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.

Sunday, 1 February 2015

Newark-on-Trent 1937 - 1959

View northward, towards Doncaster and the North, from the level-crossing at Newark Northgate on 15th June 1957.  The up "Queen of Scots" headed by A3 Pacific 60053 "Sansovino" goes by.  
Photo: Ben Brooksbank Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0

Newark
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railwayopened:1880subshed of Retford
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed.closed:Jan-59
location:On the west side of the line, south of Newark Northgate station.
AbbreviationsJ - JohnsonGNR - Great Northern RailwayGER - Great Eastern Railway
NER - North Eastern Railway
Tuesday 7 September 1937Sunday 1 December 1940Saturday 8 June 1946
7pm - 7.05pmtotal:6total:4total:4
J3 0-6-0 (GNR)J21 0-6-0 (NER)J3 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J3 0-6-0 (GNR)
31791806J2133504107352336244118NEW3332RET
J4 0-6-0 (GNR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)4106411435264124RET4136NEW
4040414535343624LNER numbers in red
Shed CodesNEW New EnglandRET Retford
Tuesday 22 June 1948Sunday 7 May 1950Saturday 24 March 1951
total:6total:9total:8
J3 0-6-0 (GNR)J11 0-6-0 (GNR)O3 2-8-0 (GNR)N5 0-6-2T (GNR)J3 0-6-0 (GNR)N5 0-6-2T (GNR)
4125RET4295RET6348636A927336E6412536E927336E
4133RETN5 0-6-2T (GNR)J3 0-6-0 (GNR)6928236EJ6 0-6-0 (GNR)6929436E
J6 0-6-0 (GNR)9273RET6413336E6929436E6418836E931336E
4194CLK9313RETJ11 0-6-0 (GNR)931336EJ11 0-6-0 (GNR)6932136E
CLK ColwickRET Retford6433536E6935436E6441636E
WD 2-8-0A1 4-6-2
7716636B6013634A Alcazar (loco had failed)
Shed Codes34A Kings Cross36A Doncaster36B Mexborough36E Retford
Sunday 11 May 1952Sunday 3 August 1952Sunday 31 May 1953
total:7total:7total:8
J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J39 0-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J39 0-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)N5 0-6-2T (GNR)
6418836E6475936E6424536E6490836E6424536E6928336E
6424536EN5 0-6-2T (GNR)6425236EN5 0-6-2T (GNR)6425236E6930036E
J11 0-6-0 (GNR)6929436EJ5 0-6-0 (GNR)6927336E6425836A6931336E
6442136E6931336E6548638A6928236EJ39 0-6-0
6932136E6931336E6475936E
6489836E
Shed Codes36A Doncaster36E Retford38A Colwick
Sunday 3 April 1955Sunday 26 June 1955Sun 13 May 1956
total:10total:10total:9
J11 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 1P 0-4-4T (J)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 1P 0-4-4T (J)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 1P 0-4-4T (J)
6433436A5807736E6424136E5807736E6417436E5806536E
6434136E5808536E6425236E5808536E6425236E5808536E
6440336EN5 0-6-2T (GNR)J11 0-6-0 (GNR)N5 0-6-2T (GNR)6425536EN5 0-6-2T (GNR)
6442336E6928236E6434136E6928336EJ67 0-6-0T (GER)6926036E
J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)6928336E6442136E6930036E6851936E6927736E
6886338A6930036Ecl 1F 0-6-0T (J)6930836E6932136E
4177936E
Shed Codes36A Doncaster36E Retford38A Colwick
Sunday 3 March 1957Saturday 5 July 1958Sunday 31 August 1958
total:7total:6total:6
J6 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 1P 0-4-4T (J)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 1P 0-4-4T (J)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)cl 1P 0-4-4T (J)
6424136E5806536E6418836E5806536E6417436E5808536E
J67 0-6-0T (GER)5808536E6423436EN5 0-6-2T (GNR)6417836EWD 2-8-0
6851936EN5 0-6-2T (GNR)J69 0-6-0T (GER)6931436E6423436E9010836A
J69 0-6-0T (GER)6931436E6853036E6932236E6423636E
6852736E6932236E
Shed Codes36A Doncaster36E Retford
Newark shed closed on 5th January 1959
Updated and revised - September 2021.
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