Tyseley | Allocation 1961 | ||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1908 | Sep 1935 - Dec 1949 | TYS | |||||||
type: | A brick-built double roundhouse shed. | closed: | Nov-66 | Jan 1950 - Aug 1963 | 84E | ||||||
location: | West of the line, north of Tyseley station. | Sep 1963 - Nov 1966 | 2A | ||||||||
Abbreviations | F - Fowler | H - Hughes | St - Stanier | BR - British Railways | |||||||
WD - War Department | |||||||||||
Sunday 30 April 1961 | 84E | total: | 50 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | BR 4MT 4-6-0 | 51xx 2-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
3625 | 84E | 75003 | 84E | 4105 | 83C wks | 5658 | 84E | 4957 | 82D Postlip Hall | ||
3660 | 84E | 75006 | 84E | 4111 | 84E | 6618 | 84E | 5949 | 82C Trematon Hall | ||
4648 | 84E | 75024 | 84E | 4155 | 84E | 6631 | 84E | 6952 | 84C Kimberley Hall | ||
8700 | 84E | 75025 | 85A | 5174 | 84E | 6645 | 84B | Grange 4-6-0 | |||
8713 | 84E | cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St) | 5192 | 84E | 6668 | 84E | 6803 | 84F Bucklebury Grange | |||
9614 | 84E | 40085 | 84D wks | 61xx 2-6-2T | 28xx 2-8-0 | 6807 | 85A Birchwood Grange | ||||
9641 | 81C wks | WD 2-8-0 | 6101 | 84E | 2861 | 86E | 6863 | 83D Dolhywel Grange | |||
9733 | 84E | 90312 | 81E | 6116 | 84E | 2889 | 84C | 6866 | 84E Morfa Grange | ||
9753 | 84E | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | 2890 | 82C | 6879 | 84E Overton Grange | |||||
9798 | 84E | 6975 | 84B Capesthorne Hall | 3800 | 86A | Manor 4-6-0 | |||||
74xx 0-6-0PT | 7912 | 84E Little Linford Hall | 3812 | 86E | 7808 | 84E Cookham Manor | |||||
7426 | 84E | 7918 | 84E Rhose Wood Hall | 3825 | 84F | 7813 | 84E Freshford Manor | ||||
7928 | 85A Wolf Hall | 7816 | 84E Filsham Manor | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 81C Southall | 82C Swindon | 82D Westbury | 83C Exeter | 83D Plymouth Laira | ||||||
84B Oxley | 84C Banbury | 84D Leamington Spa | 84E Tyseley | 84F Stourbridge Jct. | 85A Worcester | ||||||
86A Newport Ebbw J | 86E Severn Tunnel J | ||||||||||
Sunday 23 July 1961 | 84E | total: | 48 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | BR 4MT 4-6-0 | 51xx 2-6-2T | 28xx 2-8-0 | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
3625 | 84E | 75000 | 81F | 4105 | 84E | 3814 | 81F | 4910 | 81E Blaisdon Hall | ||
3660 | 84E | 75003 | 84E | 4111 | 84E | 3819 | 82D | 4997 | 84B Elton Hall | ||
3673 | 84E | 75006 | 84E | 4126 | 84E | 3831 | 84E | 5930 | 84F Hannington Hall | ||
4648 | 84E | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | 4155 | 84E | 3839 | 84E | 6906 | 84C Chicheley Hall | |||
8700 | 84E | 42566 | 84D | 61xx 2-6-2T | WD 2-8-0 | 6911 | 84C Holker Hall | ||||
8713 | 84E | cl 4F 0-6-0 | 6101 | 84E | 90676 | 86A | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | ||||
9753 | 84E | 44436 | 17B | 6116 | 84E | 43xx 2-6-0 | 7918 | 84E Rhose Wood Hall | |||
9778 | 88A wks | 0-6-0 diesels | 81xx 2-6-2T | 6379 | 81D | 7924 | 83B Thornycroft Hall | ||||
9798 | 84E | D3029 | D3965 | 8100 | 84D | 56xx 0-6-2T | Grange 4-6-0 | ||||
74xx 0-6-0PT | D3950 | D3966 | 8109 | 84E | 5658 | 84E | 6835 | 82B Eastham Grange | |||
7424 | 84E | D3951 | D3968 | Castle 4-6-0 | 6877 | 85A Llanfair Grange | |||||
7426 | 84E | D3952 | 5098 | 83D Clifford Castle | |||||||
Shed Codes | 17B Burton-on-Trent | 81D Reading | 81E Didcot | 81F Oxford | 82B St. Philip's Marsh | ||||||
82D Westbury | 83B Taunton | 83D Plymouth Laira | 84B Oxley | 84C Banbury | 84D Leamington Spa | ||||||
84E Tyseley | 84F Stourbridge Jct. | 85A Worcester | 86A Newport Ebbw J | 88A Cardiff Canton | |||||||
Sunday 3 September 1961 | 84E | 3.18pm - 3.35pm | total: | 52 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | BR 4MT 4-6-0 | 51xx 2-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
3625 | 84E | 75003 | 84E | 4112 | 84D | 5658 | 84E | 4931 | 88A Hanbury Hall | ||
4648 | 84E | 75024 | 84E | 4125 | 84E | 6631 | 84E | 4942 | 82B Maindy Hall | ||
8713 | 84E | 75029 | 84E | 4126 | 84E | 6668 | 84E | 4957 | 82D Postlip Hall | ||
9724 | 84E | 43xx 2-6-0 | 4167 | 84E | 28xx 2-8-0 | 5904 | 82B Kelham Hall | ||||
9753 | 84E | 5330 | 86G | 5174 | 84E | 2818 | 86A | 5927 | 84E Guild Hall | ||
9798 | 84E | 6362 | 88J | 61xx 2-6-2T | 2854 | 86E | 5944 | 84F Ickenham Hall | |||
74xx 0-6-0PT | 6387 | 85A | 6101 | 84E | 72xx 2-8-2T | 5959 | 84E Mawley Hall | ||||
7424 | 84E | 7313 | 89B wks | 6116 | 84E | 7218 | 84B | 5983 | 84A Henley Hall wks | ||
7426 | 84E | 7331 | 81D W | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | WD 2-8-0 | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | |||||
King 4-6-0 | 42566 | 84D wks | 90323 | 86A | 6971 | 84E Athelhampton Hall | |||||
6006 | 84A King George I wks | cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F) | 0-6-0 diesels | 6975 | 84B Capesthorne Hall | ||||||
Grange 4-6-0 | 42903 | 21A | D3951 | D3966 | 6980 | 84B Llanrumney Hall | |||||
6855 | 84E Saighton Grange | D3957 | D3974 | 7908 | 84E Henshall Hall | ||||||
D3958 | Manor 4-6-0 | ||||||||||
W - withdrawn | wks - under repair in the workshops | 7808 | 84E Cookham Manor | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 21A Saltley | 81D Reading | 82B St. Philip's Marsh | 82D Westbury | 84A Stafford Road | ||||||
84B Oxley | 84D Leamington Spa | 84E Tyseley | 84F Stourbridge Jct. | 85A Worcester | 86A Newport Ebbw J | ||||||
86E Severn Tunnel J | 86G Pontypool Road | 88A Cardiff Canton | 88J Aberdare | 89B Croes Newydd | |||||||
Stourbridge Junction | Allocation 1961 | ||||||||||
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 | BR - British Railways | WD - War Department | |||||||||
Sunday 23 July 1961 | 84F | total: | 70 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 51xx 2-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | County 4-6-0 | ||||||||
3605 | 84F | 9624 | 84F | 4110 | 84F | 6609 | 84F | 1009 | 82B County of Carmarthen | ||
3745 | 84F | 9719 | 84F | 4140 | 84F | 6644 | 84F | Hall 4-6-0 | |||
4602 | 84F | 9733 | 84F | 4161 | 84F | 6646 | 84F | 5912 | 84F Queen's Hall | ||
4646 | 84F | 9782 | 84F | 4168 | 84F | 6663 | 84F | 5996 | 84B Mytton Hall | ||
4687 | 84F | 74xx 0-6-0PT | 4173 | 84F | 6664 | 88J | 6904 | 84F Charfield Hall | |||
4696 | 84F | 7430 | 84F | 5187 | 84F | 6667 | 84F | 6939 | 88A Calveley Hall | ||
7762 | 84F | 7432 | 84F | 5190 | 84F | 6678 | 84F | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | |||
7772 | 84F | 7435 | 84F | 28xx 2-8-0 | 6683 | 84F | 6960 | 81D Raveningham Hall | |||
8742 | 84F | 7441 | 84F | 2857 | 86A | 6692 | 84F | 7905 | 84C Fowey Hall | ||
8792 | 84F | 7449 | 84F | 3811 | 87F | cl 8F 2-8-0 | 0-6-0 diesels | ||||
8797 | 84F | WD 2-8-0 | 3825 | 84F | 48402 | 84F | D3004 | D3113 | D3192 | D3982 | |
9613 | 84F | 90268 | 84C | 3826 | 86G | 48415 | 84F | D3025 | D3115 | D3980 | D3988 |
9614 | 84E | 90313 | 84C | 3830 | 86A | 48430 | 84F | D3112 | D3116 | D3981 | D3996 |
Manor 4-6-0 | 43xx 2-6-0 | 48460 | 84F | ||||||||
7824 | 84F Ilford Manor | 5369 | 82B | ||||||||
Shed Codes | 81D Reading | 82B St. Philip's Marsh | 84C Banbury | 84E Tyseley | 84F Stourbridge Jct | ||||||
86A Newport Ebbw J. | 86G Pontypool Road | 87F Llanelly | 88A Cardiff Canton | 88J Aberdare | |||||||
Sunday 3 September 1961 | 84F | 1.10pm - 1.30pm | total: | 67 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 74xx 0-6-0PT | 51xx 2-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
3605 | 84F | 7430 | 84F | 4104 | 84F | 6604 | 84F | 4923 | 84A Evenley Hall | ||
3745 | 84F | 7435 | 84F | 4120 | 84H | 6609 | 84F | 5912 | 84F Queen's Hall | ||
4602 | 84F | 7441 | 84F | 4140 | 84F | 6633 | 88B R | 6904 | 84F Charfield Hall | ||
4696 | 84F | 7449 | 84F | 4161 | 84F | 6644 | 84F R | 6956 | 84F Mottram Hall | ||
7762 | 84F | 28xx 2-8-0 | 4168 | 84F | 6646 | 84F | Castle 4-6-0 | ||||
7772 | 84F | 2807 | 86E | 4173 | 84F | 6667 | 84F | 5002 | 82C Ludlow Castle R | ||
8742 | 84F | 2857 | 86A | 5187 | 84F | 6678 | 84F | 5045 | 84A Earl of Dudley | ||
8792 | 84F | 2896 | 86E | 5190 | 84F | 6683 | 84F | Manor 4-6-0 | |||
8797 | 84F | 3825 | 84F | cl 8F 2-8-0 | 6692 | 84F | 7824 | 84F Ilford Manor | |||
9614 | 84F | 3826 | 86G | 48424 | 84F | 43xx 2-6-0 | 0-6-0 diesels | ||||
9733 | 84F | 3854 | 86G | 48459 | 84F | 6319 | 82B | D3025 | D3116 | D3981 | D3995 |
9782 | 84F | WD 2-8-0 | 48460 | 84F | 6356 | 82B | D3029 | D3192 | D3982 | D3996 | |
90565 | 84C | BR 9F 2-10-0 | 7308 | 86E | D3112 | D3980 | D3988 | D3997 | |||
90572 | 88A | 92005 | 86A | R - Repair Shop | |||||||
Shed Codes | 82B St. Philip's Marsh | 82C Swindon | 84A Stafford Road | 84C Banbury | 84F Stourbridge Jct | ||||||
84H Wellington (Salop) | 86A Newport Ebbw J | 86E Severn Tunnel J | 86G Pontypool Road | 88A Cardiff Canton | 88B Cardiff Radyr | ||||||
Leamington Spa | Allocation 1961 | ||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1906 | prior to Feb 1950 | LMTN | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 4TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Jun-65 | Feb 1950 - Aug 1963 | 84D | ||||||
location: | East of the line, south of Leamington Spa station. | Sep 1963 - Jun 1965 | 2L | ||||||||
Abbreviations | I - Ivatt | St - Stanier | |||||||||
Sunday 26 March 1961 | 84D | total: | 20 | ||||||||
81xx 2-6-2T | 2251 0-6-0 | 51xx 2-6-2T | 57xx 0-6-0PT | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
8100 | 84D | 2267 | 84D | 4118 | 84D | 3619 | 84D | 5966 | 81F Ashford Hall | ||
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I) | cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | 4171 | 84D | 3631 | 84D | Castle 4-6-0 | |||||
41285 | 84D | 42566 | 84D | 5101 | 84D | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 5026 | 84A Criccieth Castle | |||
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St) | 0-6-0 diesels | 5177 | 84D | 7734 | SB | 5043 | 81A Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | ||||
40085 | 84D | D3966 | D3985 | 5184 | 84D | stationary boiler | 5063 | 84A Earl Baldwin | |||
5194 | 84D | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 81F Oxford | 84A Stafford Road | 84D Leamington Spa | ||||||||
Thursday 30 March 1961 | 84D | 2.20pm - 2.40pm | total: | 20 | |||||||
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St) | 51xx 2-6-2T | 2251 0-6-0 | 57xx 0-6-0PT | Castle 4-6-0 | |||||||
40085 | 84D | 4118 | 84D | 2267 | 84D | 3619 | 84D | 5043 | 81A Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | ||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | 4176 | 84D | 3217 | 84D | 3631 | 84D | Hall 4-6-0 | ||||
42566 | 84D | 5101 | 84D | 45xx 2-6-2T | 7734 | SB | 5966 | 81F Ashford Hall | |||
81xx 2-6-2T | 5177 | 84D | 5572 | 83E wks | stationary boiler | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | |||||
8100 | 84D | 5184 | 84D | cl 4F 0-6-0 | cl 8F 2-8-0 | 6975 | 84B Capesthorne Hall | ||||
5572 - possibly ex Wolverhampton Works | 44158 | 16A | 48167 | 18A | Manor 4-6-0 | ||||||
Shed Codes | 16A Nottingham | 18A Toton | 81A Old Oak Common | 7808 | 84E Cookham Manor | ||||||
81F Oxford | 83E St. Blazey | 84B Oxley | 84D Leamington Spa | 84E Tyseley | |||||||
Sunday 16 April 1961 | 84D | total: | 24 | ||||||||
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I) | 2251 0-6-0 | 51xx 2-6-2T | 57xx 0-6-0PT | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
41285 | 84D | 2267 | 84D | 4112 | 84D | 3619 | 84D | 5983 | 84A Henley Hall | ||
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St) | 3217 | 84C | 4118 | 84D | 3631 | 84D | Castle 4-6-0 | ||||
40085 | 84D | 43xx 2-6-0 | 4171 | 84D | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 5089 | 84A Westminster Abbey | ||||
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St) | 6309 | 82C | 5101 | 84D | 7734 | SB | 5093 | 81A Upton Castle | |||
42566 | 84D | cl 8F 2-8-0 | 5177 | 84D | stationary boiler | King 4-6-0 | |||||
48508 | 41D | 5184 | 84D | 0-6-0 diesels | 6020 | 84A King Henry IV | |||||
48661 | 18A | 5194 | 84D | D3974 | D3984 | ||||||
Shed Codes | 18A Toton | 41D Canklow | 81A Old Oak Common | 82C Swindon | 84A Stafford Road | ||||||
84C Banbury | 84D Leamington Spa | ||||||||||
Sunday 30 July 1961 | 84D | total: | 17 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 2251 0-6-0 | 51xx 2-6-2T | 81xx 2-6-2T | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
3631 | 84D | 2257 | 84D | 4112 | 84D | 8100 | 84D | 4930 | 83C Hagley Hall | ||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 2267 | 84D | 4118 | 84D | 56xx 0-6-2T | Castle 4-6-0 | |||||
7734 | SB | 3217 | 84C | 4171 | 84D | 6618 | 84E | 5047 | 84A Earl of Dartmouth | ||
stationary boiler | cl 4F 0-6-0 | 4176 | 84D | cl 8F 2-8-0 | 5063 | 84A Earl Baldwin | |||||
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I) | 44272 | 85C | 5101 | 84D | 48410 | 81A | Manor 4-6-0 | ||||
41285 | 84D | 5184 | 84D | 0-6-0 diesels | 7806 | 84F Cockington Manor | |||||
D3957 | D3985 | ||||||||||
Shed Codes | 81A Old Oak Common | 83C Exeter | 84A Stafford Road | 84C Banbury | 84D Leamington Spa | ||||||
84F Stourbridge Jct. | 85C Gloucester Bwd | ||||||||||
Sunday 3 September 1961 | 84D | 5.55am - 6.10am | total: | 21 | |||||||
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I) | 2251 0-6-0 | 51xx 2-6-2T | 57xx 0-6-0PT | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
41285 | 84D | 2267 | 84D | 4105 | 84E | 3631 | 84D | 6931 | 84A Aldborough Hall | ||
81xx 2-6-2T | 3217 | 84C | 4118 | 84D | 57xx 0-6-0PT | Castle 4-6-0 | |||||
8100 | 84D | cl 6P5F 2-6-0 (St) | 4171 | 84D | 7734 | SB | 5046 | 84A Earl Cawdor | |||
56xx 0-6-2T | 42975 | 2B | 4176 | 84D | stationary boiler | Manor 4-6-0 | |||||
6618 | 84D | cl 8F 2-8-0 | 5101 | 84D | cl 3F 0-6-0T | 7806 | 84F Cockington Manor | ||||
48183 | 21A | 5184 | 84D | 47539 | 85C | 0-6-0 diesel | |||||
48440 | 2E | D3968 | |||||||||
Shed Codes | 2B Nuneaton | 2E Northampton | 21A Saltley | 84A Stafford Road | 84C Banbury | ||||||
84D Leamington Spa | 84E Tyseley | 84F Stourbridge Jct. | 85C Gloucester Bwd |
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.