Merthyr & Rhymney 1938 - 1965

Rhymney Railway "AP" 0-6-2T No. 78. Photo: 88D Models

Merthyr
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway							opened:	1877	prior to 1950		MTHR
type:	A brick-built 3TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Nov-64	1950 - Nov-64		88D
location:	On the east side of the line, south of the Vale of Neath station.
Abbreviations		GWR - Great Western Railway			TV - Taff Vale Railway
Sunday 5 June 1938					MTHR		10.45am - 10.55am			total:	23
1701 0-6-0PT		27xx 0-6-0PT		57xx 0-6-0PT		64xx 0-6-0PT		48xx 0-4-2T		56xx 0-6-2T
1707	1878	2732	2781	5711	7772	6408	6434	4861		5652	5677
1721	1887	2760		5769	8736			Dean 2-4-0T		5671	5685
1873				7717	8742			1495
				7766
Sunday 27 July 1941					MTHR					total:	17
1701 0-6-0PT		27xx 0-6-0PT		57xx 0-6-0PT		64xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T
1707	1838	2742	2781	5711	7717	6408	6434	5672	5678
1721	1887	2760		5721	7766			5677
				5769
Sunday 21 December 1947					MTHR					total:	18
1701 0-6-0PT		57xx 0-6-0PT						TV '04' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T
1878	MTHR	4632	MTHR	5769	MTHR	9618	MTHR	292	RHY	5653	CH
64xx 0-6-0PT		4635	MTHR	7766	MTHR	9638	MTHR	320	CH	5677	MTHR
6408	MTHR	5711	MTHR	7772	MTHR	9643	MTHR	333	MTHR
		5721	MTHR	8736	MTHR
shed codes		CH Dowlais Cae Harris		MTHR Merthyr		RHY Rhymney
Allocation January 1948 (20)				1701 0-6-0PT		GWR	1	27xx 0-6-0PT		GWR	1
57xx 0-6-0PT		GWR	12	64xx 0-6-0PT		GWR	2	TV '04' 0-6-2T		TV	1
56xx 0-6-2T		GWR	3
Saturday 3 June 1950					88D					total:	18
27xx 0-6-0PT		57xx 0-6-0PT						TV '04' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T
2760	88D	4632	88D	5793	88D	9618	88D	217	88D	5622	88D
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		4690	88D	7766	88D	9638	88D	292	88D	5654	88D
41202	86K	5721	88D	8736	88D					5677	88D
shed codes		86K Abergavenny		88D Merthyr
Sunday 6 May 1951					88D					total:	21
57xx 0-6-0PT						64xx 0-6-0PT		TV '04' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T
4630	88D	5721	88D	9622	88D	6408	88D	292	88D	5622	88D
4632	88D	5769	88D	9638	88D	6427	88D			5698	88D
4635	88D	7717	88D	9643	88D	6434	88D			6627	88D
4690	88D	7766	88D	9675	88D
5711	88D	8736	88D					shed codes		88D Merthyr
Sunday 22 June 1952					88D					total:	18
57xx 0-6-0PT								64xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T
4632	88D	5769	88D	7766	88D	9638	88D	6408	88D	5622	88D
4635	88D	5793	88D	8736	88D	9643	88D	6427	88D	5677	88D
4690	88D	7717	88D	9622	88D	9675	88D	6434	88D
5711	88D							shed codes		88D Merthyr
Sunday 5 April 1953					88D					total:	19
57xx 0-6-0PT								64xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T
4632	88D	5711	88D	7766	88D	9622	88D	6408	88D	5661	88D
4635	88D	5721	88D	8736	88D	9643	88D	6427	88D	5677	88D
4690	88D	5793	88D	9618	88D	9675	88D	6434	88D	5698	88D
shed codes		88D Merthyr								6627	88D
Sunday 21 August 1955					88D					total:	14
57xx 0-6-0PT						64xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T		BR 3MT 2-6-2T
4630	88D	7717	88D	9643	88D	6408	88D	5622	88D	82043	88C
4635	88D	7766	88D	9675	88D	6434	88D
5711	88D	9638	88D			6435	88D
shed codes		88C Barry		88D Merthyr		6436	88D
Sunday 1 April 1956					88D		10.35am - 10.40am			total:	19
57xx 0-6-0PT						64xx 0-6-0PT				56xx 0-6-2T
4630	88D	5769	88D	8736	88D	6423	88D	6434	88D	5661	88D
4632	88D	7717	88D	9638	88D	6427	88D	6436	88D	5686	88E
4635	88D	7766	88D	9643	88D	6433	88D	BR 3MT 2-6-2T		6606	88D
shed codes		88C Barry		88D Merthyr		88E Abercynon		82043	88C	6643	88C
Sunday 16 June 1957					88D					total:	16
57xx 0-6-0PT				64xx 0-6-0PT				56xx 0-6-2T		BR 3MT 2-6-2T
4632	88D	7717	88D	6416	88D	6433	88D	5626	88D	82036	88C
4635	88D	9643	88D	6423	88D	6436	88D	5661	88D
4690	88D	9675	88D	6427	88D
5728	88D	9747	88D			shed codes		88C Barry		88D Merthyr
Sunday 20 April 1958					88D					total:	21
57xx 0-6-0PT						64xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T		BR 3MT 2-6-2T
3681	88D	4635	88D	9618	88D	6423	88D	5626	88D	82041	88C
4616	88D	4690	88D	9638	88D	6427	88D	5661	88D	82044	88C
4630	88D	7717	88D	9643	88D	6433	88D	5677	88D
4632	88D	7766	88D	9747	88D	6436	88D
shed codes		88C Barry		88D Merthyr
Allocation May 1959 (34)				57xx 0-6-0PT		GWR	11	64xx 0-6-0PT		GWR	3
56xx 0-6-2T		GWR	20
Sunday 19 June 1960					88D		1.10pm - 1.18pm			total:	16
57xx 0-6-0PT								64xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T
3728	85C	9618	88D	9675	88D	9747	88D	6433	88D	5626	88D
4632	88D	9638	88D	9676	88D	9776	88D	6436	88D	5661	88D
4635	88D	9643	88D	9728	88E					6682	88A
shed codes		85C Hereford		88A Cardiff Radyr		88D Merthyr		88E Abercynon
Sunday 21 May 1961					88D					total:	16
57xx 0-6-0PT								64xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T
4632	88D	9618	88D	9676	88D	9747	88D	6416	88D	5626	88D
4633	88A	9643	88D	9679	88D	9776	88D	6433	88D	5686	88E
4635	88D	9675	88D					6436	88D	6600	88G
shed codes		88A Cardiff Canton		88D Merthyr		88E Abercynon		88G Llantrisant
Sunday 18 February 1962					88D					total:	15
57xx 0-6-0PT								64xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T
4635	88D	9618	88D	9643	88D	9679	88D	6416	88D	5626	88D
4690	88D	9631	88D	9675	88D	9747	88D	6433	88D	5661	88D
8723	88A	9638	88D	9676	88D
shed codes		88A Cardiff Canton		88D Merthyr
Sunday 17 March 1963					88D					total:	14
57xx 0-6-0PT								64xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T
4635	88D	8723	88D	9675	88D	9679	88D	6416	88D	5626	88D
4690	88D	9618	88D	9676	88D	9776	88D	6433	88D W	5677	88D
6658	88D	9631	88D	W - withdrawn				shed codes		88D Merthyr
Sunday 28 July 1963						Sunday 13 October 1963
	88D			total:	10		88D			total:	10
57xx 0-6-0PT				56xx 0-6-2T		57xx 0-6-0PT				56xx 0-6-2T
3791		9675	88D	5626	88D	4635	88D	9649	88D	5677	88D
4690	88D	9676	88D	64xx 0-6-0PT		9618	88D	9676	88D	6658	88D
9618	88D	9679	88D	6416	88D	9631	88D	9679	88D
9638	88D	9776	88D			9638	88D	9776	88D
Saturday 23 May 1964						Sunday 1 November 1964
	88D			total:	9		88D			total:	6
57xx 0-6-0PT				56xx 0-6-2T		57xx 0-6-0PT				56xx 0-6-2T
3690	88D	9649	88D	5677	88D	3690	88D	9631	88D	5605	88D
3707	88D	9676	88D	6658	88D	3707	88D W	9649	88D
4635	88D	9679	88D			4675	88D			W - withdrawn
9631	88D							shed codes		88D Merthyr
Merthyr shed closed on 2nd November 1964.
Rhymney
Pre Grouping Ownership - Rhymney Railway							opened:	c1863	prior to 1950		RHY
type:	A stone-built 3TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Mar-65	1950 - Nov-64 subshed to 88D
location:	On the west side of the line, south of the station.								Nov 64 - Mar 65		88D
Abbreviations		GWR - Great Western Railway			RR - Rhymney Railway			TV - Taff Vale Railway
Sunday 5 June 1938						Sunday 27 July 1941
	RHY	9.35am - 9.45am		total:	14		RHY			total:	11
RR 'R' 0-6-2T		RR 'AP' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T		RR 'P1' 0-6-2T		RR 'AP' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T
30	39	78	81	5660	5692	76	77	78	80	5635	5671
34		79		5690	5696	RR 'P' 0-6-2T		79	81	5660	5690
RR 'P1' 0-6-2T		TV 'A' 0-6-2T				82
76		344
RR 'P' 0-6-2T		TV '04' 0-6-2T
83		333
Allocation January 1948 (17)				RR 'R' 0-6-2T		Rhymney	1	RR 'A' 0-6-2T		Rhymney	1
RR 'P1' 0-6-2T		Rhymney	2	RR 'AP' 0-6-2T		Rhymney	3	RR 'P' 0-6-2T		Rhymney	1
TV 'A' 0-6-2T		Taff Vale	2	56xx 0-6-2T		GWR	6	51xx 2-6-2T		GWR	1
Saturday 20 December 1947						Sunday 21 August 1949
	RHY			total:	11		RHY			total:	12
RR 'A' 0-6-2T		RR 'P1' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T		RR 'A' 0-6-2T		TV 'A' 0-6-2T		RR 'P' 0-6-2T
67	RHY	76	RHY	5635	RHY	61	CED	370	RHY	82	RHY
RR 'AP' 0-6-2T		RR 'P' 0-6-2T		5660	RHY	RR 'P1' 0-6-2T		375	RHY	56xx 0-6-2T
78	RHY	82	RHY	5683	RHY	76	RHY	377	CHYS	5617	CHYS
79	RHY	TV 'A' 0-6-2T		51xx 2-6-2T		77	RHY	388	RHY	5635	RHY
80	RHY	370	RHY	5128	RHY	RR 'AP' 0-6-2T		440*	RHY
						79	RHY	* renumbered 316
shed codes		CED Cardiff East Dock		CHYS Cardiff Cathays		RHY Rhymney
Sunday 8 April 1951					88D subshed					total:	15
RR 'P1' 0-6-2T		RR 'AP' 0-6-2T		RR 'P' 0-6-2T		TV 'A' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T
77	88D	78	88D	82	88D	375	88D	5603	88D	5661	88D
		79	88D	83	88D			5617	88D	5662	88D
		80	88D					5659	88D	5696	88D
		81	88D					5660	88D
Sunday 10 August 1952					88D subshed					total:	18
RR 'P1' 0-6-2T		RR 'AP' 0-6-2T		RR 'P' 0-6-2T		TV 'A' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T
77	88D	78	88D	82	88D	370	88D	5605	88D	5662	88D
TV '04' 0-6-2T		81	88D	83	88D	379	88D	5617	88D	5666	88D
316	88D			51xx 2-6-2T		393	88D	5655	88D	5671	88D
shed code		88D Merthyr		4152	88D			5660	88D	5694	88D
Sunday 18 April 1954						Sunday 1 April 1956
88D subshed				total:	14	88D subshed		11.10am - 11.15am		total:	15
RR 'AP' 0-6-2T		51xx 2-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T		51xx 2-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T
78	88D	4143	88D	5605	88D	4143	88D	5603	88D	5671	88D
79	88D	4160	88D	5635	88D	4152	88D	5615	88D	5681	88D
81	88D	4161	88D	5640	88D	4160	88D	5650	88D	5694	88D
		4162	88D	5655	88D	4161	88D	5660	88D	5696	88D
		4163	88D	5672	88D	4162	88D	5666	88D
				5694	88D	4164	88D
Sunday 26 May 1957						Sunday 20 April 1958
88D subshed				total:	14	88D subshed				total:	13
51xx 2-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T				57xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T
4143	88D	5603	88D	5655	88D	7772	88A	5603	88D	5662	88D
4160	88D	5635	88D	5662	88D	51xx 2-6-2T		5635	88D	5666	88D
4161	88D	5650	88D	5672	88D	4160	88D	5640	88D	5670	88D
4162	88D	5652	88D	5696	88D	4164	88D	5650	88D	5681	88D
4163	88D							5655	88D	5696	88D
4164	88D
shed codes		88A Cardiff Radyr		88D Merthyr
Sunday 19 June 1960						Sunday 23 July 1961
88D subshed		2pm - 2.10pm		total:	11	88D subshed				total:	10
56xx 0-6-2T				diesel railcars			56xx 0-6-2T
5603	88D	5660	88D	W50850	W50919		5603	88D	5652	88D
5605	88D	5662	88D	W50863	W59365		5605	88D	5666	88D
5622	88D	5671	88D	W50866	W59371		5618	88D	5672	88D
5630	88D	5674	88D	W50903	W59374		5636	88D	5681	88D
5636	88D	5691	88F	W50916			5650	88D	6629	88D
5650	88D
shed codes		88D Merthyr		88F Treherbert
Sunday 13 May 1962						Sunday 28 July 1963
88D subshed				total:	10	88D subshed				total:	14
	56xx 0-6-2T						56xx 0-6-2T
	5603	88D	5655	88D		5610	88D	5655	88D	6608	88D
	5618	88D	5666	88D		5618	88D	5662	88D	6612	88D
	5622	88D	5681	88D		5622	88D W	5666	88D W	6655	88F
	5626	88D	5696	88D		5634	87H	5671	88D	6685	88D
	5636	88D	6629	88D		5650	88D W	5687	88D
shed codes		87H Neyland		88D Merthyr		88F Treherbert
Sunday 6 September 1964						Sunday 22 November 1964
88D subshed				total:	11		88D			total:	21
	56xx 0-6-2T					56xx 0-6-2T
5603	88D W	5696	88D	6655	88D	5601	88D	5659	88D	5696	88D
5655	88D	6612	88D	6661	88B	5603	88D W	5662	88D W	6612	88D
5659	88D	6621	88B	6691	88D	5605	88D	5670	88D W	6622	88D
5662	88D	6622	88D			5618	88D	5677	88D	6649	88D
						5621	88D	5681	88D	6655	88D
						5651	88D	5686	88D	6658	88D
shed codes		88B Cardiff Radyr		88D Merthyr		5655	88D	5688	88D	6661	88B
Sunday 28 March 1965
	88D			total:	14
56xx 0-6-2T							Allocation December 1964 (19)
5601	88D W	5655	88D	5688	88D		56xx 0-6-2T		GWR	19
5605	88D	5659	88D	5696	88D
5618	88D W	5677	88D	6655	88D W
5621	88D	5681	88D	EE T3 diesel
5633	88B	5686	88D W	D6922			Rhymney shed closed at the end of March 1965
Dowlais Cae Harris
Pre Grouping Ownership - Rhymney Railway							opened:	1876	prior to 1950		CH
type:	A stone-built 3TS shed with a through road.						closed:	Dec-64	1950 - Dec-64 subshed to 88D
location:	On the west side of the line, south of Cae Harris station.
Abbreviations		GWR - Great Western Railway			RR - Rhymney Railway			TV - Taff Vale Railway
Sunday 5 June 1938				Sunday 27 July 1941				Saturday 20 December 1947
	CH	total:	6		CH	total:	6		CH	total:	6
TV '04' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T		TV '04' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T
17*		5654	5694	333		5652	CH	5652	CH	5694	CH
* renumbered 283		5655	5698	RR 'P' 0-6-2T		5653	CH	5666	CH	5698	MTHR
		5668		83	CH	5674	CH	5671	CH	RR 'P' 0-6-2T
						5698				83	CH
shed codes		CH Dowlais Cae Harris		MTHR Merthyr
Allocation January 1948 (8)				RR 'P' 0-6-2T		Rhymney	1	TV '04' 0-6-2T		Taff Vale	1
56xx 0-6-2T		GWR	6
Sunday 21 August 1949				Saturday 3 June 1950				Sunday 8 April 1951
	CH	total:	4	88D subshed		total:	4	88D subshed		total:	4
RR 'P' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T		RR 'A' 0-6-2T		56xx 0-6-2T		57xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T
83	CH	5653	CH	74	88B	5652	88D	4635	88D	5671	88D
		5666	CH			5666	88D			5672	88D
		5671	CH			5694	88D			5674	88D
shed codes		CH Dowlais Cae Harris		88B Cardiff East Dock		88D Merthyr
Sunday 10 August 1952				Sunday 18 July 1954				Sunday 16 June 1957
88D subshed		total:	5	88D subshed		total:	6	88D subshed		total:	4
56xx 0-6-2T				56xx 0-6-2T				56xx 0-6-2T
5603	88D	5674	88D	5603	88D	5672	88D	5605	88D	5640	88D
5652	88D	5696	88D	5666	88D	5674	88D	5615	88D	5672	88D
5672	88D			5671	88D	5694	88D
Sunday 20 April 1958				Sunday 19 June 1960				Sunday 23 July 1961
88D subshed		total:	5	88D subshed		total:	6	88D subshed		total:	5
56xx 0-6-2T				56xx 0-6-2T				56xx 0-6-2T
5652	88D	5672	88D	5610	88D	5666	88D	5610	88D	5662	88D
5660	88D	5674	88D	5652	88D	5672	88D	5622	88D	5671	88D
5671	88D			5655	88D	5696	88D	5655	88D
Sunday 18 February 1962				Sunday 28 July 1963				Sunday 6 September 1964
88D subshed		total:	5	88D subshed		total:	5	88D subshed		total:	5
56xx 0-6-2T				56xx 0-6-2T				56xx 0-6-2T
5605	88D	5666	88D	5603	88D	5660	88D	5618	88D	5665	88F
5652	88D	5672	88D	5605	88D	5696	88D	5651	88D	5670	88D
5660	88D			5651	88D			5662	88D
shed codes		88D Merthyr		88F Treherbert
Dowlais Cae Harris closed in December 1964.
Dowlais Central
Pre Grouping Ownership - Brecon & Merthyr Railway							opened:	1898	prior to 1950		DLS
type:	A brick-built 1TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	May-60	Rhymney (RHY, 88D) subshed
location:	On the west side of Dowlais Central station.
Abbreviations		GWR - Great Western Railway			RR - Rhymney Railway			TV - Taff Vale Railway
Sunday 27 July 1941				Sunday 21 August 1949				Sunday 8 April 1951
RHY subshed		total:	2	RHY subshed		total:	2	88D subshed		total:	2
	TV '04' 0-6-2T				57xx 0-6-0PT				TV '04' 0-6-2T
	281				5721	MTHR			211	88D
	320				9643	MTHR			217	88D
Sunday 10 August 1952				Sunday 25 July 1954				Sunday 26 May 1957
88D subshed		total:	2	88D subshed		total:	2	88D subshed		total:	2
	57xx 0-6-0PT				57xx 0-6-0PT				57xx 0-6-0PT
	4632	88D			5769	88D			9638	88D
	7717	88D			8736	88D			9643	88D
Sunday 20 April 1958				Sunday 14 September 1958				Saturday 3 October 1959
88D subshed		total:	2	88D subshed		total:	2	88D subshed		total:	2
	57xx 0-6-0PT				57xx 0-6-0PT				57xx 0-6-0PT
	8736	88D			3681	88D			4690	88D
	9675	88D			9747	88D			9631	88D
shed code		MTHR & 88D Merthyr
Dowlais Central closed in May 1960.

Revised and updated - November 2021.