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, 29 April 2016

Lochgorm Works 1939 - 1959


Lochgorm Works
The works were built by the Inverness and Nairn Railway in 1855 and subsequently absorbed by the Highland Railway in 1865. Its two-road erecting shop was mainly used for repairs although, between 1869 and 1905, it built a total of 41 locomotives. Lochgorm repaired as a repair works until 1959, the erecting shop being taken over and used as a diesel maintenance depot.
AbbreviationsM - MacintoshPick - PickersgillHR - Highland RailwayGNoSR - Great North of Scotland Railway
Thursday 1 June1939Sunday 27 May 1945
total:4total:5
cl 3F 0-6-0 (HR)cl 3P 4-6-0 "Castle" (Drummond)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 4-4-0 "Ben" (HR)
1769329H1467529H Taymouth Castle512014406Ben Slioch
1770029Hcl 5MT 4-6-0512432Acl 4F 4-6-0 "Clan"
515929H547732A17952
Thursday 9 October 1947Friday 13 August 1948
total:7total:6
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 4-4-0 (M)cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)cl 4P 4-4-0 (F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)
501129A1433732C W1448232A4092429A4509832A5447032A
5016cl 2P 4-4-0 "Ben" (HR)4512232A1448432A
517229A1441532A Ben Bhach Ard cl 4P 4-6-0 "Clan" (HR)
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)1476732B Clan Mackinnon
1517629AW - withdrawn
Shed Codes29H, 32A Inverness29A Perth South32B Aviemore32C Forres
Friday 24 April 1949total:9
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 2P 4-4-0 "Ben" (HR)
478860A4516163A5447160A1518662B1440160A Ben Vrackie W
4499160A4536060Acl 4F 4-6-0 "Clan"
4501163A1795460A
Saturday 6 August 1949Monday 29 May 1950
total:5total:6
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 0F 0-4-0STcl 5MT 4-6-0
4479860A5762560A431967B1601060A W4470563A4519260A
4505360AY9 0-4-0T4470667A4530963A
4532060A810860A wsws - works shunter
Shed Codes60A Inverness62B Dundee Tay Brdg63A Perth South67A Corkerhill67B Hurlford
Tuesday 8 August 1950Thursday 9 August 1951
total:8total:6
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)cl 5MT 4-6-0
4470766A4532060A5448160E5448260E4488065B4532060A
4508268A4545963AY9 0-4-0T4512060A4548363A
4517563Acl 3F 0-6-0T810860A ws4512360A
4754160A
Tuesday 22 July 1952Wednesday 27 August 1952
total:8total:9
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3P 4-4-0 (M)cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3P 4-4-0 (M)
4497463A5445063C5446360A4478360A4521363A5443960A
4513660Acl 3F 0-6-0 (M)5448460A4487963A4539665Fcl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)
4544365B5759760A4488563A4548466A5447060A
4512260A
Shed Codes60A Inverness60E Forres63A Perth South65B St. Rollox65F Grangemouth
66A Polmadie68A Carlisle Kingmoor
Wednesday 3 June 1953Friday 3 July 1953
total:5total:5
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)D41 4-4-0 (GNoSR)
4478665B4505363A4478360A5521863A6226561C
4496063A4512460A4535565B
cl 2P 4-4-0 "Ben" (HR)cl 2P 4-4-0 "Ben" (HR)
5439860D Ben Alder W5439860D Ben Alder W
Monday 7 June 1954Thursday 5 August 1954
total:5total:7
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
4499260A4517865B4471960A5446360A5758660B
4502364C4530966B4480163Acl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)
cl 2P 4-4-0 "Ben" (HR)4521363A5766160A
5439860D Ben Alder W4545360A
Shed Codes60A Inverness60B Aviemore60D Wick61C Keith63A Perth South
64C Dalry Road65B St. Rollox66B Motherwell
Thursday 7 April 1955Thursday 21 July 1955
total:7total:6
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)cl 5MT 4-6-0
4479663A4425463A5447160E4472360A4547463A
4509860Acl 2P 0-4-4T (M)4478360A4547860A
4536160A5517460B4499763A4547960A
4545963A
Thursday 25 August 1955Tuesday 27 September 1955
total:6total:6
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)cl 5MT 4-6-0
4471960A5447260E4471960A4517865B
4517865Bcl 2P 0-4-4T (M)4479461B4549663A
4517960A5516260A ws4488563Acl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)
4547463Aws - works shunter5449560C
Shed Codes60A Inverness60B Aviemore60C Helmsdale60E Forres
61B Aberdeen F'hill63A Perth South65B St. Rollox
Thursday 15 March 1956Monday 14 May 1956
total:7total:7
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0
4472460A4545263A4499160A4538462B
4478460A4547363A4509860A4545360A
4524563A4548863A4517960Acl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)
4532060A4536160A5448060C
Thursday 28 June 1956Wednesday 15 August 1956
total:5total:6
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0
4478860A4516261B4508168A4547463A
4497563D4542363B4513660B4548967A
4513660B4516261Bcl 0F 0-4-0ST
5601160A ws
Shed Codes60A Inverness60B Aviemore60C Helmsdale61B Aberdeen F'hill62B Dundee Tay Bdg
63A Perth South63B Stirling63D Oban67A Corkerhill68A Carlisle Kingmoor
Friday 19 April 1957Thursday 30 May 1957
total:6total:6
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)
4478460A4516761B4488268A5759760A
4499260A4545360A4492265Bcl 1P 0-4-4T (HR)
4504763Acl 1P 0-4-4T (HR)4493163A5505360C W
5505360C W4549866B
Thursday 29 May 1958Tuesday 22 July 1958
total:8total:6
cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)
4479461B4532060A5446660A4492365B5766160A
4503664C4547760A5447060C4495963A16xx 0-6-0PT
4516462Bcl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)4535963B164960C
5764260A4547860A
Shed Codes60A Inverness60C Helmsdale61B Aberdeen F'hill62B Dundee Tay Bdg63A Perth South
63B Stirling64C Dalry Road65B St. Rollox66B Motherwell68A Carlisle Kingmoor
The Works closed in 1959
Updated and revised - December 2021.
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