Days Out No. 38 : 9th July 1961 - Cheshire & Merseyside

An RCTS (Railway Correspondence & Travel Society) trip from London which assembled at Crewe at 5.45am. The party by went by coach to sheds in the Cheshire and Merseyside area.
Chester Midland
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1870	Sep 1935 - Jun 1967		6A
type:	A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jun-67
location:	On the north side of the Chester to Crewe lines, east of Chester Station.
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		St - Stanier
		BR - British Railways		WD - War Department
Sunday 9 July 1961					6A		6.20am - 6.40am			total:	64
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 5MT 4-6-0		Castle 4-6-0
40098	6A S	42856	6C	47297	6A	44683	5A	5025	81F Chirk Castle
40106	6A S	42858	5D	47324	6C	44735	26A	5038	89A Morlais Castle
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		47371	6A	44971	6J	5063	84A Earl Baldwin
42061	6A	42967	5A	47389	6A	45028	6J	Hall 4-6-0
42209	6A	42971	5A	47410	6B	45050	8B	5916	84B Trinity Hall
42212	6A	42982	5A	47504	6A	45149	6A	5942	89A Doldowlod Hall
42213	6A	43xx 2-6-0		47507	6C	45225	6H	Modified Hall 4-6-0
42229	6A	5399	89B	47648	6A	45304	26F	7915	84B Mere Hall
42236	6A	BR 2MT 2-6-0		BR 4MT 4-6-0		45399	8A	Grange 4-6-0
42240	6A	78018	6A	75005	85A	BR 5MT 4-6-0		6855	84E Saighton Grange
42247	6A	78033	6A	75010	6G	73044	26F	Royal Scot 4-6-0
42270	6A	0-6-0 diesels		75036	6G	73070	6A	46101	1A Royal Scots Grey
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		12037	12057	75039	6A	73071	6A	46152	1A King's Dragoon Guardsman
42482	6A	12048	13176	75051	6A	WD 2-8-0		cl 8F 2-8-0		BR 9F 2-10-0
42538	6A	12053				90147	6B	48246	6B	92045	6F
S - stored								48626	5B
Shed Codes		1A Willesden		5A Crewe North		5B Crewe South		5D Stoke-on-Trent		6A Chester Midland
6B Mold Junction		6C Birkenhead		6F Bidston		6G Llandudno Jct.		6H Bangor		6J Holyhead
8A Edge Hill		8B Warrington		26A Newton Heath		26F Patricroft		81F Oxford		84A Stafford Road
84B Oxley		84E Tyseley		85A Worcester		89A Shrewsbury		89B Croes Newydd
Visits to Chester Midland 1937 - 1967
Mold Junction
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1890	Sep 1935 - Apr 1966		6B
type:	A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Apr-66
location:	South of the Chester to North Wales line, about 3.5 miles west of Chester.
Abbreviations		St - Stanier		BR - British Railways		WD - War Department
Sunday 9 July 1961					6B		6.55am - 7.05am			total:	33
cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0		Hall 4-6-0
44359	6B	42942	9B	44680	5A	48110	89A	4938	84A Liddington Hall
44504	6H	42954	5A	44738	6G	48344	9E	4982	81A Acton Hall
44595	6B	BR 4MT 4-6-0		44802	6J	48345	2A	5952	86C Cogan Hall
cl 3F 0-6-0T		75053	6B	44842	6B	48426	8E	Modified Hall 4-6-0
47546	6B	75054	6B	45012	12A	48667	6B	7928	85A Wolf Hall
47615	6B	WD 2-8-0		45042	6B	48739	89A	Grange 4-6-0
47673	6B	90227	6B	45072	6B	48749	6B	6856	85A Stowe Grange
0-6-0 diesel locos		90566	6B
12036	D3764
Shed Codes		2A Rugby		5A Crewe North		6B Mold Junction		6G Llandudno Jct.		6H Bangor
6J Holyhead		8E Northwich		9B Stockport		9E Trafford Park		12A Carlisle Kingmoor		81A Old Oak Common
84A Stafford Road		85A Worcester		86C Hereford		89A Shrewsbury
Visits to Mold Junction 1937 - 1966
Birkenhead
Pre-Grouping Ownership - London and North Western Railway & Great Western Railway Joint									prior to 1949		6C & BHD
type:	Two 8TS dead-ended sheds built alongside each other.						opened:	1878	1949 - Sep 1963		6C
location:	West side of the Chester line, south of Woodside station.						closed:	Nov-67	Sep 1963 - Nov 1967		8H
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		I - Ivatt		K - Kitson
		St - Stanier		BR - British Railway		WD - War Department
Sunday 9 July 1961					6C		7.45am - 8.05am			total:	62
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 3F 0-6-0T		Grange 4-6-0
40101	6C S	42198	6A	42936	6C	47267	6H	6862	84B Derwent Grange
40102	6C S	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		47372	6C	Modified Hall 4-6-0
40116	6C	42459	6C	42958	6C	47495	6F	6963	81A Throwley Hall
40121	6C S	42493	6C	42969	6C	47530	6C	cl 8F 2-8-0		WD 2-8-0
40131	6C S	42542	6C	42970	6C	47565	6C	48258	2B	90192	6C
40144	6C	42583	6C	42981	6C	47627	6C	48260	6C	90369	6C
40157	6C	42597	6C	cl 5MT 4-6-0		47674	6C	48292	6C	90557	24B
40201	6C S	42602	6C	45055	6B	0-6-0 diesels		48338	9F	90599	27B
40202	6C S	42608	6C	45312	8C	D2218	D2509	48433	8A	72xx 2-8-2T
40209	6C	42658	6C	cl 0F 0-6-0ST (K)		D2386	11118	cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		7228	84C
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		BR 2MT 2-6-2T		47005	6C	D2504	11145	49323	26F	cl 2F 0-6-0T (F)
41226	6C	84003	6C	47009	6C	D2505	11146	cl 4F 0-6-0		47160	6C
						D2508		44241	17B	47164	6C
Shed Codes		2B Nuneaton		6A Chester Midland		6B Mold Junction		6C Birkenhead		6F Bidston
6H Bangor		8A Edge Hill		8C Speke Junction		9F Heaton Mersey		17B Burton-on-Trent		24B Rose Grove
26F Patricroft		27B Aintree		81A Old Oak Common		84B Oxley		84C Banbury
Visits to Birkenhead 1938 - 1967
Bidston
Pre-Grouping Ownership - Great Central Railway							opened:	1897	prior to Jan 1950		BID
type:	A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Feb-63	Feb 1950 - Feb 1963		6F
location:	On the west side of the line, north of Birkenhead North station.
Abbreviations		BR - British Railways			GCR - Great Central Railway
Sunday 9 July 1961					6F		8.15am - 8.20am			total:	12
cl 3F 0-6-0T		J94 0-6-0ST		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)		cl 8F 2-8-0		BR 9F 2-10-0
47343	6F	68065	6F	63575	9G	48262	6C	92046	6F
47622	6F	68066	6F	63862	9G	48476	6C	92047	6F
		68068	6F			48631	8E
Shed Codes		6C Birkenhead		6F Bidston		8E Northwich		9G Gorton
Visits to Bidston 1938 - 1963
Brunswick
Post Grouping Ownership - Cheshire Lines Committee Railway							opened:	1879	prior to Jan 1950		LIV
type:	A brick-built 5TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Sep-61	Feb 1950 - Apr 1950		13E
location:	On the north side of the line, east of Liverpool Central station.								May 1950 - Apr 1958		8E
									May 1958 - Sep 1961		27F
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		St - Stanier
Sunday 9 July 1961					27F		8.50am - 8.55am			total:	14
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)				cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 4F 0-6-0
42113	27F	42445	27F	42584	27F	45262	27F	47320	27F	44232	27F
42183	27F	42560	9E	42598	27F	45346	27F	47367	27F	0-6-0 diesel
		42580	27F			cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)				D3856
						42847	9G
Shed Codes		9E Trafford Park		9G Gorton		27F Brunswick
Visits to Brunswick 1937 - 1961
Speke Junction
Pre-Grouping Ownership - London and North Western Railway							opened:	1886	Sep 1935 - May 1968		8C
type:	A brick-built 12TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	May-68
location:	In the triangle of the Allerton to Garston Docks to Ditton Jct. lines
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		H - Hughes		WD - War Department
Sunday 9 July 1961					8C		9am - 9.15am			total:	35
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T				cl 8F 2-8-0		0-6-0 diesel locos
42868	26B	44807	8F	47314	8C	47493	8C	48121	17A	D3578	12014
cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		44864	8C	47336	8A	47594	8A	48535	8C	D3579	12015
49020	8F	45386	8C	47344	8C	47612	8C	WD 2-8-0		D3870	12016
		45404	8C	47383	8C	47647	8C	90574	2F	12007	12017
				47388	8C	47651	8C	electric loco		12008	12018
				47451	8C			E3018		12027	12029
										12028	12081
Shed Codes		2F Woodford Halse		8A Edge Hill		8C Speke Junction		8F Springs Branch
		17A Derby		26B Agecroft			This was a limited visit - entry was refused
Visits to Speke Junction 1937 - 1968
Edge Hill
Pre-Grouping Ownership - London and North Western Railway							opened:	1865	Jan 1935 - May 1968		8A
type:	A brick-built 19TS shed with six through roads.						closed:	May-68
location:	East of the junction of the lines to Mossley and Broad Green.
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
		EE - English Electric
Sunday 9 July 1961					8A		10am - 10.30am			total:	78
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 3F 0-6-0T		Patriot 4-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0		cl 7F 0-8-0 G2
42155	8A	47285	8A	45520	8A Llandudno			48152	8A	49399	8A
cl 5MT 4-6-0		47289	8A	45521	8A Rhyl	45544	8B	48318	8A	49404	8A
44758	8A	47353	8A	45524	8A Blackpool			48323	8A	49405	8A
44768	8A	47404	8A	45531	8A Sir Frederick Harrison			48512	8A	49412	8A
44769	8A	47416	8A	45543	8A Home Guard			48513	8A	49415	8A
44857	55A	47487	8A	Jubilee 4-6-0				WD 2-8-0		49416	8A
45044	12B	47519	8A	45567	8A South Australia			90620	56A	49432	8A
45091	8A	47591	8B W	45742	12B Connaught			cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		49434	8A
45181	8A	47597	8A	Royal Scot 4-6-0				49002	8A	49437	8A
45236	12B	47656	8A	46119	8A Lancashire Fusilier			49037	8A	49444	8A
45289	5A	cl 2F 0-6-0T (F)		46128	5A The Lovat Scouts			49130	8A	49448	8A
45368	12B	47166	8A	46154	8A The Hussar			49137	8A	cl 6F 0-8-0 G1
45399	8A	EE T4 diesels		Princess Royal 4-6-2				49155	8A	48927	8A
BR 5MT 4-6-0		D231	D297	46208	8A Princess Helena Victoria			49224	8A	49142	8A
73131	26F	D234	D309	Princess Coronation 4-6-2				49352	8A	49173	8A
		D293	D329	46233	8A Duchess of Sutherland			49375	8A	cl 4F 0-6-0
		0-6-0 diesels		46246	1B City of Manchester			49392	8A	44299	17B
		D2393	D3019					49394	8A	44384	8B
Shed Codes		1B Camden		5A Crewe North		8A Edge Hill		8B Warrington		12B Carlisle Upperby
		17B Burton-on-Trent		26F Patricroft		55A Leeds Holbeck		56A Wakefield
Visits to Edge Hill 1937 - 1968
Walton-on-the-Hill
Post Grouping Ownership - Cheshire Lines Committee Railway							opened:	1881	prior to Jan 1950		WAL
type:	Originally 6TS, rebuilt in 1952 as a 4TS structure.						closed:	Dec-63	May 1950 - Aug 1963		27E
location:	East of the line, at the north end of Walton-on-the-Hill station.								Aug 1963 - Dec 1963		8R
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		H - Hughes		J - Johnson		St - Stanier
		GCR - Great Central Railway				WD - War Department
Sunday 9 July 1961					27E		10.55am - 11am			total:	19
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		WD 2-8-0		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)
42748	9G	44040	27E	43988	27E	47225	27E	90206	26C	63743	9G
42902	9G	44218	27E	44023	27E	47228	27E	90728	55C	0-6-0 diesel
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		44327	17C	B1 4-6-0		47235	27E			D3858
42540	27E	44481	27E	61053	50A	47681	27E
		44605	27E
Shed Codes		9G Gorton		17C Rowsley		26C Bolton		27E Walton-on-the-Hill		50A York
		55C Farnley Junction
Visits to Walton-on-the-Hill 1937 - 1963
Southport
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway							opened:	1891	Jan 1935 - May 1950		23C
type:	A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jun-66	Jun 1950 - Aug 1963		27C
location:	North of the line, east of Southport Chapel Street Station.								Sep 1963 - Jun 1966		8M
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		Fb - Fairburn		I - Ivatt	St - Stanier		BR - British Railways
Sunday 9 July 1961					27C		12 noon - 12.15am			total:	34
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		BR 4MT 4-6-0		cl 5MT 4-6-0
40163	27C W	42063	27C	42435	27C	75015	27C	44692	27C	45077	24E
40194	27C	42290	27C	42451	27C	75017	27C	44696	26A	45105	27C
40196	27C	42292	27C	42537	27C	75019	27C	44887	27C	45133	26F
40199	27C	42299	27D	42551	27C	BR 4MT 2-6-0		44989	27C	45228	27C
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)		42569	27D	76086	9E	45061	27C
41277	27C	50850	27C	42637	27C			Jubilee 4-6-0
41328	27C			42645	27C			45635	26A Tobago
W - withdrawn				42662	27C			45710	26A Irresistible
shed codes		9E Trafford Park		24E Blackpool		26A Newton Heath		26F Patricroft
		27C Southport		27D Wigan L&Y
Visits to Southport 1942 - 1965
Sutton Oak
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1880	Sep 1938 - Sep 1954		10E
type:	A brick-built 10TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jun-67	Oct 1954 - Jan 1958		10D
location:	East of the line between Sutton Oak and Peasley Cross								Feb 1958 - Jun 1967		8G
Abbreviations		I - Ivatt		J - Johnson		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 9 July 1961					8G		1.15pm - 1.25pm			total:	33
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		BR 4MT 2-6-0		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 3F 0-6-0T		WD 2-8-0
41286	8G	76020	8G	44075	8G	44305	8G	47366	8G	90170	8G
cl 5MT 4-6-0		76023	8G	44086	8G	44315	8G	47376	8G	90212	8G
44752	9B	76075	8G	44117	8G	44350	8G	47452	8G	90368	41D
BR 5MT 4-6-0		76076	8G	44192	8G	44493	8G	47453	8G	90464	8G
73125	26F	76077	8G	44266	8G	44497	8G	cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		90561	26A
		76078	8G	44300	8G	44596	8G	58291	8G W	cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
		76079	8G							49288	8G
shed codes		8G Sutton Oak		9B Stockport		26A Newton Heath		26F Patricroft		41D Canklow
Visits to Sutton Oak 1938 - 1967
Widnes
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1888	Sep 1938 - Apr 1964		8D
type:	A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Apr-64
location:	In the fork of the Widnes South to Warrington and St. Helens lines.
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		I - Ivatt		St - Stanier
		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 9 July 1961					8D		1.45pm - 2pm			total:	23
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)		cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		BR 2MT 2-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0				WD 2-8-0
40003	8D	41217	8D	78034	8D	48136	8D	48554	8D	90423	8D
40007	8D	41221	8D	78035	8D	48139	8D	48693	8E	cl 3F 0-6-0T
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		41230	8D	78039	8D	48308	8D	48709	8D	47349	8D
40134	8D S	41237	8D			48326	8D	48727	9D	47616	8D
40143	8D S	41244	8D	S - stored
shed codes		8D Widnes		8E Northwich		9D Buxton
Visits to to Widnes 1937 - 1964
Warrington Dallam
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1888	Sep 1938 - Oct 1967		8B
type:	A brick-built 10TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Oct-67
location:	On the west side of the main line, a mile north of Bank Quay station.
Abbreviations		D - Deeley		I - Ivatt	J - Johnson		St - Stanier		BR - British Railways
Sunday 9 July 1961					8B		2.25pm - 2.40pm			total:	35
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 5MT 4-6-0				Jubilee 4-6-0
41213	8B	44061	8B	44713	5B	45243	5A	45741	12B Leinster
41324	8B	44396	27F	44827	8B	45343	8B	cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 8F 2-8-0
BR 2MT 2-6-2T		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		44874	24L	45381	8B	47362	8B	48045	8D
84001	8B	43257	8B	45039	8A	45495	8B	47406	8B	48175	6B
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		43295	8B	45197	12B			47654	8B	48455	6C
42948	5B	43410	8B	Patriot 4-6-0				47657	8B	48746	8B
42968	6C	43615	8B	45546	8B Fleetwood			47669	8B	0-6-0 diesels
								BR 9F 2-10-0		D3795	D3837
This was a limited visit								92053	15A	D3835
shed codes		5A Crewe North		5B Crewe South		6B Mold Junction		6C Birkenhead		8A Edge hill
8B Warrington Dallam		8D Widnes		12B Carlisle Upperby		15A Wellingborough		24L Carnforth		27F Brunswick
Visits to Warrington Dallam 1937 - 1967
Warrington Arpley						Warrington Central
			Warrington Dallam Subshed					Until Sep 63, a Liverpool Brunswick subshed
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway								Trafford Park subshed Sep 63 - 1966
type:	A brick built 2TS through road shed.					Post Grouping Ownership - Cheshire Lines Committee
location:	On the south side of Warrington Arpley station.					type:	An engine pit only. There are no shed buildings.
opened:	1854	closed:	May-63			location:	On the south side of Warrington Central station
				total:	7	opened:		closed:	1966	total:	3
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		BR 2MT 2-6-2T		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)			cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 4F 0-6-0
41210	8B	84000	8B	43240	8B		42660	26F	44127	27F
41211	8B			43282	8B				44587	27F
41288	8B			43514	8B
shed codes		8B Warrington Dallam				shed codes		26F Patricroft		27F Brunswick
Visits to Warrington Arpley, Warrington Central and other Lancashire subsheds.
The party returned south, departing from Crewe on the 5.05 pm to Euston, hauled by English Electric Type 4 diesel, D309.