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 6.54am					V2 2-6-2			A1 4-6-2
cl 3P 4-4-2T (LT&S)			N5 0-6-2T (MS&L)		60821	34E	dn gds	60136	34A Alcazar up le
41975	31F	LMS shed	69262	34E	60826	34E	pilot	A2 4-6-2
cl 3F 0-6-0T			69276	34E	60936	36A	up gds	60514	34E Chamoissaire up parcels
47300	31F	LMS shed	69327	34E	B1 4-6-0			BR 9F 2-10-0
J6 0-6-0 (GNR)					61210	34E	up pass	92143	34E	up gds
64272	34E	gds
6.54am Peterborugh to South Lynn. The train was pulled by class 4MT 2-6-0 43067 (34E).
Sutton Bridge		8.03am Sutton Bridge to Spalding was hauled by class 4MT 2-6-0 43142 (31D)
Shed Codes		31D South Lynn		31F Spital Bridge		34E New England		36A Doncaster
South Lynn
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland & Great Northern Railway							opened:	1886	prior to Jan 1950		SL
type:	A 4TS dead-ended shed, rebuilt in corrugated asbestos in 1958.						closed:	Feb-59	Feb 1950 - Feb 1959		31D
location:	On the west side of the line, at the south end of South Lynn Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
Saturday 21 February 1959					31D					total:	13
cl 4MT 2-6-0						J6 0-6-0 (GNR)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
43068	31D	43092	31D	43110	31D	64228	34E	68566	31D
43085	40F	43105	31D	43111	31D
43086	34E	43108	34E	43143	31D
43091	31D	43109	31D
Shed Codes		31D South Lynn		34E New England		40F Boston
Vists to South Lynn 1938 - 1960
South Lynn		The 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 Road		Class 4MT 2-6-0 43090 (31D) was in charge of the 7.33am Melton Constable to Kings Lynn.
Fakenham West		Class 4MT 2-6-0 43161 (32F) hauled the 6.59am Yarmouth to Peterborough.
Melton Constable
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland & Great Northern Railway							opened:	1882	prior to Jan 1950		MC
type:	A brick-built 3TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Feb-59	Feb 1950 - Feb1959		32G
location:	On the south side of Melton Constatble Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway
Saturday 21 February 1959					32G					total:	10
cl 4MT 2-6-0						D16 4-4-0 (GER)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)		0-6-0 diesel
43095	32G	43149	32G	43160	32F	62597	32G	65466		D2567
43147	32G	43151	32G			J17 0-6-0 (GER)		stationary boiler
43148	32G	43156	32F			65551	32G
Shed Codes		32F Yarmouth Beach		32G Melton Constable
Visits to Melton Constable 1938 - 1959
Melton Constable		Melton Constable to Cromer Beach service worked by DMU E79073 & E79289
Melton Consatble to Norwich City, a 2 coach DMU set E79066 & E 79280
Whitwell & Reepham		9.34am ex Norwich City, 2 car DMU set E79291 & E79075
Norwich City		Hunslet 0-6-0 diesel		cl 4MT 2-6-0				Norwich City shed was empty
		D2573		43154	32G
Norwich Thorpe station			D16 4-4-0 (GER)		B1 4-6-0
			62544	32A	61046	32A
Norwich Thorpe shed yard			D16 4-4-0 (GER)		K3 2-6-0		B12 4-6-0 (GER)		EE T4 diesel
			62540	32A	61949	32A	61514	32A	D205
					61971	32A			0-6-0 diesel
Norwich Thorpe Junction			K3 2-6-0		J68 0-6-0T (GER)		Hunslet 0-6-0 diesel		D2036
			61918	32A	68641		11165
			61973	32A
11am Norwich to Yarmouth was a 2 car DMU set E79028 & E79260
Yarmouth Vauxhall station			L1 2-6-4T		Drewry 0-6-0 diesels		DMU set		Yarmouth Vauxhall - shed empty
			67714		D2203	D2212	E79033	E79625
Yarmouth Beach
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland & Great Northern Railway							opened:	1880	prior to 1950		YB
type:	A concrete-built 4TS shed with two through roads.						closed:	Feb-59	Feb 1950 - Feb 1959		32F
location:	On the east side of the Yarmouth Beach Station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway
			Saturday 21 February 1959
			32F			total:	4
			cl 4MT 2-6-0				J17 0-6-0 (GER)
			43068	31D	43155	32G	65581	32F
			43146	32G
		Shed Codes		31D South Lynn		32F Yarmouth Beach		32G Melton Constable
Visits to Yarmouth Beach 1938 - 1959
Yarmouth Beach station			diesel 0-6-0
			D2571
12 noon Yarmouth Beach to Stalham was hauled by class 4MT 2-6-0 43159 (32F)
Stalham		class 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 North		class 4MT 2-6-0 43161 (32F) was the train engine for the 11.11am Peterborough to Yarmouth.
Melton Constable		cl 4MT 2-6-0				D16 4-4-0 (GER)		0-6-0 diesel
		43145	32G	43154	32G	62597	32G	D2567
		43152	32G	43157	32F
Massingham		class 4MT 43108 (34E) was in charge of the 1.16pm Peterborough to Yarmouth.
South Lynn station		cl 4MT 2-6-0		0-6-0 diesels
		43157	32F	D2030	D2017
South Lynn to Kings Lynn - train engine was N7 0-6-2T 69694 (31C).
Kings Lynn
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1871	prior to Jan 1950		KL
type:	A brick-built 4TS through-road shed.						closed:	Apr-59	Feb 1950 - Apr 1959		31C
location:	North of the line, east of Kings Lynn station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			BR - British Railways
Saturday 21 February 1959					31C					total:	17
N7 0-6-2T (GER)		B17 4-6-0				J20 0-6-0 (GER)		J17 0-6-0 (GER)
69620	31C	61626	31C Brancepeth Castle			64683	31A	65526	31C	65541	31A
69698	31C	J69 0-6-0T (GER)		J19 0-6-0 (GER)		BR 0-6-0 Diesels		65530	31C	65544	31C
D16 4-4-0 (GER)		68499	31C	64640	31C	D2011	D2015	65533	31C	65582	31C
62606	31C	68542	31C			D2013
Shed Codes		31A Cambridge		31C Kings Lynn		32A Norwich Thorpe
Visits to Kings Lynn 1936 - 1959
Kings Lynn station		B12 4-6-0 (GER)		0-6-0 diesel		DMU set
		61533	32A	D2012	D2014	E56171	E50416
4.20pm Kings Lynn to Spalding was hauled by class 4MT 2-6-0 43094 (31D).
Sutton Bridge		class 4MT 2-6-0 43158 (32F) was in charge of the 1.45pm Birmingham to Yarmouth.
Spalding station		class 4MT 2-6-0				B1 4-6-0				BR 9F 2-0-0
		43058	40F	local pass		61082	40B Kings Cross to Grimsby			92178	34E
		43081	34E	up gds		61409	40B pass to Peterborough				up gds
		43144	31D 5.57pm to Kings Lynn			Britannia 4-6-2
						70037	30A Hereward the Wake Liverpool to Parkeston Quay
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		31D South Lynn		34E New England		40B Immingham		40F 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 station		class 2MT 2-6-0				Britannia 4-6-2
		pilots & shunting		46499	17A	70017	9E Arrow Manchester - London pass
		46497	17A	46502	17A
9.36pm Derby to Chinley, hauled by Britannia 4-6-2 70015 Apollo (9E)
Shed Codes		9E Trafford Park		15B Kettering		17A Derby		40E Colwick