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.

Wednesday 15 April 2020

Days Out No. 57 21st February 1959 - Midland & Great Northern Lines

Midland & Great Northern Lines - 21st February 1959
1.25am Manchester (London Road) to Penistone. The train engine was EM2 27004 Juno.
Penistone to Doncaster, hauled by B1 4-6-0 61194 (41F).
3.59am Doncaster to Peterborough, hauled by A4 4-6-2 60021 Wild Swan (34A).
Peterborough Station : c5.30am to 6.54amV2 2-6-2A1 4-6-2
cl 3P 4-4-2T (LT&S)N5 0-6-2T (MS&L)6082134Edn gds6013634A Alcazar up le
4197531FLMS shed6926234E6082634EpilotA2 4-6-2
cl 3F 0-6-0T6927634E6093636Aup gds6051434E Chamoissaire up parcels
4730031FLMS shed6932734EB1 4-6-0BR 9F 2-10-0
J6 0-6-0 (GNR)6121034Eup pass9214334Eup gds
6427234Egds
6.54am Peterborugh to South Lynn. The train was pulled by class 4MT 2-6-0 43067 (34E).
Sutton Bridge8.03am Sutton Bridge to Spalding was hauled by class 4MT 2-6-0 43142 (31D)
Shed Codes31D South Lynn31F Spital Bridge34E New England36A Doncaster
South Lynn
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland & Great Northern Railwayopened:1886prior to Jan 1950SL
type:A 4TS dead-ended shed, rebuilt in corrugated asbestos in 1958.closed:Feb-59Feb 1950 - Feb 195931D
location:On the west side of the line, at the south end of South Lynn Station.
AbbreviationsGER - Great Eastern RailwayGNR - Great Northern Railway
Saturday 21 February 195931Dtotal:13
cl 4MT 2-6-0J6 0-6-0 (GNR)J69 0-6-0T (GER)
4306831D4309231D4311031D6422834E6856631D
4308540F4310531D4311131D
4308634E4310834E4314331D
4309131D4310931D
Shed Codes31D South Lynn34E New England40F Boston
Vists to South Lynn 1938 - 1960
South LynnThe push & pull service from South Lynn to Kings Lynn was operated by N7 0-6-2T 69694 (31C).
8.15am South Lynn to Melton Constable was hauled by class 4MT 2-6-0 43086 (34E).
Grimston RoadClass 4MT 2-6-0 43090 (31D) was in charge of the 7.33am Melton Constable to Kings Lynn.
Fakenham WestClass 4MT 2-6-0 43161 (32F) hauled the 6.59am Yarmouth to Peterborough.
Melton Constable
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland & Great Northern Railwayopened:1882prior to Jan 1950MC
type:A brick-built 3TS dead-ended shed.closed:Feb-59Feb 1950 - Feb195932G
location:On the south side of Melton Constatble Station.
AbbreviationsGER - Great Eastern Railway
Saturday 21 February 195932Gtotal:10
cl 4MT 2-6-0D16 4-4-0 (GER)J15 0-6-0 (GER)0-6-0 diesel
4309532G4314932G4316032F6259732G65466D2567
4314732G4315132GJ17 0-6-0 (GER)stationary boiler
4314832G4315632F6555132G
Shed Codes32F Yarmouth Beach32G Melton Constable
Visits to Melton Constable 1938 - 1959
Melton ConstableMelton Constable to Cromer Beach service worked by DMU E79073 & E79289
Melton Consatble to Norwich City, a 2 coach DMU set E79066 & E 79280
Whitwell & Reepham9.34am ex Norwich City, 2 car DMU set E79291 & E79075
Norwich CityHunslet 0-6-0 dieselcl 4MT 2-6-0Norwich City shed was empty
D25734315432G
Norwich Thorpe stationD16 4-4-0 (GER)B1 4-6-0
6254432A6104632A
Norwich Thorpe shed yardD16 4-4-0 (GER)K3 2-6-0B12 4-6-0 (GER)EE T4 diesel
6254032A6194932A6151432AD205
6197132A0-6-0 diesel
Norwich Thorpe JunctionK3 2-6-0J68 0-6-0T (GER)Hunslet 0-6-0 dieselD2036
6191832A6864111165
6197332A
11am Norwich to Yarmouth was a 2 car DMU set E79028 & E79260
Yarmouth Vauxhall stationL1 2-6-4TDrewry 0-6-0 dieselsDMU setYarmouth Vauxhall - shed empty
67714D2203D2212E79033E79625
Yarmouth Beach
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland & Great Northern Railwayopened:1880prior to 1950YB
type:A concrete-built 4TS shed with two through roads.closed:Feb-59Feb 1950 - Feb 195932F
location:On the east side of the Yarmouth Beach Station.
AbbreviationsGER - Great Eastern Railway
Saturday 21 February 1959
32Ftotal:4
cl 4MT 2-6-0J17 0-6-0 (GER)
4306831D4315532G6558132F
4314632G
Shed Codes31D South Lynn32F Yarmouth Beach32G Melton Constable
Visits to Yarmouth Beach 1938 - 1959
Yarmouth Beach stationdiesel 0-6-0
D2571
12 noon Yarmouth Beach to Stalham was hauled by class 4MT 2-6-0 43159 (32F)
Stalhamclass 4MT 2-6-0 43160 (32F) was in charge of an up freight.
1pm Stalham to Catfield, hauled by class 4MT 2-6-0 43155 (32G)
Aylsham Northclass 4MT 2-6-0 43161 (32F) was the train engine for the 11.11am Peterborough to Yarmouth.
Melton Constablecl 4MT 2-6-0D16 4-4-0 (GER)0-6-0 diesel
4314532G4315432G6259732GD2567
4315232G4315732F
Massinghamclass 4MT 43108 (34E) was in charge of the 1.16pm Peterborough to Yarmouth.
South Lynn stationcl 4MT 2-6-00-6-0 diesels
4315732FD2030D2017
South Lynn to Kings Lynn - train engine was N7 0-6-2T 69694 (31C).
Kings Lynn
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railwayopened:1871prior to Jan 1950KL
type:A brick-built 4TS through-road shed.closed:Apr-59Feb 1950 - Apr 195931C
location:North of the line, east of Kings Lynn station.
AbbreviationsGER - Great Eastern RailwayBR - British Railways
Saturday 21 February 195931Ctotal:17
N7 0-6-2T (GER)B17 4-6-0J20 0-6-0 (GER)J17 0-6-0 (GER)
6962031C6162631C Brancepeth Castle6468331A6552631C6554131A
6969831CJ69 0-6-0T (GER)J19 0-6-0 (GER)BR 0-6-0 Diesels6553031C6554431C
D16 4-4-0 (GER)6849931C6464031CD2011D20156553331C6558231C
6260631C6854231CD2013
Shed Codes31A Cambridge31C Kings Lynn32A Norwich Thorpe
Visits to Kings Lynn 1936 - 1959
Kings Lynn stationB12 4-6-0 (GER)0-6-0 dieselDMU set
6153332AD2012D2014E56171E50416
4.20pm Kings Lynn to Spalding was hauled by class 4MT 2-6-0 43094 (31D).
Sutton Bridgeclass 4MT 2-6-0 43158 (32F) was in charge of the 1.45pm Birmingham to Yarmouth.
Spalding stationclass 4MT 2-6-0B1 4-6-0BR 9F 2-0-0
4305840Flocal pass6108240B Kings Cross to Grimsby9217834E
4308134Eup gds6140940B pass to Peterboroughup gds
4314431D 5.57pm to Kings LynnBritannia 4-6-2
7003730A Hereward the Wake Liverpool to Parkeston Quay
Shed Codes30A Stratford31D South Lynn34E New England40B Immingham40F Boston
6.25pm Spalding to Bourne, hauled by ex Great Northern Railway K2 2-6-0 61763 (40E)
Bourne to Nottingham Midland, the train engine was class 4MT 2-6-0 43048 (15B)
Derby stationclass 2MT 2-6-0Britannia 4-6-2
pilots & shunting4649917A700179E Arrow Manchester - London pass
4649717A4650217A
9.36pm Derby to Chinley, hauled by Britannia 4-6-2 70015 Apollo (9E)
Shed Codes9E Trafford Park15B Kettering17A Derby40E Colwick
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