Days Out No. 77 : 8th July 1956 - London Sheds from Southall to Stratford.

A Railway, Correspdence and Travel Society (RCTS) excursion to a selection of London sheds..
St. Albans
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway							opened:	1868	Sep 1935 - Jan 1960		14C
type:	A brick-built 1TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jan-60
location:	On the east side of the line, south of the station.
Abbreviations		D - Deeley		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		J - Johnson
		BR - British Railways
Sunday 8 July 1956					14C					total:	17
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		BR 4MT 2-6-4T		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 3F 0-6-0T
40022	14C	42300	14C	42133	14C	80095	14C	43245	14C	47261	14C
40023	14A	42302	14C	cl 4MT 2-6-0				43565	14C	47554	14C
40024	14C	42335	14C	43019	14A			43665	15D
40026	14C			43119	14C
40039	14C
Shed Codes		14A Cricklewood		14C St. Albans		15D Bedford
Visits to St. Albans 1936 - 1959
Kentish Town
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway							opened:	1867	Sep 1935 - Apr 1963		14B
type:	Three brick-built roundhouses and a workshop.						closed:	Apr-63
location:	East side of the line north of Kentish Town station.
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes		J - Johnson		St - Stanier
		BR - British Railways
Sunday 8 July 1956					14B					total:	70
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)		cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)		cl 5MT 4-6-0		Jubilee 4-6-0
40021	14B	40092	14B	47200	14B	44658	14B	45573	20A Newfoundland
40027	14B	40100	14B	47202	14B	44809	17A	45579	14B Pujab
40028	14B	40167	14B	47204	14B	44816	14B	45602	17A British Honduras
40029	14B	40172	14B	47205	14B	44986	19B	45611	16A Hong Kong
40031	14B	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		47209	14B	45277	14B	45619	20A Nigeria
40032	14B	42325	14B	47212	14B	45279	14B	45626	17A Seychelles
40033	14B	42329	14B	47229	14B	BR 5MT 4-6-0		45627	14B Sierra Leone
40034	14B	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		47241	14B	73003	15C	45628	9E Somaliland
40035	14B	42134	14C	47242	14B	73015	17A	45649	14B Hawkins
40036	14B	42237	14B	47243	14B	73046	15C	45650	14B Blake
BR 4MT 2-6-4T		42682	14B	47246	14B	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		45658	20A Keyes
80045	14B	cl 2P 4-4-0 (J)		cl 3F 0-6-0T		42855	15B	45662	22A Kempenfelt
80062	14B	40553	16A	47260	14B	cl 4MT 2-6-0		cl 4F 0-6-0		cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)
80091	14B	cl 4P 4-4-0 (F)		47283	14B	43045	15C	44202	16B	58131	14B
80092	14B	41094	20A	47437	14B			44298	14B
80094	14B			47642	14B			44531	14B
				47644	14B
				47645	14B
Shed Codes		9E Trafford Park		14B Kentish Town		14C St. Albans		15B Kettering		15C Leicester Midland
16A Nottingham		16B Kirkby-in-Ashfield		17A Derby		19B Millhouses		20A Leeds Holbeck		22A Bristol Barrow Road
Visits to Kentish Town 1936 - 1962
Stratford
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1871	Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		STR
type:	Brick-built 6TS & 12TS through-road sheds.					closed to steam:		Sep-62	Feb 1950 - Sep 1962		30A
location:	On the west side of the Cambridge line, north of the station.
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway			LTS - London, Tilbury & Southend Railway
		Fb - Fairburn			BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 8 July 1956					30A					total:	257
cl 3P 4-4-2T (LTS)		N7 0-6-2T (GER)		Britannia 4-6-2				J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J69 0-6-0T (GER)
41944	30A aw	69610	30A	70000	30A Britannia			65391	31E	68495	31C xw
41951	30A	69614	30A	70036	30A Boadicea			65440	30A	68508	30A
41952	30A	69619	30A	70037	30A Hereward the Wake			65443	30A	68510	30A
41970	30A	69620	30A	70038	30A Robin Hood			65446	30A aw	68513	30A
41975	30A	69622	30A xw	B17 "Sandringham" 4-6-0				65450	30A	68526	30A
41976	30A	69623	30A xw	61609	30A Quidenham			65453	30F	68532	30A
F5 2-4-2T (GER)		69626	30A	61625	32B Raby Castle			65454	30A	68538	30A
67189	30E	69627	30A aw	61630	30A Tottenham Hotspur			65455	30A	68546	30A
67193	30A	69640	34C	61634	31A Hinchingbrooke			J17 0-6-0 (GER)		68549	30A
67208	30A	69642	30A	61642	31A Kilverstone Hall			65500	31A	68558	40A xw
67209	30A	69653	30A	61655	30A Middlesborough			65508	30A	68563	30A
67211	30A	69656	30A aw	61660	30E Hull City			65511	30A	68571	30A
67219	30A	69662	30A	61666	30E Nottingham Forest			65513	32B	68573	30A
F6 2-4-2T (GER)		69665	30A	61668	30A Bradford City			65520	31A	68574	30A
67228	30E	69666	30A aw	B2 "Sandringham" 4-6-0				65523	30A	68575	30A
L1 2-6-4T		69669	30A	61603	30E Framlingham xw			65527	31C	68576	30A
67718	30A	69671	30A	61616	30E Fallodon			65531	30E aw	68577	30A
67721	30A	69685	30A	B1 4-6-0		B12 4-6-0 (GER)		65536	30A	68579	30A
67726	30A	69687	30A	61006*	30F	61519	30A	65540	30A aw	68588	30A
67727	30A	69700	30A xw	61052	32B xw	61550	30A	J39 0-6-0		68596	30A
67730	30A	69702	30A	61054	32B	61553	35B aw	64708	30A	68609	31A
67731	30A	69711	30A	61089	30A	61555	30A	64724	32B xw	68612	30A
67733	30A	69712	30A	61234	30A	61557	30A	64750	30A aw	68619	30A
67734	30A	69717	30A	61235	30A	61567	35B	64766	30A	68626	35A
67735	30A	69719	30A	61236	30A	61570	32B	64767	30A	68630	30A
67740	30E	69721	30A	61249*	30A	61572	32B	64768	30A	68631	30A
BR 4MT 2-6-4T		69723	30A	61270	32A xw	61573	30A	64775	30A	68632	30A aw
80070	33B xw	69728	30A	61285	31A	61575	30A	64776	30A	68633	30A
80077	33A	69729	30A	61312	32A	61576	30D aw	64782	30A	J68 0-6-0T (GER)
0-6-0 diesels		N2 0-6-2T (GNR)		61335	30A	61578	30A	64805	30A	68639	30A
11100	12123	69502	30F	61360	30A	61579	30A	64874	30A	68644	30A
11109	12124	69513	34B	61378	30A	K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		J19 0-6-0 (GER)		68646	30A
11112	12125	69555	30E	61399	30A	61820	30A	64651	30E	68648	30A aw
11121	12126	69558	30E	D16 4-4-0 (GER)		61822	31B	64652	30E	68649	30A
11123	12127	69559	30A	62540	32A	61829	32A	64653	30E	68650	30A
11124	12128	69561	30F	62551	35C	61834	30A	64659	30E aw	68652	30A
11129	12130	69566	30F	62571	31A	61840	30A	64660	30E aw	68653	30A
11130	12132	J66 0-6-0T (GER)		62588	31E xw	61842	31B	64663	30A	68654	30A
11132	12133	Dept 31	ex 68382	BR 4MT 2-6-0		61862	30A	J20 0-6-0 (GER)		68655	30A
11134	12134	Dept 32	ex 68370	76030	30A	61863^	30A	64675	30A	68657	30A
11503	13018	Dept 36	ex 68378	K1 2-6-0		61866	31B	64677	30A	68658	30A
11506	13298	Y4 0-4-0T (Sentinel)		62039	31B	61880	30A	64680	30A	68659	30A
12078	13299	Dept 33	ex 68129	WD 2-8-0		61890	31B	64685	30A	68660	30A
12109	13301	68126	30A	90062	30A	61926	32C	64686	30A	68662	30E
12110	13302	68128	30A	90079	31B	61940	31B	64687	31B	68665	30A
12111	13303			90508	30A	61951	30A	64690	31B	^ K5 2-6-0
* named B1s: 61006 Blackbuck				90551	30A	61958	32C	64693	30A	xw - ex works
61249 Fitzherbert Wright				90660	30A	61989	32A	64699	31B	aw - awaiting works
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		30D Southend Victoria		30E Colchester		30F Parkeston		31A Cambridge
31B March		31C Kings Lynn		31E Bury St. Edmonds		32A Norwich		32B Ipswich		32C Lowestoft
33A Plaistow		33B Tilbury		34B Hornsey		34C Hatfield		35A New England		35B Grantham
35C Spital Bridge		40A Lincoln
Visits to Stratford 1937 - 1947						Visits to Stratford 1948 - 1954
Visits to Stratford 1955 - 1962
Nine Elms
Opened by the London & South Western Railway							opened:	1885	Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		9E
type:	Two brick-built dead-ended sheds:10TS (new) and 15TS (old).						closed:	Jul-67	Feb 1950 - Jul 1967		70A
location:	On a spur, between Vauxhall and Queens Road stations.
Abbreviations		LBSCR - London, Brighton & South Coast Railway					LSWR - London & South Western Railway
		BR - British Railways
Sunday 8 July 1956					70A					total:	72
M7 0-4-4T (LSWR)		E4 0-6-2T (LBSCR)		N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				West Country 4-6-2
30123	70A	32476	70A	30448	72B Sir Tristram			34009	70A Lyme Regis
30124	70A	32492	70A	30450	72B Sir Kay			34011	70A Tavistock
30132	70A	32493	70A	30455	70A Sir Lancelot			34012	70A Launceston
30133	70A	32497	70A	30456	70A Sir Galahad			34018	70A Axminster
30243	70A	32498	70A	30763	71A Sir Bors de Ganis			34031	72A Torrington
30244	70A	32499	70A	30773	70A Sir Lavaine			34094	71B Mortehoe
30245	70A	32563	70A	30778	70A Sir Pelleas			34106	71B Lydford
30248	70A	H16 4-6-2T (LSWR)		30781	71B Sir Aglovale			Merchant Navy 4-6-2
30249	70A	30517	70B	30782	71B Sir Brian			35003	72A Royal Mail
30319	70A	U 2-6-0		30791	71A Sir Uwaine			35005	70A Canadian Pacific
30320	70A	31617	70A	LN "Lord Nelson" 4-6-0				35012	70A United States Line
30321	70A	31624	70A	30852	71A Sir Walter Raleigh			35015	73A Rotterdam Lloyd
O2 0-4-4T (LSWR)		H15 4-6-0 (LSWR)		30853	71A Sir Richard Grenville			35018	70A British India Line
30224	70A	30334	70A	30855	71A Robert Blake			35023	72A Holland-Afrika Line
T9 4-4-0 (LSWR)		30483	70A	30863	71A Lord Rodney			35030	70A Elder Dempster Lines
30338	70A	30488	70A	S15 4-6-0 (LSWR)		BR 5MT 4-6-0		Q1 0-6-0		700 0-6-0 (LSWR)
30718	70A	30489	70A	30499	70B	73111	70A	33013	70B	30692	70A
30719	70A	30522	70A	30503	70B	73117	70A	33026	70B	0-6-0 diesels
				30840	70B	BR 4MT 4-6-0		33038	70A	13222	15211
						75079	70D			13223
shed codes		70A Nine Elms		70B Feltham		70D Basingstoke		71A Eastleigh		71B Bournemouth
		72A Exmouth Junction		72B Salisbury		73A Stewart's Lane
Visits to Nine Elms 1936 - 1956						Visits to Nine Elms 1957 - 1967
Stewarts Lane, Battersea
Pre Grouping Ownership - London, Chatham and Dover Railway							opened:	1881	Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		BAT
type:	A brick-built 16TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Sep-63	Feb 1950 - May 1962		73A
location:	Between Battersea Park and Wandsworth stations.								Jun 1962 - Sep 1963		75D
Abbreviations		LBSCR - London, Brighton & South Coast Railway					SECR - South Eastern & Chatham Railway
		BR - British Railways			I - Ivatt		F - Fairburn
Sunday 8 July 1956					73A		3pm			total:	51
H 0-4-4T (SECR)		C 0-6-0 (SECR)		N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				"Merchant Navy" 4-6-2
31261	73A	31253	73A	30766	73A Sir Geraint			35026	73A Lamport & Holt Line
31265	73A	31575	73A	30768	73A Sir Balin			"Britannia" 4-6-2
31321	73A	31576	73A	"Battle of Britain" 4-6-2				70004	73A William Shakespeare
31550	73A	31579	73A	34066	73A Spitfire			70014	73A Iron Duke
31551	73A	31581	73A	34070	74C Manston			cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		N 2-6-0 (SECR)
31552	73A	31582	73A	34072	74C 257 Squadron			42081	73B	31408	73A
E2 0-6-0T (LBSCR)		31688	73C	34074	74C 46 Squadron			42088	73A	31412	73A
32102	73A	Q1 0-6-0		34076	74B 41 Squadron			42090	73A	31810	73A
32103	73A	33032	74D	5700 0-6-0PT		E1 4-4-0 (SECR)		42091	73A	31811	73A
32104	73A	C2X 0-6-0 (LBSCR)		8772	81A	31067	73A	cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		U1 2-6-0
32105	73A	32448	75B	P 0-6-0T (SECR)		31504	73A	41290	73A	31902	73B
32106	73A	0-6-0 diesel		31325	75A	BR 5MT 4-6-0		41291	73A	31904	73A
32107	73A	13226		31558	73A	73085	73A			E3 0-6-2T (LBSCR)
										32455	73A
shed codes		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		74B Ramsgate		74C Dover
		74D Tonbridge		75A Brighton		75B Redhill		81A Old Oak Common
Visits to Stewarts Lane 1936 - 1952						Visits to Stewarts Lane 1953 - 1963
Hither Green
Opened by the Southern Railway							opened:	1933	Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		HIT
type:	A concrete built 6TS dead ended shed.					closed to steam:		Oct-61	Feb 1950 - Oct 1961		73C
location:	East of the line, south of the station.
Abbreviations		SECR - South Eastern & Chatham Railway
Sunday 8 July 1956					73C					total:	44
W 2-6-4T		N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				C 0-6-0 (SECR)				0-6-0 diesels
31911	73C	30806	73C Sir Galleron			31018	73C	31691	73C	13096	15219
31912	73C	N 2-6-0 (SECR)		N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		31033	73C	31692	73C	13097	15220
31913	73C	31406	74A	31876	73C	31054	73C	31693	73C	13099	15221
31916	73C	31856	73C	31877	73C	31059	73C	31694	73C	13101	15227
31922	73C	31858	73C	31878	73C	31061	73C	31719	73A	15216	15229
31923	73C	31861	73C	31880	73C	31229	73D	31723	73B	Drewry 0-6-0DM
31924	73C			Q1 0-6-0		31686	73C	31724	73C	DS1173*	service
31925	73C			33037	73C	31689	73C	* Hither Green Engineers Department
shed codes		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		73D Gillingham		74A Ashford
Visits to Hither Green 1939 - 1961
Norwood Junction
Opened by the Southern Railway							opened:	1935	prior to 1950		NOR
type:	A concrete built 6TS dead ended shed						closed:	Jun-64	Feb 1950 - Jun 1964		75C
location:	On the east side of the line, north of the station.
Abbreviations		Fb - Fairburn		LBSCR - London, Brighton & South Coast Railway
Sunday 8 July 1956					75C					total:	37
E6 0-6-2T (LBSCR)		E6X 0-6-2T (LBSCR)		W 2-6-4T		C2X 0-6-0 (LBSCR)				0-6-0 diesels
32413	75C	32407	75C	31914	73A	32443	75C	32543	75C	13048	15203
32414	75C	32411	75C	31917	75C	32444	75C	32544	75C	13224	15213
32416	75C	Q 0-6-0		31918	75C	32445	75C	32545	75C	13225	15214
E4X 0-6-2T (LBSCR)		30534	75C	31919	75C	32446	75C	32546	75C	15201
32466	75C	30537	75C	31921	73A	32447	75C	32547	75C	K 2-6-0 (LBSCR)
32477	75C	30549	75C	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		32451	75B	32551	73B	32344	75E
				42069	75E					32346	75E
shed codes		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		75B Redhill		75C Norwood Junction		75E Three Bridges
Visits to Norwood Junction 1937 - 1963
Feltham
Opened by the London & South Western Railway							opened:	1922	Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		FEL
type:	A concrete-built 6TS through-road shed.						closed:	Jul-67	Feb 1950 - Jul 1967		70B
location:	South of the line, east of Feltham station.
Abbreviations		LSWR - London & South Western Railway
Sunday 8 July 1956					70B					total:	46
O395 0-6-0 (LSWR)		700 0-6-0 (LSWR)		Q1 0-6-0		S15 4-6-0 (LSWR)		N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0
30567	70B	30339	70B	33007	70B	30501	70B	30800	73B Sir Meleaus De Lile
30568	70B	30346	70B	33008	70B	30502	70B	H16 4-6-2T (LSWR)		G16 4-8-0T (LSWR)
30570	70B	30352	70B	33009	70B	30505	70B	30518	70B	30492	70B
30572	70B	30355	70B	33010	70B	30507	70B	30519	70B	30493	70B
30573	70B	30687	70B	33011	70B	30511	70B	30520	70B	30494	70B
M7 0-4-4T (LSWR)		30689	70B	33012	70B	30513	70B	H15 4-6-0 (LSWR)		30495	70B
30038	70B	30696	70B	33018	70B	30515	70B	30474	71A	0-6-0 diesels
30042	70B	O2 0-4-4T (LSWR)		33027	70B	30833	70B	30487	71A	13040	13219
		30230	70B			30834	70B			13041
						30838	70B
shed codes		70B Feltham		71A Eastleigh		73B Bricklayers Arms
Visits to Feltham 1939 - 1967
Southall
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway							opened:	1953*	prior to Jan 1950		SHL
location:	In the fork of the Paddington and Brentford lines.						closed:	Jan-66	Feb 1950 - Jan 66		81C
type:	* A 1953 built 8TS shed with 7 through roads, replacing a 1884 6TS shed on the same site.
Abbreviations		BR - British Railways			WD - War Department
Sunday 8 July 1956					81C					total:	66
57xx 0-6-0PT				94xx 0-6-0PT		WD 2-8-0		Hall 4-6-0
3618	81C	8750	81C	9409	81C	90207	81C	4902	81F Aldenham Hall
3620	81C	8752	81C	9413	81C	90208	38E	4944	81C Middleton Hall
3704	81C	8753	81C	9469	81C	90268	81C	5953	81C Dunley Hall
3727	81C	8758	81C	28xx 2-8-0		90355	81C	5983	81C Henley Hall
3750	81C	8774	81C	2874	86C	90365	38E	Modified Hall 4-6-0
3799	81C	9641	81C	2886	84C	90485	81C	7910	81C Hown Hall
4608	81C	9726	81C	2890	81C	90529	81C	King 4-6-0
4610	81C	9789	81C	3812	86E	90630	81C	6024	81A King Edward I R
4673	81C	54xx 0-6-0PT		3836	81C	90672	38E	61xx 2-6-2T		43xx 2-6-0
4695	81C	5410	81C	3857	81F	56xx 0-6-2T		6109	81C	5361	84C
5727	81C	5413	81F	14xx 0-4-2T		5639	81E	6125	81C	BR 4MT 4-6-0
5753	81C	5415	81C	1436	81C	6654	81C	6128	81C	75002	82C
5799	81C	5420	81C	1443	81C	6655	81C	6148	81C	diesel railcar
7730	81C	15xx 0-6-0PT		1474	81C			6169	81C R	W30
7731	81C R	1501	81C					R - under repair
shed codes		38E Woodford Halse		81A Old Oak Common		81C Southall		81E Didcot		81F Oxford
		82C Swindon		84C Banbury		86C Cardiff Canton		86E Severn Tunnel Jct.
Visits to Southall 1939 - 1966