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.

21C Bushbury - Allocation 1961

21C - Allocation 1961
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Bushbury
42582cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
42659cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
44829cl 5MT 4-6-021C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
45015cl 5MT 4-6-021C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C8A8A
45071cl 5MT 4-6-021C21C21C21C21C21E21E21E21E8C8C8C
45308cl 5MT 4-6-021C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
45310cl 5MT 4-6-021C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
45405cl 5MT 4-6-021C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
45439cl 5MT 4-6-021C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
45527Patriot 4-6-08A8A21C21C6J6G6G6G6J6J6J6J
Southport
46114Royal Scot 4-6-01A1A21C21C21C6G6G6G6J6J6J6J
Coldstream Guardsman
46161Royal Scot 4-6-024K24K21C21C21C21A21A21A21A21A21A21A
King's Own
46167Royal Scot 4-6-012B12B21C21C21C24K24K24K8F8F8F8F
The Hertfordshire Regiment
48950cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21CW
49070cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
49240cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
49452cl 7F 0-8-0 G221C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
58124cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
58128cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
58148cl 2F 0-6-0 (J)21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C21C
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Shed Codes1A Willesden6G Llandudno Jct.6J Holyhead8A Edge Hill
8C Speke Junction8F Springs Branch21A Saltley21C Bushbury
21E Monument Lane24K Preston

 

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