Norwich Thorpe & City 1938 - 1959

A D16/3 4-4-0, a class which operated much of the cross country passengers services from Norwich.  
Photo: locoyard.com.

Norwich Thorpe
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1844	prior to Jan 1950		NOR
type:	A brick-built 4TS through-road shed.					closed to steam:		Apr-62	Feb 1950 - Apr 1962		32A
location:	On the south side of Norwich Thorpe Station.
Abbreviations		GCR - Great Central Railway			GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
		LNER - London & North Eastern Railway				LMS - London, Midland & Scottish Railway				EE - English Electric
		BR - British Railway			WD - War Department
Sunday 9 June 1946					NOR	1923 LNER numbers in red				total:	81
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		B17 4-6-0				J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J39 0-6-0		J66 0-6-0T (GER)
2521	8850	1627	Aske Hall			5392	7894	2720	2973	7320
2531	8854	1669	Barnsley			7542	7901	2771	4730	J67 0-6-0T (GER)
2568	8859	2844	Earlham Hall			7562	7906	2777	4781	7047	8595
8799	8878	2849	Sheffield United			7848	7915	2943	4957	J68 0-6-0T (GER)
8829	8879	2856	Leeds United			7852	7928	2953		7025
8841	8884	2859	East Anglian			7855	7937	J19 0-6-0 (GER)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
8843	8886	B2 4-6-0				7881	7943	4644		7059	8586
D1 4-4-0 (GNR)		1639	Norwich City			7886		J20 0-6-0 (GER)		J65 0-6-0T (GER)
3056	3059	B1 4-6-0				J17 0-6-0 (GER)		4675		7157
K2 2-6-0 (GNR)		1004	Oryx			5574	8206	F3 2-4-2T (GER)		WD 2-8-0
1752	4663	1008	Kudu			8152	8220	7127	7150	73775	77363
4658		B12 4-6-0 (GER)		V1 2-6-2T		8166	8228	7145
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		8509	8566	420	424	E4 2-4-0 (GER)
1914	2428	8554				7408	7416
Sunday June 1949					NOR					total:	81
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		B17 4-6-0				J39 0-6-0		J17 0-6-0 (GER)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
62522	NOR	61605	STR Lincolshire Regiment			64731	NOR	5512	NOR	E8495	NOR
62541	NOR	B1 4-6-0		K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		4761	NOR	5513	NOR	68501	NOR
62556	IPS	61041	NOR	61921	NOR	64784	NOR	5524	NOR	8570	NOR
2570	NOR	61042	NOR	1942	NOR	4785	IPS	5534	NOR	68603	NOR
62588	NOR	61043	NOR	61947	NOR	64798	NOR	5551	NOR	J67 0-6-0T (GER)
E2593	NOR	61049	NOR	1953	NOR	4826	IPS	5568	NOR	E8586	NOR
2599	NOR	61050	NOR	61957	NOR	4838	NOR	65569	NOR	68595	NOR
62604	YAR	1051	NOR	61971	NOR	64889	NOR	65570	NOR	J68 0-6-0T (GER)
62612	NOR	61052	NOR	61973	LOW	4913	NOR	J15 0-6-0 (GER)		68641	NOR
E4 2-4-0 (GER)		61254	IPS	1981	NOR	64959	NOR	5367	NOR	J50 0-6-0T (GNR)
2780	NOR	1270	NOR	K2 2-6-0 (GNR)		J19 0-6-0 (GER)		5373	NOR	68899	NOR
62787	NOR	61271	NOR	61730	NOR	4644	NOR	65408	NOR	68905	NOR
2793	NOR	61332	NOR	F6 2-4-2T (GER)		F3 2-4-2T (GER)		65417	NOR	J66 0-6-0T (GER)
62797	NOR	B12 4-6-0 (GER)		7224	NOR	7126	NOR	5419	NOR	8381	NOR
N7 0-6-2T (GER)		61569	IPS	67229	NOR	7139	NOR	5471	NOR	8384	NOR
69706	NOR	V1 2-6-2T				F4 2-4-2T (GER)		5478	NOR	68388	NOR
69709	NOR	67679	NOR			7174	NOR
Shed Codes		IPS Ipswich		LOW Lowestoft		NOR Norwich		STR Stratford		YAR Yarmouth S. Twn
Allocation August 1950 (130)				B1 4-6-0		LNER	17	B17 4-6-0		LNER	4
K3 2-6-0		GNR	10	D16 4-4-0		GER	22	E4 2-4-0		GER	8
J19 0-6-0		GER	2	J39 0-6-0		LNER	13	J15 0-6-0		GER	12
J17 0-6-0		GER	12	F3 2-4-2T		GER	1	F4 2-4-2T		GER	2
F6 2-4-2T		GER	2	V1 2-6-2T		LNER	4	L1 2-6-4T		LNER	5
J66 0-6-0T		GER	2	J67 0-6-0T		GER	1	J69 0-6-0T		GER	5
J68 0-6-0T		GER	1	J50 0-6-0T		GNR	3	N7 0-6-2T		GER	4
Saturday 19 August 1950					32A					total:	59
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		B17 4-6-0				J17 0-6-0 (GER)		J39 0-6-0		J66 0-6-0T (GER)
62510	32A	61629	32A Naworth Castle			65507	32A	64724	32A	8381	32A
62524	32D	61640	31A Somerleyton Hall			5512	32A	64726	32A	68388	32A
62541	32A	61659	32A East Anglian			5513	32A	64781	30A	J69 0-6-0T (GER)
62554	32A	61669	32B Barnsley			5555	31B	E4802	32A	8495	32A
62555	32A	B1 4-6-0		K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		65566	32C	64833	32A	68501	32A
62577	32A	61048	32A	61805	30A	65568	32A	64882	32A	J68 0-6-0T (GER)
62585	32A	61049	32A	61860	31B	5569	32A	J19 0-6-0 (GER)		68641	32A
62593	32A	61051	32A	61942	32A	65574	32A	64644	32A	J50 0-6-0T (GNR)
62604	32A	61053	32B	61953	32A	J15 0-6-0 (GER)		N7 0-6-2T (GER)		68899	32A
F3 2-4-2T (GER)		61271	32A	61970	32A	65390	32A	69679	32G	V1 2-6-2T
7139	32A	F6 2-4-2T (GER)		61981	32A	E5469	32A	69707	32A	67664	32A
F4 2-4-2T (GER)		7233	32F	61989	32A	65471	32A	69709	32A	67677	32A
67178	32A			L1 2-6-4T						WD 2-8-0
				67794	32A					90083	31B
Shed Codes		31A Cambridge		31B March		32A Norwich		32B Ipswich		32C Lowestoft
		32D Yarmouth S. Twn		32F Yarmouth Beach		32G Melton Constable
Sunday 14 September 1952					32A					total:	74
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		Britannia 4-6-2				J17 0-6-0 (GER)		J39 0-6-0		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
62510	32A	70006	32A Robert Burns			65513	32A	64724	32A	68494	32A
62540	32A	70007	32A Coer-de-Lion			65515	31B	64761	32A	68495	32A
62554	32A	70009	32A Alfred The Great			65524	32A	64768	30A	68501	32A
62555	32A	70011	32A Hotspur			65534	32A	64782	30A	68570	32A
62556	32A	70012	32A John of Gaunt			65551	32A	64797	32A	68602	32A
62562	31C	70013	32A Oliver Cromwell			J19 0-6-0 (GER)		64802	32A	68603	32A
62606	32A	B1 4-6-0		K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		64644	32A	64882	32A	68635	32A
62608	32A	61046	32A	61877	32A	N7 0-6-2T (GER)		64889	32A	J67 0-6-0T (GER)
62619	32A	61047	32A	61939	32A	69706	32A	64900	32A	68586	32A
E4 2-4-0 (GER)		61050	32A	61957	32A	69707	32A	64913	32A	68611	32C
62789	32A	61051	32A	61970	32A	69708	32A	J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J50 0-6-0T (GNR)
62796	32A	61089	30A	61971	32A	69709	32A	65469	32A	68899	32A
L1 2-6-4T		61271	32A	61981	32A	B12 4-6-0 (GER)		65471	32A	68905	32A
67788	32A	61272	32A	61989	32A	61520	32F	65472	32A	68924	32A
67789	32A	61375	30A	A5 4-6-2T (GCR)		WD 2-8-0		Y1 0-4-0T Sentinel
67798	32A			69824	32A	90302	31B	68131	Lowestoft Sleeper Works
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		31B March		31C Kings Lynn		32A Norwich
		32C Lowestoft		32F Yarmouth Beach
Sunday 20 September 1953					32A					total:	67
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		Britannia 4-6-2				E4 2-4-0 (GER)		J39 0-6-0		J67 0-6-0T (GER)
62522	32A	70006	32A Robert Burns			62782	32A	64724	32A	68514	32A
62523	32A	70007	32A Coer-de-Lion			62787	32A	64765	30A	68516	32A
62531	31A	70008	32A Black Prince			62788	32A	64780	30A	68523	32A
62553	32A	70009	32A Alfred The Great			62789	32A	64797	32A	68592	32A
62555	32A	70010	32A Owen Glendower			62792	32A	64889	32A	68597	32A
62556	32A	70012	32A John of Gaunt			62793	32A	64900	32A	68608	32A
62577	32A	70013	32A Oliver Cromwell			62796	32A	J15 0-6-0 (GER)		68616	32A
62596	32A	70036	30A Boadicea			B1 4-6-0		65388	32A	J68 0-6-0T (GER)
62597	32D	B17 4-6-0				61043	32A	65460	32A	68645	32A
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		61664	32A Liverpool			61046	32A	65471	32A	68664	32A
61908	32A	N7 0-6-2T (GER)		L1 2-6-4T		61047	32A	J17 0-6-0 (GER)		J50 0-6-0T (GNR)
61939	32A	69679	32A	67707	32A	61048	32A	65524	32A	68899	32A
61970	32A	69696	32A	A5 4-6-2T (GCR)		61050	32A	65551	32A	68905	32A
61989	32A	69707	32A	69824	32A	61270	32A	65573	32A
cl 4MT 2-6-0		69708	32A	69826	32A			J19 0-6-0 (GER)
43150	32G							64674	32A
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		31A Cambridge		32A Norwich		32D Yarmouth S. Twn		32G Melton Constable
Sunday 27 March 1955					32A					total:	69
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		Britannia 4-6-2				E4 2-4-0 (GER)		J39 0-6-0		J67 0-6-0T (GER)
62510	32A	70007	32A Coer-de-Lion			62788	32A	64731	32A	68514	32A
62522	32A	70012	32A John of Gaunt			62789	32A	64797	32A	68516	32A
62554	32A	70013	32A Oliver Cromwell			62792	32A	64802	32A	68536	32G
62577	32A	70035	32A Rudyard Kipling			62796	32A	64889	32A	68592	32A
62593	32A	B17 4-6-0				B1 4-6-0		64900	32A	68597	32A
62596	32A	61664	32A Liverpool			61043	32A	64913	32A	68608	32A
62606	31C	K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		K1 2-6-0		61045	32A	64968	32A	68616	32A
62619	32A	61877	32A	62039	31B	61050	32A	J17 0-6-0 (GER)		J68 0-6-0T (GER)
N7 0-6-2T (GER)		61908	32A	62053	31B	61051	32A	65514	32A	68641	32A
69698	32A	61953	32A	62067	31B	61233	30A	65537	32A	J50 0-6-0T (GNR)
69706	32A	61957	32A	B12 4-6-0 (GER)		61312	32A	65542	32A	68899	32A
69707	32A	61970	32A	61520	32A	J15 0-6-0 (GER)		65573	32A	68905	32A
A5 4-6-2T (GCR)		61981	32A	61542	32A	65388	32A	L1 2-6-4T		J19 0-6-0 (GER)
69824	32A	61982	31B	0-6-0 diesel		65469	32A	67707	32A	64644	32A
69826	32A			11103		65471	32A	67717	32C	64674	32A
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		31B March		31C Kings Lynn		32C Lowestoft		32G Melton Constable
Sunday 18 March 1956					32A					total:	73
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		Britannia 4-6-2				B1 4-6-0		J39 0-6-0		J67 0-6-0T (GER)
62510	32A	70002	30A Geoffrey Chaucer			61042	32A	64761	32A	68516	32A
62523	32A	70006	32A Robert Burns			61043	32A	64802	32A	J69 0-6-0T (GER)
62555	32A	70007	32A Coer-de-Lion			61045	32A	64900	32A	68555	32A
62556	32A	70009	32A Alfred The Great			61046	32A	64913	32A	J68 0-6-0T (GER)
62564	32A	70012	32A John of Gaunt			61249*	30A	J17 0-6-0 (GER)		68640	32A
62577	32A	70013	32A Oliver Cromwell			61317	32A	65519	32A	68641	32A
62592	32A	70035	32A Rudyard Kipling			K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		65537	32A	68642	32A
62593	32A	70036	30A Boadicea			61877	32A	65557	32A	68645	32A
62605	31A	70041	30A Sir John Moore			61918	32C	65566	32A	J50 0-6-0T (GNR)
B12 4-6-0 (GER)		B17 4-6-0				61939	32A	65573	32A	68899	32A
61514	32A	61634	30A Hinchingbroke			61957	32A	65588	32A	68924	32A
61520	32A	61638	31B Melton Hall			61971	32A	J15 0-6-0 (GER)		N7 0-6-2T (GER)
61535	32B	K1 2-6-0		L1 2-6-4T		61989	32A	65388	32A	69679	32A
61545	32F	62032	31B	67707	32A	F6 2-4-2T (GER)		65469	32A	69690	32A
61572	32A	62040	31B	67717	32A	67229	32C	J19 0-6-0 (GER)		69706	32A
61577	32A	cl 4MT 2-6-0		0-6-0 diesel		C12 4-4-2T (GNR)		64644	32A	69707	32A
		43147	32G	11139		67366	32D	64674	32A	69708	32D
								* named Fitzherbert Wright
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		31A Cambridge		31B March		32A Norwich		32B Ipswich
		32C Lowestoft		32D Yarmouth S. Twn		32G Melton Constable
Sunday 26 May 1957					32A					total:	60
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		Britannia 4-6-2				B1 4-6-0		J39 0-6-0		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
62530	31A	70006	32A Robert Burns			61042	32A	64731	32A	68555	32A
62540	32A	70008	32A Black Prince			61044	41A	64761	32A	J68 0-6-0T (GER)
62555	32A	70009	32A Alfred The Great			61045	32A	64797	32A	68640	32A
62619	32A	70011	32A Hotspur			61182	30A	64900	32A	68642	32A
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		70012	32A John of Gaunt			61223	32A	64913	32A	68645	32A
61877	32A	70013	32A Oliver Cromwell			61235	30A	J19 0-6-0 (GER)		J50 0-6-0T (GNR)
61908	32A	70030	32A William Wordsworth			61270	32A	64694	32A	68899	32A
61953	32A	70036	30A Boadicea			61312	32A	J17 0-6-0 (GER)		68905	32A
61970	32A	B2 4-6-0				61317	32A	65542	32A	J15 0-6-0 (GER)
61971	32A	61670	32D City of London			K1 2-6-0		65553	32A	65388	32A
61981	32A	cl 4MT 2-6-0		L1 2-6-4T		62066	31B	65557	32A	WD 2-8-0
61989	32A	43146	32G	67714	32A	B12 4-6-0 (GER)		65570	32A	90018	31B
N7 0-6-2T (GER)		43154	32G	67717	32A	61542	32A	65586	32A	0-6-0 diesels
69707	32A					61556	32A			11113	11161
										11125	11162
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		31A Cambridge		31B March		32A Norwich
		32D Yarmouth S. Twn		32G Melton Constable		41A Sheffield Darnall
Allocation April 1959 (93)				cl 4MT 2-6-0		LMS	5	B1 4-6-0		LNER	12
B12 4-6-0		GER	5	B17 4-6-0		LNER	2	K3 2-6-0		GNR	13
D16 4-4-0		GER	5	J19 0-6-0		GER	4	J39 0-6-0		LNER	4
J15 0-6-0		GER	2	J17 0-6-0		GER	9	L1 2-6-4T		LNER	3
J68 0-6-0T		GER	3	J50 0-6-0T		GNR	3	N7 0-6-2T		GER	1
Britannia 4-6-2		BR	21	WD 2-8-0		WD	1
Sunday 12 July 1959					32A		1.20pm - 2.15pm			total:	75
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		Britannia 4-6-2				B1 4-6-0				J68 0-6-0T (GER)
62511	32A	70001	32A Lord Hurcomb			61001	32B Eland			68641	32A
62524	32A	70007	32A Coer-de-Lion			61006	30F Blackbuck			68645	32A
62540	32A	70035	31B Rudyard Kipling			61043	32A	J39 0-6-0		J50 0-6-0T (GNR)
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		B17 4-6-0				61059	32B	64731	32A	68905	32A
61826	32A	61612	32B Houghton Hall			61160	32B	64761	32A	EE T4 diesel
61845	31B	61618	32B Wynyard Park			61235	32A	64767	30A	D204
61851	31B	61636	32A Harlaxton Manor			61270	32A	64900	32A	Brush T2 diesel
61908	32A	61641	31B Gayton Hall			61375	30A	J19 0-6-0 (GER)		D5532
61918	32A	61654	32A Sunderland			61384	30F	64644	32A	0-6-0 diesels
61949	32A	61656	32D Leeds United			J17 0-6-0 (GER)		64667	30E	D2034	11125
61970	32A	61662	30E Manchester United			65558	32C	64674	32A	D2035	11139
61971	32A	B12 4-6-0 (GER)		cl 4MT 2-6-0		65566	32A	64681	30A	D2036	11165
61973	32A	61514	32A	43089	31C	65570	32A	J15 0-6-0 (GER)		D2038	11168
61981	32A	61571	32A	43146	32A	L1 2-6-4T		65424	30E	D2210	11169
N7 0-6-2T (GER)		O1 2-8-0 (GNR)		43156	32A	67714	32A	65469	32A	D2214	11172
69707	32A	63803	31B	43160	32A	WD 2-8-0		65471	32A	D2559
69733	30E					90559	32A
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		30E Colchester		30F Parkeston		31B March		31C Kings Lynn
		32A Norwich		32B Ipswich		32C Lowestoft		32D Yarmouth S. Twn
Norwich Thorpe shed was closed to steam on 2nd April 1962.
Norwich City
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland & Great Northern Railway							opened:	1882	Melton Constable subshed
type:	A brick-built 3TS dead-ended shed, reduced to 2TS.						closed:	Feb-59
location:	On the east side of the line, at the north end of Norwich City Station.
Abbreviations		GCR - Great Central Railway			GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
		M&GN - Midland & Great Northern Railway
Monday 5 September 1938				Sunday 10 March 1946				Sunday 9 June 1946
		total:	6			total:	2			total:	3
D3 4-4-0 (GNR)		J93 0-6-0T (M&GN)			J67 0-6-0T (GER)				D2 4-4-0 (GNR)
4355		015	097		7339				3042
D52 4-4-0 (M&GN)		J19 0-6-0 (GER)			N7 0-6-2T (GER)				D1 4-4-0 (GNR)
038		8241			827				3052
D54 4-4-0 (M&GN)									J69 0-6-0T (GER)
046									7394
Monday 26 May 1947				Saturday 7 June 1952				Sunday 14 September 1952
		total:	4			total:	2			total:	3
D2 4-4-0 (GNR)		D1 4-4-0 (GNR)			cl 4MT 2-6-0			D16 4-4-0 (GER)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
2156	MC	2210	YB		43145	32G		62519	32G	68623	32G
2195	MC	J69 0-6-0T (GER)			D16 4-4-0 (GER)			62617	32G
		8570	MC		62519	32G
Shed Codes		MC, 32G Melton Constable			YB Yarmouth Beach
Saturday 30 May 1953				Sunday 23 August 1953				Sunday 27 March 1955
		total:	4			total:	3			total:	3
cl 4MT 2-6-0		D16 4-4-0 (GER)		cl 4MT 2-6-0		D16 4-4-0 (GER)		cl 4MT 2-6-0		D16 4-4-0 (GER)
43148	32G	62515	32G	43150	32G	62617	32G	43147	32G	62519	32G
J69 0-6-0T (GER)		62519	32G	J67 0-6-0T (GER)				J67 0-6-0T (GER)
68623	32G			68515	32G			68515	32G
Sunday 18 March 1956				Saturday 26 May 1956				Sunday 26 May 1957
		total:	3			total:	3			total:	3
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		J67 0-6-0T (GER)		cl 4MT 2-6-0		D16 4-4-0 (GER)		D16 4-4-0 (GER)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
62515	32G	68515	32G	43146	32G	62519	32G	62533	32G	68625	32G
62617	32G			J69 0-6-0T (GER)				62597	32G
				68625	32G
Tuesday 23 July 1957				Sunday 12 July 1959
		total:	3			total:	1
cl 4MT 2-6-0		D16 4-4-0 (GER)			0-6-0 diesel
43086	32G	62578	32G		D2037
J69 0-6-0T (GER)
68625	32G
Norwich City shed was closed on 25th February 1959 and became a stabling point for an 0-6-0 diesel.

Updated and revised - October 2021.