Days Out No. 98 : August to October 1953 - East Anglia, Dover and London

A Derby to Lowestoft summer holiday train enters Yarmouth Beach station hauled by D16/3 4-4-0 No. 62561 on Saturday 14th July 1951.  Behind it can be seen two B12/3 4-6-0s in the shed yard.  Photo: Ben Brooksbank (Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0).

Another instalment from the diaries of David James Desborough covering August to October 1953
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.							Visits to Yarmouth Beach 1938 - 1959
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway
Tuesday 11th August 1953					32F					total:	16
F6 2-4-2T (GER)		cl 4MT 2-6-0		B12 4-6-0 (GER)		J65 0-6-0T (GER)		J39 0-6-0		J17 0-6-0 (GER)
67223	32F	43092	31D	61520	32F	68214	32F	64882	32F	65581	32F
67226	32F	43158	32F	61545	32F	J68 0-6-0T (GER)				65586	32F
67233	32F	43159	32F	61568	32F	68651	32F
67235	32F	43160	32F
Shed Codes		31D South Lynn		32F Yarmouth Beach
Wednesday 12th August 1953					32F					total:	18
F6 2-4-2T (GER)		cl 4MT 2-6-0				B12 4-6-0 (GER)		J39 0-6-0		J17 0-6-0 (GER)
67223	32F	43142	31D	43158	32F	61545	32F	64882	32F	65507	32C
67226	32F	43150	32G	43159	32F	61568	32F	J68 0-6-0T (GER)		65557	32G
67233	32F	43153	32G	43160	32F	F5 2-4-2T (GER)		68651	32F	65581	32F
67234	32F					67207	32F
Shed Codes		31D South Lynn		32C Lowestoft		32F Yarmouth Beach		32G Melton Constable
Yarmouth South Town
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1883	prior to 1950		YAR
type:	A brick-built 2TS through-road shed.						closed:	Nov-59	Feb 1950 - Nov 1959		32D
location:	On the east side of the line, south of Yarmouth South Town Station.						Visits to Yarmouth South Town 1938 -1959
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway
Tuesday 11th August 1953					32D					total:	9
F5 2-4-2T (GER)		C12 4-4-2T (GER)		D16 4-4-0 (GER)		B12 4-6-0 (GER)		B17 4-6-0
67199	32D	67387	32D	62564	32A	61542	32D	61622	32D Alnwick Castle
67218	32D			62597	32D			61659	32D East Anglian
Shed Codes		32A Norwich		32D Yarmouth South Town				61670	32D City of London
Ipswich
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1846	prior to Jan 1950		IPS
type:	Rebuilt in 1954 into a concrete 6TS through-road shed.					closed to steam:		Nov-59	Feb 1950 - Nov 1959		32B
location:	On the east side of the line, south of Ipswich Station.							Visits to Ipswich 1936 - 1959
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			GNR - Great Northern Railway
Friday 14th August 1953					32B					total:	28
F6 2-4-2T (GER)		B17 4-6-0				K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		J39 0-6-0		J17 0-6-0 (GER)
67226	32F	61649	32B Sheffield United			61947	31B	64752	32B	65503	31B
67230	32B	Britannia 4-6-2				K1 2-6-0		64793	32B	65522	30E
67239	32B	70002	30A Geoffrey Chaucer			62016	31B	64826	32B	65578	32B
L1 2-6-4T		B1 4-6-0		J67 0-6-0T (GER)		B12 4-6-0 (GER)		64874	30F	J67 0-6-0T (GER)
67715	32B	61052	32B	68606	32B	61535	32B	64894	32B	64642	31B
67716	32B	61201	32B	68616	32A	J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J65 0-6-0T (GER)		64665	30A
67739	32B	61254	32B			65430	32B	68219	32B
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		30E Colchester		30F Parkeston		31B March		32A Norwich
		32B Ipswich		32F Yarmouth Beach
Colchester
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Eastern Railway							opened:	1850	prior to Jan 1950		COL
type:	A brick-built 3TS shed with a through road.						closed:	Nov-59	Feb 1950 - Nov 1959		30E
location:	On the north side of the line, east of the station.							Visits to Colchester 1936 - 1959
Abbreviations		GER - Great Eastern Railway			WD - War Department
Friday 14th August 1953					30E					total:	28
N7 0-6-2T (GER)		J15 0-6-0 (GER)		J17 0-6-0 (GER)		B2 4-6-0				J19 0-6-0 (GER)
69700	30E	65445	30E	65531	30E	61616	30E Fallodon			64645	30E
J39 0-6-0		65448	30E	65538	30A	B17 4-6-0				64649	30E
64771	30A	65468	30E	65539	30E	61669	32B Barnsley			64650	30E
64775	30A	65470	30E	J70 0-6-0T (GER)		B12 4-6-0 (GER)		B1 4-6-0		64652	30E
64776	30A	J69 0-6-0T (GER)		68222	30E	61512	30E	61000^	30A	64691	30E
64782	30A	68636	30E	68226	30E	61523	30E	61003^	30F	WD 2-8-0
			^named B1 4-6-0s: 61000 Springbok, 61003 Gazelle					61384	30A	90601	31B
Shed Codes		30A Stratford		30E Colchester		30F Parkeston		31B March		32B Ipswich
Tilbury
Pre Grouping Ownership - London, Tilbury & Southend Railway							opened:	1912	prior to Jan 1950		13C
type:	A 4TS corrugated iron through road shed.						closed:	Jun-62	Feb 1950 - Jun 1962		33B
location:	In the triangle of lines, north of the station.							Visits to Tilbury 1935 - 1962
Abbreviations		F - Fowler	Fb - Fairburn		GER - Great Eastern Railway			LTS - London, Tilbury & Southend Railway
Saturday 15 August 1953					33B					total:	16
cl 3P 4-4-2T (LTS)				cl 3F 0-6-2T (LTS)		cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)				J17 0-6-0 (GER)
41939	33A	41969	33B	41983	33A	42219	33B	42231	33A	65566	33A
41942	33A	41970	33B	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		42221	33B	42253	33A	65588	33A
41945	33B	41976	33A	42328	33A	42230	33A
41950	33B					Shed Codes		33A Plaistow		33B Tilbury
Dover
Pre Grouping Ownership - South Eastern Railway							opened:	1928	prior to Jan 1950		DOV
type:	A concrete-built 5TS shed, with one through road.						closed:	Jun-61	Feb 1950 - Sep 1958		74C
location:	On the south side of the line near Dover Town station.								Oct 1958 - Jun 1961		73H
Abbreviations		LBSCR - London, Brighton & South Coast Railway					LSWR - London & South Western Railway
Fb - Fairburn		SECR - South Eastern & Chatham Railway					SER - South East Railway
Sunday 16 August 1953					74C					total:	59
B4 0-4-0T (LSWR)		C 0-6-0 (SECR)		N15 "King Arthur" 4-6-0				Battle of Britain 4-6-2
30084	74C	31113	74C	30769	74C Sir Balin			34071	73A 601 Squadron
H 0-4-4T (SECR)		31150	74C	30770	73A Sir Prianius			34072	74C 257 Squadron
31326	74B	31191	74C	30775	73A Sir Agravaine			34074	74C 46 Squadron
31328	74C	31243	74C	30777	74C Sir Lamiel			34080	74B 74 Squadron
E2 0-6-0T (LBSCR)		31317	74C	30792	70A Sir Hervis de Revel			34087	74B 145 Squadron
32108	74C	31582	73A	30796	74B Sir Dodinas le Savage			34088	74B 213 Squadron
32109	74C	O1 0-6-0 (SER)		30797	74A Sir Blamor de Ganis			34089	74B 602 Squadron
E5 0-6-2T (LBSCR		31258	74C	30798	74C Sir Hectimere			West Country 4-6-2
32593	74C	31425	74C	V "Schools" 4-4-0				34092	73A City of Wells
P 0-6-0T (SECR)		31430	74C	30913	74B Christ's Hospital			34103	73A Calstock
31027	74C	31434	74C	30918	74C Hurstpierpoint			Merchant Navy 4-6-2
N 2-6-0 (SECR)		U 2-6-0		30920	74C Rugby			35028	73A Clan Line
31402	74A	31804	73C	30921	74C Shrewsbury			35030	73A Elder Dempster Lines
31403	74A	31818	74C	30923	74C Bradfield			L1 4-4-0		D1 4-4-0 (SECR)
31817	74C	U1 2-6-0		30926	74B Repton			31754	74C	31145	74C
31821	74C	31906	73A	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		L 4-4-0 (SECR)		31755	74C	31727	74D
N1 2-6-0 (SECR)		Z 0-8-0T		42076	74C	31770	74D	31753	74C	31743	73B
31822	73C	30952	74C					Visits to Dover 1946 - 1961
Shed Codes		70A Nine Elms		73A Stewart's Lane		73B Bricklayer's Arms		73C Hither Green		74A Ashford
		74B Ramsgate		74C Dover		74D Tonbridge		Visits to Dover
Willesden
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western Railway							opened:	1873	Sep 1935 - Sep 1965		1A
type:	A brick-built 12TS dead-ended shed and roundhouse.						closed:	Sep-65
location:	On the south side of the line, west of Willesden Junction station.							Visits to Willesden 1936 - 1951
								Visits to Willesden 1952 - 1965
Abbreviations		F - Fowler		Fb - Fairburn		H - Hughes
		St - Stanier		BR - British Railway			WD - War Department
Tuesday 25 August 1953					1A					total:	98
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (F)		cl 4F 0-6-0		Jubilee 4-6-0				cl 8F 2-8-0
40001	1A	44370	1A	45625	1A Sarawak			48004	1E	48626	1A
40002	1A	44381	1A	45669	1B Fisher			48016	2B	48628	1A
40010	1C	44440	1A	cl 5MT 4-6-0				48129	1A	48634	1A
40021	1A	44451	1A	44681	5A	45089	1A	48165	2A	48656	1A
40044	1A	44497	1A	44686	5A	45091	2E	48174	1A	cl 7F 0-8-0 (G2a)
40045	1A	cl 3F 0-6-0T		44708	5A	45148	5A	48184	18A	49078	1A
40046	1A	47342	1A	44709	11A	45187	2A	48207	1E	49088	1A
40047	1A	47378	1A	44780	25B	45328	8B	48284	18A	49122	1A
40049	1A	47412	1A	44838	1A	45344	3C	48290	1A	49139	1A
40050	1A	47491	1A	44875	1A	45374	1A	48368	1A	49180	1A
40061	1A	47520	1A	44893	26A	45378	10C	48370	18A	49287	1E
40068	1A	47521	1E	44920	21A	Patriot 4-6-0		48433	1A	49344	1A
40069	1A	47558	1D	44935	9A	45517	1A	48437	2A	cl 7F 0-8-0 (G2)
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)		47559	1D	44971	5B	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)		48476	1A	49447	2A
40071	1A	47675	1A	45014	2E	42812	1A	48477	3A	cl 6F 0-8-0 (G1)
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)		BR 4MT 2-6-4T		45024	1A	42870	1A	48600	1A	49164	1A
42117	1A	80065	1C	45025	1A	42885	1A	48603	1A	49277	1A
42118	1A	cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		45027	1A	cl 2MT 2-6-0		48624	1A	0-6-0 diesel
		42316	1A	45052	3D	46433	1A	WD 2-8-0		12031
47531 1A - carriage sidings				45071	1E			90025	38A
Shed Codes		1A Willesden		1B Camden		1C Watford		1D Devons Road		1E Bletchley
2A Rugby		2B Nuneaton		2E Northampton		3A Bescot		3C Walsall		3D Aston
5A Crewe North		5B Crewe South		8B Warrington		9A Longsight		10C Patricroft		11A Carnforth
18A Toton		21A Saltley		25B Huddersfield		26A Newton Heath		38A Colwick
Old Oak Common
Opened by the Great Western Railway							opened:	1906	prior to 1950		PDN
type:	A large brick-built four roundhouse shed.					closed to steam:		Mar-65	1950-1965		81A
location:	On the north side of the junction of the Reading and High Wycombe lines.
Sunday 13 September 1953					81A					total:	149
57xx 0-6-0PT		61xx 2-6-2T		Hall 4-6-0				Castle 4-6-0
3648	81A	6110	81A	4909	82C Blakesley Hall			4037	81A The South Wales Borderer R
3688	81A	6120	81A	4919	84B Donnington Hall
3715	81A	6135	81A	4927	82D Farnborough Hall			4073	82A Caerphilly Castle
4615	81A	6137	81A	4939	81C Littleton Hall			4082	81A Windsor Castle
4644	81A	6141	81A	4943	81A Marrington Hall			4084	82A Aberystwyth Castle
4698	81A	6142	81A	4945	81A Milligan Hall			4089	83D Donnington Castle R
4699	81A	6144	81A	4962	81A Ragley Hall			5004	81A Llanstephan Castle
5717	81A R	6150	81B R	4967	81A Shirenewton Hall			5008	84A Raglan Castle
5764	81A	6152	81B	5931	81A Hatherley Hall			5009	82C Shrewsbury Castle
7791	81A	6155	81A	5932	81A Haydon Hall			5043	87G Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
8756	81A	94xx 0-6-0PT		5939	81A Tangley Hall			5044	81A Earl of Dunraven
8759	81A	8433	81A	5940	81A Whitbourne Hall			5047	83A Earl of Dartmouth
8760	81A	8434	81A	5941	81A Campion Hall			5055	81A Earl of Eldon
8761	81A R	9403	81F	5964	83D Wolseley Hall			5056	81A Earl of Powis
8762	81A	9410	81A	5979	81D Cruckton Hall R			5060	81A Earl of Berkeley
8763	81A	9412	81A	5987	81A Brocket Hall R			5069	82A Isambard K Brunel
8765	81A	9414	81A	5996	81A Mytton Hall R			5070	84A Sir Daniel Gooch
8767	81A	9418	81A	6915	82C Mursley Hall			5095	81A Barbury Castle
8768	81A	9419	81A	6927	81A Lilford Hall			5098	83D Clifford Castle
8770	81A	9422	81A	6932	81A Burwarton Hall			7001	81A Sir James Milne
8773	81A	9423	81A	Modified Hall 4-6-0				7027	81A Thornbury Castle
9658	81A	2251 0-6-0		6961	81A Stedham Hall			7030	81A Cranbrook Castle
9661	81A	2222	81A	6972	82A Beningborough Hall			7033	81A Hartlebury Castle
9700	81A	2243	81A	6983	81A Otterington Hall			7036	81A Taunton Castle
9701	81A	2276	81A	6996	81A Blackwell Hall			King 4-6-0
9702	81A	2282	81A	6997	82A Bryn-Ivor Hall			6002	81A King William IV
9704	81A	28xx 2-8-0		7902	81A Eaton Mascot Hall			6003	81A King George IV R
9705	81A	2834	81A	7903	81A Foremarke Hall			6009	81A King Charles II
9707	81A	2879	82B R	7904	81A Fountains Hall			6015	81A King Richard III
9709	81A R	2897	84C	7914	82C Lleweni Hall			6021	81A King Richard II R
9710	81A	47xx 2-8-0		Britannia 4-6-2				6028	81A King George VI
9758	81A	4700	81A	70023	81A Venus			County 4-6-0
54xx 0-6-0PT		4701	81A	43xx 2-6-0		0-6-0 diesels		1005	82A County of Devon
5420	81C R	4704	81A	5390	84B	15104	81A	1021	83D County of Montgomery
15xx 0-6-0PT		4705	81A R	9309	81C	15105	81A	Grange 4-6-0
1503	81A	4707	81A R	72xx 2-8-2T		15106	81A	6830	86A Buckenhill Grange
14xx 0-4-2T		4708	81A	7239	81F R	15202	81A	6851	85A Hurst Grange
1474	81C R	Gas Turbine						6875	83B Hindford Grange
		18100	81A wks							R - under repair
Shed Codes		81A Old Oak Common		81B Slough		81C Southall		81D Reading		81F Oxford
82A Bristol Bath Road		82B St. Philip's Marsh		82C Swindon		82D Westbury		83A Newton Abbot		83B Exeter
83D Plymouth Laira		84A Stafford Road		84B Oxley		84C Banbury		85A Worcester		86A Newport Ebbw Jct
87G Carmarthen
Visits to Old Oak Common 1934 - 1947				Visits to Old Oak Common 1948 - 1956				Visits to Old Oak Common 1957 - 1964
Cricklewood
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railway						opened:	1892		prior to 1963		14A
type:	A brick-built double roundhouse					closed:	1964		1963-1964		14B
location:	On the west side of the line, north of the station.							Visits to Cricklewood 1937 - 1964
Abbreviations		D - Deeley		F - Fowler		I - Ivatt		J - Johnson
Sunday 25 October 1953					14A					total:	74
cl 3P 2-6-2T (F)		cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)		cl 3F 0-6-0T (J)				cl 8F 2-8-0
40024	14C	43307	14A	47203	14A	47221	14A	48062	14A	48415	14A
40029	14B	43448	14A	47206	14A	47224	14A	48109	14A	48463	18A
40031	14B	cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)		47207	14A	47225	14A	48132	14A	48541	14A
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)		43901	14A	47208	14A	47227	14A	48133	15B	cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)
41208	14A	43934	14A	47209	14A	47240	14A	48139	16C	42771	14A
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)		43935	14A	47210	14A	47248	14A	48192	15A	42774	14A
42329	14B	43947	14A	47211	14A	47251	14A	48219	14A	42797	14A
cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)		43956	16A	47212	14A	cl 3F 0-6-0T		48264	15A	42826	17B
58234	14A	cl 4F 0-6-0		47213	14A	47433	14A	48338	15A	42839	14A
58235	14A	44051	14A	47214	14A	47434	14A	48356	15B	42855	14A
0-6-0 diesels		44259	14A	47215	14A	47435	14A	48363	15A	42902	17D
12064	12068	44529	14A	47217	14A	cl 1F 0-6-0T (J)		48387	15A	cl 4MT 2-6-0
12065	13023	44581	14A	47218	14A	41712	14A	48410	14A	43019	14A
12066				47219	14A	41826	14A	48414	14A
Shed Codes		14A Cricklewood		14B Kentish Town		14C St. Albans		15A Wellingborough		15B Kettering
		16A Nottingham		16C Kirkby-in-Ashfield		17B Burton-on-Trent		17D Rowsley		18A Toton
Kings Cross
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railway							opened:	1851	Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		KX
type:	One through-road 8TS and a 7TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jun-63	Feb 1950 - Jun 1963		34A
location:	Situated in the Kings Cross goods yard, north of the station.							Visits to Kings Cross 1933 - 1951
								Visits to Kings Cross 1952 - 1963
Abbreviations		GCR - Great Central Railway			GER - Great Eastern Railway
		GNR - Great Northern Railway			WD - War Department
Sunday 25 October 1953					34A					total:	113
N2 0-6-2T (GNR)				J52 0-6-0ST (GNR)		V2 2-6-2		A4 4-6-2
69490	34A	69569	34A	68757	34A	60821	34A	60003	34A Andrew K. McCosh
69491	34A	69570	34A	68764	34A	60842	35A	60006	34A Sir Ralph Wedgwood
69492	34A	69571	34A	68772	34A	60846	37A	60014	34A Silver Link
69493	34A	69573	34A	68802	34A	60850	35A	60015	34A Quicksilver
69496	34A	69574	34A	68805	34A	60862	34A	60016	52A Silver King
69497	34A	69577	34A	68818	34A	60872	36A	60022	34A Mallard
69498	34A	69578	34A	68822	34A	60874	35A	60025	34A Falcon
69499	34A	69583	34A	68827	34A	60914	34A	60026	34A Miles Beevor
69506	34A	69584	34A	68829	34A	60928	36A	60028	34A Walter K. Wigham
69512	34A	69585	34A	68830	34A	60930	36A	60029	34A Woodcock
69517	34A	69589	34A	68832	34A	60946	50A	60030	34A Golden Fleece
69520	34A	69591	34A	68838	34A	B1 4-6-0		60033	34A Seagull
69521	34A	69617	34A	68855	34A	61203	34A	A3 4-6-2
69523	34A	69640	34A	68861	34A	61205	35A	60049	38C Galtee More
69525	34A	N7 0-6-2T (GER)		68864	34A	61331	34A	60067	34A Ladas
69526	34A	69689	34A	68874	34A	61364	35A	60106	34A Flying Fox
69535	34A	69692	34A	68878	34A	L1 2-6-4T		A1 4-6-2
69538	34A	69694	34A	68881	34A	67718	34A	60131	37B Osprey
69540	34A	69698	34A	68888	34A	67745	34D	60151	52A Midlothian
69542	34A	A5 4-6-2T (GCR)		K3 2-6-0 (GNR)		67756	34A	A2 4-6-2
69543	34A	69829	34E	61821	38A	67757	34A	60503	50A Lord President
69544	34A	J11 0-6-0 (GCR)		61905	40B	67775	34A	60523	35A Sun Castle
69546	34A	64376	36A	0-6-0 diesels		67796	34E	B17 4-6-0
69548	34A	WD 2-8-0		12125	12131	67799	34A	61652	31A Darlington
69549	34A	90526	35A	12129	12138
Shed Codes		31A Cambridge		34A Kings Cross		34D Hitchin		34E Neasden		35A New England
36A Doncaster		37A Ardsley		37B Leeds Copley Hill		38A Colwick		38C Leicester GC		40B Immingham
50A York		52A Gateshead
Neasden
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Central Railway							opened:	1899	Sep 1935 - Jan 1950		NEA
type:	A brick-built 6TS dead-ended shed.						closed:	Jun-62	Feb 1949 - Jan 1958		34E
location:	On the south side of the line, west of the Bakerloo station.								Feb 1958 - Jun 1962		14D
								Visits to Neasden 1934 - 1962
Abbreviations		GCR - Great Central Railway			WD - War Deprtment
Sunday 25 October 1953					34E					total:	55
L1 2-6-4T				cl 4MT 2-6-0		N5 0-6-2T (GCR)		A3 4-6-2
67740	34E	67773	34E	43065	34E	69257	34E	60050	34E Persimmon
67747	34E	67776	34E	43066	34E	69259	34E	B1 4-6-0		cl 5MT 4-6-0
67748	34E	67778	34E	43067	34E	69273	34E	61077	34E	44762	5A
67749	34E	67780	34E	43068	34E	69302	34E	61083	34E	44869	1E
67751	34E	67782	34E	43089	34E	69315	34E	61136	34E	45050	2A
67752	34E	67783	34E	43107	34E	69354	34E	61163	34E	WD 2-8-0
67758	34E	67786	34E	43144	34E	C13 4-4-2T (GCR)		61206	34E	90509	38E
67762	34E	67788	34E	43161	34E	67416	34E	V2 2-6-2
67767	34E	67789	34E			67418	34E	60915	38E
67768	34E	67792	34E			A5 4-6-2T (GCR)
67769	34E	67795	34E			69814	34E
67770	34E	67797	34A	Shed Codes		1E Bletchley		2A Rugby		5A Crewe North
67771	34E	67798	34E			34A Kings Cross		34E Neasden		38E Woodford Halse
67772	34E