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.

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Grimsby, New Holland & Louth

Grimsby Docks
Pre Grouping Ownership - Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railwayopened:1889Immingham sub shed.
type:A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed.closed:1961
location:On the east side of the line, north of Grimsby Town station.
AbbreviationsGCR - Great Central RailwayGNR - Great Northern Railway
Sunday 30 August 1936IMM (sub)7.20pmtotal:12
D2 4-4-0 (GNR)D3 4-4-0 (GNR)C12 4-4-2 (GNR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)
438143834307434345255189525060083598
438243974314
Friday 7 April 1939IMM (sub)total:3
B7 4-6-0 (GCR)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J63 0-6-0T (GCR)
545835965060
Sunday 25 March 19560-6-0 Diesel Mechanical locos40B (sub)
111521115311154total:3
Sunday 15 September 19570-6-0 Diesel Mechanical locos40B (sub)
11108111531115411180total:4
Sunday 11 May 19580-6-0 Diesel Mechanical locos40B (sub)
11108111271115211180total:4
Sunday 7 July 19630-6-0 diesels40B (sub)
12125D3153D3157D3166total:4
Grimsby shed closed in 1912, finally fell out of use in 1961. Shunters were stabled there after this date.
New Holland
Pre Grouping Ownership - Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railwayopened:1848Immingham sub shed.
type:A brick-built 4TS through-road shed.closed:c1960
location:In a triangle of lines, south of New Holland station.
AbbreviationsGCR - Great Central RailwayGNR - Great Northern Railway
Sunday 30 August 1936IMM (sub)4.15pm - 4.25pmtotal:6
D3 4-4-0 (GNR)D7 4-4-0 (GCR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)Y3 0-4-0T Sentinel
4319434056845303600521
Saturday 28 August 1938IMM (sub)8.45am - 8.50amtotal:7
D3 4-4-0 (GNR)D7 4-4-0 (GCR)B5 4-6-0 (GCR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)Y3 0-4-0T Sentinel
43035684570451875219605121
Sunday 15 September 19570-6-0 Diesel Mechanical locos40B (sub)
1112411127total:2
Sunday 11 May 19580-6-0 Diesel Mechanical locos40B (sub)
11124total:1
New Holland shed was closed on April 20th 1941, though it was used for stabling until 1960.
Louth
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railwayopened:1848Sep 1935 - Jan 1950LTH
type:A brick-built 2TS with one through road.closed:Dec-56Feb 1950 - Dec 195640C
location:On the east side of Louth station.
AbbreviationsGCR - Great Central RailwayGNR - Great Northern Railway
Sunday 31 July 1938LTHtotal:9
C12 4-4-2 (GNR)D3 4-4-0 (GNR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)
401945254304434352465326
451952576008
Sunday 12 June 1949LTH11.05am - 11.10amtotal:9
D3 4-4-0 (GNR)C12 4-4-2 (GNR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)A5 4-6-2T (GCR)WD 2-8-0
2132LTH67352LTH7383LTH9305IMM6980977209CLK
67364LTH7389LTH
7379LTH
Shed CodesCLK ColwickIMM ImminghamLTH Louth
Allocation August 1950 (11)D3 4-4-0GNR1C12 4-4-2GNR7
N5 0-6-2TGCR1J11 0-6-0GCR2
Sunday 8 April 195140Ctotal:10
C12 4-4-2 (GNR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)
6735240C6737940C6738440C6432340B6928040C6930640C
6736440C6738340C6739840C6930540B
Shed Codes40B Immingham40C Louth
Sunday 20 September 195340Ctotal:10
C12 4-4-2 (GNR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)
6736440C6738340C6739840C6432040C6930940C6932740C
6737940C6738440C6443940B6932240C
Shed Codes40B Immingham40C Louth
Sunday 21 February 195440Ctotal:9
C12 4-4-2 (GNR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)
6736440C6738340C6739840C6432040C6930940C6932740C
6737940C6738440C6932240C
Sunday 19 September 195440Ctotal:8
C12 4-4-2 (GNR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)
6737940C6739840C6432040C6930940C6932740C
6738340C6437240B6932240C
Shed Codes40B Immingham40C Louth
Sunday 15 May 195540Ctotal:9
C12 4-4-2 (GNR)A5 4-6-2T (GCR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)
6736440C6738440C6981240B6432040C6930940C6932740C
6737940C6739840C6932240C
Shed Codes40B Immingham40C Louth
Sunday 13 November 195540Ctotal:8
C12 4-4-2 (GNR)A5 4-6-2T (GCR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)
6736440C6739840C6981240B6432040C6926140B
6738440C6432540B6930540B
Shed Codes40B Immingham40C Louth
Sunday 25 March 195640C9.55am - 10amtotal:10
C12 4-4-2 (GNR)A5 4-6-2T (GCR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)N5 0-6-2T (GCR)
6736440C6739840C6981640B6431240B6926140C6932240C
6738440C6432040C6929740B6936940B
Shed Codes40B Immingham40C Louth
Louth shed closed in December 1956.
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