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 Railway						opened:	1868		prior to Jan 1950		LYD
type:	A stone-built 3TS dead ended shed.					closed:	Mar-64	Feb 1950 - Mar 1964		Gloucester subshed
location:	On the west side of the line at the north end of Lydney Junction station.
Monday 1 August 1938					LYD		8.15am - 8.20am			total:	13
2021 0-6-0PT						74xx 0-6-0PT
2029	2045	2099	2101	2131	2151	7424
2040	2051	2100	2115	2149	2157
Allocation January 1948 (19)				2021 0-6-0PT		GWR	16	14xx 0-4-2T		GWR	2
				Dean 2301 0-6-0		GWR	1
Sunday 3 October 1948					LYD		3.40pm - 3.45pm			total:	16
14xx 0-4-2T		2021 0-6-0PT
1409	LYD	2025	LYD	2043	LYD	2091	LYD	2131	LYD	2155	LYD
1456	LYD	2034	LYD	2044	LYD	2114	LYD	2132	LYD	Dean 2301 0-6-0
		2039	LYD	2080	LYD	2121	LYD	2153	LYD	2515	LYD
Saturday 3 September 1949					LYD		4.55pm - 5pm			total:	13
14xx 0-4-2T		2021 0-6-0PT
1409	LYD	2025	LYD	2091	LYD	2121	LYD	2144	LYD	2155	LYD
		2043	LYD	2096		2131	LYD	2153	LYD	Dean 2301 0-6-0
		2045	LYD			2132	LYD			2350	LYD
Saturday 5 November 1950					85B subshed					total:	18
14xx 0-4-2T		16xx 0-6-0PT				2021 0-6-0PT
1409	85B	1612	85B	1627	85B	2025	85B	2121	85B	2153	85B
1456	85B	1616	85B	Dean 2301 0-6-0		2043	85B	2131	85B	2155	85B
		1623	85B	2339	85B	2044	85B	2144	85B
		1625	85B	2350	85B	2080	85B
Sunday 2 September 1951					85B subshed					total:	14
14xx 0-4-2T		2021 0-6-0PT		16xx 0-6-0PT						2251 0-6-0
1404	85B	2080	85B	1612	85B	1625	85B	1632	85B	3213	85B
1456	85B	54xx 0-6-0PT		1616	85B	1630	85B	1639	85B
		5417	85B	1623	85B	1631	85B	1642	85B
Sunday 10 August 1952					85B subshed					total:	15
14xx 0-4-2T		57xx 0-6-0PT		54xx 0-6-0PT		16xx 0-6-0PT				43xx 2-6-0
1404	85B	4659	85B	5408	85B	1616	85B	1631	85B	6341	85B
1406	85B	7741	85B	5417	85B	1625	85B	1632	85B
						1627	85B	1639	85B
						1630	85B	1642	85B
Sunday 18 April 1954					85B subshed					total:	12
14xx 0-4-2T		57xx 0-6-0PT		54xx 0-6-0PT		16xx 0-6-0PT				43xx 2-6-0
1404	85B	7723	85B	5408	85B	1616	85B	1631	85B	6341	85B
		7741	85B			1625	85B	1639	85B
						1627	85B	1642	85B
						1630	85B
Sunday 21 August 1955					85B subshed					total:	13
14xx 0-4-2T		57xx 0-6-0PT		54xx 0-6-0PT		16xx 0-6-0PT				2251 0-6-0
1464	85B	7723	85B	5408	85B	1616	85B	1631	85B	3203	85B
		7741	85B	5417	85B	1625	85B	1639	85B
						1627	85B	1642	85B
						1630	85B
Sunday 27 May 1956					85B subshed					total:	13
14xx 0-4-2T		57xx 0-6-0PT		54xx 0-6-0PT		16xx 0-6-0PT				2251 0-6-0
1418	85A	7723	85B	5408	85B	1623	85B	1630	85B	2207	85B
94xx 0-6-0PT		7741	85B	5417	85B	1625	85B	1639	85B
8717	85B					1627	85B	1642	85B
Shed Codes		85A Worcester		85B Gloucester Horton Road
Sunday 23 June 1957					85B subshed					total:	8
14xx 0-4-2T		57xx 0-6-0PT		16xx 0-6-0PT
1401	85B	3609	85B	1627	85B	1631	85B	1642	85B
		7723	85B	1630	85B	1632	85B
Sunday 31 August 1958					85B subshed					total:	11
14xx 0-4-2T		57xx 0-6-0PT		54xx 0-6-0PT		16xx 0-6-0PT				43xx 2-6-0
1401	85B	3740	85B	5417	85B	1623	85B	1632	85B	6381	85B
		7723	85B			1627	85B	1639	85B
						1631	85B	1642	85B
Saturday 13 June 1959					85B subshed					total:	12
14xx 0-4-2T		57xx 0-6-0PT				16xx 0-6-0PT				43xx 2-6-0
1426	85B	3609	85B	7723	85B	1627	85B	1632	85B	6304	85B
54xx 0-6-0PT		5763	85B	8701	85B	1630	85B	1639	85B
5417	85B					1631	85B
Sunday 3 July 1960					85B subshed					total:	10
14xx 0-4-2T		57xx 0-6-0PT		16xx 0-6-0PT				43xx 2-6-0
1431	85B	8701	85B	1623	85B	1632	85B	6330	85B
1472	85B	8729	85B	1627	85B	1642	85B
		8731	85B
Sunday 19 February 1961						Sunday 27 August 1961
	85B subshed			total:	11		85B subshed			total:	9
16xx 0-6-0PT		57xx 0-6-0PT		14xx 0-4-2T		16xx 0-6-0PT		57xx 0-6-0PT		2251 0-6-0
1623	85B	3721	85B	1431	85B	1623	85B	3721	85B	2289	85B
1627	85B	7741	85B	2251 0-6-0		1632	85B	7741	85B
1631	85B	64xx 0-6-0PT		2289	85B	1642	85B	8701	85B
1632	85B	6415	85B	43xx 2-6-0		64xx 0-6-0PT		8717	85B
1642	85B			6394	85B	6415	85B
Sunday 25 March 1962						Sunday 5 August 1962
	85B subshed			total:	10		85B subshed			total:	9
16xx 0-6-0PT		57xx 0-6-0PT		54xx 0-6-0PT			16xx 0-6-0PT		57xx 0-6-0PT
1608	85B	3721	85B	5420	85B		1608	85B	3775	85B
1623	85B	4614	85C				1623	85B	4614	85B
1626	85B	8701	85B				1626	85B W	8701	85B
1632	85B	8729	85B				1631	85B	8729	85B
1650	85B						1650	85B
Shed Codes		85B Gloucester Horton Road			85C Gloucester Barnwood
Sunday 3 March 1963						Sunday 17 March 1963
	85B subshed			total:	8		85B subshed			total:	10
	16xx 0-6-0PT		57xx 0-6-0PT				16xx 0-6-0PT		57xx 0-6-0PT
	1608	85B	3775	85B			1608	85B	3721	85B
	1623	85B	8701	85B W			1623	85B	3775	85B
	1626	85B W	8729	85B W			1626	85B W	8701	85B W
	1631	85B	9798	85B			1631	85B	8729	85B W
							1650	85B	9798	85B
Lydney shed closed on 2nd March 1964.

Updated and revised - October 2021.