:Jul-57
location:On the south side of Stratford-on-Avon LMS station.
AbbreviationsD - DeeleyF - FowlerJ - JohnsonLMS - London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Sunday 26 September 194821D4.45pm - 4.50pmtotal:10
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0Shed Codes
332121A4352121D4384521A420421D21A Saltley
338121D354421A387321D21D Stratford-on-Avon
343521A4356821D394621A
Sunday 19 June 194921Dtotal:11
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0
4327721D4352121D387321D4412918D4458721D
338121D4369321D4418621D4460621D
4352021D4452521A
Shed Codes18D Staveley B. Hill21A Saltley21D Stratford-on-Avon
Allocation - September 1950 (14)cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)LMS7cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)LMS2
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)LMS1cl 4F 0-6-0LMS4
Saturday 14 July 195121Dtotal:8
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)cl 4F 0-6-0Shed Codes
4327721D4404321D4452421D15A Wellingborough
4352121D4418621D4452521A21A Saltley
4367421A4424215A21D Stratford-on-Avon
Sunday 14 March 195421Dtotal:6
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0Shed Codes
4384622B4397115D444912E2E Northampton15D Bedford
4385322B4397715A445242E15A Wellingborough22B Gloucester Bwd
Sunday 24 April 195521Dtotal:4
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0Shed Codes
4396715D442422E4431715D2E Northampton16A Nottingham
4426416A15D Bedford
Sunday 29 April 195621Dtotal:6
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0
4397115D4404315D442192E4458722B
4408722B4429322B
Shed Codes2E Northampton15D Bedford22B Gloucester Bwd
Stratford-on-Avon (LMS) shed was closed to steam on 22nd July 1957
Stratford-on-Avon (GWR)
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railwayopened:1910A subshed of Tyseley
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed.closed:Sep-62
location:On the east side of the line, north of the GWR station
Monday 27 June 1938TYS sub4.25pm - 4.30pmtotal:7
51xx 2-6-2T81xx 2-6-2TBulldog 4-4-0
4112515281023373Sir William Henry
511551743399Ottawa
Sunday 26 September 1948TYS sub4.10pm - 4.15pmtotal:6
2251 0-6-051xx 2-6-2T43xx 2-6-0Grange 4-6-0
2206TYS5165STB7311OXY6855TYS Saighton Grange
2292TYS5199TYS
Shed CodesOXY OxleySTB Stourbridge JctTYS Tyseley
Saturday 10 October 195384E subtotal:6
2251 0-6-051xx 2-6-2THall 4-6-0
223884E410384E417084E494381A Marrington Hall
225784E411084E
Shed Codes81A Old Oak Common84E Tyseley
Sunday 8 September 195784E subtotal:8
2251 0-6-051xx 2-6-2T61xx 2-6-2Tcl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0
225784E412584E610584E4376615D442192E
227984E412784E4387315D
Shed Codes2E Northampton15D Bedford84E Tyseley
Sunday 29 December 195784E subtotal:10
2251 0-6-061xx 2-6-2Tcl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0Hall 4-6-0
223884E613984E4387315D4404315D496484C Rodwell Hall
225784E57xx 0-6-0PT440762E
227984E777785A443912E
Shed Codes2E Northampton15D Bedford84C Banbury84E Tyseley85A Worecester
Sunday 8 February 195984E subtotal:9
2251 0-6-061xx 2-6-2T56xx 0-6-2Tcl 4F 0-6-0WD 2-8-0BR 9F 2-10-0
223884E613984E665682B442192E9057986C9222584C
57xx 0-6-0PTcl 8F 2-8-09225084C
973384E4841784E
Shed Codes2E Northampton82B St. Philips Marsh84C Banbury84E Tyseley86C Cardiff Canton
Sunday 26 June 196084E subtotal:7
2251 0-6-051xx 2-6-2Tcl 4F 0-6-072xx 2-8-2T28xx 2-8-0cl 8F 2-8-0
225784E411184E442392E723186A280786E4841584E
4846884G
Shed Codes2E Northampton84E Tyseley84G Shrewsbury86A Newport Ebbw J86E Severn Tunnel J
Sunday 18 February 196284E subtotal:4
2251 0-6-051xx 2-6-2Tcl 4F 0-6-0Shed Codes
221184D413384E445222E2E Northampton84E Tyseley
415784E84D Leamington Spa
Stratford-on-Avon (GWR) shed was closed on 10th September 1962.
Updated and revised - October 2021.
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