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.

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Neath N&B and Glyn Neath 1938 - 1964

The Neath and Brecon Railway 

Neath N&B
Pre Grouping Ownership - Neath & Brecon Railwayopened:1902subshed to Neath (NEA & 87A)
type:A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed.closed:Jun-64
location:West of the line, north of Neath Riverside station.
Sunday 31 July 1938Sunday 9 April 1939
Neath (NEA) subshedtotal:14Neath (NEA) subshedtotal:13
LMMR 0-6-0T57xx 0-6-0PT1701 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT
704370177438775978518933767774377868782
1701 0-6-0PT37677767878297865778775777999756
179818597739778697567701776787759783
Sunday 17 July 1949Sunday 9 July 1950
Neath (NEA) subshedtotal:10Neath (87A) subshedtotal:12
57xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT
5720NEA7757NEA9666NEA574687A774387A973487A
7701NEA7769NEA9783NEA770187A776987A975087A
7737NEA8775NEA9786NEA773787A877587A977987A
7743NEA774287A966687A978387A
Sunday 8 July 1951Sunday 5 April 1953
Neath (87A) subshedtotal:11Neath (87A) subshedtotal:11
57xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT
361187A773787A973487A361187A577887A975087A
374187A774387A975687A362187A878287A975687A
462187A878287A977987A462187A878487A977987A
770187A878487A572087A973487A
Sunday 24 July 1955Sunday 22 July 1956
Neath (87A) subshedtotal:12Neath (87A) subshedtotal:8
57xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT
371587A774287A973487A374187A776787A975687A
376687A774387A977987A375787A878287A979287A
462187A775787A978687A770187A962787A
572087A878287A979287A
Sunday 16 June 1957Sunday 13 July 1958
Neath (87A) subshedtotal:11Neath (87A) subshedtotal:10
57xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT
361187A774287A973487A362187A775787A877587A
368787A778687A977987A371587A778687A973487A
375787A871587A978687A376687A873287A977987A
773987A877587A774287A
Sunday 3 May 1959Sunday 15 May 1960
Neath (87A) subshedtotal:11Neath (87A) subshedtotal:11
57xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT
368787A775787A962787A361187A465387A973487A
462187A779987A977987A362187A871587A978387A
774287A877587A979287A376687A876087A979287A
774387A878487A377487A878287A
Sunday 23 July 1961Sunday 18 February 1962
Neath (87A) subshedtotal:11Neath (87A) subshedtotal:11
57xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT
361187A778687A962787A365087A576187A878487A
374187A779987A975087A376887A577387A978387A
572087A871587A978687A462187A773987A978687A
773987A876087A465387A778687A
Sunday 18 November 1962Sunday 28 July 1963
Neath (87A) subshedtotal:12Neath (87A) subshedtotal:9
57xx 0-6-0PT57xx 0-6-0PT42xx 2-8-0T
365287A465387A469987A365087A973487A427587A
375787A466087A873287A373187A977787A522387A
376687A467787A974887A375787A979287A
376887A468287A978687A874787A
Neath N&B shed closed in June 1964
Glyn Neath
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway opened:1879subshed to Neath (NEA & 87A)
type:A brick-built 1TS through-road shed.closed:Oct-64
location:On the north side of the line, at the end of the station.
Thursday 8 September 1949Thursday 1 June 1950Sunday 5 April 1953
Neath (NEA) subshedtotal:5Neath (87A) subshedtotal:5Neath (87A) subshedtotal:6
42xx 2-8-0T57xx 0-6-0PT42xx 2-8-0T57xx 0-6-0PT42xx 2-8-0T57xx 0-6-0PT
425987A776987A423287A377487A423287A962787A
524287A962787A425987A773787A428487A979287A
525487A427287A429387A
523987A
Sunday 22 July 1956Sunday 21 April 1957Saturday 21 June 1958
Neath (87A) subshedtotal:6Neath (87A) subshedtotal:6Neath (87A) subshedtotal:6
42xx 2-8-0T57xx 0-6-0PT42xx 2-8-0T57xx 0-6-0PT42xx 2-8-0T57xx 0-6-0PT
428287A773787A427487A572087A424287A577887A
428487A776987A428487A577887A426487A776787A
429387A428887A427587A
523987A524287A427987A
Sunday 15 May 1960Sunday 23 July 1961Sunday 5 August 1962
Neath (87A) subshedtotal:5Neath (87A) subshedtotal:5Neath (87A) subshedtotal:5
42xx 2-8-0T57xx 0-6-0PT42xx 2-8-0T57xx 0-6-0PT42xx 2-8-0T57xx 0-6-0PT
426487A462187A427587A374187A425587A962587A
427987A576187A522287A977787A428287A973487A
428187A523987A523987A
Sunday 1 September 1963Saturday 2 May 1964
Neath (87A) subshedtotal:5Neath (87A) subshedtotal:5
57xx 0-6-0PT42xx 2-8-0T51xx 2-6-2T57xx 0-6-0PT42xx 2-8-0T
373187A428487A416987A974287A425887A521387A
520987A428487A522387A
522287A
Glyn Neath shed closed on 5th October 1964.
Vale of Neath Railway

Updated and revised - November 2021.
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