Danygraig | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway | opened: | 1896 | prior to 1950 | DG | |||||||
type: | A stone-built 4TS shed, two through roads and a repair shop. | closed: | Mar-64 | 1950 - Mar 64 | 87C | ||||||
location: | On the south side of the line, east of Danygraig station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | SHT Swansea Harbour Trust | HC Hudswell Clarke | |||||||||
Sunday 3 July 1955 | 87C | total: | 34 | ||||||||
1101 0-4-0T | SHT 0-4-0ST HC | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 42xx 0-6-0PT | |||||||
1101 | 87C | 1142 | 87C | 8408 | 87C | 3781 | 87C | 5761 | 87K | 4295 | 87A |
1102 | 87C | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 8475 | 87C | 3791 | 87B | 6719 | 87C | 4299 | 87C | |
1103 | 87C | 1634 | 87C | 8476 | 87C | 4666 | 87C | 6762 | 87C | 5246 | 87D |
1104 | 87C | 1640 | 87C | 8483 | 87C | 4694 | 87C | 6766 | 87C | 5256 | 86A |
1105 | 87C | 1647 | 87C | 9456 | 87B | 5703 | 87C | 8724 | 87C | ||
1106 | 87C | 1648 | 87C | 9485 | 87C | 5730 | 87C | 9606 | 87C | ||
9491 | 87C | ||||||||||
shed codes | 86A Ebbw Junction | 87A Neath | 87B Duffryn Yard | 87C Danygraig | |||||||
87D Swansea East Dk. | 87K Swansea Victoria | ||||||||||
Visits to Danygraig 1938 - 1963 | |||||||||||
Swansea East Dock | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1893 | prior to 1950 | SED | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 3TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Jun-64 | 1950 - July 64 | 87D | ||||||
location: | On the north side of the line, east of East Dock station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | P&M Powlesland & Mason Railway | SHT Swansea Harbour Trust | |||||||||
Sunday 3 July 1955 | 87D | total: | 32 | ||||||||
SHT 0-4-0ST Barcley | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 56xx 0-6-2T | 42xx 2-8-0T | |||||||
1140 | 87D | 3633 | 87D | 7718 | 87D | 8431 | 87D | 5616 | 87D | 4221 | 87D |
1144 | 87D | 3641 | 87D | 7756 | 87D | 8443 | 87D | 5628 | 87D | 4266 | 86C |
P&M 0-4-0ST Peckett | 3679 | 87D | 9625 | 87D | 9489 | 87D | 6613 | 87D | 5210 | 87D | |
1152 | 87D | 5731 | 87D | 9645 | 87D | 28xx 2-8-0 | 6662 | 87D | 5211 | 87D | |
16xx 0-6-0PT | 5743 | 87D | 9744 | 87D | 2844 | 86E | 72xx 2-8-2T | 5221 | 87D | ||
1641 | 87D | 7704 | 87D | 7224 | 87D | 5232 | 87D | ||||
7226 | 87D | 5240 | 87D | ||||||||
shed codes | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86E Severn Tunnel Jct. | 87D Swansea East Dk. | ||||||||
Visits to Swansea East Dock 1938 - 1964 | |||||||||||
Swansea Victoria (Paxton Street) | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway | opened: | 1882 | prior to 1950 | 4B | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Aug-59 | 1950 - Aug 59 | 87K | ||||||
location: | On the south side of the line, west of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | F - Fowler | J - Johnson | St - Stanier | ||||||||
Sunday 3 July 1955 | 87K | total: | 23 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St) | cl 5MT 4-6-0 | cl 3F 0-6-0T (J) | cl 8F 2-8-0 | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | ||||||
5773 | 87K | 40097 | 87K | 45406 | 84G | 47258 | 87K | 48309 | 87K | 49035 | 87K |
7408 | 87K | cl 3MT 2-6-2T | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F) | cl 3F 0-6-0T | 48330 | 87K | 49148 | 87K | |||
8706 | 87K | 82030 | 84G | 42385 | 87K | 47477 | 87K | 48660 | 87K | 49157 | 84G |
42390 | 87K | 47478 | 87K | 48760 | 84G | 49243 | 84G | ||||
47481 | 87K | 48761 | 87K | 49358 | 87K | ||||||
shed codes | 84G Shrewsbury | 87K Swansea Victoria | 49376 | 87K | |||||||
Visits to Swansea Victoria 1938 - 1959 | |||||||||||
Swansea Upper Bank | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway | opened: | 1893 | prior to 1950 | 4C | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Feb-63 | 1950 - Aug 59 | 87K subshed | ||||||
location: | North side of the line, east of the station. | Sep 59 - Feb 63 | 87D subshed | ||||||||
Abbreviations | P&M Powlesland & Mason Railway | F - Fowler | J - Johnson | ||||||||
Sunday 3 July 1955 | 87K (subshed) | total: | 10 | ||||||||
P&M 0-4-0ST Peckett | cl 1F 0-6-0T (F) | 57xx 0-6-0PT | cl 3F 0-6-0T (J) | cl 3F 0-6-0T | |||||||
1153 | 87K | 41860 | 87K | 6713 | 87K | 47230 | 87K | 47479 | 87K | ||
6715 | 87B | 47480 | 87K | ||||||||
6720 | 87K | 47655 | 87K | ||||||||
6768 | 87K | ||||||||||
shed codes | 87B Duffryn Yard | 87K Swansea Victoria | |||||||||
Visits to Swansea Upper Bank 1938 - 1962 | |||||||||||
Swansea Landore | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1st shed 1874, 2nd shed 1932 | prior to 1950 | LDR | |||||||
type: | Two brick-built 4TS sheds, one of which was dead-ended. | closed: | Jul-61 | 1950 - July 61 | 87E | ||||||
location: | North of the station, in the fork of the Swansea & Crockett lines. | ||||||||||
Sunday 3 July 1955 | 87E | total: | 50 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 56xx 0-6-2T | Hall 4-6-0 | Castle 4-6-0 | ||||||||
3713 | 87E | 5631 | 87E | 4918 | 87E Dartington Hall | 4074 | 87E Caldicot Castle | ||||
3768 | 87E | 5656 | 87E | 4937 | 87E Lanelay Hall | 4078 | 87E Pembroke Castle | ||||
5759 | 87E | 5673 | 87E | 5929 | 87E Hanham Hall | 4082 | 81A Windsor Castle | ||||
7787 | 87E | 6604 | 87E | 5958 | 87E Knolton Hall | 4093 | 87E Dunster Castle | ||||
8789 | 87E | 6644 | 87D | 5961 | 87F Toynbee Hall | 5002 | 87E Ludlow Castle | ||||
9738 | 87E | 6680 | 87E | 5988 | 87E Bostock Hall | 5013 | 87E Abergavenny Castle | ||||
9761 | 87E | 6688 | 87E | 5996 | 81A Mytton Hall | 5043 | 87G Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | ||||
9775 | 87E | 6695 | 87E | 6918 | 87E Sandon Hall | 7012 | 87E Barry Castle | ||||
9777 | 87E | 72xx 2-8-2T | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | 7028 | 87E Cadbury Castle | ||||||
64xx 0-6-0PT | 7200 | 87E | 6998 | 86C Burton Agnes Hall | Grange 4-6-0 | ||||||
6412 | 87E | 7207 | 87E | 7907 | 82B Hart Hall | 6844 | 87F Penhydd Grange | ||||
6425 | 87E | 7209 | 87E | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 42xx 2-8-0T | 6865 | 87G Hopton Grange | ||||
7217 | 87E | 8463 | 87E | 4265 | 87B | 51xx 2-6-2T | diesel railcar | ||||
7248 | 87E | 9484 | 87E | 4107 | 87E | W11 | |||||
shed codes | 81A Old Oak Common | 82B St. Philip's Marsh | 86C Cardiff Canton | 87B Duffryn Yard | 87D Swansea East Dk. | ||||||
87E Swansea Landore | 87F Llanelly | 87G Carmarthen | |||||||||
Visits to Swansea Landore 1938 - 1961 | |||||||||||
Llanelly | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1925 | prior to 1950 | LLY | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 2 roundhouse shed. | closed: | Sep-65 | 1950 - Nov 65 | 87F | ||||||
location: | On the south side of Llanelly dock line, west of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | BPGR - Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway | WD War Department | |||||||||
Sunday 3 July 1955 | 87F | total: | 58 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 42xx 2-8-0T | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
3642 | 87F | 1614 | 87F | 8474 | 87F | 4213 | 87F | 4941 | 87F Llangedwyn Hall | ||
3661 | 87F | 1633 | 87F | 9443 | 87F | 4260 | 87F | 4952 | 87F Peplow Hall | ||
3719 | 87F | 1638 | 87F | 9465 | 87F | 4278 | 87F | 5902 | 87F Howick Hall | ||
3752 | 87F | 1651 | 87F | 9472 | 87F | 4289 | 86E | 5913 | 87F Rushton Hall | ||
5722 | 87F | 1655 | 87F | 9474 | 87F | 4296 | 87B | Grange 4-6-0 | |||
5782 | 87F | 2021 0-6-0PT | 9479 | 87F | 5203 | 87F | 6810 | 87F Blakemore Grange | |||
8732 | 87F | 2027 | 87F | 9486 | 87F | 5204 | 87F | 6818 | 87F Hardwick Grange | ||
9787 | 87F | 56xx 0-6-2T | 9492 | 87F | 5209 | 87F | 72xx 2-8-2T | WD 2-8-0 | |||
2251 0-6-0 | 5612 | 87F | 43xx 2-6-0 | 5214 | 86E | 7203 | 87F | 90179 | 86A | ||
2226 | 87H | 5657 | 87F | 5335 | 87F | 5215 | 87F | 7208 | 86E | 90192 | 86G |
BPGR 0-6-0ST Avonside/HC* | 6325 | 87F | 5230 | 87F | 7228 | 87F | 90676 | 86A | |||
2196 | 87F Gwendraeth | 7320 | 87F | 5248 | 87F | 7232 | 86A | 28xx 2-8-0 | |||
2198* | 87F | 5261 | 87F | 7237 | 86E | 3851 | 87F | ||||
shed codes | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | 86E Severn Tunnel Jct. | 86G Pontypool Road | 87B Duffryn Yard | 87F Llanelly | ||||||
87H Neyland | |||||||||||
Visits to Llanelly 1938 - 1965 | |||||||||||
Burry Port | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway | opened: | 1875 | prior to 1950 | BP | |||||||
type: | A wooden 3TS shed with one through road. | closed: | Feb-62 | 1950 - Feb 62: 87F subshed | |||||||
location: | South of Pembrey station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | BPGR - Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway | LMM Llanelly & Myndd Mawr Railway | |||||||||
HC Hudswell Clarke | |||||||||||
Sunday 3 July 1955 | |||||||||||
87F subshed | total: | 8 | |||||||||
16xx 0-6-0PT | |||||||||||
1613 | 87F | 1643 | 87F | ||||||||
1618 | 87F | 1644 | 87F | ||||||||
1622 | 87F | 1654 | 87F | ||||||||
1628 | 87F | 1665 | 87F | ||||||||
shed codes | 87F Llanelly | ||||||||||
Visits to Burry Port 1938 - 1961 | |||||||||||
Carmarthen | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1907 | prior to 1950 | CARM | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Apr-64 | 1950 - April 64 | 87G | ||||||
location: | On the east side of the line, adjacent to Carmarthen Jct. station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | ROD Railway Operating Division | WD War Department | |||||||||
Sunday 3 July 1955 | 87G | total: | 47 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 2251 0-6-0 | Hall 4-6-0 | Castle 4-6-0 | ||||||||
5775 | 87G | 2216 | 87G | 4910 | 87G Blaisdon Hall | 4081 | 87E Warwick Castle | ||||
7755 | 87G | 2272 | 87G | 4946 | 86C Moseley Hall | 4095 | 87E Dynevor Castle | ||||
9666 | 87G | 2273 | 87G | 4984 | 87G Albrighton Hall | 5092 | 81A Tresco Abbey | ||||
74xx 0-6-0PT | 2290 | 87G | 5937 | 87G Stanford Hall | Grange 4-6-0 | ||||||
7401 | 87G | 2298 | 89C | 5938 | 87G Stanley Hall | 6843 | 87G Poulton Grange | ||||
7402 | 87G | 43xx 2-6-0 | 5963 | 87G Wimpole Hall | 6865 | 87G Hopton Grange | |||||
7419 | 87G | 5310 | 87G | 5984 | 87G Linden Hall | Manor 4-6-0 | |||||
7425 | 87G | 5353 | 87G | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | 7804 | 87G Baydon Manor | |||||
7439 | 87G | 5372 | 87H | 6991 | 81C Acton Burnell Hall | 7825 | 87G Lechlade Manor | ||||
7444 | 87G | 6310 | 87G | 51xx 2-6-2T | ROD 2-8-0 | 7826 | 87G Longworth Manor | ||||
54xx 0-6-0PT | 6329 | 87G | 4134 | 87G | 3011 | 87G | 7829 | 87G Ramsbury Manor | |||
5400 | 87G | 14xx 0-4-2T | 5171 | 87G | 3014 | 87G | 81xx 2-6-2T | 42xx 2-8-0T | |||
16xx 0-6-0PT | 1472 | 87G | 5188 | 87G | 3015 | 87G | 8103 | 87G | 4272 | 86J | |
1659 | 87G | ||||||||||
shed codes | 81A Old Oak Common | 81C Southall | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86J Aberdare | 87E Swansea Landore | ||||||
87G Carmarthen | 87H Neyland | 89C Machynlleth | |||||||||
Visits to Carmarthen 1938 - 1963 | |||||||||||
Neyland | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - South Wales Railway | opened: | 1856 | prior to 1950 | NEY | |||||||
type: | A timber-built 2TS and an adjoining timber-built 1TS. | closed: | Sep-63 | 1950 - Sep 63 | 87H | ||||||
location: | At the north end of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | ROD Railway Operating Division | F - Fowler | |||||||||
Sunday 3 July 1955 | 87H | total: | 12 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 43xx 2-6-0 | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)* | ROD 2-8-0 | County 4-6-0 | |||||||
3654 | 87H | 5324 | 87H | 42307 | 87H | 3010 | 87G | 1027 | 87H County of Stafford | ||
2251 0-6-0 | 6347 | 87H | 42388 | 87H | 72xx 2-8-2T | 1029 | 87H County of Worcester | ||||
2220 | 87H | 9310 | 87G | 7240 | 87F | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||
* allocated for two months. | 4981 | 87E Abberley Hall | |||||||||
shed codes | 87E Swansea Landore | 87G Carmarthen | 87H Neyland | ||||||||
Visits to Neyland 1938 - 1963 | |||||||||||
Whitland | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1901 | prior to 1950 | WTD | |||||||
type: | A corrugated-iron 1TS through-road shed. | closed: | Sep-63 | 1950 - Sep 63 sub to 87H | |||||||
location: | On the south side of the station. | ||||||||||
Sunday 3 July 1955 | 87H subshed | total: | 20 | ||||||||
16xx 0-6-0PT | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 56xx 0-6-2T | 81xx 2-6-2T | 45xx 2-6-2T | ||||||
1602 | 87H | 3657 | 87H | 9436 | 87H | 5646 | 87H | 8102 | 87H | 4519 | 87H |
1606 | 87H | 4699 | 87H | 2251 0-6-0 | 51xx 2-6-2T | 8107 | 87H | 4541 | 87H | ||
1611 | 87H | 7786 | 87A | 2288 | 87H | 4131 | 87H | 4558 | 87H | ||
1637 | 87H | 8738 | 87H | 4576 | 87H | ||||||
9714 | 87H | 4579 | 87H | ||||||||
shed codes | 87A Neath Court Sart | 87H Neyland | |||||||||
Visits to Whitland 1938 - 1963 | |||||||||||
Goodwick, Fishguard | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1906 | prior to 1950 | FGD | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Sep-63 | 1950 - Sep 63 | 87J | ||||||
location: | On the west side of the line, south of Goodwick station. | ||||||||||
Sunday 3 July 1955 | 87J | total: | 20 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 14xx 0-4-2T | Hall 4-6-0 | Castle 4-6-0 | ||||||||
3637 | 87J | 1428 | 87J | 6909 | 87J Frewin Hall | 5089 | 87E Westminster Abbey | ||||
4677 | 87J | 1431 | 87J | 2251 0-6-0 | |||||||
5716 | 87J | 1452 | 87J | 2223 | 87J | ||||||
7747 | 87J | ||||||||||
9602 | 87J | shed codes | 87E Swansea Landore | 87J Goodwick | |||||||
Visits to Goodwick, Fishguard 1938 - 1963 | |||||||||||
Source: DJD |
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.
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Days Out No. 10: 3rd July 1955 - Swansea and Pembrokeshire sheds
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