Days Out No. 53 : 18th March 1956 - East Anglia

Cambridge shed yard on 2nd October 1960, when the steam allocation was being run down, as the diesel era was approaching.  Photo - Ben Brooksbank, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons 2.0 licence.

An RCTS (Railway Correspondence & Travel Society) trip from London to sheds in East Anglia.
Colchester
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1850	prior to Jan 1950		COL
type:	A brick-built 3TS shed with a through road.						closed:	Nov-59	Feb 1950 - Nov 1959		30E
location:	On the north side of the line, east of the station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway			WD - War Department
Sunday 18 March 1956					30E					total:	38
N2 0-6-2T (GNR)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J19 0-6-0 (GER)		J17 0-6-0 (GER)		B2 4-6-0
69555	30E	65432	30E	64651	30E	65531	30E	61607	30E Blickling
N7 0-6-2T (GER)		65441	30E	64652	30E	65539	30E	61615	30E Culford Hall
69673	30E	65443	30A	64653	30E	65556	31B	61616	30E Fallodon
cl 3P 4-4-2T		65445	30E	64660	30E	65564	30E	61639	30E Norwich City
41949	30E	65456	30E	64662	30A	J39 0-6-0		B17 4-6-0
cl 2MT 2-6-0		65465	30E	64666	30E	64767	30A	61648	30A Arsenal
46469	30E	65466	30E	64667	30E	K1 2-6-0		61650	30E Grimsby Twon
		65470	30E	J69 0-6-0T (GER)		62069	31B	61655	30A Middlesborough
		65473	30E	68522	30E			61658	30E The Essex Regiment
				68601	30E			61666	30E Nottingham Forest
								61667	30E Bradford
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		30E Colchester		31B March
Visits to Colchester 1936 - 1959
Parkeston
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	Mar-83	prior to Jan 1950		PKS
type:	A brick-built 4TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jan-61	Feb 1950 - Jan 1961		30F
location:	North of the line at the east of the station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
Sunday 18 March 1956					30F					total:	26
N2 0-6-2T (GNR)		J39 0-6-0				J15 0-6-0 (GER)		B1 4-6-0
69502	30F	64773	30F	64874	30F	65434	30F	61000	30A Springbok
69550	30A	64777	30F	64953	30F	65452	30A	61005	30F Bongo
69551	30F	64787	30F	64957	32B	65453	30F	61006	30F Blackbuck
69561	30F	64873	30F	64973	30A	J69 0-6-0T (GER)		61135	30F	61232	30F
0-6-0 diesel		B17 4-6-0				68500	30F	61149	30F	61264	30F
11113		61613	30A Woodbastwick Hall			68554	30F
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		30F Parkeston		32B Ipswich
Visits to Parkeston 1936 - 1959
Ipswich
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1846	prior to Jan 1950		IPS
type:	Rebuilt in 1954 into a concrete 6TS through-road shed.					closed to steam:		Nov-59	Feb 1950 - Nov 1959		32B
location:	On the east side of the line, south of Ipswich Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
Sunday 18 March 1956					32B					total:	64
F6 2-4-2T (GER)		B17 4-6-0				B1 4-6-0		J39 0-6-0		J15 0-6-0 (GER)
67230	32B	61609	30A Quidenham			61052	32B	64726	32B	65361	32B
L1 2-6-4T		61625	32B Raby Castle			61054	32B	64752	32B	65404	32B
67702	32B	61629	32B Naworth Castle			61055	32B	64770	30F	65459	32B
67703	32B	61631	32B Serlby Hall			61236	30A	64793	32B	65467	32B
67705	32B	61643	31B Campion Lodge			61253	32B	64826	32B	65472	32B
67708	32B	61647	32B Helmingham Hall			61254	32B	64829	32B	J17 0-6-0 (GER)
67709	32B	61649	32B Sheffield United			B12 4-6-0 (GER)		64834	32B	65512	32B
67716	32B	61663	30A Everton			61533	32B	64841	32B	65513	32B
67775	32B	61669	32B Barnsley			61561	32B	64882	32B	65553	32A
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		Britannia 4-6-2				61564	32B	64894	32B	65560	32B
61801	30A	70030	32A William Wordsworth			61569	32B	64905	32B	65578	32B
61873	31B	J67 0-6-0T (GER)		J19 0-6-0 (GER)		61571	32B	0-4-0 diesels		0-6-0 diesels
61921	30A	68518	32B	64647	30E			11501	11502	11136	11138
61982	31B	68521	32B	J20 0-6-0 (GER)						11137
		68593	32B	64684	31B
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		30E Colchester		30F Parkeston		31B March		32A Norwich
Visits to Ipswich 1936 - 1959
Norwich Thorpe
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1844	prior to Jan 1950		NOR
type:	A brick-built 4TS through-road shed.					closed to steam:		Apr-62	Feb 1950 - Apr 1962		32A
location:	On the south side of Norwich Thorpe Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
Sunday 18 March 1956					32A					total:	73
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		Britannia 4-6-2				B1 4-6-0		J39 0-6-0		J67 0-6-0T (GER)
62510	32A	70002	30A Geoffrey Chaucer			61042	32A	64761	32A	68516	32A
62523	32A	70006	32A Robert Burns			61043	32A	64802	32A	J69 0-6-0T (GER)
62555	32A	70007	32A Coer-de-Lion			61045	32A	64900	32A	68555	32A
62556	32A	70009	32A Alfred The Great			61046	32A	64913	32A	J68 0-6-0T (GER)
62564	32A	70012	32A John of Gaunt			61249*	30A	J17 0-6-0 (GER)		68640	32A
62577	32A	70013	32A Oliver Cromwell			61317	32A	65519	32A	68641	32A
62592	32A	70035	32A Rudyard Kipling			K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		65537	32A	68642	32A
62593	32A	70036	30A Boadicea			61877	32A	65557	32A	68645	32A
62605	31A	70041	30A Sir John Moore			61918	32C	65566	32A	J50 0-6-0T (GNR)
B12 4-6-0 (GER)		B17 4-6-0				61939	32A	65573	32A	68899	32A
61514	32A	61634	30A Hinchingbroke			61957	32A	65588	32A	68924	32A
61520	32A	61638	31B Melton Hall			61971	32A	J15 0-6-0 (GER)		N7 0-6-2T (GER)
61535	32B	K1 2-6-0		L1 2-6-4T		61989	32A	65388	32A	69679	32A
61545	32F	62032	31B	67707	32A	F6 2-4-2T (GER)		65469	32A	69690	32A
61572	32A	62040	31B	67717	32A	67229	32C	J19 0-6-0 (GER)		69706	32A
61577	32A	cl 4MT 2-6-0		0-6-0 diesel		C12 4-4-2T (GNR)		64644	32A	69707	32A
		43147	32G	11139		67366	32D	64674	32A	69708	32D
								* named Fitzherbert Wright
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		31A Cambridge		31B March		32A Norwich		32B Ipswich
		32C Lowestoft		32D Yarmouth S. Twn		32G Melton Constable
Visits to Norwich Thorpe 1938 - 1959
Norwich City
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland & Great Northern Railway							opened:	1882	Melton Constable subshed
type:	A brick-built 3TS dead-ended shed, reduced to 2TS.						closed:	Feb-59
location:	On the east side of the line, at the north end of Norwich City Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway
				Sunday 18 March 1956
						total:	3
				D16 4-4-0 (GER)		J67 0-6-0T (GER)
				62515	32G	68515	32G
				62617	32G
		Shed Codes		32G Melton Constable
Visits to Norwich City 1938 - 1959
Cambridge
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1847	prior to Jan 1950		CAM
type:	A brick-built 7TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jun-62	Feb 1950 - Jun 1962		31A
location:	On the west side of the line at the north end of Cambridge station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway			NER - North Eastern Railway
		BR - British Railways
Sunday 18 March 1956					31A					total:	60
E4 2-4-0 (GER)		A4 4-6-2				B1 4-6-0		J17 0-6-0 (GER)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)
62792	31A	60034	34A Lord Faringdon			61121	31A	65500	31A	65390	31A
62796	31A	B17 4-6-0				61286	31A	65502	31A	65420	31E
G5 0-4-4T (NER)		61636	31A Harlaxton Manor			61302	31A	65504	31A	65425	31A
67322	31A	61652	31A Darlington			61334	31A	65505	31A	65438	31A
C12 4-4-2T (GNR)		B2 4-6-0				D16 4-4-0 (GER)		65520	31A	65442	31A
67395	31A	61617	31A Ford Castle			62530	31A	65535	30A	65457	31A
K1 2-6-0		61671	31A Royal Sovereign			62532	31A	65541	31A	J69 0-6-0T (GER)
62035	31B	Britannia 4-6-2				62565	31C	65565	31A	68491	31A
62036	31B	70003	30A John Bunyan			62618	31A	65571	31B	68530	31A
62051	31B	BR 5MT 4-6-0		J39 0-6-0		62619	32A	65575	31A	68567	31A
62070	31B	73071	34A	64729	31A	J20 0-6-0 (GER)		65587	31A	68600	31A
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		cl 4MT 2-6-0		64751	31A	64683	31A	J19 0-6-0 (GER)		68609	31A
61849	30A	43089	31A	64803	31A	64688	31A	64654	31A	J50 0-6-0T
61888	31B	cl 2MT 2-6-0		64958	31A	64695	31A	64658	31A	68965	30A
		46465	31A
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		31A Cambridge		31B March		31C Kings Lynn		31E Bury St. Edmonds
		32A Norwich		34A Kings Cross
Visits to Cambridge 1936 - 1962