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.

Friday, 31 July 2015

Lydney 1938 - 1963

The Forest of Dene Railway 
A 16xx 0-6-0PT seen at Lydney on 14th April 1962. 
Photo: Ben Brooksbank Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0.

Lydney
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railwayopened:1868prior to Jan 1950LYD
type:A stone-built 3TS dead ended shed.closed:Mar-64Feb 1950 - Mar 1964Gloucester subshed
location:On the west side of the line at the north end of Lydney Junction station.
Monday 1 August 1938LYD8.15am - 8.20amtotal:13
2021 0-6-0PT74xx 0-6-0PT
2029204520992101213121517424
204020512100211521492157
Allocation January 1948 (19)2021 0-6-0PTGWR1614xx 0-4-2TGWR2
Dean 2301 0-6-0GWR1
Sunday 3 October 1948LYD3.40pm - 3.45pmtotal:16
14xx 0-4-2T2021 0-6-0PT
1409LYD2025LYD2043LYD2091LYD2131LYD2155LYD
1456LYD2034LYD2044LYD2114LYD2132LYDDean 2301 0-6-0
2039LYD2080LYD2121LYD2153LYD2515LYD
Saturday 3 September 1949LYD4.55pm - 5pmtotal:13
14xx 0-4-2T2021 0-6-0PT
1409LYD2025LYD2091LYD2121LYD2144LYD2155LYD
2043LYD20962131LYD2153LYDDean 2301 0-6-0
2045LYD2132LYD2350LYD
Saturday 5 November 195085B subshedtotal:18
14xx 0-4-2T16xx 0-6-0PT2021 0-6-0PT
140985B161285B162785B202585B212185B215385B
145685B161685BDean 2301 0-6-0204385B213185B215585B
162385B233985B204485B214485B
162585B235085B208085B
Sunday 2 September 195185B subshedtotal:14
14xx 0-4-2T2021 0-6-0PT16xx 0-6-0PT2251 0-6-0
140485B208085B161285B162585B163285B321385B
145685B54xx 0-6-0PT161685B163085B163985B
541785B162385B163185B164285B
Sunday 10 August 195285B subshedtotal:15
14xx 0-4-2T57xx 0-6-0PT54xx 0-6-0PT16xx 0-6-0PT43xx 2-6-0
140485B465985B540885B161685B163185B634185B
140685B774185B541785B162585B163285B
162785B163985B
163085B164285B
Sunday 18 April 195485B subshedtotal:12
14xx 0-4-2T57xx 0-6-0PT54xx 0-6-0PT16xx 0-6-0PT43xx 2-6-0
140485B772385B540885B161685B163185B634185B
774185B162585B163985B
162785B164285B
163085B
Sunday 21 August 195585B subshedtotal:13
14xx 0-4-2T57xx 0-6-0PT54xx 0-6-0PT16xx 0-6-0PT2251 0-6-0
146485B772385B540885B161685B163185B320385B
774185B541785B162585B163985B
162785B164285B
163085B
Sunday 27 May 195685B subshedtotal:13
14xx 0-4-2T57xx 0-6-0PT54xx 0-6-0PT16xx 0-6-0PT2251 0-6-0
141885A772385B540885B162385B163085B220785B
94xx 0-6-0PT774185B541785B162585B163985B
871785B162785B164285B
Shed Codes85A Worcester85B Gloucester Horton Road
Sunday 23 June 195785B subshedtotal:8
14xx 0-4-2T57xx 0-6-0PT16xx 0-6-0PT
140185B360985B162785B163185B164285B
772385B163085B163285B
Sunday 31 August 195885B subshedtotal:11
14xx 0-4-2T57xx 0-6-0PT54xx 0-6-0PT16xx 0-6-0PT43xx 2-6-0
140185B374085B541785B162385B163285B638185B
772385B162785B163985B
163185B164285B
Saturday 13 June 195985B subshedtotal:12
14xx 0-4-2T57xx 0-6-0PT16xx 0-6-0PT43xx 2-6-0
142685B360985B772385B162785B163285B630485B
54xx 0-6-0PT576385B870185B163085B163985B
541785B163185B
Sunday 3 July 196085B subshedtotal:10
14xx 0-4-2T57xx 0-6-0PT16xx 0-6-0PT43xx 2-6-0
143185B870185B162385B163285B633085B
147285B872985B162785B164285B
873185B
Sunday 19 February 1961Sunday 27 August 1961
85B subshedtotal:1185B subshedtotal:9
16xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT14xx 0-4-2T16xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT2251 0-6-0
162385B372185B143185B162385B372185B228985B
162785B774185B2251 0-6-0163285B774185B
163185B64xx 0-6-0PT228985B164285B870185B
163285B641585B43xx 2-6-064xx 0-6-0PT871785B
164285B639485B641585B
Sunday 25 March 1962Sunday 5 August 1962
85B subshedtotal:1085B subshedtotal:9
16xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT54xx 0-6-0PT16xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT
160885B372185B542085B160885B377585B
162385B461485C162385B461485B
162685B870185B162685B W870185B
163285B872985B163185B872985B
165085B165085B
Shed Codes85B Gloucester Horton Road85C Gloucester Barnwood
Sunday 3 March 1963Sunday 17 March 1963
85B subshedtotal:885B subshedtotal:10
16xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT16xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT
160885B377585B160885B372185B
162385B870185B W162385B377585B
162685B W872985B W162685B W870185B W
163185B979885B163185B872985B W
165085B979885B
Lydney shed closed on 2nd March 1964.
Updated and revised - October 2021.
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