Isle of Wight sheds 1946 - 1966

Adams 0-4-4T No. 25 Godshill, outside the shed at Ryde.  Photo: Ben Brooksbank Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0.

Isle Of Wight
Newport IOW		Pre Grouping Ownership - Isle of Wight Railway					opened:		prior to 1950		NPT
location:	North of the station, east of the Cowes line.						closed:	Nov-57	Feb 1950 - Aug 1954		71E
type:	A 2TS corrugated-iron shed, with a through track.								Sep 1954 - Nov 1957		70G
Newport shed was closed on 4th November 1957.
Ryde IOW		Pre Grouping Ownership - Isle of Wight Railway					opened:		prior to 1950		RYD
location:	South of St. Johns station, west of the line.						closed:	Dec-66	Feb 1950 - Aug 1954		71F
type:	An asbestos-built, 2TS dead-ended shed.								Sep 1954 - Dec 1966		70H
Ryde shed closed on 31st December 1966.
Abbreviations		Ad - Adams		Std - Stroudley		IOW - Isle of Wight
Saturday 31 August 1946
Newport IOW		E1 0-6-0T(Std)			A1X 0-6-0T (Std)			O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
code: NPT		W1	NPT Medina		W8	NPT Freshwater		W28	NPT Ashey
total:	7	W3	NPT Ryde		W11	NPT Newport		W29	NPT Alverstone
								W30	NPT Shorwell
Ryde IOW		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
code: RYD		W22	RYD Brading			Ryde Works IOW		E1 0-6-0T(Std)
total:	2	W23	RYD Totland					W4	NPT Wroxhall
Tuesday 3 September 1946
Newport IOW		E1 0-6-0T(Std)			A1X 0-6-0T (Std)			O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
NPT		W1	NPT Medina		W8	NPT Freshwater		W25	NPT Godshill
total:	11	W2*	NPT Yarmouth		W11	NPT Newport		W26	NPT Whitwell
* at Medina Wharf		W3	NPT Ryde					W30	NPT Shorwell
								W31	NPT Chale
Ryde IOW		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)						W32	NPT Bonchurch
RYD		W16	RYD Ventnor					W33	NPT Bembridge
total:	5	W21	RYD Sandown
		W23	RYD Totland		Ryde Works IOW
		W27	NPT Merstone		E1 0-6-0T(Std)			O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
		W28	NPT Ashey		W4	NPT Wroxhall		W20	RYD Shanklin
Newport IOW		Allocation - June 1948		16 locos
E1 0-6-0T(Std)				A1X 0-6-0T (Std)				O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
	W1	W2			W8	W13		W25	W28	W31	W33
	W3	W4						W26	W29	W32	W34
								W27	W30
Ryde IOW		Allocation - June 1948		11 locos
O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
W14	W15	W16	W17	W18	W19	W20	W21	W22	W23	W24
Sunday 10 April 1949
Newport IOW		E1 0-6-0T(Std)			A1X 0-6-0T (Std)			O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
NPT		W1	NPT Medina		W8	NPT Freshwater		W25	NPT Godshill
total:	13	W2	NPT Yarmouth		W13	NPT Carisbrooke		W27	NPT Merstone
		W3	NPT Ryde					W29	NPT Alverstone
		W4	NPT Wroxhall					W30	NPT Shorwell
								W31	NPT Chale
Ryde IOW		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)						W33	NPT Bembridge
RYD		W14	RYD Fishbourne		W21	RYD Sandown		W34	NPT Newport
total:	7	W15	RYD Cowes		W22	RYD Bradling
		W16	RYD Ventnor		W24	RYD Calbourne
		W19	RYD Osborne
Saturday 28 October 1950
Newport IOW		E1 0-6-0T(Std)				Ryde IOW		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
71E		W3	71E Ryde			71F		W17	71F Seaview
total:	6					total:	5	W19	71F Osborne
		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)						W20	71F Shanklin
		W28	71E Ashey					W23	71F Totland
		W30	71E Shorwell					W24	71F Calbourne
		W31	71E Chale
		W32	71E Bonchurch			Ryde Works IOW		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
		W34	71E Newport					W26	71E Whitwell
Friday 31 July 1953
Newport IOW		E1 0-6-0T(Std)			O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
71E		W1	71E Medina		W25	71F Godshill		W33	71E Bembridge
total:	10	W4	71E Wroxhall		W27	71E Merstone		W34	71E Newport
					W28	71E Ashey		W35	71E Freshwater
					W30	71E Shorwell		W36	71E Carisbrooke
Ryde IOW		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)				Ryde Works IOW		E1 0-6-0T(Std)
71F		W18	71F Ningwood					W3	71E Ryde
total:	5	W21	71F Sandown
		W23	71F Totland
		W24	71F Calbourne
		W26	71E Whitwell
Tuesday 15 September 1953
Newport IOW		E1 0-6-0T(Std)			O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
71E		W1	71E Medina		W25	71F Godshill		W30	71E Shorwell
total:	10	W2*	71E Yarmouth		W26	71E Whitwell		W31	71E Chale
* at Medina Wharf		W4	71E Wroxhall		W27	71E Merstone		W34	71E Newport
					W28	71E Ashey
Ryde IOW		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
71F		W14	71F Fishourne			Ryde Works IOW		E1 0-6-0T(Std)
total:	4	W17	71F Seaview					W3	71E Ryde
		W19	71F Osborne
		W20	71F Shanklin
Sunday 17 June 1956
Newport IOW		E1 0-6-0T(Std)			O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
70G		W1	70G Medina		W17	70H Seaview
total:	7	W2	70G Yarmouth		W25	70G Godshill
		W3	70G Ryde		W30	70G Shorwell
					W35	70G Freshwater
Ryde IOW		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
70H		W14	70H Fishbourne		W20	70H Shanklin		W29	70G Alverstone
total:	9	W16	70H Ventnor		W22	70H Brading		W32	70G Bonchurch
		W18	70H Ningwood		W24	70H Calbourne		W36	70G Carisbrooke
							Includes working engines around Ryde.
Ryde Works IOW		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
		W15	70H Cowes W						W - withdrawn
Sunday 2 March 1958				Ryde IOW		70H				total:	13
E1 0-6-0T(Std)			O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
W3	70H Ryde		W14	70H Fishbourne		W27	70H Merstone
W4	70H Wroxhall		W16	70H Ventnor		W28	70H Ashey
			W20	70H Shanklin		W29	70H Alverstone
			W21	70H Sandown		W32	70H Bonchurch
			W22	70H Brading		W35	70H Freshwater
			W26	70H Whitwell			Includes working engines around Ryde.
Ryde Works IOW		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
		W24	70H Calbourne
Ryde IOW		Allocation - May 1959		21 locos
E1 0-6-0T(Std)		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
W3	W4	W14	W17	W20	W22	W25	W27	W29	W31	W33	W36
		W16	W18	W21	W24	W26	W28	W30	W32	W35
Sunday 12 February 1961				Ryde IOW		70H				total:	15
O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
W17	70H Seaview		W25	70H Godshill		W31	70H Chale
W18	70H Ningwood		W26	70H Whitwell		W32	70H Bonchurch
W20	70H Shanklin		W27	70H Merstone		W33	70H Bembridge
W22	70H Brading		W28	70H Ashey		W35	70H Freshwater
W24	70H Calbourne		W29	70H Alverstone		W36	70H Carisbrooke
							Includes working engines around Ryde.
Ryde Works IOW		E1 0-6-0T(Std)			O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
		W4	70H Wroxhall W		W16	70H Ventnor		W30	70H Shorwell
Sunday 8 April 1962				Ryde IOW		70H				total:	14
O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
W14	70H Fishbourne		W24	70H Calbourne		W30	70H Shorwell
W16	70H Ventnor		W25	70H Godshill		W31	70H Chale
W18	70H Ningwood		W26	70H Whitwell		W32	70H Bonchurch
W20	70H Shanklin		W27	70H Merstone		W36	70H Carisbrooke
W22	70H Brading		W29	70H Alverstone			Includes working engines around Ryde.
Saturday 8 December 1962				Ryde IOW		70H				total:	10
O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
W16	70H Ventnor		W24	70H Calbourne		W32	70H Bonchurch
W20	70H Shanklin		W25	70H Godshill S		W33	70H Bembridge
W21	70H Sandown		W26	70H Whitwell		W36	70H Carisbrooke
W22	70H Brading		S - stored prior to being withdrawn				Includes working engines around Ryde.
Saturday 28 September 1963				Ryde IOW		70H				total:	13
O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
W17	70H Seaview		W24	70H Calbourne		W31	70H Chale
W18	70H Ningwood		W26	70H Whitwell		W32	70H Bonchurch
W20	70H Shanklin		W29	70H Alverstone		W33	70H Bembridge
W21	70H Sandown		W30	70H Shorwell		W36	70H Carisbrooke
W22	70H Brading						Includes working engines around Ryde.
Saturday 11 January 1964				Ryde IOW		70H			total:	9 on shed
O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
W14	70H Fishbourne		W20	70H Shanklin S		W27	70H Merstone *		W32	70H Bonchurch
W16	70H Ventnor		W22	70H Brading *		W28	70H Ashey		W35	70H Freshwater
W17	70H Seaview *		W24	70H Calbourne		W29	70H Alverstone *		W36	70H Carisbrooke
W18	70H Ningwood		W26	70H Whitwell S		W30	70H Shorwell
	* working locos			S - stored at Brading
Ryde Works IOW		O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
		W31	70H Chale		W33	70H Bembridge
Sunday 26 July 1964				Ryde IOW		70H	16.45 - 17.00			total:	10
O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
W16	70H Ventnor		W21	70H Sandown		W28	70H Ashey		W31	70H Chale
W18	70H Ningwood		W22	70H Brading		W29	70H Alverstone		W32	70H Bonchurch
W20	70H Shanklin		W26	70H Whitwell
Saturday 2 October 1965				Ryde IOW		70H				total:	14
O2 0-4-4T (Ad)
W14	70H Fishbourne *		W20	70H Shanklin *		W27	70H Merstone *		W30	70H Shorwell
W16	70H Ventnor *		W21	70H Sandown *		W28	70H Ashey *		W31	70H Chale *
W17	70H Seaview *		W24	70H Calbourne		W29	70H Alverstone		W33	70H Bembridge
W18	70H Ningwood		W26	70H Whitwell *				* locos in steam/working locos
Saturday 22 October 1966				Ryde IOW		70H				total:	14
O2 0-4-4T (Ad)										Hunslet 0-6-0 diesel
W14	70H Fishbourne		W20	70H Shanklin *		W28	70H Ashey			D2554
W16	70H Ventnor		W24	70H Calbourne *		W31	70H Chale
W17	70H Seaview *		W22	70H Brading		W33	70H Bembridge
W18	70H Ningwood *		W27	70H Merstone		W35	70H Freshwater			* working locos
Ryde shed closed on 31st December 1966.
Locomotives used on the Isle of Wight 1946 - 1966.
O2 0-4-4T (Adams)						E1 0-6-0T (Stroudley)
			built	withdrawn					built	withdrawn
W14	Fishbourne		12/1889	Dec-66		W1	Medina		1/1879	Apr-57
W15	Cowes		12/1890	May-56		W2	Yarmouth		10/1880	Oct-56
W16	Ventnor		06/1892	Dec-66		W3	Ryde		3/1881	Jul-59
W17	Seaview		12/1891	Dec-66		W4	Wroxhall		11/1878	Nov-60
W18	Ningwood		09/1892	Dec-65
W19	Osborne		09/1891	Nov-55		A1X 0-6-0T (Stroudley)
W20	Shanklin		03/1892	Dec-66					built	left IOW	BR
W21	Sandown		09/1891	May-66		W8	Freshwater		1/1877	Sep-49	32646
W22	Brading		06/1892	Dec-66		W11	Newport		1878	Feb-47	32640
W23	Totland		10/1890	Aug-55		W13	Carisbrooke		7/1880	Sep-49	32677
W24	Calborne		12/1891	Mar-67
W25	Godshill		11/1890	Dec-62
W26	Whitwell		12/1891	May-66
W27	Merstone		06/1890	Dec-66
W28	Ashey		07/1890	Dec-66
W29	Alverstone		07/1891	May-66
W30	Shorwell		09/1892	Sep-65
W31	Chale		04/1890	Mar-67
W32	Bonchurch		11/1892	Oct-64
W33	Bembridge		08/1892	Dec-66
W34	Newport		07/1891	Aug-55
W35	Freshwater		05/1890	Oct-66
W36	Carisbrooke		06/1891	Jun-64

Updated and revised - October 2021.