A Gresley class O2/3 2-8-0 63966 is resting on Retford Great Central shed on 6th September 1962. Photo: Ben Brooksbank Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0 |
Retford (Great Central) | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Central Railway | opened: | 1849 | prior to Jan 1950 | RET | |||||||
type: | A brick 3TS shed with two through roads | closed: | Jan-65 | Feb 1950 - Jan 1965 | 36E | ||||||
location: | On the Gainsborough line, east of the station. | ||||||||||
Note: Retford Great Northern and Great Central sheds shared the same allocation and shed code. | |||||||||||
Abbreviations | J - Johnson | GNR - Great Northern Railway | GCR - Great Central Railway | ||||||||
BR - British Railways | WD - War Department | NER - North Eastern Railway | |||||||||
Sunday 20 February 1938 | RET | total: | 35 | ||||||||
N4 0-6-2T (GCR) | D10 4-4-0 (GCR) | J39 0-6-0 | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | |||||||
5514 | 5438 | Worsley-Taylor | 2783 | 2998 | 5141 | 5296 | 5412 | 6529 | |||
B4 4-6-0 (GCR) | D9 4-4-0 (GCR) | J10 0-6-0 (GCR) | 2966 | 5202 | 5318 | 6272 | 6547 | ||||
6098 | 6014 | 6026 | 5798 | 5808 | J5 0-6-0 (GNR) | 5226 | 5328 | 6513 | 6590 | ||
B5 4-6-0 (GCR) | B9 4-6-0 (GCR) | 5807 | 3023 | 5253 | 5949 | O5 2-8-0 (GCR) | |||||
5184 | 6111 | B9 | J17 0-6-0 (GER) | Y3 0-4-0T Sentinel | 5286 | 5976 | 5414 | 5419 | |||
B6 4-6-0 (GCR) | 8219 | 55 | |||||||||
5053 | |||||||||||
Sunday 12 June 1949 | RET | 2.30pm - 2.40pm | total: | 31 | |||||||
N5 0-6-2T (GNR) | J3 0-6-0 (GNR) | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | ||||||||
9321 | RET | 4141 | RET | E4282 | RET | 64416 | RET | 3637 | RET | 63907 | RET |
B1 4-6-0 | E4148 | RET | 64287 | RET | 4423 | RET | 3684 | FRO | 63914 | RET | |
61183 | SHF | J21 0-6-0 (NER) | 64306 | RET | J39 0-6-0 | 63738 | DON | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | |||
K3 2-6-0 | 5095 | RET | 4341 | RET | 4956 | RET | 63763 | RET | 63984 | LNG | |
61847 | MAR | 5117 | RET | 64380 | RET | 4961 | RET | 3778 | FRO | WD 2-8-0 | |
J52 0-6-0ST (GNR) | 64385 | RET | Q4 0-8-0 (GCR) | 3877 | RET | 78715 | MEX | ||||
68766 | RET | 64413 | RET | 3226 | ARD | 63084 | CLK | ||||
Shed Codes | ARD Ardsley | CLK Colwick | DON Doncaster | FRO Frodingham | LNG Langwith Jct. | ||||||
MAR March | MEX Mexborough | RET Retford | SHF Sheffield Darnall | ||||||||
Sunday 7 May 1950 | 36E | total: | 27 | ||||||||
N5 0-6-2T (GNR) | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | |||||||||
9321 | 36E | 64280 | 36E | 64416 | 36E | 63574 | 39B | 63728 | 36C | 63905 | 36E |
J21 0-6-0 (NER) | 64287 | 36E | 64421 | 36E | 63601 | 36C | 63763 | 36E | 63907 | 36E | |
65070 | 36E | 64295 | 36E | 64422 | 36E | 63608 | 36E | 63774 | 36E | 63914 | 36E |
64341 | 36E | J3 0-6-0 (GNR) | 63653 | 36C | 63785 | 36E | 63917 | 36C | |||
64402 | 36E | E4148 | 36E | 3657 | 36A | ||||||
64413 | 36E | 4150 | 36E | 63661 | 39B | ||||||
Shed Codes | 36A Doncaster | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | 39B Sheffield Darnall | |||||||
Allocation August 1950 (64) | B1 4-6-0 | LNER | 5 | O3 2-8-0 | GNR | 2 | |||||
O4 2-8-0 | GNR | 13 | J3 0-6-0 | GNR | 5 | J6 0-6-0 | GNR | 1 | |||
J11 0-6-0 | GCR | 5 | J39 0-6-0 | LNER | 9 | J21 0-6-0 | NER | 1 | |||
J52 0-6-0ST | GNR | 1 | N5 0-6-2T | GNR | 7 | ||||||
Sunday 8 April 1951 | 36E | total: | 32 | ||||||||
N5 0-6-2T (GNR) | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O3 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | ||||||||
69321 | 36E | 64280 | 36E | 64340 | 36E | 63475 | 36E | 63608 | 36E | 63785 | 36E |
69354 | 36E | 64282 | 36E | 64341 | 36E | 63484 | 36E | 63627 | 40E | 63905 | 36E |
J3 0-6-0 (GNR) | 64287 | 36E | 64385 | 36E | 63485 | 36E | 63642 | 36C | 63914 | 36E | |
64141 | 36E | 64295 | 36E | 64393 | 36E | 63488 | 36E | 63688 | 36E | WD 2-8-0 | |
4150 | 36E | 64335 | 36E | 64402 | 36E | J21 0-6-0 (NER) | 63782 | 36E | 90032 | 36C | |
B17 4-6-0 | 64421 | 36E | 65070 | 36E | 90537 | 36B | |||||
61626 | 31B Brancepeth Castle | 64422 | 36E | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 31B March | 36B Mexborough | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | 40E Langwith Jct. | ||||||
Sunday 11 May 1952 | 36E | total: | 28 | ||||||||
N5 0-6-2T (GNR) | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | ||||||||
69314 | 36E | 64280 | 36E | 64347 | 36E | 64402 | 36E | 63925 | 36E | 63608 | 36E |
J3 0-6-0 (GNR) | 64287 | 36E | 64349 | 36A | 64416 | 36E | 63927 | 36E | 63654 | 36E | |
64125 | 36E | 64295 | 36E | 64380 | 36E | 64422 | 36E | 63970 | 36E | 63688 | 36E |
64133 | 36E | 64335 | 36E | 64385 | 36E | 64451 | 36E | 63972 | 36E | 63905 | 36E |
64141 | 36E | 64341 | 36E | 64393 | 36E | 63976 | 36E | WD 2-8-0 | |||
90161 | 36B | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 36A Doncaster | 36B Mexborough | 36E Retford | ||||||||
Sunday 31 May 1953 | 36E | total: | 26 | ||||||||
J3 0-6-0 (GNR) | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | WD 2-8-0 | |||||||
64125 | 36E | 64280 | 36E | 64385 | 36E | 63925 | 36E | 63654 | 36E | 90209 | 36B |
64140 | 36E | 64295 | 36E | 64402 | 36E | 63972 | 36E | 63688 | 36E | 90425 | 36C |
64141 | 36E | 64335 | 36E | 64421 | 36E | 63979 | 36E | 63785 | 36E | 90629 | 38A |
64341 | 36E | 64422 | 36E | J94 0-6-0ST | 63905 | 36E | N5 0-6-2T (GNR) | ||||
64380 | 36E | 64451 | 36E | 68018 | 40B | 63914 | 36E | 69314 | 36E | ||
Shed Codes | 36B Mexborough | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | 38A Colwick | 40B Immingham | ||||||
Sunday 19 September 1954 | 36E | 11.55am - 12.05pm | total: | 23 | |||||||
B1 4-6-0 | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | WD 2-8-0 | |||||||
61231 | 36E | 64252 | 36E | 64416 | 36E | 63926 | 36E | 63654 | 36E | 90153 | 36B |
61258 | 40A | 64282 | 36E | 64421 | 36E | 63949 | 36E | 63761 | 36C | 90510 | 40B |
J3 0-6-0 (GNR) | 64295 | 36E | 64422 | 36E | 63976 | 36E | 63782 | 36E | |||
64140 | 36E | 64321 | 36E | 64451 | 36E | 63987 | 36E | 63785 | 36E | ||
64340 | 36E | 63905 | 36E | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 36B Mexborough | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | 40A Lincoln | 40B Immingham | ||||||
Sunday 13 November 1955 | 36E | total: | 35 | ||||||||
B1 4-6-0 | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | WD 2-8-0 | |||||||
61208 | 36E | 64280 | 36E | 64395 | 36E | 63924 | 36E | 63608 | 36E | 90031 | 36C |
N5 0-6-2T (GNR) | 64283 | 36E | 64416 | 36E | 63926 | 36E | 63655 | 36E | 90252 | 36B | |
69314 | 36E | 64287 | 36E | 64421 | 36E | 63937 | 36E | 63782 | 36E | 90294 | 40B |
J6 0-6-0 (GNR) | 64295 | 36E | 64422 | 36E | 63945 | 36E | 63785 | 36E | 90498 | 36B | |
64188 | 36E | 64321 | 36E | 64423 | 36E | 63965 | 36E | 63905 | 36E | 90700 | 36B |
64234 | 36E | 64341 | 36E | 64451 | 36E | 63972 | 36E | J39 0-6-0 | Q6 0-8-0 (NER) | ||
64385 | 36E | 64987 | 36A | 63406 | 50C | ||||||
Shed Codes | 36A Doncaster | 36B Mexborough | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | |||||||
40B Immingham | 50C Selby | ||||||||||
Sunday 13 May 1956 | 36E | total: | 32 | ||||||||
J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | |||||||||
64280 | 36E | 64416 | 36E | 63924 | 36E | 63972 | 36E | 63608 | 36E | 63905 | 36E |
64283 | 36E | 64421 | 36E | 63926 | 36E | 63980 | 36E | 63654 | 36E | 63914 | 36E |
64341 | 36E | 64422 | 36E | 63944 | 36A | 63986 | 36E | 63655 | 36E | B1 4-6-0 | |
64395 | 36E | 64423 | 36E | 63949 | 36E | J6 0-6-0 (GNR) | 63662 | 36C | 61181 | 41A | |
64403 | 36E | 64451 | 36E | 63965 | 36E | 64245 | 36E | 63688 | 36E | N5 0-6-2T (GNR) | |
63970 | 36E | 64259 | 36E | 63772 | 38D | 69314 | 36E | ||||
63782 | 36E | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 36A Doncaster | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | 38D Staveley G. C. | 41A Sheffield Darnall | ||||||
Sunday 19 May 1957 | 36E | total: | 25 | ||||||||
J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | J6 0-6-0 (GNR) | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | WD 2-8-0 | |||||||
64280 | 36E | 64421 | 36E | 64174 | 36E | 63926 | 36E | 63608 | 36E | 90294 | 40B |
64295 | 36E | 64422 | 36E | 64188 | 36E | 63945 | 36E | 63655 | 36E | 90583 | 40B |
64341 | 36E | 64423 | 36E | 64245 | 36E | 63949 | 36E | 63688 | 36E | ||
64395 | 36E | 64451 | 36E | 64259 | 36E | J39 0-6-0 | 63785 | 36E | |||
64416 | 36E | N5 0-6-2T (GNR) | 64908 | 36E | 63802 | 40B | |||||
69283 | 36E | 63827 | 38D | ||||||||
63905 | 36E | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 36E Retford | 38D Staveley G. C. | 40B Immingham | ||||||||
Sunday 26 January 1958 | 36E | total: | 32 | ||||||||
J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | |||||||||
64280 | 36E | 64403 | 36E | 63924 | 36E | 63976 | 36E | 63608 | 36E | 63911 | 36D |
64283 | 36E | 64416 | 36E | 63925 | 36E | 63979 | 36E | 63637 | 36E | 63914 | 36E |
64287 | 36E | J6 0-6-0 (GNR) | 63926 | 36E | 63980 | 36E | 63653 | 36C | J39 0-6-0 | ||
64340 | 36E | 64174 | 36E | 63944 | 36E | WD 2-8-0 | 63654 | 36E | 64893 | 36E | |
64341 | 36E | 64245 | 36E | 63945 | 36E | 90476 | 38A | 63655 | 36E | N5 0-6-2T (GNR) | |
64348 | 36E | 64255 | 36E | 63974 | 36A | 90674 | 40B | 63735 | 38D | 69283 | 36E |
Shed Codes | 36A Doncaster | 36C Frodingham | 36D Barnsley | 36E Retford | 38A Colwick | ||||||
38D Staveley G. C. | 40B Immingham | ||||||||||
Allocation April 1959 (61) | B1 4-6-0 | LNER | 5 | O4 2-8-0 | GCR | 9 | |||||
O2 2-8-0 | GNR | 21 | J6 0-6-0 | GNR | 6 | J11 0-6-0 | GCR | 10 | |||
J39 0-6-0 | LNER | 9 | N5 0-6-2T | GNR | 1 | ||||||
Sunday 5 April 1959 | 36E | total: | 31 | ||||||||
J6 0-6-0 (GNR) | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | J39 0-6-0 | |||||||
64178 | 36E | 64280 | 36E | 63937 | 36E | 63608 | 36E | 63785 | 36E | 64714 | 36E |
64188 | 36E | 64283 | 36E | 63961 | 36E | 63655 | 36E | 63808 | 36E | 64882 | 36E |
64236 | 36E | 64287 | 36E | 63970 | 36E | 63736 | 36E | 63818 | 36E | 64906 | 36E |
64245 | 36E | 64321 | 36E | 63971 | 36E | 63782 | 36E | 63914 | 36E | 64908 | 36E |
64395 | 36E | 63982 | 36E | 64970 | 36E | ||||||
64421 | 36E | 63986 | 36E | ||||||||
64450 | 36E | ||||||||||
64451 | 36E | ||||||||||
Sunday 24 April 1960 | 36E | 1.30pm - 1.45pm | total: | 34 | |||||||
B1 4-6-0 | J39 0-6-0 | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | ||||||||
61213 | 36E | 64882 | 36E | 63925 | 36E | 63954 | 36E | 63608 | 36E | 63818 | 36E |
61231 | 36E | 64906 | 36E | 63926 | 36E | 63959 | 36E | 63639 | 40E | 63824 | 36E |
K1 2-6-0 | 64908 | 36E | 63937 | 36E | 63979 | 36E | 63647 | 36E | 63914 | 36E | |
62040 | 31B | 64970 | 36E | 63944 | 36E | 63980 | 36E | 63665 | 36C | WD 2-8-0 | |
J6 0-6-0 (GNR) | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | 63945 | 36E | 63987 | 36E | 63688 | 36E | 90029 | 40B | ||
64245 | 36E | 64354 | 36E | 63949 | 36E | 63742 | 41A | 90119 | 41F | ||
64450 | 36E | 63787 | 41H | 90460 | 40B | ||||||
Shed Codes | 31B March | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | 40B Immingham | 40E Colwick | ||||||
41A Sheffield Darnall | 41F Mexborough | 41H Staveley G. C. | |||||||||
Sunday 18 June 1961 | 36E | 12.40pm - 12.55pm | total: | 31 | |||||||
K3 2-6-0 | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | ||||||||
61921 | 31B | 64324 | 36E | 63926 | 36E | 63965 | 36E | 63602 | 36E | 63748 | 36C |
J6 0-6-0 (GNR) | 64332 | 36E | 63927 | 36E | 63973 | 36E | 63637 | 36E | 63781 | 36C | |
64174 | 36E | 64354 | 36E | 63934 | 36E | 63976 | 36E | 63647 | 36E | 63785 | 36E |
64450 | 36E | 63937 | 36E | 63980 | 36E | 63655 | 36E | 63818 | 36E | ||
63939 | 36E | 63983 | 36E | 63665 | 36C | 63824 | 36E | ||||
63945 | 36E | 63987 | 36E | 63688 | 36E | 63914 | 36E | ||||
63964 | 36E | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 31B March | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | ||||||||
Sunday 24 September 1961 | 36E | total: | 31 | ||||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-0 | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | ||||||||
43127 | 36E | 64324 | 36E | 63934 | 36E | 63972 | 36E | 63602 | 36E | 63771 | 36E |
K3 2-6-0 | 64332 | 36E | 63942 | 36E | 63975 | 36E | 63637 | 36E | 63779 | 36E | |
61951 | 36A | 64354 | 36E | 63951 | 36E | 63976 | 36E | 63647 | 36E | 63798 | 36E |
K1 2-6-0 | 64450 | 36E | 63964 | 36E | 63979 | 36E | 63655 | 36E | 63807 | 36C | |
62015 | 36E | B1 4-6-0 | WD 2-8-0 | 63688 | 36E | 63914 | 36E | ||||
61006 | 31B Blackbuck | 90003 | 36E | 63730 | 36C | ||||||
61231 | 36E | 90598 | 36C | ||||||||
90717 | 34E | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 31B March | 34E New England | 36A Doncaster | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | ||||||
Sunday 12 August 1962 | 36E | total: | 44 | ||||||||
cl 4MT 2-6-0 | K1 2-6-0 | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | ||||||||
43157 | 36E | 62015 | 36E | 63924 | 36E | 63973 | 36E | 63586 | 36E | 63718 | 36E |
V2 2-6-2 | 62019 | 36E | 63925 | 36E | 63979 | 36E | 63602 | 36E | 63726 | 36E | |
60852 | 36A S | 62039 | 36E | 63937 | 36E | 63983 | 36E | 63632 | 36E | 63730 | 36C |
60889 | 36A S | 62054 | 36E | 63961 | 36E | 63987 | 36E | 63647 | 36E | 63764 | 36E |
60899 | 36A S | 62067 | 36E | 63964 | 36E | WD 2-8-0 | 63655 | 36E | 63771 | 36E | |
B1 4-6-0 | 62070 | 36E | 63965 | 36E | 90032 | 36C | 63665 | 36C | 63785 | 36E | |
61114 | 40B | J11 0-6-0 (GCR) | 63966 | 34E | 63672 | 36E | 63818 | 36E | |||
61208 | 36E | 64354 | 36E | 63969 | 36E | 63688 | 36E | 63914 | 36E | ||
61213 | 36E | S - stored | 63702 | 36E | |||||||
Shed Codes | 34E New England | 36A Doncaster | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | 40B Immingham | ||||||
Sunday 21 July 1963 | 36E | 4.30pm - 4.50pm | total: | 38 | |||||||
B1 4-6-0 | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | O2 2-8-0 (GNR) | |||||||||
61055 | 36E | 63571 | 41H | 63665 | 36C | 63738 | 36E | 63924 | 36E | 63975 | 36E |
K1 2-6-0 | 63585 | 36E | 63672 | 36E | 63785 | 36E | 63925 | 36E | 63976 | 36E | |
62019 | 36E | 63602 | 36E | 63692 | 36E | 63878 | 36E | 63926 | 36E | 63980 | 36E |
62054 | 36E | 63607 | 36E W | 63702 | 36E | 63908 | 36E | 63936 | 36E | WD 2-8-0 | |
62070 | 36E | 63632 | 36E | 63704 | 36E W | 63914 | 36E | 63937 | 36E | 90075 | 40B |
63637 | 36E W | 63726 | 36E | 9F 2-10-0 | 63946 | 36E W | 90130 | 36E | |||
63655 | 36E W | 63736 | 36E | 92195 | 40B | 63969 | 36E | 90528 | 36E | ||
W - withdrawn | 90551 | 36E | |||||||||
Shed Codes | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | 40B Immingham | 41H Staveley G. C. | |||||||
Sunday 7 June 1964 | 36E | 7am - 7.20am | total: | 31 | |||||||
B1 4-6-0 | K1 2-6-0 | O4 2-8-0 (GCR) | WD 2-8-0 | ||||||||
61058 | 36E | 62019 | 36E W | 63607 | 36E | 63734 | 36E | 90130 | 36E | 90246 | 36E |
61107 | 36E | 62054 | 36E | 63628 | 36C | 63738 | 36E | 90131 | 36E | 90280 | 36E |
61120 | 36E | 62067 | 36E | 63651 | 36E | 63813 | 36E | 90146 | 36E | 90514 | 36E |
61127 | 36E | 62070 | 36E | 63661 | 36E | 63914 | 36E W | 90158 | 36E | 90522 | 36E |
61213 | 36E W | 63688 | 36E | Brush T4 diesel | 90169 | 36E | 90627 | 50B | |||
61348 | 36E | 63726 | 36E W | D1551 | |||||||
Shed Codes | 36C Frodingham | 36E Retford | 50B Hull Dairycoates | ||||||||
Retford Great Central shed closed in January 1965 |
Very interesting and informative, bringing back some memories. Thank you.
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