Hither Green 1939 - 1961

A Maunsell N class 2-6-0 at Hither Green shed on 12th March 1960.
Photo: Ben Brooksbank Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0.

Hither Green
Opened by the Southern Railway							opened:	1933	prior to Feb 1950		HIT
type:	A concrete-built 6TS dead-ended shed.					closed to steam:		Oct-61	Feb 1950 - Oct 1961		73C
location:	East of the line, south of the station.
Abbreviations		LBSCR - London, Brighton & South Coast Railway					LSWR - London & South Western Railway
J - Johnson		SECR - South Eastern & Chatham Railway				BR - British Railways		GER - Great Eastern Railway
LCDR - London, Chatham & Dover Railway				SER - South Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
Sunday 7 May 1939					HIT					total:	49
H 0-4-4T (SECR)		S15 4-6-0 (LSWR)		C 0-6-0 (SECR)						O1 0-6-0 (SER)
1329	BAT	839	HIT	1018	HIT	1245	HIT	1592	HIT	1046	HIT
1519	DOV	840	HIT	1037	HIT	1257	HIT	1687	BA	1370	HIT
1520	DOV	841	HIT	1054	HIT	1267	HIT	1689	HIT	1374	HIT
E4 0-6-2T (LBSCR)		842	HIT	1061	HIT	1291	HIT	1695	HIT	1377	HIT
2496	BTN	W 2-6-4T		1068	HIT	1298	HIT	1715	HIT	1384	HIT
F1 4-4-0 (SECR)		1912	HIT	1086	HIT	1480	HIT	Z 0-8-0T		1386	HIT
1110	HIT	1913	HIT	1113	HIT	1486	HIT	950	HIT	R1 0-4-4T (SECR)
1188	RED	1923	HIT	1243	HIT	1495	BAT	951	HIT	1710	TON
		1924	HIT	1244	HIT	1581	HIT	953	HIT
		1925	HIT					956	HIT
shed codes		BA Bricklayer's Arms		BAT Stewart's Lane		BTN Brighton		DOV Dover		HIT Hither Green
		RED Redhill		TON Tonbridge
Sunday 16 December 1945					HIT					total:	36
F1 4-4-0 (SECR)		N1 2-6-0		W 2-6-4T		C 0-6-0 (SECR)				O1 0-6-0 (SER)
1028	HIT	1876	TON	1921	HIT	1018	HIT	1243	HIT	1123	AFD
1031	HIT	1877	TON	1923	HIT	1054	HIT	1256	GIL	1248	HIT
1205	HIT	1878	HIT	1924	HIT	1059	HIT	1257	HIT	1374	HIT
D1 0-4-2T (LBSCR)		1880	HIT	Q1 0-6-0		1090	HIT	1572	HIT	1377	HIT
2239	HIT	J17 0-6-0 (GER)		C24	FEL	1113	HIT	1681	BAT	1386	HIT
N 2-6-0		8173	STR	J15 0-6-0 (GER)		1223	BA	1689	HIT	Z 0-8-0T
1843	BTN			7852	STR	1242	FAV	1695	HIT	950	HIT
										955	HIT
shed codes		AFD Ashford		BA Bricklayer's Arms		BAT Stewart's Lane		BTN Brighton		FAV Faversham
FEL Feltham		GIL Gillingham		HIT Hither Green		STR Stratford		TON Tonbridge
Sunday 8 December 1946					HIT					total:	40
H 0-4-4T (SECR)		F1 4-4-0 (SECR)		N 2-6-0		C 0-6-0 (SECR)				O1 0-6-0 (SER)
1295	BAT	1028	HIT	1810	BAT	1059	HIT	1480	HIT	1109	HIT
D1 0-4-2T (LBSCR)		1031	HIT	1819	DOV	1068	HIT	1573	GIL	1123	AFD
2239	HIT	1205	HIT	N1 2-6-0		1090	HIT	1681	BAT	1248	HIT
W 2-6-4T		B1 4-4-0 (SER)		1878	HIT	1112	GIL	1682	GIL	1258	HIT
1913	HIT	1021	HIT	9469	KX	1243	HIT	1713	GIL	1381
1921	HIT	1455	HIT			1245	HIT	WD 2-8-0		1386	HIT
1925	HIT	N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				1257	HIT	78688	HIT
Z 0-8-0T		794	BAT Sir Ector de Maris			1270	HIT	79210	HIT
955	HIT	801	AFD Sir Meliot de Logres			1271	HIT	79262	HIT
956	HIT							79281	HIT
shed codes		AFD Ashford		BAT Stewart's Lane		DOV Dover		GIL Gillingham		KX Kings Cross
Sunday 6 July 1947					HIT					total:	51
D1 0-4-2T (LBSCR)		F1 4-4-0 (SECR)		WD 2-8-0		C 0-6-0 (SECR)				O1 0-6-0 (SER)
2239	HIT	1028	HIT	3132	NEW	1054	HIT	1267	GIL	1044	HIT
W 2-6-4T		1031	HIT	78597	HIT	1059	HIT	1298	HIT	1109	HIT
1911	HIT	B1 4-4-0 (SER)		79203	BA	1061	HIT	1480	HIT	1248	HIT
1913	HIT	1455	HIT	79210	BA	1090	BA	1486	HIT	1374	HIT
1921	HIT	1457	HIT	79262	BA	1113	HIT	1572	HIT	1377	HIT
1922	HIT	N1 2-6-0		79281	BA	1191	HIT	1686	TON	1385	HIT
1923	HIT	1880	HIT	Z 0-8-0T		1244	HIT	1695	HIT	1386	HIT
1924	HIT			950	HIT	1245	HIT	1713	HIT	1395	BA
1925	HIT			953	HIT	1256	GIL			1396	TON
N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				955	HIT	1257	HIT
800	HIT Sir Meleaus de Lile			956	HIT
shed codes		BA Bricklayer's Arms		GIL Gillingham		HIT Hither Green		NEW New England		TON Tonbridge
Saturday 12 March 1949					HIT	2.45pm - 3.15pm				total:	39
W 2-6-4T		WD 2-8-0				C 0-6-0 (SECR)				O1 0-6-0 (SER)
1911	HIT	70853	HIT	78705	HIT	31018	HIT	S1253	HIT	1258	HIT
1913	HIT	77090	BA	79199	HIT	1061	HIT	1257	HIT	1377	HIT
31921	HIT	77485	BA	79203	BA	31068	HIT	31270	HIT	Z 0-8-0T
31922	HIT	78569	BA	79210	BA	1113	HIT	31486	HIT	30950	HIT
31925	HIT	78596	HIT	S79281	BA	1150	HIT	1581	HIT	S953	HIT
D 4-4-0 (SECR)		78597	HIT	N1 2-6-0		S1191	HIT	1694	HIT	955	HIT
1732	TON	N 2-6-0		31878	HIT	1219	TON	N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0
		1410	BAT	9450	HSY			30804	AFD Sir Cador of Cornwall
shed codes		AFD Ashford		BA Bricklayer's Arms		BAT Stewart's Lane		HIT Hither Green
		HSY Hornsey		TON Tonbridge
Saturday 24 June 1950					73C	3.05pm - 3.25pm				total:	35
W 2-6-4T		cl 3MT 0-6-0T (J)		N 2-6-0 (SECR)		O1 0-6-0 (SER)		C 0-6-0 (SECR)		WD 2-8-0
31911	73C	M7205	14A	31403	74A	1248	73C	31059	73C	77090	73C
31921	73C	47212	14A	N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		31258	73C	31061	73C	77150	73C
31922	73C	J20 0-6-0 (GER)		31877	73C	1391	73C	1150	73C	90107	73C
31924	73C	64680	30A	U 2-6-0		1432	73C	31255	73D	90213	73C
R 0-4-4T (LCDR)		Drewry 0-6-0DM		31616	73C	Q1 0-6-0		31270	73C	90216	73B
31671	74D	DS1173*	service	31617	73C	33039	74D	1480	73C	90226	73B
0-6-0 diesel				D 4-4-0 (SECR)				31486	73C	90678	73C
15220				1732	73C					90718	73C
shed codes		14A Cricklewood		30A Stratford		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		73D Gillingham
		74A Ashford		74D Tonbridge		* Hither Green Engineers Department
Sunday 8 July 1951					73C	2.40pm - 3.05pm				total:	28
W 2-6-4T		U 2-6-0		N 2-6-0 (SECR)		WD 2-8-0		C 0-6-0 (SECR)
31913	73C	31638	73E	31873	73B	90213	73C	31054	73C	31694	73C
31915	73C	31800	70C	N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		90389	73C	31059	73C	31695	73C
31924	73C	E 4-4-0 (SECR)		31876	73C	90564	73B	1480	73C	O1 0-6-0 (SER)
Drewry 0-6-0DM		1175	73B	31877	73C	90669	73C	31510	73D	31258	73C
DS1173	service	N1 0-6-2T (GNR)		31880	73C	90671	73C	31581	73C	Q1 0-6-0
		E9451	34B			90702	73C	31682	73D	33019	71A
shed codes		34B Hornsey		70C Guildford		71A Eastleigh		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green
		73D Gillingham		73E Faversham
Sunday 6 July 1952					73C					total:	41
W 2-6-4T		N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		N 2-6-0 (SECR)		C 0-6-0 (SECR)				0-6-0 diesels
31911	73C	31822	73C	31814	73A	31054	73C	31687	73C	15223	15230
31913	73C	31880	73C	31825	73B	31059	73C	31689	73C	15224	15231
31922	73C	U 2-6-0		31826	73B	31061	73C	31691	73C	15227	15233
31923	73C	31620	73C	31857	73C	31063	73C	31695	73C	15228	15236
31924	73C			31859	73C	31225	73C	Q1 0-6-0		15229
31925	73C			31860	73C	31245	73C	33014	73C	Drewry 0-6-0DM
N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				31862	73C	31682	73D	33015	73C	DS1173	service
30806	73C Sir Galleron			31871	73B
shed codes		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green
Sunday 16 August 1953					73C					total:	50
W 2-6-4T		N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		N 2-6-0 (SECR)		C 0-6-0 (SECR)				0-6-0 diesels
31911	73C	31876	73C	31408	73C	31018	73C	31690	73C	13010	15224
31912	73C	31879	73C	31857	73C	31033	73C	31691	73C	13011	15225
31913	73C	Q1 0-6-0		31858	73C	31054	73C	31692	73C	13012	15226
31921	73C	33015	73C	31860	73C	31059	73C	31693	73C	13014	15227
31922	73C	33018	74D	31873	73B	31061	73C	31694	73C	15220	15234
31923	73C	J17 0-6-0 (GER)		U 2-6-0		31063	73C	31695	73C	15221	15236
		65528	30A	31620	73C	31687	73C	31712	73C	15222
N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				D1 4-4-0 (SECR)		31688	73C	31718	73C	Drewry 0-6-0DM
30806	73C Sir Galleron			31545	73D	31689	73C			DS1173	service
shed codes		30A Stratford		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		73D Gillingham		74D Tonbridge
Sunday 25 July 1954					73C					total:	45
W 2-6-4T		N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		N 2-6-0 (SECR)		C 0-6-0 (SECR)				0-6-0 diesels
31911	73C	31877	73C	31828	73B	31059	73C	31687	73C	13044	15225
31912	73C	31878	73C	31850	73E	31063	73C	31688	73C	13045	15227
31913	73C	31879	73C	31860	73C	31229	73D	31690	73C	13047	15228
31916	73C	31880	73C	U 2-6-0		31294	73B	31691	73C	15223	15234
31922	73C	D1 4-4-0 (SECR)		31611	75B	31498	73C	31693	73C	15224	15236
31923	73C	31492	73E			31578	73A	31694	73C	Q1 0-6-0
31924	73C	N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				31583	73A	31695	73C	33014	73C
31925	73C	30806	73C Sir Galleron			31681	73D	31719	73A
shed codes		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		73D Gillingham
		73E Faversham		75B Redhill
Sunday 1 May 1955					73C					total:	41
W 2-6-4T		N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				N 2-6-0 (SECR)		C 0-6-0 (SECR)
31911	73C	30792	73A Sir Hervis de Revel			31406	74A	31018	73C	31687	73C
31912	73C	30794	73A Sir Ector de Maris			31825	73B	31054	73C	31688	73C
31913	73C	0-6-0 diesels		N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		31826	73B	31059	73C	31689	73C
31916	73C	13043	15221	31876	73C	31854	73C	31063	73C	31692	73C
31922	73C	13044	15223	31879	73C	31855	73C	31584	73A	31695	73C
31923	73C	15219	15224	U1 2-6-0		31857	73C	31681	73D	J20 0-6-0 (GER)
31924	73C	15220	15226	31892	73C	H 0-4-4T (SECR)		31686	73C	64675	30A
				31893	73C	31266	73A
shed codes		30A Stratford		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green
		73D Gillingham		74A Ashford
Sunday 8 July 1956					73C					total:	44
W 2-6-4T		N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				C 0-6-0 (SECR)				0-6-0 diesels
31911	73C	30806	73C Sir Galleron			31018	73C	31691	73C	13096	15219
31912	73C	N 2-6-0 (SECR)		N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		31033	73C	31692	73C	13097	15220
31913	73C	31406	74A	31876	73C	31054	73C	31693	73C	13099	15221
31916	73C	31856	73C	31877	73C	31059	73C	31694	73C	13101	15227
31922	73C	31858	73C	31878	73C	31061	73C	31719	73A	15216	15229
31923	73C	31861	73C	31880	73C	31229	73D	31723	73B	Drewry 0-6-0DM
31924	73C			Q1 0-6-0		31686	73C	31724	73C	DS1173*	service
31925	73C			33037	73C	31689	73C	* Hither Green Engineers Department
shed codes		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		73D Gillingham		74A Ashford
Sunday 14 April 1957					73C					total:	37
W 2-6-4T		N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				C 0-6-0 (SECR)				0-6-0 diesels
31912	73C	30802	74A Sir Durnore			31018	73C	31573	73D	11223	15224
31913	73C	N 2-6-0 (SECR)		N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		31033	73C	31688	73C	15217	15226
31916	73C	31407	74A	31876	73C	31054	73C	31690	73C	15223
31923	73C	31829	73B	31880	73C	31068	73B	31692	73C	Drewry 0-6-0DM
31924	73C	31854	73C	C2X 0-6-0 (LBSCR)		31112	73D	31694	73C	DS1173	service
31925	73C	31855	73C	32525	73B	31253	73A	31695	73C
		J50 0-6-0T (GNR)		J17 0-6-0 (GER)		31461	73B	31721	73C
		68929	34B	65563	30A	31480	73B
shed codes		30A Stratford		34B Hornsey		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green
		73D Gillingham		74A Ashford
Sunday 27 April 1958					73C	9.25am - 9.40am				total:	51
W 2-6-4T		N 2-6-0 (SECR)		N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		C 0-6-0 (SECR)				0-6-0 diesels
31911	73C	31403	74A	31822	73C	31033	73C	31684	73D	11226	D3044
31912	73C	31412	73A	31879	73C	31061	73C	31686	73C	13100	D3096
31913	73C	31812	73A	Q1 0-6-0		31253	73C	31688	73C	15202	D3098
31916	73C	31817	75B	33035	74D	31280	74D	31689	73C	15219	D3460
31922	73C	31857	73C	33037	73C	31287	73C	31690	73C	15221	D3462
31923	73C	31858	73C	Drewry 0-6-0DM		31461	73B	31694	73C	15223	D3468
31924	73C	31860	73C	DS1173	service	31573	73C	31695	73C	15226	D3472
31925	73C	31873	73B	N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0						15229
				30806	73C Sir Galleron
shed codes		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		73D Gillingham		74A Ashford
		74D Tonbridge		75B Redhill
Sunday 31 May 1959					73C	8.45am - 9am				total:	36
W 2-6-4T		N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				C 0-6-0 (SECR)		0-6-0 diesels		BR T2 diesels
31911	73C	30806	73C Sir Galleron			31510	73D	D3462	15202	D5001	D5006
31912	73C	N 2-6-0 (SECR)		N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		31686	73C	D3472	15226	D5002	D5009
31913	73C	31403	73F	31876	73C	31689	73C	11226		D5003	D5011
31916	73C	31855	73C	U1 2-6-0		31693	73C	Q1 0-6-0		D5004	D5014
31922	73C	31860	73C	31893	70B	31725	73C	33014	73J	Drewry 0-6-0DM
31924	73C	31873	73B			J50 0-6-0T (GNR)		33031	73J	DS1173	service
						68991	34B	33037	73C
shed codes		34B Hornsey		70B Feltham		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		73D Gillingham
		73F Ashford		73j Tonbridge
Sunday 24 April 1960					73C	3.55pm				total:	45
W 2-6-4T				C 0-6-0 (SECR)				0-6-0 diesels		BR T2 diesels
31911	73C	31924	73C	31112	73H	31691	73C	11221	D3095	D5000	D5008
31912	73C	31925	73C	31287	73C	31694	73C	15216	D3096	D5001	D5013
31913	73C	N 2-6-0 (SECR)		31298	73C	31695	73C	15219	D3098	D5006
31916	73C	31400	73F	31498	73C	C2X 0-6-0 (LBSCR)		15223	D3459	BRCW T3 diesels
31922	73C	31816	73C	31573	73C	32538	73B	15226	D3460	D6501	D6504
31923	73C	31854	73F	31682	73C	H 0-4-4T (SECR)		15229	D3462	D6503	D6506
		31856	73C			31533	73B	D2284
shed codes		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		73F Ashford		73H Dover
Sunday 5 February 1961					73C	11.20am - 11.35am				total:	36
W 2-6-4T		N 2-6-0 (SECR)		Q1 0-6-0		C 0-6-0 (SECR)		BRCW T3 diesels		0-6-0 diesels
31911	73C	31816	73C	33029	73J	31268	73C	D6502	D6533	15201	D3095
31912	73C	31854	73F	33035	73J	31481	73C	D6506	D6539	15219	D3098
31913	73C	U1 2-6-0		33040	73J	31686	73C	D6508	D6542	15223	D3462
31916	73C	31904	73J	BR T2 diesels		31689	73C	D6517		D2284
31924	73C	H 0-4-4T (SECR)		D5004	D5012	31690	73C			Drewry 0-6-0DM
		31517	73J	D5011	D5017					DS1173	service
shed codes		73C Hither Green		73F Ashford		73j Tonbridge
Hither Green Shed closed to steam in October 1961.

Updated and revised - October 2021.