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.

Saturday, 2 August 2025

Shed Profile - Leicester Midland & Market Harborough - 1962

15CLeicester MidlandAllocation 1962
Pre Grouping Ownership - Midland Railwayopened:1840*Sep 1935 - Aug 196315C
type:A concrete-built polygonal roundhouse.closed:Jun-66Sep 1963 - June 196615A
location:On the east side of the line, north of Leicester Midland station*Completely rebuilt in 1945
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesI - IvattJ - Johnson
St - StanierBR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 14 January 196215Ctotal:69
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)Jubilee 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4127915C428521A4561117B Hong Kong4415815C9205518A
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4289616Acl 5MT 4-6-0BR 4MT 4-6-04418215C9210115C
4208815Ccl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)4466715C7504015C4433417C9210415C
4223021A4304815B4469015C7504115C4440315C9210815C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)4309041E4481115C7504215C4441415C9211115C
4235515Ccl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)4481515C7504315C4446515A9211215C
4241721A4640315B4484315C7505615Ccl 8F 2-8-09211915C
cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)BR 2MT 2-6-04484815C7505715C4800216A9212815C
4327715C W7802016A451911A7505915C4807915B9213018A
0-6-0 dieselscl 4F 0-6-0 (F)4526215C7506015C4816815BPeak T4 diesel
D3786D37894393715C4526415C7506216A4827118AD92D134
D3787D37914396915C4533315CWD 2-8-04839641DD95D142
D37884397715Ccl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)9049836A484222ED133
4401315C4054315C W
Shed Codes1A Willesden2B Nuneaton2E Northampton15A Wellingborough15B Kettering
15C Leicester Midland16A Nottingham17B Burton-on-Trent17C Rowsley18A Toton21A Saltley
36A Doncaster41D Canklow41E Staveley Barrow Hill
Sunday 4 February 196215Ctotal:55
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4127915C4403015C4560555A Cyprus457351A Comet9210115C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4418215CRoyal Scot 4-6-09210215C
4208815C4418521A4613221A The King's Regiment, Liverpool9211215C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)4423115CBR 4MT 4-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)9212015C
4235215C4424541D7504115C4469015C428121A9212115C
4236115C4427915D7504215C4481115Ccl 4F 0-6-0 (F)9212215C
BR 2MT 2-6-2T4433655E7504415C4481515C4397715C9212815C
8402715A4451915C7505715C4484815C4399515A9216415B
0-6-0 diesels4452131B7505815C4494521A4401315CPeak T4 diesels
D3786D37894453015C7505915C4526215Ccl 8F 2-8-0D106D142
D3787D3790cl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)7506216A4526415C4821641D
D3788D37914054315C W4835615B
Shed Codes1A Willesden2B Nuneaton15A Wellingborough15B Kettering15C Leicester Midland
15D Coalville16A Nottingham21A Saltley31B March41D Canklow55A Leeds Holbeck
55E Normanton
Sunday 18 March 196215Ctotal:62
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4122515C428521A4403015C4560855A Gibralter9202015A
4127915C428701A4403415CRoyal Scot 4-6-09210115C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)4415815C4610321A Royal Scots Fusilier9210915C
420622A4304921A4418215Ccl 5MT 4-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-09211015C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)cl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)4423318B4466715C7314217C9211115C
4235215C4054315C W4441415C4481221ABR 4MT 4-6-09211215C
4236115Ccl 4F 0-6-0 (F)4451915C4481421A7504015C9211915C
Peak T4 diesel4393715CB1 4-6-04481515C7504115C9212015C
D1424401315C611872F4484315C7504415C9212115C
0-6-0 diesels4402015Acl 8F 2-8-04488412A7505515C9212215C
D3786D37900-4-0 diesel480742B4494114A7505715C9212315C
D3787D3791D29084818518A4526415C7506015C9212715A
D37894821641D4533315C7506115C
453758C
Shed Codes1A Willesden2A Rugby2B Nuneaton2F Woodford Halse8C Speke Junction
12A Carlisle Kingmoor14A Cricklewood15A Wellingborough15C Leicester Midland17C Rowsley18A Toton
18B Westhouses21A Saltley41D Canklow55A Leeds Holbeck
Sunday 13 May 196215Ctotal:53
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4122515C4395121A4403015C4564817B Hawkins9210915C
4127915C4396915C4403415Ccl 5MT 4-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-09211115C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)4401315C4415815C4481115C7313617C9211215C
4233115C4402015A4423115C4481515C7314217C9211915C
4236115CPeak T4 diesels443532E4482655ABR 4MT 4-6-09212315C
Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)D42D1214440315C4484315C7504015C9212815C
4279855AD85D1424441415C4523512B7505715Ccl 8F 2-8-0
Crab 2-6-0 (St)0-6-0 diesels4451915C4533315C7505815C4812355D
429495BD3787D37904453015CB1 4-6-07505915C4814114A
D3788D37916125231B7506015C4819718A
D37897506115C4875018B
Shed Codes2E Northampton5B Crewe South12B Carlisle Upperby14A Cricklewood15A Wellingborough
15C Leicester Midland17B Burton-on-Trent17C Rowsley18A Toton18B Westhouses21A Saltley
31B March55A Leeds Holbeck55D Royston
Sunday 3 June 196215Ctotal:50
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 4F 0-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4122815C4270426A4403015C4563617B Uganda9210115C
4127915CCrab 2-6-0 (St)4415615A4573726A Atlas9212015C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)429495B4415815Ccl 5MT 4-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-09212115C
4233115Ccl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)4418215C4465921A7313715C9212315C
4233315C4311914A4423115C4481115CBR 4MT 4-6-09212815C
4233815CBR 4MT 2-6-04427815A451911A7504115Ccl 8F 2-8-0
4236115C7603031B4427915D4527917A7504215C4811618C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)443642E0-6-0 diesels7505515C4820418A
425772A4396915C4440315CD3786D3790Peak T4 diesels4827118A
4401315C4441317CD3787D3791D 44D 1354837716A
D3788D 46
Shed Codes1A Willesden2A Rugby2E Northampton5B Crewe South14A Cricklewood
15A Wellingborough15C Leicester Midland15D Coalville17B Burton-on-Trent17C Rowsley18A Toton
18C Hasland21A Saltley26A Newton Heath31B March
Sunday 24 June 196215C7.10pm - 7.40pmtotal:56
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4127115C4403015C4558955A Gwalior4828515B9211015C
4127915C4403415Ccl 5MT 4-6-0BR 4MT 4-6-0483052E9211115C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)4415815C4481021A7504015C4833921A9211915C
4233115C4424816A4481515C7504115C484081E9212015C
4233315C4440315C4484315C7504315C4869915A9212315C
4233415C4441415C4508821A7504415Ccl 4F 0-6-0 (F)9212615A
4236115C4453015C4512212A7505915C4396915C9212815C
4238887D4453915D4533315C0-6-0 diesels4397715C9215521A
cl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)BR 5MT 4-6-0D3786D37894401315CPeak T4 diesels
4640315B430222B7300017AD3787D3790D43D46
4640415B7314417CD3788D3791
Shed Codes1E Bletchley2B Nuneaton2E Northampton12A Carlisle Kingmoor15A Wellingborough
15B Kettering15C Leicester Midland15D Coalville16A Nottingham17A Derby17C Rowsley
21A Saltley55A Leeds Holbeck87D Swansea east Dock
Sunday 12 August 196215Ctotal:67
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 5MT 4-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4122815C4469114E455955A Southern Rhodesia4403415C9207018B
4127115C4473426A4569124E Orion4408515D9210115C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)4481021ARoyal Scot 4-6-04411315D9210915C
4233115C4481915E4611755A Welsh Guardsman4416521A9211915C
4233315C448312ABR 5MT 4-6-0B1 4-6-04418215C9212015C
4233815C4483917A7307441D6105231B4427915D9212315C
cl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)4484614B7314017C6105431B4440315C9212515B
4644415B4494521ABR 4MT 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)4441415CBR T2 diesel
cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)4520326A7504015C4395416A4451915CD5136
4312221A4526415C7504215C4396915C4453015C0-6-0 diesels
cl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)4533315C7505515C4398815Ccl 8F 2-8-0D3787D3790
4282616A453806J7505715C4401315C4805315DD3788D3791
V2 2-6-2Peak T4 diesels7506115C4402015A483188AD3789
6095450AD50D98WD 2-8-0
D679063440E
Shed Codes2A Rugby5A Crewe North6J Holyhead8A Edge Hill14B Kentish Town
14E Bedford15A Wellingborough15B Kettering15C Leicester Midland15D Coalville15E Leicester Central
16A Nottingham17A Derby17C Rowsley18B Westhouses21A Saltley24E Blackpool
26A Newton Heath31B March40E Colwick41D Canklow50A York55A Leeds Holbeck
Monday 20 August 196215Ctotal:46
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 5MT 4-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4122815C4466715C4568582E Barfleur4822118A9210115C
4127115C446866GRoyal Scot 4-6-04833084F9210215C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)4477717A4613055A West Yorkshire Regiment4838015B9212215C
4233415C448405A461655A The Ranger (12th London)4851541D9212315C
cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)4494521ABritannia 4-6-24860715BBR 4MT 4-6-0
4301321A4526714B7000731B Coeur-de-Lion4863518A7504015C
cl 2MT 2-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0WD 2-8-07504215C
4640315B7301641D4398815C4418421A9055440E7504415C
4640415B7314117C4401315C4423115C0-6-0 diesels7505515C
4644415BPeak T4 diesels4451915CD3786D37907506015C
D44D1614453015CD3788
Shed Codes5A Crewe North6G Llandudno Jct.14B Kentish Town15B Kettering15C Leicester Midland
17A Derby17C Rowsley18A Toton21A Saltley31B March40E Colwick
41D Canklow55A Leeds Holbeck82E Bristol Barrow Road84F Stourbridge Junction
Sunday 7 October 196215Ctotal:50
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)Jubilee 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4122515C4233115C W456388B Zanzibar4801015A9202015A
4122815C4233315Ccl 5MT 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-04808218A9205415C
4127915C4233415C4481115C4403415C4844216B9211215C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4233815C4484315C4418215C4845455A9211915C
4208715C4235515C4533315C4440855E485311APeak T4 diesels
4217415C4236115C4541021B4451915C4867516AD49D136
cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)0-6-0 dieselsB1 4-6-04453015Ccl 4F 0-6-0 (F)D80D160
4312015AD3786D37896120531B4396915CD91D182
D3787D3790BR 4MT 4-6-04397715CD120
D3788D37917505715C4401315C
Shed Codes1A Willesden2B Nuneaton8B Warrington15A Wellingborough15C Leicester Midland
16A Nottingham16B Kirkby-in-Ashford18A Toton21B Bescot31B March55A Leeds Holbeck
55E Normanton
Sunday 28 October 196215Ctotal:49
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)Jubilee 4-6-0cl 4F 0-6-0BR 9F 2-10-0
4122415A4233115C4567555A Hardy4418215C9208521A
4127115C4233415Ccl 5MT 4-6-0BR 5MT 4-6-04421821A9210315C
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)4233815C4477717B7313517C4440315C9210615B
4217415C4233917A4481115C7314217C4453015C9210915C
4218415C4235515C4481515C7317055Dcl 4F 0-6-0 (F)9211115C
4227915C4236115C451111Acl 8F 2-8-04394715B9212215C
0-6-0 dieselscl 2F 0-6-0 (J)4526415C4813316A4396915CPeak T4 diesels
D3786D37895813815D4526921A483601E4397715CD44D162
D3787D37904836218A4398815CD158
D3788D37914864718A
Shed Codes1A Willesden1E Bletchley2B Nuneaton15A Wellingborough15B Kettering
15C Leicester Midland15D Coalville16A Nottingham17A Derby17B Burton-on-Trent17C Rowsley
18A Toton21A Saltley55A Leeds Holbeck55D Royston
Sunday 4 November 196215Ctotal:49
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)cl 4F 0-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)
4122515C4218415C4403015C4557517B Madras5813815D
4122815C4227915C4411315Dcl 5MT 4-6-0BR 9F 2-10-0Peak T4 diesels
4127115Ccl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)4423115C4481515C9202921AD25D136
cl 4MT 2-6-4T (F)4311815A4440315C4484315C9208415AD46D159
4233115Ccl 4F 0-6-0 (F)4453015C4486116A9210915CD62D160
4233415C4387615D4459917B4526921A9211915CD89
4233815C4396915Ccl 8F 2-8-0453051A9212015C0-6-0 diesels
4235515C4398815C4817941DB1 4-6-09212115CD3786D3790
4236115C4401315C484451A6109531B9212215CD3787D3791
Shed Codes1A Willesden15A Wellingborough15C Leicester Midland15D Coalville16A Nottingham
17B Burton-on-Trent21A Saltley31B March41D Canklow
subshedMarket Harborough
Pre Grouping Ownership - London & North Western RailwaySep 1935 - Sep 1955Rugby subshed
type:A brick-built 2TS through-road shed.Oct 1955 - Jan 19582F
location:On the west side of the line, at the north end of the station.Feb 1958 - Sep 196015F
opened:1864closed:Oct-65Oct 1960 - Oct 1965Leicester subshed
AbbreviationsF - FowlerFb - FairburnH - HughesI - IvattJ - Johnson
St - StanierBR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
Sunday 14 January 196215C subshedtotal:10
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
4127115C4403415C450562A4835615B486321A9010340E
4453015C453218B483681A9062940E
Shed Codes1A Willesden2A Rugby8B Warrington15B Kettering15C Leicester Midland
40E Colwick
Sunday 18 March 196215C subshedtotal:10
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 4F 0-6-0cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
4397715C4423115C448602A4530821C4800815B4837615B
442328B448702A482582B487362E
Shed Codes2A Rugby2B Nuneaton2E Northampton8B Warrington15B Kettering
15C Leicester Midland21C Bushbury
Sunday 13 May 196215C subshedtotal:11
cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)cl 5MT 4-6-0Jubilee 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0
4127115C4397715C448332A457222A Defence4801015A
cl 4F 0-6-0453548BWD 2-8-04828515B
4418215C9010340E485181A
Shed Codes1A Willesden1E Bletchley2A Rugby8B Warrington485491E
15A Wellingborough15B Kettering15C Leicester Midland40E Colwick
Sunday 3 June 196215C subshedtotal:11
Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)cl 5MT 4-6-0cl 8F 2-8-0WD 2-8-0
4290021A450562A481711A484271E486491A9008440E
cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)451132A4838015B486241A4869015B
4397715C483982B
Shed Codes1A Willesden1E Bletchley2A Rugby2B Nuneaton15B Kettering
15C Leicester Midland21A Saltley40E Colwick
See also:
Leicester Midland & Market Harborough in 1961 - updated, July 2025.


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