Bury St. Edmonds, Sudbury & Saffron Walden

The E4 2-4-0s built by Holden in 1892 spent their final days on remote branch lines in East Anglia. 

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Bury St. Edmonds
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1854	prior to Jan 1950		BSE
type:	A 2TS, rebuilt as a 3TS through-road shed in 1904.						closed:	Jan-59	Feb 1950 - Jan 1959		31E
location:	On the north side of the line , west of Bury St. Edmonds Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
Sunday 11 September 1938					BSE					total:	13
B12 4-6-0 (GER)		D15 4-4-0 (GER)		E4 2-4-0 (GER)		F3 2-4-2T (GER)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J17 0-6-0 (GER)
7544		8807	8897	7421	7466	8064	8071	7546	7924	8153
D2 4-4-0 (GNR)		8892								J39 0-6-0
4366										2985
Sunday 25 May 1947					BSE					total:	13
E4 2-4-0 (GER)		D15 4-4-0 (GER)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)		F3 2-4-2T (GER)		F4 2-4-2T (GER)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
2783	CAM	2503	BSE	5362	BSE	7115	CAM	7187	BSE	8497	BSE
2785	BSE	D16 4-4-0 (GER)		5442	BSE	7138	BSE			8579	BSE
		2615	BSE	5461	CAM
				5477	CAM
Shed Codes		BSE Bury St. Edmonds		CAM Cambridge
Allocation August 1950 (14)				D15 4-4-0		GER	1	D16 4-4-0		GER	4
E4 2-4-0		GER	2	J15 0-6-0		GER	3	F6 2-4-2T		GER	3
J69 0-6-0T		GER	1
Sunday 20 August 1950					31E					total:	13
E4 2-4-0 (GER)		D16 4-4-0 (GER)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J20 0-6-0 (GER)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)		F6 2-4-2T (GER)
62781	31A	62607	31E	5362	31E	64684	31A	8497	31E	67236	31E
2785	31A	62615	31E	65405	31A	B17 4-6-0				7238	31E
2795	31E			65420	31E	61619	31A Welbeck Abbey
Shed Codes		31A Cambridge		31E Bury St. Edmonds
Sunday 20 September 1953					31E					total:	13
D16 4-4-0 (GER)				F6 2-4-2T (GER)		C12 4-4-2T (GNR)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
62513	31E	62607	31E	67222	31E	67375	31E	65405	31A	68497	31E
62543	31E	62615	31E	67236	31E	67385	31E	65420	31E
62566	31E			67237	31E
Shed Codes		31A Cambridge		31E Bury St. Edmonds
Sunday 18 September 1955					31E					total:	10
E4 2-4-0 (GER)		D16 4-4-0 (GER)				J15 0-6-0 (GER)		C12 4-4-2T (GNR)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
62781	31A	62543	31E	62576	31E	65420	31E	67395	31E	68497	31E
		62566	31E	62588	31E
		62570	31A	62615	31E
Shed Codes		31A Cambridge		31E Bury St. Edmonds
Sunday 26 May 1957					31E					total:	10
B12 4-6-0 (GER)				J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J17 0-6-0 (GER)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)		N7 0-6-2T (GER)
61546	31E	61567	31E	65405	31E	65541	31A	68497	31E	69619	31A
61554	31E	61576	31E	65420	31E
61555	31A
Shed Codes		31A Cambridge		31E Bury St. Edmonds
Bury St. Edmonds shed was closed on 5th January 1959.
Sudbury
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1849	Bury St. Edmonds subshed
type:	A brick-built 1TS through-road shed.						closed:	1959
location:	In the goods yard on the north side of Sudbury Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway
Sunday 20 September 1953				Sunday 1 July 1956				Tuesday 23 July 1957
		total:	1			total:	2			total:	2
	E4 2-4-0 (GER)			J15 0-6-0 (GER)				E4 2-4-0 (GER)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)
	62790	31A		65390	31A	65461	31A	62785	31A	65442	31A
Saffron Walden
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1866	Cambridge subshed
type:	A brick-built 1TS through-road shed.						closed:	1958
location:	On the south side of the line, east of Saffron Walden Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
		Sunday 25 September 1955				Friday 8 August 1958
				total:	3			total:	1
		E4 2-4-0 (GER)		G5 0-4-4T (NER)			0-6-0 diesel
		62792	31A	67279	31A		D2008
				67322	31A
		Shed Codes		31A Cambridge

Note: Ely and Huntingdon, now listed under Cambridge.
Updated and revised - October 2021.