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.

Sunday, 26 April 2020

Days Out No. 58 : 13th March 1960 - Manchester ft Horwich & Gorton Works

A trip to the sheds and works within the Manchester area.
Trafford Park
Post Grouping Ownership (Joint) - Cheshire Lines Committee/Midland Railwaysjoint shed codes pre 1948 TFD/19G
type:A 20TS dead-ended shed.opened:18951950 (briefly)13A
location:
On the north side of the line, east of Trafford Park & Stretford station.
closed:Mar-68May 1950 - Mar 19689E

Jan 1957 - May 195817F
AbbreviationsF - FowlerD - DeeleyFb - FairburnH - HughesJ - Johnson
St - StanierGCR - Great Central RailwayBR - British Railway
Sunday 13 March 19609E7.25amtotal:47
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 4-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0
400099E423289E424289E4466416A4558515C Hydrabad
400179E W423339E424529E446889E4561615C Malta G. C.
400189E423619E424699E447179EBritannia 4-6-2
400559E Wcl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)424799E S448099E700159E Appollo
400569E W420649E426289E4485616A700329E Tennyson
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)420659Ecl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)452399Ecl 4F 0-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
400889E421119E4276317Bcl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)443929E482889E
400979E426759EBR 4MT 2-6-0435729E4441917A487419E
401419E S426769E760899E435809E445649EJ10 0-6-0 (GCR)
402089E S426839E436509E445659E651669E W
S - storedW - withdrawn445669E651949F W
Shed Codes9E Trafford Park9F Heaton Mersey15C Leicester Midland16A Nottingham17A Derby
17B Burton-on-Trent
Visits to Trafford Park 1936 - 1968
Agecroft
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railwayopened:1889Sep 1935 - Aug 196326B
type:A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.closed:Oct-66Sep 1963 - Oct 19669J
location:In the fork of the Pendleton to Swinton and Clifton Junction lines.
AbbreviationsA - AspinallBW - Barton WrightF - FowlerFb - FairburnSt - Stanier
WD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 196026B8amtotal:53
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 7F 0-8-0 (F)WD 2-8-0
4247426B4272326B4478126B4757426B4950526B9014226A
4264626B4272426B4478226B4757826B4950926B W9032426B
4264726B4275326B4498726B4757926B4951126A W9035426B
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4275526B4526126B4758526B W4962726B9037226B
4228726B4283826B4533726Bcl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)4963726B9054626B
cl 2MT 2-6-04284024F4533826B5141326B4966726A W9055526D
4648526B4286026BB1 4-6-05145826A Wcl 8F 2-8-09055826B
4648626B428915D61008*26B5149626B483188A9058156A
cl 0F 0-4-0ST (A)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)6129826B5149726A W0-6-0 diesel9067856D
5120426B5243126A W6136926BD386826B9071326B
5120726B5245526A WW- withdrawn
Shed Codes5D Stoke-on-Trent8A Edge Hill24F Fleetwood26A Newton Heath26B Agecroft
26D Bury56A Wakefield56D Mirfield
Visits to Agecroft 1936 - 1966
Patricroft
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:18851935 - Jan 195810C
type:Two brick-built shed: one 8TS, the other 10TS.closed:Jul-68Feb 1958 - Aug 196326F
location:In the fork of the Eccles to Patricroft and Monton Green Lines.
Sep 1963 - July 19689H
AbbreviationsF - FowlerH - HughesI - IvattSt - Stanier
BR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 196026F8.45amtotal:65
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 7F 0-8-0 G2aPatriot 4-6-0
4128326F450928F4736426F W4903426F455118B Isle of Man
4128726F4509526F4736526F4908726F455358A Sir Herbert Walker K.C.B.
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (St)4509626F4737826F4911926FJubilee 4-6-0
4245826F4518226F4743026F4914726F4555917A British Columbia
4249426F4519526F4749126F4914926F W4556326F Australia
4256326F4525226F4754626F4919926F4564526F Collingwood
4257426F4525526F4762126F4920926F456719A Prince Rupert
4266226F4529426F4767226F W4932326F4570626A Express
cl 2P 4-4-0 (F)4530426Fcl 4F 0-6-04933526FWD 2-8-0
4063126F4540212B4415615Acl 7F 0-8-0 G29012656D9057026F
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)454108B0-6-0 diesels4942126F9018326F9066926F
4272626A4542026FD3588D38454942626F9022226Fcl 8F 2-8-0
BR 4MT 4-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-0D3779494545B9039926F4850626F
750136A7312526F0-4-0 diesel9053026F4851226F
7313226FED1
Shed Codes5B Crewe North6A Chester Midland6B Mold Junction8A Edge Hill8B Warrington
8F Springs Branch9A Longsight12B Carlisle Upperby15A Wllingborough17A Derby26A Newton Heath
26F Patricroft56D Mirfield
Visits to Patricroft 1936 - 1968
Bolton
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railwayopened:1874Sep 1938 - Aug 196326C
type:A brick-built 12TS dead-ended shed.closed:Jul-68Sep 1963 - Jul 19689K
location:On the west side of the Bolton to Clifton Junction line, south of the station.
AbbreviationsA - AspinallBW - Barton WrightF - FowlerH - Hughes
J - JohnsonSt - StanierBR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 196026C9.35amtotal:42
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0WD 2-8-0
4006226A S4254926A4272826A5234526C440635E wks9011026C
4006326A S4255427DBR 2MT 2-6-2T5239326C4410117C wks9028926A
4006526A W4256526C8401326C5241526Ccl 4F 0-6-0 (F)9029726C
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)4262626C8401426C5244326D W439459F wks9072526C
400949F wks4263326C8401926C5252326C4400024G W9072926C
4016816C wks4263526Ccl 3F 0-6-0T (J)cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 8F 2-8-0cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)
401733A wks4265226C4721726A5148626C487496B wks4959226A W
0-6-0 diesel4265426C4722426B5149826Ccl 3F 0-6-0T4966226C W
D38424265526Cwks - Horwich Works traffic4744026A W
shed codes3A Bescot5E Alsager6B Mold Junction9F Heaton Mersey16C Mansfield
17C Rowsley24G Skipton26A Newton Heath26B Agecroft26C Bolton26D Bury
27D Wigan L&Y
Visits to Bolton 1938 - 1968
Horwich Works
The workshops of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railwaylocation:Built on 142 hectares of land near Bolton.
opened:1886, when the L&YR moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.
closed:The last engine was repaired in 1965, though work continued on other rolling stock until 1983.
AbbreviationsA - AspinallBW - Barton WrightF - FowlerH - HughesSt - Stanier
BR - British Railways
Sunday 13 March 1960total:60
works yard, paint shop (ps) and scrap yard
cl 2P 2-4-2T (A)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4MT 2-6-0cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)cl 7F 0-8-0 (F)cl 8F 2-8-0
5078127C W4271824D4304815B11304HW4951526A W4806218A
5079555F W4272924D4307324J11305HW4954426A W4816441E ps
1008 psex 50621427929GBR 4MT 2-6-011324HW4962426A W4832112A
cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)7603914D11368HW4967426B W4846412A
5209524B W429645Bcl 4F 0-6-011394HWcl 2F 0-6-0 (BW)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)
5213956D WFurness Railway443829B W51429HW5204456A W4389724D W
Coppernob No. 3 ps
erecting shop
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 8F 2-8-0
400872B4275026A429565B4405555F4395017C4817841B
401352B428121A429716B4412841D439572E4827118A
401378D428929Bcl 4MT 2-6-0443701E0-6-0 diesels4866455D
4014214B428946C4302611B444471ED337112021
BR 4MT 2-6-0430632F444525E1200712102
7603714D4312114A445485D12018
Shed Codes1A Willesden1E Bletchley2B Nuneaton2E Northampton2F Woodford Halse
5B Crewe South5D Stoke-on-Trent5E Alsager6B Mold Junction6C Birkenhead8D Widnes
9B Stockport9D Buxton11B Workington12A Carlisle Kingmoor14A Cricklewood14B Kentish Town
14D Neasden15B Kettering17C Rowsley18A Toton24B Rose Grove24D Lower Darwen
24J Lancaster26A Newton Heath26B Agecroft27C Southport41B Grimesthorpe41D Canklow
41E Staveley Barrow H.55D Royston55F Manningham56A Wakefield56D Mirfield
Visits to Horwich Works 1949 - 1951Visits to Horwich Works 1952 - 1954
Visits to Horwich Works 1955 - 1956Visits to Horwich Works 1957 - 1958
Visits to Horwich Works 1959 - 1960
Bury
Post Grouping Ownership - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railwayopened:1876Sep 1938 - Aug 196326D
type:A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.closed:Nov-65Sep 1963 - Nov 19659M
location:On the east side of the Bury to Radcliffe line, south of Bury (Bolton Street).
AbbreviationsA - AspinallF - FowlerH - HughesSt - Stanier
Sunday 13 March 196026Dtotal:20
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 2MT 2-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 4F 0-6-0WD 2-8-0
4244426D4270026D4640626D5212926D4388026D9019426D
4246026D4271926D4641726D5220126D4391326D9022626D
4255026D4273026D4643626Dcl 3F 0-6-0Tcl 7F 0-8-0 G2a9040826D
cl 2F 0-6-0ST4758426D491422B9041926D
5140826C
shed codes2B Nuneaton26C Bolton26D Bury
Visits to Bury 1937 - 1965
Lees, Oldham
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:1878Sep 1938 - Sep 195426F
type:A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shedclosed:Apr-64Oct 1954 - Aug 196326E
location:On the north side of Lees station
Sep 1963 - Apr 19649P
AbbreviationsA - AspinallFb - FairburnBR - British Railways
Sunday 13 March 196026Etotal:16
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)BR 5MT 4-6-0cl 3F 0-6-0 (A)cl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
4211426E7313326F5218326E W5226926E W4849126A9014126E
4211526E5220726E5232226E9040226E
5224026E5246626E9052326A
W - withdrawn5224826E9067126E
9070826E
shed codes26A Newton Heath26E Lees, Oldham26F Patricroft55A Leeds Holbeck
Visits to Lees (Oldham) 1938 - 1963
Gorton
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Central Railwayopened:1879pre 1948GOR
type:A brick-built 18TS dead-ended shed.closed:Jun-651949 - Feb 195839A
location:On the north side of the line between Ashbury's and Gorton & Openshaw stations.Feb 1958 - April 19589H

April 1958 - 19659G
AbbreviationsF - FowlerD - DeeleyH - HughesJ - Johnson
GCR - Great Central RailwayGNR - Great Northern RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 19609Gtotal:84
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 3F 0-6-0 (J)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)J39 0-6-0O4 2-8-0 (GCR)
423009E431879G427549G642889G647179G635739G
423739Gcl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)427689G643379G647189G635989G
423749G432079G427759G643419G647279G636499G
L1 2-6-4T432359G427889G643579G647389G637199G
677439G434009GK3 2-6-0 (GNR)643689G647429G637219G
677479G436389G W618659G644059G aw647439G637439G
677489G437739G619109G644189G647449G637679G aw
677519Gcl 3F 0-6-0 (D)cl 4F 0-6-0644349G647479G6377241F aw
677569G437899G441149G644359G647489G637949G
677629G438099G441389E644379G648099G638059G
677959G438269G442369G644399G648249G aw6390741F
677969GB1 4-6-0442759G644409G648759GJ6 0-6-0 (GCR)
677989G611619G443585DWD 2-8-0649309G642569G
N5 0-6-2T (GCR)612659G443775D9027827BJ94 0-6-0STcl 1F 0-6-0T (J)
693079GA5 4-6-2T (GCR)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)9030626E680649G417029G
693609G698179G440159G9035841F aw680689Gcl 8F 2-8-0
aw - awaiting works9041627B4819216B
Shed Codes5D Stoke-on-Trent9E Trafford Park9G Gorton16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield26E Lees (Oldham)
27B Aintree41F Mexborough
Visits to Gorton 1937 - 1954Visits to Gorton 1955 - 1965
Gorton Works
Built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and opened in 1848
AbbreviationsGCR - Great Central RailwayGNR - Great Northern RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 1960total:38
erecting shop
O4 2-8-0 (GCR)WD 2-8-0EM1/EM2 electrics
6360236E6372741F6380141J9008841J9053736A2600226024
6361836A6373541H6388441F9013336C9058926A2605727004
6368441F6375040EO1 2-8-0 (GNR)9026934E9059155C
6369240B6378741H6359041H9052526E
6370641H6388616D
works yardworks dump
O4 2-8-0 (GCR)O1 2-8-0 (GNR)WD 2-8-0N5 0-6-2T (GCR)O4 2-8-0 (GCR)J11 0-6-0 (GCR)
636819G6375552H9016326A6930841F W6373341A W642989G W
637169GJ11 0-6-0 (GCR)9029524C6375341F W643839G W
6372041H643639G9047340E
9056826D
Shed Codes 19609G Gorton16D Annesley24C Lostock Hall26A Newton Heath26D Bury
26E Lees, Oldham34E New England36A Doncaster36C Frodingham36E Retford40B Immingham
40E Colwick41A Sheffield Darnall41F Mexborough41H Staveley GC41J Langwith Junction52H Tyne Dock
55C Farnley Junction
Visits to Gorton Works 1950 - 1952Visits to Gorton Works 1953 - 1956
Visits to Gorton Works 1957 - 1959Visits to Gorton Works 1960 - 1963
Heaton Mersey
Post Grouping Ownership (Joint) - Cheshire Lines Committee/Midland Railwaysjoint shed codes pre 1950 STP/19D
type:A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.opened:18891950 (briefly)13C
location:In the fork of the Cheadle/Didsbury lines, west of Tivot Dale station.closed:May-68May 1950 - Dec 19569F

Jan 1957 - Mar 195817E
April 1958 - 19689F
AbbreviationsF - FowlerH - HughesJ - JohnsonSt - Stanier
GCR - Great Central RailwayBR - British RailwayWD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 19609Ftotal:46
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 8F 2-8-0
400019F4279441B440909F S438329F4808117C4837916B
400049F WBR 4MT 2-6-04409741B439619F W4812117A485019F
400599F W760489F4416417Acl 3F 0-6-0 (J)481619F485039F
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)760859F442509F432129F482089F486139F
400899F760879F443619F W432459F4822516B486769F
401139F0-6-0 diesels443789FWD 2-8-0483169F486779F
401249FD3852D38544441416A9045756D4831716B486829F
cl 7F 0-8-0 G2aD3853444219F9071227B483299FO4 2-8-0 (GCR)
493919D445549F4837716A637139G
Shed Codes9D Buxton9F Heaton Mersey9G Gorton16A Nottingham16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield
17A Derby17C Rowsley27B Aintree41B Grimesthorpe56D Mirfield
Visits to Heaton Mersey 1936 - 1968
Stockport
Post Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railwayopened:1883Sep 1935 - May 689B
type:A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.closed:May-68
location:West of the line, south of Stocport Edgeley station.
AbbreviationsF - FowlerH - HughesJ - JohnsonBR - British Railway
WD - War Department
Sunday 13 March 19609Btotal:41
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 4MT 2-6-0WD 2-8-0cl 8F 2-8-0
423169B427739B448381A4303241C9014026E481658D
423229B428489B450455Bcl 3F 0-6-0 (J)9024124B482625B
423439B428499B453915B433059B9024826A4834641E
423579B428521A4542855Ccl 3F 0-6-0T9037956A4837226A
423919B428549BBR 5MT 4-6-0474319B9061955G483899B
424159B428869B7313426Fcl 7F 0-8-0 G29064256D484416C
0-6-0 diesel428879AK3 2-6-0494075Bcl 7F 0-8-0 G2a487129D
D37719B429329B6189350B490022B487319F
487409D
Shed Codes1A Willesden2B Nuneaton5B Crewe South6C Birkenhead8D Widnes
9A Longsight9B Stockport9D Buxton9F Heaton Mersey24B Rose Grove26A Newton Heath
26E Lees, Oldham26F Patricroft41C Millhouses41E Staveley Barrow Hill50B Hull Dairycoates55C Farnley Junction
55G Huddersfield56A Wakefield56D Mirfield
Visits to Stockport 1936 - 1968
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