Norfolk subsheds

Cromer Beach
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland & Great Northern Railway						opened:	1887		Melton Constable subshed
type:	A brick-built 1TS dead-ended shed.					closed:	Mar-59	From Sep 1954 subshed to Norwich
location:	On the north side of Cromer Beach Station.
Abbreviations		GCR - Great Central Railway			GER - Great Eastern Railway			M&GN - Midland & Great Northern Railway
Saturday 10 September 1938				Sunday 19 September 1954				Sunday 26 September 1954
		total:	2			total:	2			total:	6
J11 0-6-0 (GCR)		J40 0-6-0 (M&GN)		B17 4-6-0				B17 4-6-0
5329		060		61656	32A Leeds United			61656	32A Leeds United
				B12 4-6-0 (GER)				61665	32A Leicester City
				61540	32A			61666	30E Nottingham Forest
								B1 4-6-0		B12 4-6-0 (GER)
On 20th September 1954, Cromer High was closed and duties were								61048	32A	61540	32A
switched to Cromer Beach. The shed, originally under the control								N7 0-6-2T (GER)
of Melton Constable was taken over by Norwich.								69690	32A
Shed Codes		30E Colchester		32A Norwich
Saturday 17 September 1955				Tuesday 23 July 1957				Sunday 6 April 1958
		total:	4			total:	7			total:	6
B12 4-6-0 (GER)				B1 4-6-0		B12 4-6-0 (GER)		B1 4-6-0		B12 4-6-0 (GER)
61540	32A	61547	32A	61045	32A	61514	32A	61312	32A	61514	32A
61545	32F	61568	32A	61312	32A	61519	32A			61516	31A
Sunday 31 March 1957						61542	32A			61542	32A
		total:	4			61547	32A			61547	32A
B1 4-6-0		B12 4-6-0 (GER)				61556	32A			61568	32A
61046	32A	61547	32A
61048	32A	61570	32B	Shed Codes		31A Cambridge		32A Norwich		32B Ipswich
Cromer Beach shed was closed on 2nd March, 1959.
Cromer High
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway						opened:	1877		Norwich subshed
type:	A brick-built 1TS dead-ended shed.					closed:	Sep-54
location:	On the east side of Cromer High Station.
Abbreviations		GCR - Great Central Railway			GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
Saturday 10 September 1938				Sunday 8 June 1952				Sunday 5 July 1953
		total:	3			total:	5			total:	4
	F3 2-4-2T (GER)			B17 4-6-0				B17 4-6-0
	8087	8089		61659	32A East Anglian			61656	32A Leeds United
	8088			D16 4-4-0 (GER)		L1 2-6-4T		61664	32A Liverpool
				62553	32A	67789	32A	61665	32A Leicester City
Sunday 29 August 1954				62610	32A	N7 0-6-2T (GER)			K3 2-6-0 (GNR)
		total:	5			69708	32A		61989	32A
B17 4-6-0
61656	32A Leeds United
B1 4-6-0		B12 4-6-0 (GER)
61043	32A	61540	32A
L1 2-6-4T		61568	32A
67707	32A
Cromer High closed on 20th September 1954 and the duties and Control were transferred to Cromer Beach.
Wells next the Sea
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway						opened:	1857		Norwich subshed
type:	A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed.					closed:	Sep-55
location:	On the north side of Wells next the sea Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway
Friday 6 June 1952				Sunday 5 July 1953				Friday 16 September 1955
		total:	2			total:	3			total:	2
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		J17 0-6-0 (GER)		D16 4-4-0 (GER)		J17 0-6-0 (GER)			D16 4-4-0 (GER)
62522	32A	65569	32A	62596	32A	65567	32A		62540	32A
				62610	32A				62577	32A
Shed Codes		32A Norwich
Wells next the Sea closed on 15th September 1955, but continued to service locos until 1960.
Dereham
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1846	Norwich subshed
type:	A timber-built 2TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Sep-55
location:	In the triangle of lines at the south end of Dereham Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway
Monday 5 September 1938				Mon 24 May 1948						total:	11
		total:	5	E4 2-4-0 (GER)		F3 2-4-2T (GER)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)
F3 2-4-2T (GER)		D15 4-4-0 (GER)		2792	NOR	7127	NOR	5367	NOR	5471	NOR
8044		8850		D15 4-4-0 (GER)		J17 0-6-0 (GER)		5401	NOR	5472	NOR
J15 0-6-0 (GER)		8886		2506	KL	5568	NOR	5408	NOR	5478	NOR
7516	7550							5460	NOR
				Shed Codes		KL Kings Lynn		NOR Norwich
Saturday 7 June 1952				Sunday 14 September 1952						total:	10
		total:	5	E4 2-4-0 (GER)		D16 4-4-0 (GER)		J17 0-6-0 (GER)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)
E4 2-4-0 (GER)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)		62787	32A	62551	31C	65553	32A	65460	32A
62782	32A	65460	32A	62793	32A	62584	32A	65569	32A
62793	32A	J17 0-6-0 (GER)		62797	32A	62593	32A	65574	32A
J19 0-6-0 (GER)		65551	32A
64674	32A			Shed Codes		31C Kings Lynn		32A Norwich
Saturday 19 September 1953				total:	10	Tuesday 27 July 1954				total:	8
E4 2-4-0 (GER)		D16 4-4-0 (GER)		J17 0-6-0 (GER)		D16 4-4-0 (GER)				J15 0-6-0 (GER)
62797	32A	62593	32A	65516	32A	62540		62584		65460
J15 0-6-0 (GER)		62601	31C	65542	32A	62553		62610		65469
65472	32A	62608	32A	65570	32A	62555				J17 0-6-0 (GER)
		62610	32A	65574	32A					65574
Shed Codes		31C Kings Lynn		32A Norwich
Sunday 27 March 1955				total:	7	Sunday 6 October 1957
E4 2-4-0 (GER)		D16 4-4-0 (GER)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)			0-6-0 diesel
62787	32A	62553	32A	65472	32A		11169
		62584	32A	J17 0-6-0 (GER)
		62608	32A	65570	32A	An 0-6-0 diesel was often stabled there for a few years.
		62610	32A
Dereham shed closed on 19th September 1955.
Wymondham
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1847	Norwich subshed
type:	A service area consisting of turntable and siding.						closed:	Jun-58
location:	In the fork of lines at the west end of Wymondham Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway
Sunday 4 September 1938				Monday 24 May 1948				Sunday 5 June 1949
		total:	1			total:	2			total:	1
	J15 0-6-0 (GER)			J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J65 0-6-0T (GER)			J15 0-6-0 (GER)
	7828			5417	NOR	8214	NOR		65426	NOR
Friday 6 June 1952				Tuesday 27 July 1954				Sunday 5 January 1958
		total:	2			total:	1			total:	1
J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)			J67 0-6-0T (GER)				J15 0-6-0 (GER)
65417	32A	68602	32A		68616	32A			65469	32A
Sunday 6 April 1958				Friday 31 October 1958
		total:	1			total:	1
	0-6-0 diesel				0-6-0 diesel
	11172				D2214
Wymondham was closed to steam in June 1958 and became a stabling point for an 0-6-0 diesel until 1974.
Swaffham
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1847	Norwich subshed
type:	A 2TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Apr-62
location:	On the south side of the line east of Swaffham Station.
							Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway
Monday 5 September 1938
F3 2-4-2T (GER)
8085					Swaffham shed was closed 2nd April 1962.

Updated and revised - October 2021.