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.

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Shed Profile - Retford in 1961

On the Great Central line at Retford on 6th September 1962, three coupled locomotives cross the ECML and return from Worksop sidings to the GC shed. The ex-GN ECML station is off to the right past Retford South Box, which handled this busy flat crossing - replaced in 1965 by an underpass. In the foreground is the sharp curve of the lines connecting the station with the ex-GC line towards Gainsborough, Lincoln, Grimsby etc. The engines are: B1 No. 61212, O1 2-8-0 No. 63773 and O4/3 No. 63637.  photo: Ben Brooksbank Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0


36ERetfordAllocation 1961
Note: Retford Great Northern and Great Central sheds shared the same allocation and shed code.
Great Northern shed
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Northern Railwayopened:1875Sep 1935 - Jan 1950RET
type:A brick-built 4TS dead-ended shed.closed:Jun-65Feb 1950 - Jun 196536E
location:On the west side of Retford Great Northern station.
Great Central shed
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Central Railwayopened:1849
type:A brick 3TS shed with two through roadsclosed:Jan-65
location:On the Gainsborough line, east of the station.
Sunday 19 February 1961
Great Northern shed36Etotal:20
J69 0-6-0T (GER)B1 4-6-0V2 2-6-2J39 0-6-0O2 2-8-0 (GNR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)
6855636E6112036E6085736A6481036E6393736E6373036E
0-6-0 diesel6120836EJ6 0-6-0 (GNR)6490636E6397136EJ11 0-6-0 (GNR)
D36136121236E6423636E6490836E6397336E6432436E
6497036E6398036E
main-line traffic60151A1 4-6-252B Willbrookup passenger service
Great Central shed36Etotal:17
B1 4-6-0O4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)O4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)O2 2-8-0 (GNR)
6112636E6360836E6363736E6360236E6381836E6392436E
6121336E6373636E6376436E6365536E6391436E6393436E
O4/7 2-8-0 (GCR)6378236E6368836E6396936E
6382436E6397536E
Shed Codes36A Doncaster36E Retford52B Heaton
Saturday 6 May 1961
Great Northern shed36Etotal:15
J69 0-6-0T (GER)cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)B1 4-6-0O2 2-8-0 (GNR)O4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)O4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)
6862136E4315736E6112036E6392436E6360836E6378236E
J11 0-6-0 (GNR)K3 2-6-0 (GNR)6121236E6392736E0-6-0 diesel
6445036E6186640A6122536E6393436ED3613
6123136E6396436E
Great Central shed36Etotal:29
cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)J11 0-6-0 (GNR)O2 2-8-0 (GNR)O1 2-8-0 (GNR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)WD 2-8-0
4314240F6432436E6394936E6366341H6365536E9003236C
4315836E6435436E6395536E6377341H6366536E9010340E
J6 0-6-0 (GNR)6439536E6396136EO4/7 2-8-0 (GCR)6373036E9025334E
6417436E6488236E6396536E6363440B6378536E9066234E
6424536EO4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)6398336E6382436E6391436EO4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)
6376436E6398736E6376241H
Shed Codes34E New England36C Frodingham36E Retford40A Lincoln40B Immingham
40E Colwick40F Boston41H Staveley GC
Sunday 18 June 1961
Great Northern shed36E1.15pm - 1.25pmtotal:19
cl 4MT 2-6-0B1 4-6-0J11 0-6-0 (GCR)J94 0-6-0STO2 2-8-0 (GNR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)
4312736E6113536A6424536E6807536E6396136E6373036E
4315736E6120836E6439536EJ69 0-6-0T (GER)6398636EO4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)
0-6-0 diesels6121336EJ39 0-6-06855636E6376436E
D3613D3620V2 2-6-26481036E6862136E
D36166089334E
Great Central shed36E12.40pm - 12.55pmtotal:31
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)O2 2-8-0 (GNR)O4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)
6192131B6392636E6396536E6363736E6360236E6381836E
J11 0-6-0 (GCR)6392736E6397336E6366536C6364736E6391436E
6432436E6393436E6397636EO4/7 2-8-0 (GCR)6365536EJ6 0-6-0 (GNR)
6433236E6393736E6398036E6374836C6368836E6417436E
6435436E6393936E6398336E6382436E6378136C
6445036E6394536E6398736E6378536E
6396436E
Shed Codes31B March34E New England36A Doncaster36C Frodingham36E Retford
Sunday 24 September 1961
Great Northern shed36Etotal:20
B1 4-6-0A1 4-6-2O2 2-8-0 (GNR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)
6112036E6121336E60142*52B Edward Fletcher6390436E6378536E
6112636E6122536EJ6 0-6-0 (GNR)J94 0-6-0ST6392636E0-6-0 diesels
6120836Ecl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)6424536E6806736E6392736ED3613D3619
6121136E4315736E6807536E6394536ED3618
* loco was in the shed yard having failed on a down express.6394636E
Great Central shed36Etotal:31
cl 4MT 2-6-0J11 0-6-0 (GCR)O2 2-8-0 (GNR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)
4312736E6432436E6393436E6397636E6360236E6379836E
K3 2-6-0 (GNR6433236E6394236E6397936E6363736E6380736C
6195136A6435436E6395136EWD 2-8-06364736E6391436E
K1 2-6-06445036E6396436E9000336E6365536EO4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)
6201536EB1 4-6-06397236E9059836C6368836E6377136E
61006 *31B6397536E9071734E6373036EO4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)
* named: Blackbuck6123136E6377936E
Shed Codes31B March34E New England36A Doncaster36C Frodingham36E Retford
52B Heaton
Sunday 15 October 1961
Great Northern shed36Etotal:17
B1 4-6-0cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)O2 2-8-0 (GNR)O4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)
6112036E6122536E4315736E6394536E6366536C6360236E
6120836E6123136EK1 2-6-0WD 2-8-06379836E0-6-0 diesel
6121136EJ94 0-6-0ST6203736E9000336EO4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)D3619
6121336E6807536E6205436E6367736A
Great Central shed36Etotal:41
K1 2-6-0J11 0-6-0 (GCR)B1 4-6-0O2 2-8-0 (GNR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)
6201536E6432436E6112636E6392436E6398636E6364736E
6201936E6433236EWD 2-8-06392636EO4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)6365536E
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)6435436E9001336C6393736E6373636E6368836E
6181236A S6439536E9013336C6394236E6376241H6370436E
6186736A S6445036E9053736C6395136EO4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)6373036E
6195136A SJ6 0-6-0 (GNR)9061834E6396436E6376436E6373441A
cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)6424536EO1 2-8-0 (GNR)6396634E6377136E6381836E
4312736E6366341H6397536EO4/6 2-8-0 (GCR)6391436E
S - stored6397636E6390436E
Shed Codes34E New England36A Doncaster36C Frodingham36E Retford
41A Sheffield Darnall41H Staveley GC
Sunday 12 November 1961
Great Northern shed36Etotal:21
B1 4-6-0cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)O2 2-8-0 (GNR)
6112036E6121136E4315736E6424536E6372636E6392436E
6112636E6121236E0-6-0 dieselsJ11 0-6-0 (GCR)6373036E6393436E
6116441A6121336ED3616D36206432436EJ94 0-6-0STWD 2-8-0
6120836E6123136ED36186435436E6807536E9022436E
Great Central shed36Etotal:40
K1 2-6-0B1 4-6-0O2 2-8-0 (GNR)O4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)O4/7 2-8-0 (GCR)
6201536E6122536E6394636E6363736E6360236E6382436E
6204036Ecl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)6395136E6366536C6364736EWD 2-8-0
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)4312736E6395536E6376436E6365536E9010836C
6181236A SJ11 0-6-0 (GCR)6396436E6379836E6368836E9014634E
6186736A S6433236E6396536E6381836E6391436E9016934E
6194831B6439536E6397536EO4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)O4/6 2-8-0 (GCR)9017540B
6195136A S6445036E6397936E6369240B6390436E9029636A
6398436A6373636EO4/2 2-8-0 (GCR)9045636C
6369036C
Shed Codes31B March34E New England36A Doncaster36C Frodingham36E Retford
40B Immingham41A Sheffield Darnall
Sunday 26 November 1961
Great Northern shed36Etotal:21
cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)J6 0-6-0 (GNR)B1 4-6-0O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)WD 2-8-0
4312736E6424536E6112036E6121336E6391436E9022436E
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)J94 0-6-0ST6112636E6122536EO4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)O4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)
6188031B6806736E6120836EO2 2-8-0 (GNR)6363236E6363736E
V2 2-6-2O4/6 2-8-0 (GCR)6121136E6395536E6372736E0-6-0 diesel
6092434E6390836E6121236E6397236ED3613
Great Central shed36Etotal:40
K1 2-6-0B1 4-6-0O2 2-8-0 (GNR)O4/8 2-8-0 (GCR)O4/1 2-8-0 (GCR)
6201936E6112136E6392436E6397636E6360236E6365841A
6203736E6123136E6393436E6398036E6364736EO1 2-8-0 (GNR)
6204036EJ11 0-6-0 (GCR)6393936E6398336E6365536E6363041H
cl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)6433236E6395136E6398636E6368836EWD 2-8-0
4315736E6432436E6396136EO4/7 2-8-0 (GCR)6370436E9003540B
K3 2-6-0 (GNR)6435436E6396436E6382436E6372636E9010634E
6181236A S6439536E6396634EO4/3 2-8-0 (GCR)6373036E9024634E
6186736A S6445036E6396836A6366536C6378536E9044736A
6195136A S6397536E6376436E6381836E9052236A
Shed Codes31B March34E New England36A Doncaster36C Frodingham36E Retford
40B Immingham41A Sheffield Darnall41H Staveley GC
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