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.

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Dundee Tay Bridge Sub-sheds 1938 - 1962

Dundee West
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railwayopened:1885Sep 1935 - Dec 194829C
type:A brick-built 8TS through-road shed.closed:1958subshed to Dundee Tay Bridge
location:On the north side of the line, west of Dundee West station.
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnM - MacintoshBR - British Railways
HR - Highland RailwayGNR - Great Northern RailwayNBR - North British RailwayWD - War Department
LNER - London & North Eastern Railway
Sunday 17 July 193829C5.25am - 5.35amtotal:20
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)cl 4P 4-6-0 (HR)
15132151961450373311739717561175891475814761
1517315222cl 2F 0-6-0T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)175631759114760
1518015231161621636617568
15193
Saturday 14 April 194529Ctotal:11
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 4P 4-4-0 (F)cl 3P 4-4-0 (M)cl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)cl 4P 4-6-0 (Pick)
1517329C1522629C92429A1444829A1765329C1463528A
1519629C1523129Ccl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)14654
1522229C1745029C
Shed Codes28A Motherwell29A Perth South29C Dundee West
Thursday 26 December 194629Ctotal:18
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)LNER locos, stored prior to repairs at Inverurie or Cowlairs Works
1519629C1632529CC15 4-4-2T (NBR)J36 0-6-0 (NBR)J35 0-6-0 (NBR)
1521729Ccl 4F 0-6-07466DFU5212PKD5332THJ4503STM
1522329C419329A7468POL5219DFU ArrasJ39 0-6-0
1522629Ccl 5MT 4-6-07477HAW5223KPS Albert4792DEE
548828A5272BGT4950DEE
Shed Codes28A Motherwell29A Perth South29C Dundee WestBGT BathgateDEE Dundee Tay Brdg
DFU DunfermlineHAW HawickKPS KippsPKD ParkheadPOL Polmont
STM St. MargaretsTHJ Thornton Jct.
Allocation - January 1948 (13)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)NBR8cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)NBR3
cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)NBR1cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)NBR1cl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)NBR1
Wednesday 23 June 194829Ctotal:13
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)cl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)WD 8F 2-8-0
5517329C1521729C1632329C1756829C1765329C79265DFU
5518029C1522329C1632529C1763528Ccl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)
1519629C1523129C1450229A
Shed Codes28C Carstairs29A Perth South29C Dundee WestDFU Dunfermline
Sunday 28 August 194929Ctotal:25
C16 4-4-2T (NBR)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 4F 0-6-0D49 4-4-0
746162B1516962B5522662B418168A6271362B Aberdeenshire
747162B5517362B1522762B4432263Acl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
Y9 0-4-0ST (NBR)5518662B5523162BJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)4546963A1756862B
811062B1519262Bcl 3F 0-6-0T (M)6457562BV2 2-6-2cl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)
J24 0-6-0 (NER)5521762B5632362B6463462B6083862B5765362B
561462B5522362B5632562Bcl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)
1745062B
Shed Codes62B Dundee Tay Brdg63A Perth South68A Carlisle Kingmoor
Sunday 28 May 195029Ctotal:19
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 5F 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)cl 5MT 4-6-0WD 2-8-0
5517362B5522362B4274665B5765362B4495462B7736561B
5518662B5522662Bcl 3F 0-6-0T (M)cl 4P 4-6-0 (Pick)4516563Acl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
1519262B5522762B5632362B5463566B4545763A5756862B
5521762B5523162B5632562B5464066B
Shed Codes61B Aberdeen F'Hill62B Dundee Tay Brdg63A Perth South65B St. Rollox66B Motherwell
Dundee West lost its allocation on 1st January 1949 and became a subshed of Dundee Tay Bridge.
The shed was used for repairs and stabling locos at busy times. For more information see pages on Dundee Tay Bridge.
Dundee West closed in 1958 and was completely refurbished, reopening in 1960 as a DMU depot.
Arbroath
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railway & North British Railwayopened:1897Dundee Tay Bridge subshed
type:A brick-built 3TS dead-ended shed.closed:1959
location:On the west side of the line, north of the station.
Sunday 17 July 1938Sunday 4 May 1952
7.05am - 7.10amtotal:4total:5
C16 4-4-2T (NBR)J83 0-6-0T (NBR)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)C16 4-4-2T (NBR)cl 2MT 2-6-0K3 2-6-0 (GNR)
944095129805151956748462B4646362B6190964A
6748662BShed Codes
6749862B62B Dundee Tay Brdg64A St. Margarets
Friday 28 October 1955total:10
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)D11 4-4-0
5517362B5522663A6267265A Baron of Bradwardine S6268765A Lord James of Douglas S
5516962B S5522762B S6268265A Haystoun of Bucklaw S6268865A Ellen Douglas S
5521762B SC16 4-4-2T (NBR)S - stored
6748662BShed Codes62B Dundee Tay Brdg63A Perth65A Eastfield
Saturday 17 March 1956total:7
cl 2MT 2-6-0C16 4-4-2T (NBR)D11 4-4-0
4646362B6748462B6267365A Evan Dhu S6268665A The Fiery Cross S
4646462B6268065A Lucy Ashton S6268965A Maid of Lorn S
S - stored
Wednesday 8 October 1958total:9
N15 0-6-2T (NBR)B1 4-6-0D11 4-4-0
6913662B S6127862B6267465A Flora McIvor S6268665A The Fiery Cross S
6920462B SC16 4-4-2T (NBR)6268465A Wizard of the Moor S6268765A Lord James of Douglas S
J69 0-6-0T (GER)6750262BS - stored
6853562B S
Arbroath shed closed on 3rd January, 1959.
Montrose
Pre Grouping Ownership - North British Railwayopened:1881Dundee Tay Bridge subshed
type:A timber-built 2TS through-road shed.closed:1966
location:On the east side of Montrose (NB) station.
Sunday 17 July 1938Tuesday 31 July 1951Friday 3 August 1951
7.40am - 7.45amtotal:3total:2total:2
C15 4-4-2T (NBR)J37 0-6-0 (NBR)J37 0-6-0 (NBR)J39 0-6-0J38 0-6-0
915591236462062B6479262B6591062A
J36 0-6-0 (NBR)6463162B
9781
Sunday 4 May 1952Saturday 12 July 1952Sunday 24 July 1955
total:2total:3total:3
J36 0-6-0 (NBR)WD 8F 2-8-0J37 0-6-0 (NBR)WD 8F 2-8-0J37 0-6-0 (NBR)J39 0-6-0
6533362B9012862A6461562B9005862A6459862B6479062B
6463162B6495062B
Saturday 31 May 1958Wednesday 8 October 1958Saturday 4 July 1959
total:3total:2total:4
J37 0-6-0 (NBR)J37 0-6-0 (NBR)J39 0-6-0J37 0-6-0 (NBR)J38 0-6-0
6452364A6454562B6495062B6454462B6590562A
6458562B6458762B
6461962B6463162B
Wednesday 27 July 1960Sunday 22 April 1962Wednesday 15 August 1962
total:3total:3total:2
J37 0-6-0 (NBR)WD 8F 2-8-0J37 0-6-0 (NBR)J39 0-6-0J37 0-6-0 (NBR)J39 0-6-0
6461562B9044462B6455662B6495062B6461962B6482262B
J39 0-6-06457562B
6482262B
Shed Codes62A Thornton Jct.62B Dundee Tay Brdg64A St. Margarets
Montrose shed closed in May 1966.
Updated and revised - December 2021.
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