Days Out No. 51 : 21st January 1962 - West Lancashire and Merseyside

An enthusiasts' trip to West Lancashire and Merseyside.
Bolton
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway							opened:	1874	Sep 1938 - Aug 1963		26C
type:	A brick-built 12TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jul-68	Sep 1963 - Jul 1968		9K
location:	On the west side of the Bolton to Clifton Junction line, south of the station.
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		St - Stanier
		BR - British Railways				WD - War Department
Sunday 21 January 1962					26C					total:	38
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		Patriot 4-6-0				WD 2-8-0
40063	26A	42565	26C	42207	26C	45515	26A Caernarvon			90121	26C
BR 2MT 2-6-2T		42630	26C	cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		90206	26C
84013	26C	42633	26C	44308	5D wks	42700	26D	45156*	26A	90342	56A
84014	26C	42652	26C	44352	5E wks	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		BR 4MT 2-6-0		90556	24D
84019	26C	42653	26C	44429	17C wks	42953	2B wks	76076	8G	90641	26C
84025	26C	42654	26C	44500	5D wks	42982	5A wks	76079	8G	90729	26C
84026	26C	42655	26C	2F 0-6-0T (F)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)		cl 4MT 2-6-0		0-6-0 diesel
84027	26C	42656	26C	47165	26C	52345	5B wks	43007	24J wks	D3784
		wks - Horwich Works traffic				52523	26C	* named - Ayrshire Yeomanry
shed codes		2B Nuneaton		5A Crewe North		5B Crewe South		5D Stoke-on-Trent		5E Alsagar
8G Sutton Oak		17C Rowsley		24D Lower Darwen		24J Lancaster		26A Newton Heath		26C Bolton
26D Bury		56A Wakefield
Visits to Bolton 1938 - 1968
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		BR - British Railways
Sunday 21 January 1962					8B		limited access only			total:	36
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		Patriot 4-6-0				cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 8F 2-8-0
43240	8B	44926	24E	45583	8B Assam			47406	8B	48129	8B
43282	8B	45244	12B	45588	12B Kashmir			47594	8B	48138	56D
43410	8B	45321	8B	45678	12B De Robeck			47603	8B	48250	8C
43615	8B	45343	8B	BR 2MT 2-6-2T		0-6-0 diesels		47654	8B	cl 4F 0-6-0
43657	8B	45437	12B	84000	8B	D3835	12102	47657	8B	44061	8B
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		BR cl 4MT 4-6-0		84023	8D	D3837	D3796	47669	8B	44356	8B
41213	8B	75050	6A			0-4-0 diesels				44384	8B
						D2864	D2865			44478	6H
shed codes		6A Chester Midland		6H Bangor		8B Warrington		8C Speke Junction
		8D Widnes		12B Carlisle Upperby		24E Blackpool		56D Mirfield
Visits to Warrington Dallam 1937 - 1967
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		BR - British Railway			WD - War Department
Sunday 21 January 1962					8G					total:	24
BR 4MT 2-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		WD 2-8-0
76020	8G	47298	8G	44086	8G	44300	8G	49002	8F	90178	8G
76075	8G	47366	8G	44117	8G	44315	8G	49288	8G W	90464	8G
76077	8G	47376	8G	44127	8G	44350	8G
		47393	8G	44192	8G	44493	8G
		47452	8G	44266	8G	44596	8G
		47453	8G
		47490	8G
shed codes		8C Speke Junction		8F Springs Branch
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		I - Ivatt		St - Stanier		BR - British Railway			WD - War Department
Sunday 21 January 1962					8D					total:	24
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		BR 2MT 2-6-0		cl 8F 2-8-0				WD 2-8-0
40134	8D W	41221	8D	78017	8D	48045	8D	48500	8D	90242	8D
40143	8D W	41230	8D	78035	8D	48136	8D	48554	8D	0-6-0 diesels
BR cl 2MT 2-6-2T		41237	8D	cl 4F 0-6-0		48139	8D	48667	6B	12026	D3793
84024	8D	41244	8D	44589	8B	48296	8D	48709	8D	D2372	D3794
						48326	8D
shed codes		6B Mold Junction		8B Warrington Dallam		8D Widnes
Visits to Widnes 1937 - 1964
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		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		St - Stanier
Sunday 21 January 1962					8C					total:	46
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		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 diesels
42077	8C	42804	6C	44864	8C	47285	8A	48257	6C	12006	D2199
42186	8C	42813	9G	45032	8C	47314	8C	48297	8C	12007	D2385
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		J39 0-6-0		45140	8C	47336	8A	48458	6B	12008	D2394
42445	8C	64744	9G	45312	8C	47383	8C	48714	8C	12016	D3019
42580	8C	cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		45329	8C	47388	8C	48746	8B	12017	D3578
42598	8C	49020	8F W	45382	9B	47451	5D	48747	8C	12018	D3579
				45386	8C	47493	8C			12024
				45409	26F	47612	8C
						47647	8C
						47651	8C
Shed Codes		5D Stoke-on-Trent		6B Mold Junction		6C Birkenhead		8A Edge Hill		8B Warrington Dallam
		8C Speke Junction		8F Springs Branch		9B Stockport		9G Gorton		26F Patricroft
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		St - Stanier		EE - English Electric
Sunday 21 January 1962					8A					total:	82
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		Patriot 4-6-0				cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a		cl 7F 0-8-0 G2
42121	8A	44741	8C	45535	8A Sir Herbert Walker K. C. B.			49037	8A	49399	8A W
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		44751	8C	Jubilee 4-6-0				49114	8A	49404	8A
42599	8A	44769	8A	45596	8A Bahamas			49130	8A	49405	8A W
42612	8C	44855	8A	Royal Scot 4-6-0				49137	8A W	49412	8A W
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		44906	8A	46110	8A Grenadier Guardsman			49155	8A	49415	8A
42967	5A	44907	8A	46116	8A Irish Guardsman			49224	8A	49416	8A
cl 4MT 2-6-0		45005	8A	46119	8A Lancashire Fusilier			49352	8A	49432	8A
43001	2B	45015	8A	46124	8A London Scottish			49375	8A	49434	8A
cl 3F 0-6-0T		45039	8A	46134	8A The Cheshire Regiment			49392	8A W	49437	8A
47353	8A W	45131	8A	Princess Royal 4-6-2				49394	8A	49444	8A W
47357	8A	45187	8A	46204	8A Princess Louise			cl 6F 0-8-0 G1		49448	8A
47404	8A W	45249	8A	46208	8A Princess Helena Victoria			49142	8A	cl 8F 2-8-0
47416	8A	45254	8A	Princess Coronation 4-6-2				49144	8A	48318	8A
47487	8A	45307	8A	46233	8A Duchess of Sutherland			49173	8A	48323	8A
47488	8A	45390	8A	46239	1B City of Chester			EE T4 diesels		48457	8A
47566	8A	45412	8A	46243	8A City of Lancaster			D215	D312	48512	8A
47591	8B W	45440	8A	cl 2F 0-6-0T (F)		0-6-0 diesels		D219	D343	48521	8E
		45495	8B	47166	8A	12028	D2373	D309	D370	Peak class diesel
W - withdrawn										D9
Shed Codes		1B Camden		2B Nuneaton		5A Crewe North		8A Edge Hill		8B Warrington
		8C Speke Junction		8E Northwich
Visits to Edge Hill 1937 - 1968
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		St - Stanier
		BR - British Railways				WD - War Department
Sunday 21 January 1962					6C					total:	55
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 8F 2-8-0		Jubilee 4-6-0
40101	6C W	42441	6C	42853	6C	48421	9D	45634	5B Trinidad
40102	6C W	42459	6C	42877	6C	48423	6C	Modified Hall 4-6-0
40121	6C W	42463	6A	42936	6C	48455	6C	6990	81A Witherslack Hall
40131	6C W	42493	6C	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		48476	6C	cl 3F 0-6-0T		cl 2F 0-6-0T (F)
40209	6C W	42542	6C	42969	6C	48522	8C	47324	6C	47160	6C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		42597	6C	cl 5MT 4-6-0		48684	6C	47372	6C	47164	6C
42212	6A	42602	6C	45299	5B	48764	8E	47497	6C	0-6-0 diesels
cl 0F 0-4-0ST		42606	6C	45371	12B	WD 2-8-0		47565	6C	D2374	D2506
47005	6C	42608	6C	BR 9F 2-10-0		90392	6C	47627	6C	D2375	D2507
47009	6C	42658	6C	92045	6F	90423	8D	47659	6C	D2388	D2508
				92046	6F					D2501	D2509
Shed Codes		5B Crewe South		6A Chester Midland		6C Birkenhead		6F Bidston		D2505	D2510
8C Speke Junction		8D Widnes		8E Northwich		9D Buxton		12B Carlisle Upperby		81A Old Oak Common
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
Sunday 21 January 1962					6F					total:	10
		cl 3F 0-6-0T		J94 0-6-0ST		cl 8F 2-8-0		BR 9F 2-10-0
		47622	6F	68065	6F	48697	6C	92047	6F
		47628	6F	68066	6F
Shed Codes		6C Birkenhead		6F Bidston
Visits to Bidston 1938 - 1963
Bank Hall
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway							opened:	1865	Jan 1935 - Jan 1950		23A
type:	A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed and a 4TS through shed.						closed:	Oct-66	Feb 1950 - Aug 1963		27A
location:	On the west side of the line between Sandhills and Kirkdale Stations.								Sep 1963 - Oct 1966		8K
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		I - Ivatt	J - Johnson		St - Stanier		BR - British Railways
Sunday 21 January 1962					27A					total:	37
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		Jubilee 4-6-0				cl 0F 0-4-0ST (A)		0-4-0 diesels
41205	27A	44742	27A	45698	27A Mars			51206	27A	D2851	D2866
41268	27A	44744	27A	45719	27A Glorious			51232	27A	D2852	D2867
41269	27A	44767	27A	Patriot 4-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		51253	27A	D2854	D2868
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		44928	26B	45517	27A	47230	27A	cl 4F 0-6-0		D2855	D2869
42555	27D	45203	26A	BR 2MT 2-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T		44240	27D	D2856
cl 0F 0-4-0ST (St)		45323	12B	78041	27A	47306	27A	44462	27E
47001	27A	BR 4MT 4-6-0		78043	27A	47480	27A	44481	27E
		75049	27A	78044	27A	47583	26B
Shed Codes		26A Newton Heath		26B Agecroft		27A Bank Hall		27D Wigan L&Y		27E Walton-on-the-Hill
Sunday 21 January 1962					6F					total:	10
		cl 3F 0-6-0T		J94 0-6-0ST		cl 8F 2-8-0		BR 9F 2-10-0
		47622	6F	68065	6F	48697	6C	92047	6F
		47628	6F	68066	6F
Shed Codes		6C Birkenhead		6F Bidston
Visits to Bank Hall 1937 - 1966
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
Sunday 21 January 1962					27E					total:	18
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 4F 0-6-0				cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		J39 0-6-0		O4 2-8-0 (GCR)
42540	27E	43958	17A	44040	27E	47225	27E	64955	9G	63721	9G
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		43988	27E	44545	17C	47228	27E	V2 2-6-2		cl 8F 2-8-0
42775	9G	44023	27E	cl 3F 0-6-0T		47235	27E	60895	50A	48754	2B
		44038	27E	47327	27A					0-6-0 diesel
				47681	27E					D3858
Shed Codes		2B Nuneaton		9G Gorton		17A Derby		17C Rowsley		27A Bank Hall
		27E Walton-on-the-Hill				50A York
Visits to Walton-on-the-hill 1937 - 1963
Wigan Springs Branch
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	c1847	Sep 1938 - Jan 1958		10A
type:	Two brick-built 6TS dead-ended sheds.						closed:	Dec-67	Feb 1958 - Dec 1967		8F
location:	East of the main line, about a mile south of Wigan North Western station.
Abbreviations		A - Aspinall		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		St - Stanier
		WD - War Department
Sunday 21 January 1962					8F					total:	66 + 5
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		Royal Scot 4-6-0				cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
42235	8F	45026	8F	46161	8F King's Own			44069	8F	49008	8F
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		45092	5B	46167	8F The Hertfordshire Regiment			44076	8F	49025	8F
42303	8F	45108	8F	Patriot 4-6-0				44121	8F	49104	8F
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		45313	8F	45521	8F Rhyl			44125	8F	49122	8F
42456	8F	45314	8F	45545	12B Planet			44280	8F	49139	8F
42462	8F	45354	8B	cl 3F 0-6-0T		WD 2-8-0		44303	8F	49344	8F
42572	8F	45372	8F	47270	8F	90173	8F	44490	8F	cl 7F 0-8-0 G2
42574	26F	45373	8F	47392	8F	90317	8F	44497	8G	49402	8F
42607	8F	45404	8C	47395	8F	90509	8F	cl 6F 0-8-0 G1		49408	8F
cl 2MT 2-6-0		45408	8F	47517	8F	90667	8F	48895	8F	49438	8F
46428	8F	45449	8F	0-6-0 diesels		90686	8F	49049	8F	49447	8F
46470	8F	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		12003	12031			49129	8F	49451	8F
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		42971	6C	12014	12032			49154	8F
42748	9G	42977	5B	12020	D3851			49267	8F
shed codes		5B Crewe South		6C Birkenhead		8B Warrington		8C Speke Junction		8F Springs Branch
		8G Sutton Oak		9G Gorton		12B Carlisle Upperby		26F Patricroft
Locomotives in sidings ready to enter Central Wagon Works, Ince.
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)
42471	27D W	44000	24G W	44361	9F W	49662	26C W	52431	26A W
Visits to Springs Branch 1937 - 1967
Wigan L & Y
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway							opened:	1905	Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		23D
type:	A brick and timber built 14TS dead ended shed.						closed:	Apr-64	Feb 1950 - Aug 1963		27D
location:	South of the Southport line, west of Wigan Wallgate Station.								Sep 1963 - Apr 1964		8P
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		St - Stanier
		BR - British Railways				WD - War Department
Sunday 21 January 1962					27D					total:	32
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)				BR 2MT 2-6-0		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 4F 0-6-0
40090	27C	42554	27D	42631	27D	78060	27D	42731	27D	44221	27D
40145	27C	42557	27D	42641	27D	78061	27D	42734	27D	44222	27D
40191	27C	42569	27D	42642	27D	78062	27D	42821	27D	44464	27D
40197	27C	42592	27D	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		78063	27D	cl 5MT 4-6-0		44486	27D
40198	27C	42621	27D	42180	27D	78064	27D	44743	27A	44544	27D
		42624	27D	42297	27D					WD 2-8-0
				42697	26A					90576	27B
shed codes		26A Newton Heath		27A Bank Hall		27B Aintree		27C Southport		27D Wigan L&Y
Visits to Wigan L&Y 1937 - 1964
Lostock Hall
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway							opened:	1881	Sep 1938 - 1946		23E
type:	A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Aug-68	1946 - Aug 1963		24C
location:	On the south side of Lostock Hall station.								Sep 1963 - Aug 1968		10D
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		St - Stanier
		WD - War Department
Sunday 21 January 1962					24C					total:	51
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		Jubilee 4-6-0				WD 2-8-0
42158	24C	44730	24E	45559	24E British Columbia			90171	24B	90713	24C
42187	24C	44758	8A	45661	26A Vernon			90277	24C	90720	24C
42286	24C	44778	24E	45730	24L Ocean			90329	56E	cl 3F 0-6-0T
42296	24C	45107	24F	Patriot 4-6-0				90367	24F	47319	24C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		45109	8F	45531	8A Sir Frederick Harrison			90420	24B	47360	24C
42434	24C	45202	26A	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		cl 0F 0-4-0ST		90541	24C	47386	24C
42476	24C	45256	8B	42707	24F	47002	24C	90626	26B	47472	24C
42480	24C	45286	12B	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		47008	24C	90658	24C	47572	24C
42481	24C	45388	8F	42958	6C	cl 8F 2-8-0		90675	24C	0-6-0 diesels
42661	24C	cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 2MT 2-6-0		48275	9D	90681	24C	D3374	D4115
		44277	24G	46449	24C	48715	8B	90689	24C	D3782
shed codes		6C Birkenhead		8A Edge Hill		8B Warrington Dallam		8F Springs Branch		9D Buxton
12B Carlisle Upperby		24B Rose Grove		24C Lostock Hall		24E Blackpool		24F Fleetwwod		24G Skipton
24L Carnforth		26A Newton Heath		26B Agecroft		56E Sowerby Bridge
Visits to Lostock Hall 1937 - 1968
Preston
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	c1851	Sep 1938 - Jan 1958		10B
type:	A brick-built 9TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Sep-61	Feb 1958 - Sep 1961		24K
location:	West of the line north of Preston station
Sunday 21 January 1962					shed now closed - all locos stored					total:	12
Patriot 4-6-0								cl 6F 0-8-0 G1
45513	8A		45533	8A Lord Rathmore		45549	8B	49196	24K W
45518	8A Bradshaw		45543	8A Home Guard		45550	8B
45520	8A Llandudno		45546	8B Fleetwood		45551	8A			W - withdrawn
45524	8A Blackpool		45547	8A
shed codes		8A Edge Hill		8B Warrington		24K Preston
Visits to Preston 1937 - 1962