Days Out No. 65 : 10th March 1963 - Worcester. Gloucester & Swindon

An excursion by enthusiasts from north-east Lancashire to Swindon via the Gloucester & Worcester area.
Oxley (Wolverhampton)
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway (GWR)						opened:	1907		Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		OXY
type:	A brick-built 2RH shed.					closed:	Mar-67		Feb 1950 - Aug 1963		84B
location:	West side of the line, west of Dunstall Park station.								Sep 1963 - Mar 1967		2B
Abbreviations		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 10 March 1963					84B					total:	57
57xx 0-6-0PT		28xx 2-8-0		Grange 4-6-0				Hall 4-6-0
3605	84B	3813	84B	6807	85A Birchwood Grange			4906	84B Bradfield Hall W
3778	84A	3846	89B	6823	84B Oakley Grange			5943	82C Elmdon Hall
9669	89B xw	3849	84C	6831	84B Bearley Grange			6907	84B Davenham Hall
9768	84B	3865	84E	6861	84E Crynant Grange			6908	82B Downham Hall
94xx 0-6-0PT		56xx 0-6-2T		6862	84B Derwent Grange			6925	84B Hackness Hall
8464	84B	6631	84B	6868	81E Penrhos Grange			6952	84C Kimberley Hall
9435	84A	6644	84B	County 4-6-0				Modified Hall 4-6-0
9495	81A	cl 8F 2-8-0		1005	82B County of Devon			6964	89A Thornbridge Hall
2251 0-6-0		48206	2B	Castle 4-6-0				Manor 4-6-0
2257	81D xw	48305	5B	5022	84A Wigmore Castle			7824	84B Ilford Manor
BR 2MT 2-6-0		48697	6C	5089	84A Westminster Abbey			Jubilee 4-6-0
78008	84B	cl 5MT 4-6-0		Western T4 diesels				45666	5A Cornwallis
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		44778	24E	D1001	D1010	0-6-0 diesels
42892	6C	WD 2-8-0		D1005	D1015	D3026	D3036	D3039	D3752	D3976	D3978
		90457	56D	D1008	D1042	D3028	D3037	D3191	D3755	D3977	D3979
Shed Codes		2B Nuneaton		5A Crewe North		5B Crewe South		6C Birkenhead		24E Blackpool
56D Mirfield		81A Old Oak Common		81D Reading		81E Didcot		82B St. Philip's Marsh		82C Swindon
84A Stafford Road		84C Banbury		84E Tyseley		85A Worcester		89A Shrewsbury		89B Croes Newydd
Visits to Oxley (Wolverhampton) 1934 - 1967
Stourbridge Junction
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway						opened:	1870 & 1926		Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		STB
type:	A brick-built roundhouse and a 4TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jul-66	Feb 1949 - Sep 1963		84F
location:	North of the station on the west side of the Wolverhampton line.								Sep 1963 - Jul 1966		2C
Abbreviations		I - Ivatt		BR - British Railways
Sunday 10 March 1963					84F					total:	56
57xx 0-6-0PT		74xx 0-6-0PT		cl 8F 2-8-0				Grange 4-6-0
3658	84F	7424	84E	48402	84F	48460	84F	6827	84F Llanfrechfa Grange
4602	84F	7435	84F	48410	84F	48474	84E	Modified Hall 4-6-0
4646	84F	7449	84F	48422	6C	48475	84E	6980	84B Llanrumney Hall
4665	84F	64xx 0-6-0PT		48424	84F	48478	84F	7905	84C Fowey Hall
4687	84F	6403	84F	48430	84F	48524	87F	Manor 4-6-0
4696	84F	6418	84F W	48450	84F	48724	84F	7806	84F Cockington Manor
8718	84G	51xx 2-6-2T		48459	84F	cl 2MT 2-6-0		BR 9F 2-10-0		43xx 2-6-0
9613	84F	4140	84F	56xx 0-6-2T		46506	84F	92241	88L	5369	86G
9624	84F	4167	84E	6678	84F	46517	84F	0-6-0 diesels
9646	84F	4168	84F	6692	84F	46526	84F	D3004	D3116	D3981	D3995
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		5192	84F					D3025	D3192	D3982	D3996
41209	89A					W - withdrawn		D3029	D3980	D3988	D3997
Shed Codes		6C Birkenhead		84B Oxley		84C Banbury		84E Tyseley		84F Stourbridge Jct
		84G Kidderminster		86G Pontypool Road		87F Llanelly		88L Cardiff East Dock		89A Shrewsbury
Visits to Stourbridge Junction 1937 - 1966
Kidderminster
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway							opened:	1932	Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		KDR
type:	A corrugated iron 2TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	1964	Feb 1950 - Sep 1960		85D
location:	On the east side of the Severn Valley line, south of the station.								Oct 1960 - Aug 1963		84G
									Sep 1963 - Aug 1964		2P
Sunday 10 March 1963					84G					total:	12
57xx 0-6-0PT		51xx 2-6-2T				43xx 2-6-0
3601	84G	4114	84G	4175	84G	6314	84G	Shed Code		84G Kidderminster
3607	84G	4129	84G W	5151	84G W	6364	84G
3619	84G	4173	84G	5153	84G	6388	84G W			W - withdrawn
Visits to Kidderminster 1937 - 1964
Worcester
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway							opened:	c1852	prior to Jan 1950		WOS
type:	Brick-built through road 4TS and 3TS sheds.						closed:	Dec-65	Feb 1950 - Dec 1965		85A
location:	In the triangle of lines north of Shrub Hill station.
Abbreviations		BR - British Railways
Sunday 10 March 1963					85A					total:	41
57xx 0-6-0PT		51xx 2-6-2T		Castle 4-6-0				Hall 4-6-0
3745	85B	4104	85A	4074	81A Caldicot Castle			5930	85A Hanningham Hall W
4613	85A	4113	85A	5057	81A Earl Waldegrave			Modified Hall 4-6-0
4628	85A	4124	85A	7005	85A Sir Edward Elgar			6966	81A Witchingham Hall
4664	85A	4136	83G xw	7007	85A Great Western W			6967	81C Willesley Hall
4680	85B	5152	85A	7013	85A Bristol Castle			6992	85A Arborfield Hall
94xx 0-6-0PT		61xx 2-6-2T		7023	85A Penrice Castle			7928	85A Wolf Hall
8415	85A	6155	85A	7026	84A Tenby Castle			Grange 4-6-0
9490	85A	81xx 2-6-2T		7027	85A Thornbury Castle			6817	85A Gwenddwr Grange
16xx 0-6-0PT		8106	85A	cl 5MT 4-6-0		BR 4MT 4-6-0		6822	86G Manton Grange
1639	85A	BR 2MT 2-6-0		44814	21A	75005	85A	2251 0-6-0		42xx 2-8-0T
1661	85A	78009	85C	cl 2MT 2-6-0		BR 9F 2-10-0		3207	W	5205	85A
diesel railcar				43038	55B*	92102	15C	3213	85A	5226	85A
W32		xw - ex Wolverhampton Works			* on loan to Saltley (21A)
Shed Code		15C Leicester Midland		21A Saltley		55B Stourton		81A Old Oak Common		81C Southall
83G Penzance		84A Stafford Road		85A Worcester		85B Gloucester H. Rd		85C Hereford		86G Pontypool Road
Visits to Worcester 1937 - 1965
Cheltenham Malvern Road
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway						opened:	1907		prior to Jan 1950		CHEL
type:	A brick-built 2TS dead-ended shed.					closed:	Oct-63	Feb 1950 - Oct 1963		85B subshed
location:	On the north side of Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road station.
Abbreviations		F - Fowler
Sunday 10 March 1963					85B subshed					total:	11
54xx 0-6-0PT		74xx 0-6-0PT		51xx 2-6-2T				cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		0-6-0 diesel
5420	85B	7430	84F	4101	85B	5154	85B	43887	85C	D3993
57xx 0-6-0PT		7441	84F	4161	85B	5184	85B	cl 4F 0-6-0
8743	85B							44296	85C
Shed Codes		84F Stourbridge Jct.		85B Gloucester GWR		85C Gloucester LMS
Visits to Cheltenham (Malvern Road) 1936 - 1963
Swindon
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway							opened:	1871	prior to Jan 1950		SDN
type:	A brick-built double RH and 10TS dead-ended shed, plus a Stock Shed.						closed:	Oct-64	Feb 1950 - Oct 1964		82C
location:	North of the Gloucester line, west of the station.
Sunday 10 March 1963					82C					total:	85
57xx 0-6-0PT		45xx 2-6-2T		Hall 4-6-0				Castle 4-6-0
3746	82C	5525	83A W	4909	82C Blakesley Hall W			4079	82C Pendennis Castle
3780	82C W	5569	82C	4924	82C Eydon Hall			5017	85B The Gloucestershire
4697	82C	5570	82C	4930	82C Hagley Hall				Regiment 28th, 61st W
8793	82C	43xx 2-6-0		4948	82C Northwick Hall W			7025	85A Sudeley Castle
9604	82C W	5357	87H W	4951	82C Pendeford Hall			Western T4 diesels
9773	82C	5385	87F W	5932	81A Haydon Hall			D1007	Western Talisman
9790	82C	6326	88L	5975	82B Winslow Hall			D1054	Western Governor new
94xx 0-6-0PT		2251 0-6-0		6900	82C Abney Hall			Warship T4 diesel		Warship T4 diesel
8459	81A	2244	82C	6901	86G Arley Hall			D600		D817
8484	88L	2250	82C W	Modified Hall 4-6-0				Hymek T3 diesels		NBL T2 diesel
9405	81A	2291	82C	6978	81A Haroldstone Hall			D7002	D7061	D6352
9488	86A	28xx 2-8-0		7913	88L Little Wryley Hall			D7017	D7066
16xx 0-6-0PT		2859	86G	7923	81C Speke Hall			D7032	D7070
1658	82C	2887	88L	County 4-6-0				0-6-0 diesels
1664	82C	cl 7F 2-8-0		1006	82C County of Cornwall			D2086	D2146	D2193	D4119
14xx 0-4-2T		53806	82F	1010	82C County of Caernarvon			D2087	D2182	D2194	D4121
5815	82C W	72xx 2-8-2T		1029	82C County of Worcester W			D2088	D2186	D2196	D4122
56xx 0-6-2T		7207	84C	King 4-6-0				D2126	D2187	D3435	D4124
5659	86G	cl 5MT 4-6-0		6000	81A King George V W			D2143	D2188	D3804	D4127
BR 5MT 4-6-0		44945	21A	Grange 4-6-0				D2144	D2192	D3955	15100
73001	82C			6824	81E Ashley Grange
Shed Codes		21A Saltley		81A Old Oak Common		81C Southall		81E Didcot		82B St. Philip's Marsh
82C Swindon		82F Bath Green Park		83A Newton Abbot		84C Banbury		85A Worcester		85B Gloucester H. Rd
86A Newport Ebbw J		86G Pontypool Road		87F Llanelly		87H Neyland		88L Cardiff East Dock
Visits to Swindon 1934 - 1953						Visits to Swindon 1954 - 1964
Swindon Works
The main workshops of the Great Western Railway.								opened:	1843	closed:	1966
Sunday 10 March 1963										total:	106
A' Shop
57xx 0-6-0PT		Castle 4-6-0				28xx 2-8-0		Western T4 diesels
3784	88L	5038	81D Morlais Castle			3836	89A	D1009	Western Invader
4673	83C	Hall 4-6-0				3866	88J	D1011	Western Thunderer
5775	86G	6918	88L Sandon Hall			Warship T4 diesels		D1049	Western Monarch
7715	87B	6922	89A Burton Hall			D603	Active	new Western T4		Peak T4 diesel
9648	88L	6944	88L Fledborough Hall			D807	Caradoc	D1017	D1021	D101
9666	87J	Modified Hall 4-6-0				D809	Champion	D1018	D1022	0-6-0 diesels
9680	82C	6961	81A Stedham Hall			D813	Diadem	D1019	D1023	D3194	D3522
94xx 0-6-0PT		7919	81D Runter Hall			D818	Glory	D1020	D1024	D3365	D3525
8433	82C	7920	85A Coney Hall			D825	Intrepid	Hymek T3 diesels		D3424	D3526
8481	88C	7925	88L Westol Hall			D857	Undaunted	D7014	D7071	D3505	D4000
9437	88L	Manor 4-6-0				NBL T2 diesel		D7026	D7073	D3506	15105
81xx 2-6-2T		7813	81D Freshford Manor			D6311
8109	84E
works yard
57xx 0-6-0PT		Castle 4-6-0				King 4-6-0				43xx 2-6-0
3687	87A	5006	87G Tregenna Castle W			6011	81A King James I W			6369	86E W
3735	82D	5020	87F Trematon Castle			6018	81A King Henry VI W			7314	89A W
3769	89A W	5023	82C Brecon Castle W			6025	81A King Henry III W			28xx 2-8-0
4623	86C	5027	87F Farleigh Castle			6026	81A King John W			3837	86A
4677	87A W	5072	84A Hurricane W			Grange 4-6-0				0-6-0 diesels
8773	81A W	5078	87A Beaufort			6819	86G Highnam Grange			D3398	D4123
8776	88C W	5095	89A Barbury Castle W			6855	84B Saighton Grange			Warship T4 diesel
9635	83C	Modified Hall 4-6-0				6870	84B Bodicote Grange			D847	Strongbow
9652	87F W	6962	81A Soughton Hall W			Manor 4-6-0
9725	81A W	6963	81A Throwley Hall			7819	89A Hinton Manor
9775	88C W	Hall 4-6-0
		4939	81E Littleton Hall W
works dump
57xx 0-6-0PT				64xx 0-6-0PT		43xx 2-6-0		Castle 4-6-0
6757	87D W	9744	87D W	6422	84A W	6302	81E W	5046	84A Earl Cawdor W
8770	81C W	9747	88D W	14xx 0-4-2T		6342	89A W	61xx 2-6-2T		28xx 2-8-0
9727	88C W	9759	88E W	1435	81F W	6348	85C W	6101	84E W	2883	82D W
W - withdrawn						7334	87G W
Shed Codes		81A Old Oak Common		81C Southall		81D Reading		81E Didcot		81F Oxford
82C Swindon		82D Westbury		83C Exeter		84A Stafford Road		84B Oxley		84E Tyseley
85A Worcester		85C Hereford		86A Newport Ebbw J		86C Cardiff Canton		86E Severn Tunnel J.		86G Pontypool Road
87A Neath		87B Duffryn Yard		87D Swansea East Dk		87F Llanelly		87G Carmarthen		87J Goodwick
88C Barry		88D Merthyr		88E Abercynon		88J Aberdare		88L Cardiff East Dock		89A Shrewsbury
Visits to Swindon Works 1952 - 1954						Visits to Swindon Works 1955 - 1957
Visits to Swindon Works 1958 - 1960
Gloucester Barnwood (LMS)
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway							opened:	1895	prior to Jan 1958		22B
type:	A brick-built roundhouse.						closed:	May-64	Feb 1958 - Dec 1960		85E
location:	On the north side of the main lines, east of the station.								Jan 1961 - May 1964		85C
Abbreviations		D - Deeley		J - Johnson		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
		S&DJ - Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
Sunday 10 March 1963					85C					total:	30
57xx 0-6-0PT		BR 5MT 4-6-0		BR 2MT 2-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 7F 2-8-0 (S&DJ)		WD 2-8-0
4629	85B	73021	85C	78006	85C	43593	85C W	53807	82F	90506	36A
54xx 0-6-0PT		73024	85C	14xx 0-4-2T		43754	85C W	cl 8F 2-8-0		Peak T4 diesels
6437	85B	73068	85C	1455	84C	cl 4F 0-6-0		48172	85C	D15	D43
cl 0F 0-4-0T (D)		73092	85C	cl 3F 0-6-0T		44045	85C	48351	21A	0-6-0 diesels
41535	85C	73094	85C	47417	85C W	44160	21A	48420	85C	D3987	D3989
41537	85C	73096	85C	47623	85C	44536	5D	48633	5B
Castle 4-6-0
5049	82B Earl of Plymouth W			Shed Codes		5B Crewe South		5D Stoke-on-Trent		21A Saltley
36A Doncaster		82E St. Philip's Marsh		82F Bath Green Park		84C Banbury		85B Gloucester H. Rd		85C Gloucester Bwd
Visits to Gloucester (Barnwood) 1936 - 1963
Gloucester Horton Road
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway							opened:	1845	prior to Jan 1950		GLO
type:	A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed and a 4TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jan-66	Feb 1950 - Jan 1966		85B
location:	On the north side of the line, east of Gloucester station.
Abbreviations		BR - British Railways
Sunday 10 March 1963					85B					total:	52
57xx 0-6-0PT		51xx 2-6-2T		43xx 2-6-0		28xx 2-8-0		Hall 4-6-0
9681	88L	4106	85B W	6304	85B	2872	86E	4936	88L Kinlet Hall
94xx 0-6-0PT		4116	85B W	6330	85B W	3806	84C	5919	81A Worsley Hall
8491	85B	4141	85B W	6381	85B W	3810	88L	5944	85B Ickenham Hall W
14xx 0-4-2T		4142	85B	6394	85B	3816	88J	5968	85B Cory Hall W
1409	82C	4163	85B W	2251 0-6-0		3822	87A	5980	85B Dingley Hall W
1424	85B	51xx 2-6-2T		2232	85B	3826	86G	6947	85B Helmingham Hall
1453	85B	5173	85B W	2245	85B	3852	84C	6951	85A Impney Hall
1473	85B W	5199	84A W	2253	85B	cl 8F 2-8-0		Modified Hall 4-6-0
Grange 4-6-0				61xx 2-6-2T		48602	21B	6989	85B Wightwick Hall
6838	86G Goodmoor Grange			6137	85B W	BR 9F 2-10-0		6993	85B Arthog Hall
6839	84B Hewell Grange			56xx 0-6-2T		92230	86A	Castle 4-6-0
0-6-0 diesels				6684	88B			5000	85B Launceston Castle
D2137	D3990	D3994		Western T4 diesel		Hymek T3 diesel		5099	85B Compton Castle W
D2138	D3991			D1055		D7036		7003	85B Elmley Castle
Shed Codes		21B Bescot		81A Old Oak Common		82C Swindon		84A Stafford Road		84B Oxley
		84C Banbury		85A Worcester		85B Gloucester H. Rd		86A Newport Ebbw J.		86E Severn Tunnel J
		86G Pontypool Road		87A Neath		88B Cardiff Radyr		88J Aberdare		88L Cardiff East Dock
Visits to Gloucester (Horton Road) 1936 - 1965
Bromsgrove
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway							opened:	1840	Sep 1935 - Jan 1958		21C
type:	A brick-built 3TS shed with a through road.						closed:	1964	Feb 1958 - Dec 1960		85F
location:	On the east side of Bromsgrove station.								Jan 1961 - Jun 1964		85D
Abbreviations		BR - British Railways
	Sunday 10 March 1963								total:	8
	94xx 0-6-0PT				cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 3F 0-6-0T		BR 9F 2-10-0
	8400	85D	8409	85D	44218	21A	47506	85D	92079	85D
	8401	85D	9493	85D
	8403	85D
	Shed Codes		21A Saltley		85D Bromsgrove
Visits to Bromsgrove 1935 - 1963
Bescot
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1892	Sep 1935 - May 1960		3A
type:	A brick-built 8TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Mar-66	Jun 1960 - Aug 1963		21B
location:	At the north end of Bescot station, on the west side of the line.								Sep 1963 - Oct 1965		2F
Abbreviations		St - Stanier		BR - British Railways			EE - English Electric
Sunday 10 March 1963					21B					total:	69
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)		cl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		Jubilee 4-6-0				cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a
42417	21A	42957	21B	44836	2A	45555	5B Quebec			49361	21B
42611	21A	42972	21C	44840	5A	cl 8F 2-8-0				cl 7F 0-8-0 G2
cl 2MT 2-6-0		42974	21B	44873	21B	48256	21B	48674	21B	49406	21B
46421	21B	42979	21B	44910	21B	48269	21B	48705	21B	49430	21B
46425	21B	42980	21C	44914	21B	48335	1A	48713	21B	cl 6F 0-8-0 G1
46429	21B	cl 4MT 2-6-0		45191	5D	48375	21B	48723	2B	49173	21B
46430	21B	43001	21B	45272	21A	48387	2F	48725	21B	BR 9F 2-10-0
46456	21B	43002	21B	45280	21A	48453	5C	48733	21B	92136	21A
46457	21B	43003	21B	cl 4F 0-6-0		48477	21B	48734	21B	0-6-0 diesels
46490	21B	43005	21B	44137	21A	48514	21B	48747	21B	12004	12091
BR 4MT 4-6-0		43012	15A	44442	21B	48522	21B	48766	21B	12012	12095
75053	21D	43022	21B	EE T4 diesels		48529	21B	48767	21B	12030	D3867
		43115	21B	D331	D339	48556	21B	48769	21B	12056
Shed Codes		1A Willesden		2A Rugby		2B Nuneaton		2F Woodford Halse		5A Crewe North
		5B Crewe South		5C Stafford		5D Stoke-on-Trent		15A Wellingborough		21A Saltley
		21B Bescot		21C Bushbury		21D Aston
Visits to Bescot 1937 - 1965