Oban & Ballachulish 1938 - 1962

A class 5MT 4-6-0 leaves for Glasgow from Oban station on 21st August 1948. 

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0

Oban
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railway						opened:	1880		Feb 1950 - Apr 1955		63E
type:	A timber-built 2TS dead-ended shed.					closed:	May-63		May '55 - May 1960		63D
location:	South of the station, in the fork of the goods yard.								Jun 1960 - May 1963		63C
Abbreviations		Dr - Drummond		M - MacIntosh		Pick - Pickersgill			CR - Caledonian Railway
Allocation - September 1950 (7)				cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		CR	5	cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		CR	2
Friday 5 June 1953					63E	Saturday 22 May 1954					63E
				total:	8					total:	7
cl 5MT 4-6-0				cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)
44880	65B	44999	63A	55195	63E	44786	65B	55195	63E	57254	63E
44957	65B			55215	63E	44880	65B	55263	63E	57424	63E
45157	65B The Glasgow Highlander			55263	63E	45488	63A
				cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)
				57424	63E
Shed Codes		63A Perth South		63E Oban		65B St. Rollox
Sunday 3 July 1955					63D					total:	13
cl 5MT 4-6-0				cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
44922	65B	45084	63B	55208	63D	44318	63B	57424	63D	57576	63D
44931	63A	45168	63A	55215	63D
44961	63A	45423	65B	55263	63D	Shed Codes		63A Perth South		63B Stirling South
45154	65B Lanarkshire Yeomanry							63D Oban		65B St. Rollox
Monday 13 August 1956					63D	Monday 16 June 1958					63D
				total:	9					total:	7
cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		BR 5MT 4-6-0		cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)
45155	65B	55200	63D	57276	63D	44953	64D	73148	65B	55126	63B
45213	63B	55215	63D	57368	63D	45364	12A	cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)		55208	63D
45367	63A	55263	63D			45423	63B	57571	63D
45488	63A
Shed Codes		12A Carlisle Kingmoor		63A Perth South		63B Stirling South		64D Dalry Road		65B St. Rollox
Allocation - March 1959 (17)				cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		CR	5	cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)		CR	1
				cl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)		CR	1
Friday 12 September 1959					63D	Friday 1 July 1960					63C
				total:	9					total:	11
cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
45013	12A	55200	63A	57571	63D	44820	63A	55195	65J	57571	63C
45153	65B	55263	63D	57667	63D	45047	63A	55226	63A	57635	63C
45389	63B					45213	65J	55230	63C
45396	63B					45423	65J	55263	63C
45473	63A					45443	65B
Shed Codes		12A Carlisle Kingmoor		63A Perth South		63B/65J Stirling South		63C/63D Oban		65B St. Rollox
Tuesday 29 August 1961					63C	Friday 20 April 1962					63C
				total:	11					total:	8
cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 2MT 2-6-0		cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
44721	63A	46460	63C	55173	63C	45389	65J	55204	63C	57587	63C
45047	63A	46468	63C	55207	63C	cl 2MT 2-6-0		55217	63C	BRCW T2 diesels
45119	65B			55224	63C	46468	63C	55260	63C	D5353	D5357
45389	65J			55233	63C
45488	63A
Shed Codes		63A Perth South		63C Oban		65B St. Rollox		65J Stirling South
Oban shed closed on 6th May 1963
Ballachulish
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railway							opened:	1903	Oban sub-shed
type:	A timber-built 2TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Mar-62
location:	On the north side of the station.
Thursday 21 July 1938				Tuesday 29 September 1953				Monday 27 June 1955
12.50pm - 12.55pm		total:	1			total:	1			total:	1
	cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)				cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)				cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)
	15141				55215	63E			55196	63D
Saturday 30 June 1956				Monday 26 May 1958				Saturday 14 May 1960
		total:	1			total:	1			total:	1
	cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)				cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)				cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)
	55215	63D			55208	63D			55239	63A
Friday 7 July 1961				Friday 18 August 1961
		total:	2			total:	2		Shed Codes
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)		cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)		cl 2MT 2-6-0			63A Perth South
55124	63C	57667	63C	55260	63C	46460	63C		63C Oban
Ballachulish shed closed on 12th March 1962
Balquhidder
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railway										opened:	1905
type:	A timber-built 1TS dead-ended shed.									closed:	Feb-42
location:	On the north side of the station, in the fork of lines.
				Saturday 27 August 1938
						total:	1
					cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)
					17453
Crianlarich
Pre Grouping Ownership - North British Railway										opened:	1894
type:	A brick-built 1TS dead-ended shed.									closed:	1930
location:	On the east side of the line, at the south end of the station.
Tuesday 27 August 1957				Saturday 30 July 1960				Friday 7 July 1961
both locos stored		total:	1	loco stored		total:	1	loco stored		total:	1
D11 4-4-0				D11 4-4-0				D11 4-4-0
62675	65A Colonel Gardiner S			62688	65A Ellen Douglas S			62688	65A Ellen Douglas S
62688	65A Ellen Douglas S									S - stored
Shed Codes		65A Eastfield

Updated and revised - December 2021.