A four day excursion, by train, from London to South Wales in September 1954. | |||||||||||
Danygraig | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway (R&SBR) | opened: | 1896 | prior to 1950 | DG | |||||||
type: | A stone-built 4TS shed, two through roads and a repair shop. | closed: | Mar-64 | 1950 - Mar 64 | 87C | ||||||
location: | On the south side of the line, east of Danygraig station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | P&M Powlesland & Mason Railway | SHT Swansea Harbour Trust | J - Johnson | ||||||||
HC Hudswell Clarke | |||||||||||
Sunday 26 September 1954 | 87C | 2.30pm - 2.45pm | total: | 34 | |||||||
1101 0-4-0T | SHT 0-4-0ST HC | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 16xx 0-6-0PT | |||||||
1101 | 87C | 1142 | 87C | 8408 | 87C | 3781 | 87C | 6762 | 87C | 1634 | 87C |
1102 | 87C | SHT 0-4-0ST Peckett | 8475 | 87C | 4666 | 87C | 6763 | 87C | 1647 | 87C | |
1103 | 87C | 1143 | 87C | 8476 | 87C | 4694 | 87C | 6766 | 87C | 1648 | 87C |
1104 | 87C | 1145 | 87C | 8483 | 87C | 5730 | 87C | 9606 | 87C | 42xx 2-8-0T | |
1105 | 87C R | P&M 0-4-0ST Peckett | 9485 | 87C | 6713 | 87C | cl 3F 0-6-0T | 4299 | 87C | ||
1106 | 87C | 1151 | 87C | 9491 | 87C | 6714 | 87C | 47478 | 87K R | 5221 | 87D R |
cl 1F 0-6-0T (J) | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | ||||||||||
41699 | 87K R | R - Repair Shop | 49148 | 87K R | |||||||
shed codes | 87C Danygraig | 87D Swansea East Dock | 87K Swansea Victoria | Visits to Danygraig 1938 - 1963 | |||||||
Pantyfynnon | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | Mar-31 | Llanelly sub-shed | ||||||||
type: | A corrugated iron 4TS through-road shed. | closed: | Aug-64 | ||||||||
location: | West of the Ammanford line north of the station. | ||||||||||
Sunday 26 September 1954 | 87F subshed | total: | 12 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 42xx 2-8-0T | |||||||||
3761 | 87F | 7785 | 87F | 8477 | 87F | 4278 | 87F | 5223 | 87F | ||
5782 | 87F | 8749 | 87F | 9468 | 87F | 5213 | 87F | 5247 | 87F | ||
7745 | 87F | 9469 | 87F | ||||||||
shed codes | 87F Llanelly | Visits to Pantyfynnon 1938 - 1964 | |||||||||
Llanelly | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway (GWR) | opened: | 1925 | prior to 1950 | LLY | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 2 roundhouse shed. | closed: | Sep-65 | 1950 - Nov 65 | 87F | ||||||
location: | On the south side of Llanelly dock line, west of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | BPGR - Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway | ROD Railway Operating Department | |||||||||
HC Hudswell Clarke | |||||||||||
Sunday 26 September 1954 | 87F | 6.50pm - 7.05pm | total: | 64 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 42xx 2-8-0T | 72xx 2-8-2T | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
3661 | 87F | 8467 | 87F | 4213 | 87F | 7211 | 87F | 4915 | 87G Condover Hall | ||
3698 | 87F | 8474 | 87F | 4223 | 87F | 7215 | 87F | 4941 | 87F Llangedwyn Hall | ||
3752 | 87F | 9443 | 87F | 4260 | 87F | 7224 | 87D | 5902 | 87F Howick Hall | ||
3771 | 87F | 9465 | 87F | 4273 | 86F | 7228 | 87F | Grange 4-6-0 | |||
3777 | 87F | 9472 | 87F | 5203 | 87F | 7240 | 87F | 6818 | 87F Hardwick Grange | ||
5702 | 87F | 9474 | 87F | 5204 | 87F | 7252 | 86A | 6844 | 87F Penhydd Grange | ||
5722 | 87F | 9479 | 87F | 5209 | 87F | 56xx 0-6-2T | BPGR 0-6-0ST Avonside | ||||
7765 | 87F | 9486 | 87F | 5215 | 87F | 5612 | 87F | 2196 | 87F Gwendraeth | ||
8708 | 87F | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 5230 | 86A | 5620 | 86C | 2198 | 87F | 43xx 2-6-0 | ||
8732 | 87F | 1607 | 87F | 5253 | 86E | 6662 | 87D | BPGR 0-6-0T HC | 5335 | 87F | |
8785 | 87F | 1613 | 87F | 5261 | 87F | 1901 0-6-0PT | 2165 | 87F | 5392 | 87F | |
9743 | 87F | 1622 | 87F | 2021 0-6-0PT | 2012 | 87F | 2176 | 87F | 7320 | 87F | |
9787 | 87F | 1643 | 87F | 2027 | 87F | 28xx 2-8-0 | cl 8F 2-8-0 | ROD 2-8-0 | |||
9788 | 87F | 2081 | 87F | 2828 | 86J | 48660 | 84G | 3010 | 87G | ||
shed codes | 84G Shrewsbury | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86E Severn Tunnel Jct. | 86F Tondu | ||||||
86J Aberdare | 87D Swansea East Dk | 87F Llanelly | 87G Carmarthen | 87K Swansea Victoria | |||||||
Visits to Llanelly 1938 - 1965 | |||||||||||
7.30pm - 8.15pm | Dinner at the "Stepney Arms" Hotel, Llanelly | ||||||||||
8.38pm Llanelly to Neath (Gen.) | Castle 4-6-0 | 5013 | 87E Abergavenny Castle (13) to Swansea (High Street) | ||||||||
Castle 4-6-0 | 7004 | 81A Eastnor Castle (12) to Neath (General) | arr: 9.30pm | ||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | |||||||||||
Neath General | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 1645 | 87A | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8442 | 87A | |||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4256 | 87B dn fr | |||||||||
9.52am Neath - Cardiff (General) | Castle 4-6-0 | 5089 | 87E Westminster Abbey (5) | arr: 10.57am | |||||||
Briton Ferry | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 7799 | 87A | 8715 | 87A | ||||||
Port Talbot (General) | Hall 4-6-0 | 4910 | 87G Blaisdon Hall dn fr | 14xx 0-4-2T | 1428 | 87E | |||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4208 | 86D | 5208 | 86F | 5234 | 86A dn fr | 5248 | 87F up fr | |||
Grange 4-6-0 | 6870 | 86A Bodicote Grange dn pass | |||||||||
Modified Hall 4-6-0 | 6991 | 81C Witherslack Hall dn fr | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8423 | 87B | ||||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 8454 | 87B | 9437 | 87B | 9454 | 87B | 9455 | 87B | |||
Pyle | 42xx 2-8-0T | 4260 | 87F up fr | 4283 | 86A dn fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9617 | 87B | |||
Bridgend | Hall 4-6-0 | 6930 | 85A Aldersley Hall dn fr | 72xx 2-8-2T | 7247 | 86A dn fr | |||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 5230 | 87F dn fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 3668 | 86F | 3674 | 86F | ||||
45xx 2-6-2T | 5524 | 86F | |||||||||
Pencoed | 42xx 2-8-0T | 4268 | 86D dn fr | 4298 | 86E dn fr | 5202 | 86C up fr | ||||
56xx 0-6-2T | 6623 | 87B up fr | |||||||||
Llanharan | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5631 | 87E dn fr | 42xx 2-8-0T | 5216 | 87B dn fr | |||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 9648 | 86C | |||||||||
Llantrisant | 42xx 2-8-0T | 4231 | 86C up fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 3617 | 86D | |||||
Peterston | BR 4MT 2-6-0 | 75007 | 86C ps | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9723 | 86C | |||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4289 | 86E dn fr | |||||||||
Cardiff (General) | Castle 4-6-0 | 7020 | 86C Gloucester Castle | 31xx 2-6-2T | 3100 | 86F | |||||
Castle 4-6-0 | 5042 | 85B Winchester Castle | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4160 | 88D (5) | ||||||
28xx 2-8-0 | 2801 | 86G up fr | 2893 | 86E dn fr | 3827 | 84F dn fr | |||||
56xx 0-6-2T | 5626 | 87B up fr | 6665 | 88A dn fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9713 | 86C | ||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 5254 | 87B up fr | |||||||||
shed codes | 81C Southall | 84F Stourbridge | 85A Worcester | 85B Gloucester H. Rd. | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | ||||||
86C Cardiff Canton | 86D Llantrisant | 86E Severn Tunnel Jct. | 86F Tondu | 86G Pontypool Road | 87A Neath | ||||||
87B Duffryn Yard | 87E Swansea Landore | 87F Llanelly | 87G Carmarthen | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88D Merthyr | ||||||
Cardiff Canton | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1882 | prior to Jan 1950 | CDF | |||||||
type: | A brick-built roundhouse and a 6TS dead-ended shed. | closed to steam: | Sep-62 | Feb 1950 - Sep 1960 | 86C | ||||||
location: | On the south side of the line, west of General station. | Oct 1960 - Aug 1963 | 88A | ||||||||
Abbreviations | AD - Alexandra Docks Railway | BR - British Railways | RR - Rhymney Railway | ||||||||
WD - War Department | |||||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 86C | 11.15am - 11.45am | total: | 68 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 43xx 2-6-0 | Castle 4-6-0 | Hall 4-6-0 | ||||||||
4633 | 86C | 5388 | 86C | 5007 | 86C Rougemont Castle | 4913 | 86C Baglan Hall | ||||
4634 | 86F | 6344 | 84K | 5020 | 86C Trematon Castle | 4943 | 81A Marrington Hall | ||||
4677 | 86C | 6353 | 86C | 5054 | 86C Earl of Ducie | 4944 | 81C Middleton Hall | ||||
5776 | 86C | 7317 | 84E | 5074 | 86C Hampden | 4946 | 86C Moseley Hall | ||||
8723 | 86C | 9315 | 81C | 5099 | 86C Compton Castle | 4968 | 86C Shotton Hall | ||||
8728 | 86C | 42xx 2-8-0T | 7016 | 86C Chester Castle | 5923 | 86C Colston Hall | |||||
9759 | 86C | 4225 | 86C | 7022 | 86C Hereford Castle | 5925 | 86C Eastcote Hall | ||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 4236 | 86F | Britannia 4-6-2 | 5946 | 86C Marwell Hall | ||||||
8402 | 86C | 4265 | 87B | 70028 | 86C Royal Star | 5963 | 87G Wimpole Hall | ||||
9461 | 86C | 5203 | 87F | 70029 | 86C Shooting Star | 6948 | 86C Holbrooke Hall | ||||
16xx 0-6-0PT | 5218 | 86C | 28xx 2-8-0 | WD 2-8-0 | 6951 | 86C Impney Hall | |||||
1640 | 87C | 56xx 0-6-2T | 2837 | 86C | 90148 | 86C | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | ||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 5685 | 86C | 2891 | 86C | 90179 | 86A | 6984 | 85C Owsden Hall | |||
2201 | 82B | 6600 | 86C | 2892 | 86C | 90192 | 86G | 6998 | 86C Burton Agnes Hall | ||
RR 0-6-2T | 72xx 2-8-2T | 3809 | 86C | 90524 | 86C | 6999 | 86C Capel Dewi Hall | ||||
58 | 88B W | 7205 | 88A | 3810 | 86C | 90565 | 86C | County 4-6-0 | |||
AD 2-6-2T | BR 4MT 4-6-0 | 3842 | 86C | 90630 | 86C | 1005 | 82A County of Devon | ||||
1205 | 86C | 75009 | 86C | BR 5MT 4-6-0 | 90693 | 86C | Grange 4-6-0 | ||||
45xx 2-6-2T | 75021 | 86C | 73026 | 86C | 6810 | 87F Blakemere Grange | |||||
4599 | 89C | W - withdrawn | |||||||||
shed codes | 81A Old Oak Common | 81C Southall | 82A Bristol Bath Road | 82B St. Philip's Marsh | 84E Tyseley | ||||||
84K Chester GWR | 85C Hereford | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86F Tondu | 86G Pontypool Road | ||||||
87B Duffryn Yard | 87C Danygraig | 87F Llanelly | 87G Carmarthen | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | ||||||
89C Machynlleth | Visits to Cardiff Canton 1938 - 1955 | Visits to Cardiff Canton 1956 - 1962 | |||||||||
Cardiff (General) 12.55pm - 1.03pm | |||||||||||
31xx 2-6-2T | 3100 | 86F | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4160 | 88D | 5162 | 88F | ||||
Castle 4-6-0 | 7020 | 86C Gloucester Castle | 45xx 2-6-2T | 5529 | 88C | ||||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 8447 | 86C | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 4662 | 86C | 9713 | 86C | ||||
1.03pm Cardiff (General) - Barry | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 347 | 88A 5 coaches | arr: 1.28pm | |||||||
Grangetown | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5665 | 88C up fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 3729 | 86C | 5786 | 86C | |||
Cogan | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6643 | 88C up lt | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 3652 | 86C | |||||
Dinas Powis | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5637 | 88E up ps | ||||||||
Barry Docks | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5635 | 88D up fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 8735 | 88C | 9780 | 86D | |||
Barry | BR 3MT 2-6-2T | 82003 | 88C | 45xx 2-6-2T | 5527 | 88C | |||||
TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 382 | 88C | |||||||||
Barry | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Barry Railway | opened: | 1893 | prior to Jan 1950 | BRY | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 6TS through road shed. | closed: | Sep-64 | Feb 1950 - Sep 64 | 88C | ||||||
location: | On the east side of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | TV - Taff Vale Railway | BR - British Railways | |||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 88C | 1.35pm - 1.50pm | total: | 38 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | Taff Vale 0-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | BR 3MT 2-6-2T | ||||||||
4601 | 88C | 6747 | 88C | 357 | 88C | 5614 | 88C | 6641 | 88C | 82001 | 88C |
4692 | 88C | 6750 | 88C | 373 | 88C | 5619 | 88C | 6658 | 88C | 82004 | 88C |
6723 | 88C | 6753 | 88C | 375 | 88C | 5627 | 88C | 51xx 2-6-2T | 82005 | 88C | |
6724 | 88C | 6754 | 88C | 387 | 88C | 5632 | 88C | 4177 | 88C | 82008 | 88C |
6733 | 88C | 6769 | 88C | 388 | 88C | 5664 | 88C | 45xx 2-6-2T | 82009 | 88C | |
6740 | 88C | 6774 | 88C | 393 | 88C | 6619 | 88C R | 4578 | 88C | 42xx 2-8-0T | |
6746 | 88C | 6775 | 88C | 394 | 88C | 6637 | 88C | R - Repair Shop | 4224 | 88C | |
shed codes | 88C Barry | Visits to Barry 1938 - 1964 | |||||||||
Barry Works | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Barry Railway | closed: | 1959 | |||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | total: | 13 | |||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 56xx 0-6-2T | |||||||
4667 | 88A | 6423 | 88A | 8453 | 86A | 1610 | 88E | 5605 | 88D yd | 6615 | 88C |
7747 | 87J yd | 8465 | 88B | 5613 | 88F | 6663 | 86H | ||||
9676 | 88C | 9459 | 86C yd | 5657 | 87F | yd - works yard | |||||
3.06pm Barry - Cardiff (General) | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6637 | 88C 5 coaches | arr: 3.29pm | |||||||
Barry | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5615 | 88F (5) | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4164 | 88D(5) dn | |||||
Cadoxton | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 393 | 88C dn fr | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8446 | 86F up fr | |||||
Cardiff (General) | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 307 | 88A | 385 | 88F (5) up | ||||||
3.29pm - 3.40pm | Grange 4-6-0 | 6812 | 86A Chesford Grange (6+van) dn | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5159 | 88F (5) | |||||
Hall 4-6-0 | 6943 | 86C Farnley Hall (4) dn | 45xx 2-6-2T | 5511 | 88A | ||||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 5239 | 87A dn fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9723 | 86C | ||||||
shed codes | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86H Aberbeeg | 87A Neath | 87F Llanelly | ||||||
87J Goodwick | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | 88C Barry | 88D Merthyr | 88E Abercynon | ||||||
88F Treherbert | Visits to Barry Works 1938 - 1959 | ||||||||||
Cardiff East Dock | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1931 | prior to Jan 1950 | CED | |||||||
type: | An 8TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Aug-65 | Feb 1950 - Feb 1962 | 88B | ||||||
location: | In Cardiff dockland, between Bute East Dock and Roath Dock | Mar 1962 - Aug 1963 | 88L | ||||||||
Sep 1963 - Aug 1965 | 88A | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | RR - Rhymney Railway | TV - Taff Vale Railway | |||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 88B | 4.05pm - 4.20pm | total: | 30 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | RR 'R' 0-6-2T | RR 'P' 0-6-2T | ||||||||
3650 | 88B | 6705 | 88B | 6773 | 88B | 8416 | 88B | 38 | 88B | 83 | 88B |
3734 | 88B | 6706 | 88B | 6778 | 88B | 8424 | 88B | 41 | 88B | 56xx 0-6-2T | |
4616 | 88D | 6707 | 88B | 7722 | 88B | 8457 | 88B | 42 | 88B | 5600 | 88F |
4626 | 88B | 6709 | 88B | 9677 | 88B | 8464 | 88B | TV '04' 0-6-2T | 5668 | 88F | |
6700 | 88B | 6771 | 88B | 9769 | 88B | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 208 | 88B | 5682 | 88E | |
308 | 88B | 210 | 88B | 5693 | 88F | ||||||
shed codes | 88B Cardiff East Dock | 88D Merthyr | 88F Treherbert | Visits to Cardiff East Dock 1938 - 1965 | |||||||
Cardiff Cathays | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Taff Vale Railway | opened: | 1884 | prior to Jan 1950 | CHYS | |||||||
type: | A stone-built 10TS dead-ended shed. | closed to steam: | 1961 | Feb 1950 - Nov 1957 | 88A | ||||||
location: | West side of the line, north of Queen Street station. | Dec 1957 - Feb 1962 | 88B sub | ||||||||
Mar 1962 - Nov 1964 | 88M | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | TV - Taff Vale Railway | BR - British Railways | |||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 88A | 4.55pm - 5.05pm | total: | 28 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 74xx 0-6-0PT | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | ||||||||
4690 | 88D | 7445 | 88A | 345 | 88A | 5610 | 88A | 5699 | 88E | 6679 | 86F |
8720 | 87C | 45xx 2-6-2T | 346 | 88A | 5630 | 88A | 6603 | 88A | 6684 | 88A | |
64xx 0-6-0PT | 4589 | 88A | 360 | 88A R | 5663 | 88A | 6618 | 88A | 42xx 2-8-0T | ||
6416 | 88A | 51xx 2-6-2T | 364 | 88A | 5666 | 88D | 6635 | 88A | 4226 | 86C | |
94xx 0-6-0PT | 5195 | 88F | 367 | 88A | 5672 | 88D | 6647 | 88A | |||
8429 | 88B R | 391 | 88A | 5692 | 88A | 6659 | 88A | R - Repair Shop | |||
shed codes | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86F Tondu | 87C Danygraig | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | ||||||
88D Merthyr | 88E Abercynon | 88F Treherbert | Visits to Cardiff Cathays 1938 - 1958 | ||||||||
main-line | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5661 | 88D (5) | BR 3MT 2-6-2T | 82006 | 88C (6) | |||||
5.18pm Cardiff (Queen St.) - Radyr | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6608 | 88A 5 coaches | arr: 5.28pm | |||||||
Cardiff (Queen St.) | 45xx 2-6-2T | 4580 | 88A | 4581 | 88A | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6626 | 88A | |||
Cardiff Radyr | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1931 | prior to Jan 1950 | RYR | |||||||
type: | A brick and asbestos built 4TS dead ended shed. | closed to steam: | Jul-65 | Feb 1950 - Nov 1957 | 88A sub | ||||||
location: | On the south side of the line, east of Penarth junction. | Dec 57- Sep 60 | 88A | ||||||||
Oct 1960 - July 1965 | 88B | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | RR - Rhymney Railway | TV - Taff Vale Railway | |||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 88A sub-shed | 5.45pm - 5.50pm | total: | 18 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | RR 'AP' 0-6-2T | RR 'R' 0-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | ||||||
4618 | 88A | 8471 | 88A | 305 | 88A | 79 | 88A | 44 | 88A | 5617 | 88E |
5793 | 88A | 8478 | 88A | 370 | 88E | 5659 | 88A | ||||
7726 | 88A | 8481 | 88A | 399 | 88A | 6607 | 88A | ||||
7779 | 88A | 8482 | 88A | ||||||||
8780 | 88A | 8495 | 88A | Visits to Cardiff Radyr 1938 - 1965 | |||||||
6.16pm Radyr - Pontypridd | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5183 | 88C 5 coaches | arr: 6.32pm | |||||||
Pontypridd | TV '04' 0-6-2T | 208 | 88B | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 386 | 88E | |||||
56xx 0-6-2T | 5676 | 88F | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 6413 | 86J | ||||||
7.41pm Pontypridd - Treherbert | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5162 | 88F 5 coaches | arr: 8.19pm | |||||||
shed codes | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | 88E Abercynon | 88F Treherbert | |||||||
Treherbert | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1931 | prior to Jan 1950 | THT | |||||||
type: | A brick and asbestos built 4TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Mar-65 | Feb 1950 - Mar 1965 | 88F | ||||||
location: | On the east side of the line at the south of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | TV - Taff Vale Railway | ||||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 88F | 8.25pm - 8.40pm | total: | 8 | |||||||
TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | ||||||||||
365 | 88F | 368 | 88F | 5607 | 88F | 5691 | 88F | ||||
366 | 88F | 381 | 88F | 5615 | 88F | 5695 | 88F | ||||
Visits to Treherbert 1938 - 1964 | |||||||||||
9pm Treherbert - Pontypridd | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5643 | 88E 5 coaches | arr: 9.34pm | |||||||
Pontypridd | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5159 | 88F | ||||||||
Tuesday 28 September 1954 | |||||||||||
Pontypridd | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 343 | 88A dn fr | 345 | 88A (5) | ||||||
8.55am - 9.08am | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5159 | 88F (5) | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8489 | 88A up fr | |||||
9.08 Pontypridd-Merthyr | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6637 | 88C 5 coaches | arr: 9.44am | |||||||
Abercynon | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 316 | 88E | 351 | 88E | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 1600 | 88C | |||
56xx 0-6-2T | 5618 | 88E | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 6437 | 86J | ||||||
Abercynon - 88E | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5641 | 88E | 5680 | 88E | ||||||
cl 2F 0-6-2T (Webb) | 58891 | 86K | 58902 | 86K | 58926 | 86K | |||||
The LNWR 'Coal Tanks' were on loan to N.C.B. at Ynysybwl. A fourth, 58925, was also on loan. | photo | ||||||||||
Merthyr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 4635 | 88D | 5769 | 88D | 8736 | 88D | 9638 | 88D | ||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 9747 | 88D | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 6408 | 88D | 6427 | 88D | ||||
Merthyr | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1877 | prior to 1950 | MTHR | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 3TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Nov-64 | 1950 - Nov-64 | 88D | ||||||
location: | On the east side of the line, south of the Vale of Neath station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | BR - British Railways | ||||||||||
Tuesday 28 September 1954 | 88D | 9.55am - 10am | total: | 7 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 64xx 0-6-0PT | BR 3MT 2-6-2T | |||||||||
4632 | 88D | 9622 | 88D | 6433 | 88D | 82006 | 88C | ||||
7772 | 88D | 9675 | 88D | 6436 | 88D | ||||||
shed codes | 86J Aberdare | 86K Abergavenny | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88C Barry | 88D Merthyr | ||||||
88E Abercynon | 88F Treherbert | Visits to Merthyr 1938 - 1965 | |||||||||
Local bus - Methyr to Rhymney | |||||||||||
Rhymney | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Rhymney Railway | opened: | c1863 | prior to 1950 | RHY | |||||||
type: | A stone-built 3TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Mar-65 | 1950 - Nov-64 subshed to 88D | |||||||
location: | On the west side of the line, south of the station. | Nov 64 - Mar 65 | 88D | ||||||||
Abbreviations | RR - Rhymney Railway | TV - Taff Vale Railway | |||||||||
Tuesday 28 September 1954 | 88D sub-shed | 11.30am - 11.35am | total: | 4 | |||||||
TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 51xx 2-6-2T | 94xx 0-6-0PT | |||||||||
376 | 88D | 4143 | 88D | 4160 | 88D | 8841 | 88B | ||||
Visits to Rhymney 1938 - 1965 | |||||||||||
11.46am Rhymney to Caerphilly | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4161 | 88D 5 coaches | arr: 12.31pm | |||||||
Tir Phil | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4101 | 88D (5) | ||||||||
Bargoed | RR 'P' 0-6-2T | 83 | 88D | 2251 0-6-0 | 2280 | 86A | |||||
56xx 0-6-2T | 5696 | 88D | |||||||||
Bargoed Colliery | ex Barry R. 0-6-0ST | 754 | Hudswell Clarke 712/1905 | ||||||||
Pengam | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5672 | 88D | ||||||||
Hengoed (H.L.) | 45xx 2-6-2T | 5516 | 86G | ||||||||
Ystrad Mynach | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 390 | 88C dn fr | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5652 | 88D (2) | 5671 | 88D lt dn | |||
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St) | 40161 | 86K | |||||||||
Llanbradach | RR 'R' 0-6-2T | 36 | 88B | 42xx 2-8-0T | 4226 | 86C | |||||
Aber Junction | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5678 | 88A | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8484 | 88A | |||||
Caerphilly | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 347 | 88A | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 6402 | 88A | 6438 | 88E | |||
56xx 0-6-2T | 6626 | 88A | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9632 | 86A | ||||||
shed codes | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86G Pontypool Road | 86K Abergavenny | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | ||||||
88C Barry | 88D Merthyr | ||||||||||
Caerphilly Works | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Rhymney Railway | opened: | 1899 | closed: | Jun-63 | |||||||
Tuesday 28 September 1954 | total: | 25 | |||||||||
erecting shop and yard | |||||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | RR 'R' 0-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | 51xx 2-6-2T | 42xx 2-8-0T | |||||||
3641 | 87D | 9625 | 87D | 35 | 88B | 5655 | 88D | 4144 | 86E | 4215 | 86H |
4675 | 86F | 9779 | 87A | Taff Vale 'A' 0-6-2T | 5698 | 86J | 4163 | 88D | 4222 | 86F | |
6749 | 87B | 14xx 0-4-2T | 303 | 88C | 43xx 2-6-0 | 81xx 2-6-2T | 72xx 2-8-2T | ||||
7752 | 86F | 1449 | 83C | 347 | 88A | 6389 | 85A | 8106 | 85A | 7214 | 86A |
7771 | 86A | 1472 | 87G | 361 | 88C | 3150 2-6-2T | 7225 | 87F | |||
Visits to Caerphilly Works 1938 - 1962 | 3176 | 86E | 7242 | 88A | |||||||
shed codes | 83C Exeter | 85A Worcester | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | 86E Severn Tunnel Jct. | 86F Tondu | ||||||
86H Aberbeeg | 86J Aberdare | 87A Neath | 87B Duffryn Yard | 87D Swansea East Dk | 87F Llanelly | ||||||
87G Carmarthen | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | 88C Barry | 88D Merthyr | |||||||
3.14pm Caerphilly - Cardiff (Queen Street) | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6626 | 88A 6 coaches | arr: 3.25pm | |||||||
Caerphilly | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5692 | 88A (2) | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 4671 | 86A | |||||
Cefn-on-Holt | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 374 | 88B | ||||||||
Llanishen | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5641 | 88E dn ps | ||||||||
Cardiff (Queen St.) | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6661 | 86J | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4164 | 88D | |||||
3.36pm Cardiff (Queen St.) - Cardiff (Gen.) | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5159 | 88F 7 coaches | ||||||||
Cardiff (General) | Hall 4-6-0 | 5907 | 85B Marble Hall (4 + van) up | 6928 | 81D Underley Hall up fr | ||||||
Hall 4-6-0 | 5953 | 81C Dunley Hall (4) dn | 6955 | 82D Lydcott Hall dn pass | |||||||
Hall 4-6-0 | 6942 | 84B Eshton Hall lt dn | |||||||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4223 | 87F up fr | 4281 | 87A dn fr | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8446 | 86F up fr | ||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 4662 | 86C | 8723 | 86C | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5654 | 88A lt dn | ||||
4.04pm Cardiff (General) - Paddington | Castle 4-6-0 | 7009 | 87E Athelney Castle (10) | arr: 7.16pm | |||||||
Roath Park Sidings | TV '04' 0-6-2T | 211 | 88B | 215 | 88B | ||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 3650 | 88B | 3681 | 88B | 3707 | 88B | 4698 | 88B | |||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 6744 | 88B | 7722 | 88B | 9679 | 88B | |||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4241 | 86F | WD 2-8-0 | 90572 | 86C | ||||||
Marshfield | 28xx 2-8-0 | 3838 | 86E dn fr | 72xx 2-8-2T | 7226 | 87D up fr | |||||
WD 2-8-0 | 90188 | 86C up fr | |||||||||
Newport (High St.) | Hall 4-6-0 | 4965 | 87E Rood Ashton Hall | 5925 | 86C Eastcote Hall | ||||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4292 | 87B | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 6756 | 86B | 9662 | 86A | ||||
56xx 0-6-2T | 5653 | 88A | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8406 | 86A | ||||||
WD 2-8-0 | 90516 | 38E up fr | 28xx 2-8-0 | 3833 | 86A dn fr | ||||||
Magor | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5664 | 88C up fr | ||||||||
Undy Halt | 28xx 2-8-0 | 2857 | 84C up fr | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5607 | 88F dn fr | |||||
Severn Tunnel Jct. | 42xx 2-8-0T | 4214 | 86B | 5239 | 87A | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6639 | 86E | |||
28xx 2-8-0 | 2881 | 83A | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 5729 | 86E | 7764 | 86E | ||||
WD 2-8-0 | 90268 | 81C | 61xx 2-6-2T | 6102 | 86A | ||||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 8401 | 86E | |||||||||
STJ - 86E | Hall 4-6-0 | 4957 | 86A Postlip Hall | 28xx 2-8-0 | 2872 | 86E | |||||
3150 2-6-2T | 3150 | 86E | 3190 | 86E | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8450 | 86E | ||||
Pilning (High Level) | Hall 4-6-0 | 5993 | 81D Kirby Hall up fr | ||||||||
3150 2-6-2T | 3172 | 86E | 3183 | 86E | |||||||
51xx 2-6-2T | 4142 | 86E | 5169 | 86E | |||||||
Westerleigh SB | Grange 4-6-0 | 6805 | 82C Broughton Grange | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9605 | 82B | |||||
0-6-0 diesel | 13001 | ||||||||||
Chipping Sodbury | 28xx 2-8-0 | 3832 | 86E | ||||||||
Swindon Works yard | Hall 4-6-0 | 5958 | 87E Knolton Hall | Cardiff Railway 0-6-0PT | 684 | 88B W | |||||
Castle 4-6-0 | 7027 | 81A Thornbury Castle | 28xx 2-8-0 | 2880 | 81C | ||||||
Grange 4-6-0 | 6877 | 85A Llanfair Grange | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 1624 | 83E | ||||||
BR 3MT 2-6-2T | 82007 | 88C | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8413 | 82B | ||||||
Swindon Junction | Hall 4-6-0 | 4930 | 82D Hagley Hall dn fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9736 | 87B | |||||
Hall 4-6-0 | 5902 | 87F Howick Hall dn fr | |||||||||
28xx 2-8-0 | 2828 | 86J up fr | 2865 | 82C | 74xx 0-6-0PT | 7418 | 82C | ||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 3746 | 82C | 5725 | 84K | 8701 | 85C | 8779 | 82C | |||
Didcot | Mod. Hall 4-6-0 | 6990 | 81A Witherslack Hall | BR 4MT 2-6-0 | 76016 | 71A | |||||
Goring & Streatley | Hall 4-6-0 | 4979 | 81C Wootton Hall up lt | 43xx 2-6-0 | 6379 | 81F dn fr | |||||
Reading - 81D | Hall 4-6-0 | 5901 | 81D Hazel Hall | 14xx 0-4-2T | 1407 | 81D | |||||
Britannia 4-6-2 | 70025 | 86C Western Star | 28xx 2-8-0 | 3852 | 86E | ||||||
43xx 2-6-0 | 6313 | 81E | 6363 | 82B | 9308 | 81D | |||||
Maidenhead | WD 2-8-0 | 90201 | 86E up fr | ||||||||
Paddington | Castle 4-6-0 | 5015 | 84A Kingswear Castle | 5044 | 81A Earl of Dunraven | ||||||
Britannia 4-6-2 | 70017 | 81A Arrow | |||||||||
shed codes | 38E Woodford Halse | 71A Eastleigh | 81A Old Oak Common | 81C Southall | 81D Reading | ||||||
81E Didcot | 81F Oxford | 82B St. Philip's Marsh | 82C Swindon | 82D Westbury | 83A Newton Abbot | ||||||
83E St. Blazey | 84A Stafford Road | 84B Oxley | 84C Banbury | 84K Chester GWR | 85A Worcester | ||||||
85B Gloucester H. Rd | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | 86B Newport Pill | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86F Tondu | 86J Aberdare | ||||||
87A Neath Court Sart | 87B Duffryn Yard | 87D Swansea East Dk. | 87E Swansea Landore | 87F Llanelly | 88A Cardiff Cathays | ||||||
88B Cardiff East Dock | 88C Barry | 88D Merthyr | 88E Abercynon | 88F Treherbert | |||||||
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.