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.

Thursday 28 March 2019

Days Out No. 5: 29th June 1958 - Perth, Stirling & Dundee

D30 4-4-0 "Cuddie Headrigg" at Stirling in September 1957 where it was a regular performer.
Photo: Ben Brooksbank Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0. 

Dundee Tay Bridge
Pre Grouping Ownership - North British Railwayopened:1878prior to 1949DEE
type:A brick built 6TS through road shed.closed:19671949 - 196762B
location:On the north side of the line, west of the station.
Dundee WestThe Caledonian shed, opposite Tay Bridge shed, lost its allocation on 1st January 1949.
It became a subshed of Tay Bridge and dealt with repairs and overspills at weekends.
AbbreviationsM - MacintoshF - FowlerFb - FairburnBR - British Railways
GNR - Great Northern RailwayNBR - North British RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 29th June 195862Btotal:63 (including 11 at Dundee West)
C16 4-4-2T (NBR)V2 2-6-2B1 4-6-0J37 0-6-0 (NBR)D34 4-4-0 (NBR)
6748462B6080462B6110262B6453062B6248562B Glen Murran
6749162B6082262B6113262B6454262BD49 4-4-0
6749662B6083862B6126362B6455662B6272862A Cheshire
6750162B60873^64A6132461A6457562BJ38 0-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0
6750262B6088861B6133062A6458762B6591062A4538462B
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)6093162B6140464B6459164C6591264A4548662B
4004962B*6093762BJ39 0-6-06461562B6591664ABR 5MT 4-6-0
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)6095862B6479062B6462062B6591964A7314865B
4269162B6097162B6479262B6462762BJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)WD 2-8-0
4269262B6097361B6482262B6463162B6530962B9044462B
4269362Bcl 2MT 2-6-06495062BJ83 0-6-0T (NBR)6531962B9046362B
BR 4MT 2-6-4T4646362BK3 2-6-0 (GNR)6845262B6533062B9051562B
8012362B4646462B6199164A6533362B9061462A
Dundee West9069062A
0-4-0 diesels0-6-0 diesel* on loan to Scottish Region
117081171011712117141171613347^ named Coldstreamer
1170911711117131171511717
shed codes61A Kittybrewster61B Aberdeen Ferryhill62A Thornton Junction64A St. Margaret's64B Haymarket
64C Dalry Road65B St. Rollox
Visits to Dundee Tay Bridge & Dundee West 1938 - 1966
Perth South
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railwayopened:1854prior to 194929A
type:An 8TS through road shed. Rebuilt in 1938closed to steam:19671949 - 196763A
location:On the west side of the line, south of the station.
AbbreviationsDr - DrummondF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesM - Macintosh
Pick - PickersgillSt - StanierBR - British RailwaysGNR - Great Northern Railway
NBR - North British RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 29th June 195863Atotal:64
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0
5520963A4419363A4467212A4508764D4565712A Thrwhitt
5522663A4425163A4467412A4516863A4570412A Leviathan
cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)4425463A4469963A4532060A4572763A Inflexible
5624663A4425763A4470463A4535963BPrincess Royal 4-6-2
5632863A4432863B4470563A4536160A462045A Princess Louise
5633163Acl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)4472163A4536563ACoronation 4-6-2
5634763A5725263B4478360A4545663A462485A City of Leeds
5635263A5734563A4479663A4546563AA3 4-6-2
5635363A5736863A4496163A4546763A6004364B Brown Jack
5635963AJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)4499863A4546865B6010164B Cicero
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)6463764A4501312A4547363AA1 4-6-2
4272012AJ38 0-6-0B1 4-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-06015264B Holyrood
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)6592462C6108164B7300563AK2 2-6-0 (GNR)
6191164Acl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)V2 2-6-27300863A6178165A Loch Morar
BR 4MT 2-6-05448563A6083462B7300963AD34 4-4-0 (NBR)
7609367A5449463A7312063A6247063A Glen Roy
7315065B6248463A Glen Lyon
Shed Codes5A Crewe North12A Carlisle Kingmoor60A Inverness62B Dundee Tay Brdg62C Dunfermline
63A Perth South63B Stirling South64A St. Margarets64B Haymarket64D Carstairs
65A Eastfield65B St. Rollox67A Corkerhill
Visits to Perth South 1938 - 1967
Forfar
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railwayopened:1899prior to 194929D
type:A brick built 4TS through road shed.closed:Jul-641949 - Nov. 195963C
location:On the north side of the line, at the east end of the station.
Dec.1959 - 196463A sub
AbbreviationsDr - DrummondF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesM - Macintosh
Pick - PickersgillSt - StanierBR - British RailwaysGNR - Great Northern Railway
NBR - North British RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 29 June 195863Ctotal:10
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)
4280163C4431463C5446763C5519863C5629063C5742463C
BR 4MT 2-6-05448663C5523063C5744163C
7600366B
Shed Codes63C Forfar66B Motherwell
Visits to Forfar 1938 - 1963
Stirling South
Pre Grouping Ownership - Caledonian Railwayopened:1850prior to 194931B
type:A stone built 4TS through road shed.closed:19661949 - April 196063B
location:On the east side of the line south of the station.
May 1960 - 196665J
AbbreviationsDr - DrummondF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesM - Macintosh
Pick - PickersgillSt - StanierBR - British RailwaysGNR - Great Northern Railway
NBR - North British RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 29 June 195863Btotal:36
cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)cl 2F 0-6-0 (Dr)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0T (M)D30 4-4-0 (NBR)
5517663B5723263B4501663B5628163B6242663B Cuddie Headrigg
5519563B5724363B4508463B5636563BD49 4-4-0
5522263B5724663B4511565B5637563B6271463B Perthshire
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)5725763B4512563AJ35 0-6-0 (NBR)6272563B Inverness-shire
4219963B5726463B4515365B6449763BJubilee 4-6-0
BR 4MT 2-6-4T5733963B4521363B6450163B4567363A Keppel
8012563Bcl 4F 0-6-04535865BJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)cl 3P 4-4-0 (Pick)V3 2-6-2T
4425363A4538963B6458864E5450463B6765063B
4545263A6767563B
4548763A
4549663A
Shed Codes63A Perth63B Stirling64E Polmont65B St. Rollox
Visits to Stirling South 1938 - 1965