Days Out No. 23 : 23rd October 1960 - Sheffield & North Derbyshire

Sheffield Darnall on 10th April 1949.  

Photo - Ben Brooksbank, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons 2.0 licence.

An RCTS (Railway, Travel & Correspondence Society) trip from London to Sheffield and North Derbyshire. The party travelled by the 11.58pm overnight express, a 12 coach train headed by Britannia 4-6-2, 70021 Morning Star of Trafford Park shed. Outside Midland station they transferred to a 41 seater coach which departed at 4.55am for the first shed of the day at Buxton.
Buxton
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1892	Sep 1935 - Aug 1963		9D
type:	A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Mar-68	Sep 1963 - Mar 1968		9L
location:	On the east side of the Stockport line, north of Buxton LNW station.
Abbreviations		D - Deeley		F - Fowler		H - Hughes		J - Johnson		St - Stanier
		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 23 October 1960					9D		6.05am - 6.20am			total:	33
cl 1P 0-4-4T (St)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0
41905	9D W	42804	6C	43250	17C	44059	9D	48165	9D	48713	21B
41906	9D W	42942	9D	43268	9D	44125	5E	48322	9D	48740	9D
41908	9A W	42943	9D	43278	9D W	44547	41B	48373	8B	WD 2-8-0
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		43562	9D	44596	9D	48421	9D	90418	41B
42306	9D	42469	9E	cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		cl 7F 0-8-0 G2		48558	9D	90574	2F
42370	9D	cl 6F 0-8-0 G1		49281	9D	49401	9D	48680	9A	BR 9F 2-10-0
		49391	9D			49453	9D	48712	9D	92050	17C
Shed Codes		2F Woodford Halse		5E Alsagar		6C Birkenhead		8B Warrington		9A Longsight
		9D Buxton		9E Trafford Park		17C Rowsley		21B Bescot		41B Grimesthorpe
Visits to Buxton 1946 - 1967
Rowsley
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway						opened:	1880		Sep 1935 - Apr 1958		17D
type:	A brick-built 4TS through-road shed.					closed:	Apr-64		May 1958 - Aug 1963		17C
location:	West of the line, between Darley Dale and Rowsley stations.								Sep 1963 - Apr 1964		16J
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		J - Johnson		St - Stanier
		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 23 October 1960					17C		7.05am - 7.20am			total:	43
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 3F 0-6-0T		WD 2-8-0
42228	17C	43200	17A	44078	17C	44565	17C	47447	17C	90216	27B
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		43342	17C	44080	17C	44588	17C	47457	17C	90264	24B
42486	17C	43496	17C	44101	17C	44602	17C	47459	17C	90423	8D
42568	17C	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		44134	17C	cl 8F 2-8-0		47460	17C	90566	6B
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		43988	27E	44172	17C	48081	17C	47461	17C	BR 9F 2-10-0
42754	17C	BR 5MT 4-6-0		44327	17C	48391	41D	47679	17C	92048	17C
42842	24F	73140	17C	44413	17C	48425	8D	J94 0-6-0ST		92049	17C
cl 5MT 4-6-0		73142	17C			48630	5B	68006	17C	92051	17C
45095	26F	73143	17C					68030	17C	92083	15A
Shed Codes		5B Crewe South		6B Mold Junction		8D Widnes		15A Wellingborough		17A Derby
17C Rowsley		24B Rose Grove		24F Fleetwood		26F Patricroft		27B Aintree		27E Walton-on-the Hill
Visits to Rowsley 1946 -1964
Cromford
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway						opened:	1860	Sep 1935 - Apr 1964 subshed of Rowsley
type:	A stone-built 1TS dead-ended shed.				closed to steam:		Jul-66	May 1964 - July 1966 subshed of Derby
location:	On the north side of the line, at the foot of the first incline.
Sunday 23 October 1960					J94 0-6-0ST
					68006	17C		Shed Codes		17C Rowsley
Visits to High Peak Railway 1946 - 1967
Westhouses
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway							opened:	1890	Sep 1935 - Aug 1963		18B
type:	A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Oct-66	Sep 1963 - Oct 1966		16G
location:	On the south side of the Blackwell East Junction, south of the station.
Abbreviations		D - Deeley		F - Fowler		J - Johnson
		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 23 October 1960					18B		8.40am - 8.55am			total:	43
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0		WD 2-8-0		BR 9F 2-10-0
43266	18B	44030	16A	44233	18B	48033	18B	90046	18B	92059	18A
cl 3F 0-6-0 (D)		44113	15D	44244	18C	48319	18A	90152	18B	92100	18B
43825	18B	44118	18B	44285	18B W	48353	18A	90284	18B	92116	18B
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		44130	18B	44321	18B	48501	9F	90527	27B	92131	18B
43850	18B	44173	18B W	44362	18B	48672	18A	90716	18B
43966	18B W	44191	18B	44535	41B	cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		cl 3F 0-6-0T
		44206	41D			47250	18B	47466	18B
Shed Codes		9F Heaton Mersey		15D Coalville		18A Toton		18B Westhouses		18C Hasland
		27B Aintree		41B Sheffield Grimesthorpe			41D Canklow
Visits to Westhouses 1936 - 1966
Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway							opened:	1890	Sep 1935 - Sep 1955		16C
type:	A brick-built 3TS and an adjoining 2TS dead ended sheds.						closed:	Oct-66	Oct 1955 - Aug 1963		16B
location:	On the east side of the line, north of Kirkby-in-Ashfield station.								Sep 1963 - Oct 1966		16E
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		J - Johnson		St - Stanier		BR - British Railways
Sunday 23 October 1960					16B		9.30am - 9.45am			total:	45
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)		cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 8F 2-8-0
40050	16B	40073	16B	43885	16B	48003	16B	48115	26A	48392	16B
40054	16B	40115	16B	43903	16B	48010	15A	48137	16B	48395	16B
cl 1F 0-6-0T (J)		40146	16B	43933	16B	48011	16B	48192	16B	48413	16B
41844	16B	40156	16B	43972	16B	48073	16B	48219	16B	48447	16B
BR 2MT 2-6-0		40168	16B	44005	16B W	48088	16B	48224	16B	48541	16B
78013	16B	40175	16B	cl 4F 0-6-0		48096	16B	48282	16B	48621	16B
0-6-0 diesel		40182	16B	44252	16B	48098	16B	48317	16B	48673	16B
12051		40184	16B	44268	16B	48114	16B	48334	16B	48701	16B
				44470	16B					W - withdrawn
Shed Codes		15A Wellingborough		16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield		26A Newton Heath
Visits to Kirkby-in-Ashfield 1936 - 1966
Langwith Junction
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Central Railway						opened:	1896		Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		LNG
type:	Brick-built 3TS and a 2TS with a through road.					closed:	Feb-66		Feb 1950 - Jun 1958		40E
location:	South of Shirebrook North station.								Jul 1958 - Feb 1966		41J
Abbreviations		GCR - Great Central Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway				WD - War Department
Sunday 23 October 1960					40E		10.20am - 10.45am			total:	59
N5 0-6-2T (GCR)		J11 0-6-0 (GCR)		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)						WD 2-8-0
69263	41J	64314	41J	63577	41J	63732	41J	63870	41J	90043	41J
69286	41J	64316	41J	63597	41J	63739	41J	63893	41J	90120	36C
B1 4-6-0		64317	41J	63636	41J	63765	41J	63902	41J	90131	40B
61097	34E	64324	41J	63679	41J	63776	41J	O2 2-8-0 (GNR)		90165	34E
61153	41J	64332	41J	63683	41J	63800	41J	63912	41J	90235	36A
K2 2-6-0		64333	41J	63691	41J	63801	41J	63949	36E	90239	34E
62016	31B	64352	41J	63697	41J	63829	41J	O1 2-8-0		90305	31B
0-6-0 diesels		64364	41J	63703	41J	63833	41J	63803	31B	90431	41J
D3661	D3700	64427	41J	63717	41J	63840	41J	J67 0-6-0T (GNR)		90449	41J
D3695	D4033	J94 0-6-0ST		63731	41J	63842	41J	68556	41J	90460	40B
D3698		68026	41J					68623	41J
		68080	41J
Shed Codes		31B March		34E New England		36A Doncaster		36C Frodingham		36E Retford
		40B Immingham		41J Langwith Junction
Visits to Langwith Junction 1936 - 1966
Hasland
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway							opened:	1875	Jan 1935 - Aug 1963		18C
type:	A brick-built roundhouse						closed:	Sep-64	Sep 1963 - Sep 1964		16H
location:	On the east side of the Clay Cross line, two miles south of Chesterfield station.
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		K - Kitson		WD - War Department
Sunday 23 October 1960					18C		11.35am - 11.45am			total:	32
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 0F 0-4-0ST (K)		cl 8F 2-8-0
42352	17A	44053	18C	44136	18C W	47004	18C	48056	18C	48259	6B
cl 3F 0-6-0T		44054	18C	44217	18C W	WD 2-8-0		48065	18C	48284	18C
47218	18C	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		44288	18C	90203	41F	48082	18C	48388	21A
47272	18C	43882	41D	44427	18A W	90637	55E	48178	41B	48494	18C
47278	18C	43967	18C	44603	18C	0-6-0 diesel		48184	18A	48527	18C
47535	18C	43997	18C W			12082		48187	18C	48543	9F
Shed Codes		6B Mold Junction		9F Heaton Mersey		17A Derby		18A Toton		48547	18C
21A Saltley		41B Sheffield G'thorpe		41D Canklow		41F Mexborough		55E Normanton
Visits to Hasland 1936 - 1964
Staveley Barrow Hill
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway						opened:	1870		Sep 1935 - Jan 1958		18D
type:	A brick-built roundhouse					closed:	Oct-65		Feb 1958 - Oct 1965		41E
location:	On the east side of the Springwell Branch, west of the station.
Abbreviations		D - Deeley		F - Fowler		J - Johnson
Sunday 23 October 1960					41E		12.20pm - 12.40pm			total:	47
cl 0F 0-4-0T (D)		cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0
41529	41E	47426	41E	44036	41E	44249	41E	48029	41E	48533	41E
41531	41E	47455	41E	44066	41E	44267	41E	48037	41E	48539	41E
cl 1F 0-6-0T (J)		47545	41E	44088	41E	44404	41E	48103	41E	48618	41E
41708	41E	47625	41E	44104	41E	44482	41E	48164	41E	48663	41E
41804	41E	47630	41E	44112	17A	44590	41E	48176	41E	cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)
cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (D)		44129	41E	44606	41E	48210	41E	43386	41E
47221	41E	43800	41B	44147	41E	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		48331	41E	43515	41E
Royal Scot 4-6-0				44184	21A	43863	41E	48341	41E	43605	41E
46147	41C Northamptonshire Reg.			44205	41E	43900	41E	48378	14A	43729	41E
						43920	41E
Shed Codes		14A Cricklewood		17A Derby		21A Saltley		41B Sheffield Grimesthorpe
		41C Millhouses		41E Staveley Barrow Hill
Visits to Staveley Barrow Hill 1936 - 1965
Staveley (Great Central)
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Central Railway							opened:	1892	Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		STV
type:	A 12TS dead-ended shed was rebuilt in 1952 to a 5TS structure.						closed:	Jun-65	Feb 1950 - Jun 1958		38D
location:	East of the line, south of Staveley Central station.								Jul 1958 - Jun 1965		41H
Abbreviations		GCR - Great Central Railway			BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 23 October 1960					41H		1.15pm - 1.30pm			total:	40
cl 4MT 2-6-0		D11 4-4-0 (GCR)				O4 2-8-0 (GCR)				WD 2-8-0
43087	41H	62661	41A Gerard P. Dewhurst S			63646	41H	63845	41H	90059	36C
43145	41H	K3 2-6-0				63661	41H	63899	41H	90088	41J
B1 4-6-0		61811	41H S	61981	41H S	63720	41H	O1 2-8-0		90443	40B
61319	50A	61826	41H	61989	41H S	63735	41H	63650	41H	BR 9F 2-10-0
B16 4-6-0		61908	41H S	J11 0-6-0 (GCR)		63762	41H	63670	41H	92155	21A
61435	50A	61958	41H S	64313	41H	63763	41J	63678	41H	0-6-0 diesels
61457	50A	61973	41H S	64384	41H	63787	41H	63795	41H	D3694	D4030
N5 0-6-2T (GCR)		61976	41H S	64417	41H	63841	41F	cl 8F 2-8-0		D3703
69309	41H S	S - stored						48057	18A
Shed Codes		18A Toton		21A Saltley		36C Frodingham		40B Immingham		41A Sheffield Darnall
		41F Mexborough		41H Staveley GC		41J Langwith Jct.		50A York
Visits to Staveley GC 1946 - 1965
Canklow
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway						opened:	1900		Sep 1935 - Jan 1958		19C
type:	A brick-built roundhouse.					closed:	Oct-65		Feb 1958 - Oct 1965		41D
location:	On the west side of the Rotherham to Staveley line, south of Masborough station.
Abbreviations		J - Johnson		GER - North Eastern Railway			WD - War Department
Sunday 23 October 1960					41D		2.05pm - 2.15pm			total:	32
cl 1F 0-6-0T (J)		B1 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 8F 2-8-0				WD 2-8-0
41835	41D	61112	41A	47347	24J W*	48026	41D	48349	6C	90145	41D
J69 0-6-0T (GER)		61138	41D	47620	41D	48140	41D	48396	41D	90162	41D
68621	41D	61312	41D	47626	41D	48151	41D	48397	41D	90202	41D
BR 2MT 2-6-0		61370	41D	47637	41D	48183	21A	48508	41D	90401	41F
78026	41D	V2 2-6-2		cl 4F 0-6-0		48202	56A	48772	41D	90587	41F
78027	41D	60968	50A	44082	41D	48250	21B			90719	41D
				44128	41D			* en route for scrap
Shed Codes		6C Birkenhead		21A Saltley		21B Bescot		24J Lancaster		41A Darnall
		41D Canklow		41F Mexborough		50A York		56A Wakefield
Visits to Canklow 1934 - 1966
Sheffield Darnall
Built by London & North Eastern Railway						opened:	Apr-43		Apr 1943 - Jan 1950		SHF
type:	A brick-built 10TS through-road shed.				closed to steam:		Jun-63		Feb 1950 - Jan 1955		39B
location:	South of the line, west of Darnall station.								Feb 1955 - Jun 1963		41A
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		H - Hughes		GNR - Great Northern Railway
		GCR - Great Central Railway				BR - British Railways
Sunday 23 October 1960					41A		2.40pm - 3.10pm			total:	83
N5 0-6-2T (GCR)		V2 2-6-2		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)				D11 4-4-0 (GCR)
69296	41A	60821	34E	63571	41H	63852	41A	62666	41A Zeebrugge
K2 2-6-0 (GNR)		60855	50A	63574	41A	63881	41A	62668	41A Jutland
61728	41A	60878	50A	63599	41A	63882	41A	62670	41A Marne
61747	41A	60890	15E	63621	41A	J11 0-6-0 (GCR)		B1 4-6-0
61760	41A	K1 2-6-0		63634	40B	64292	41A	61004*	41A	61151	41A
61761	41A	62035	31B	63645	41A	64329	41A	61033*	41A	61155	41A
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		63658	41A	64373	41A	61044	41A	61162	41A
61807	40A	42862	56A	63695	41A	64394	41A	61047	41A	61183	41A
61816	41A	cl 4MT 2-6-0		63734	41A	64419	41A	61050	41A	61211	36E
61857	50B	43063	2F	63737	41A	64443	41A	61056	41A	61228	41A
61866	40B	BR 9F 2-10-0		63742	41A	64445	41A	61073	34E	61234	41A
61891	40B	92039	40B	63750	40E	64447	41A	61104	41A	61313	41A
61899	50B	92189	36A	63821	41A	J39 0-6-0		61105	41A	61315	41A
61938	41A	0-6-0 diesels		63827	41H	64808	41A	61111	41A	61377	41A
61967	41A	D3701	D4035	63846	41A	64878	41A	61139	41A	61399	41A
61980	56B	D3131	11181	63850	41A	cl 8F 2-8-0		61150	41A
						48534	2E	*named B1s : 61004 Oryx, 61033 Dibatag
Shed Codes		2F Woodford Halse		2E Northampton		15E Leicester GC		31B March		34E New England
36A Doncaster		36E Retford		40A Lincoln		40A Lincoln		40B Immingham		40E Colwick
41A Darnall		41H Staveley GC		50A York		50B Hull Dairycotes		56A Wakefield		56B Ardsley
Visits to Sheffield Darnall 1945 - 1963
Sheffield Grimesthorpe
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway						opened:	1877		Sep 1935 - Jan 1958		19A
type:	A brick-built roundhouse.					closed:	Sep-61		Feb 1958 - Sep 1961		41B
location:	East of the line, south of Brightside station.
Abbreviations		D - Deeley		F - Fowler		H - Hughes		J - Johnson
		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 23 October 1960					41B		3.20pm - 3.35pm			total:	47
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T		Jubilee 4-6-0
42790	21A	43234	41B	44039	41B	47513	41B	45656	41C Cochrane
42794	41B	43254	41B	44087	41B	47548	41B	cl 5MT 4-6-0		BR 5MT 4-6-0
42797	41B	43395	41B	44097	41B	47624	41B	44674	12A	73000	41B
cl 4MT 2-6-0		43634	41B W	44174	41B	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		44828	55A	73043	41B
43146	41B	43637	41B	44212	41B	43844	41B	45329	8C	73074	41B
43159	41B	43669	21B	44426	41B	43872	41B	B1 4-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0
cl 2MT 2-6-0		43715	41B	44477	41B	0-6-0 diesels		61041	41A	48179	41B
46400	41C	43751	41B	44573	41B	13252	D4028	61164	41A	48189	41B
46450	41B					D3086	D4029	WD 2-8-0		48519	9D
46451	41B					D3662		90368	41D
Shed Codes		8C Speke Junction		9D Buxton		12A Carlisle Kingmoor		21A Saltley		21B Bournville
		41A Darnall		41B Grimesthorpe		41C Millhouses		41D Canklow		55A Leeds Holbeck
Visits to Sheffield Grimesthorpe 1934 - 1961
Sheffield Millhouses
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway							opened:	1901	Sep 1935 - Jan 1958		19B
type:	A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jan-62	Feb 1958 - Jan 1962		41C
location:	West of the line, north of Millhouses & Ecclesall station.
Abbreviations		I - Ivatt		BR - British Railways
Sunday 23 October 1960					41C		3.55pm - 4.10pm			total:	29
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		cl 2MT 2-6-0		Patriot 4-6-0				Jubilee 4-6-0
41209	41C	46494	41C	45514	41C Holyhead			45570	41C New Zealand
41246	41C	46498	41C	45536	41C Private W. Wood VC			45610	17A Ghana
BR 2MT 2-6-2T		cl 4MT 2-6-0		B1 4-6-0				45615	15C Malay States
78023	41C	43032	41C	61021	50A Reitbok			45627	41C Sierra Leone
78024	41C	43037	41C	Royal Scot 4-6-0				45654	41C Hood
78025	41C	BR 5MT 4-6-0		46148	41C Manchester Regiment			45664	41C Nelson
cl 4P 2-6-4T (St)		73015	82E	46151	41C Royal Horse Guardsman			45685	82E Barfleur
42587	17A	73155	41C	46164	41C Artists' Rifleman			45725	41C Repulse
				cl 5MT 4-6-0		BR 9F 2-10-0		45739	55A Ulster
				45006	17A	92119	15C
Shed Codes		15C Leicester Midland		17A Derby		41C Millhouses		50A York
		55A Leeds Holbeck		82E Bristol Barrow Rd
Visits to Sheffield Millhouses 1934 - 1961
The party returned to London on the Thames-Clyde express, a 14 coach train hauled by Holbeck Jubilee 45564 New South Wales.