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.

24E Blackpool & 24F Fleetwood - Allocations 1961

Allocation 1961
Jan-61
Feb-61
Mar-61
Apr-61
May-61
Jun-61
Jul-61
Aug-61
Sep-61
Oct-61
Nov-61
Dec-61
Blackpool
40072cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24D
40091cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24EWWW
40099cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24D24D24D24D24D24D24D
40103cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24EWWW
40109cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
40164cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24D
40166cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24EWWW
40174cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42148cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42153cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)24A24A24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42206cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42294cl 4MT 2-6-4T (Fb)24A24A24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42455cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42461cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42558cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)24D24D24D24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42559cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)24D24D24D24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42625cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42638cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42643cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)24A24A24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
42657cl 4MT 2-6-4T (St)24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44730cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44731cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44732cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44733cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44737cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44778cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44779cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44926cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44927cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44930cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44947cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
44950cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45077cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45078cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45200cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45201cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45227cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45318cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45377cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45415cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45436cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45442cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45464cl 5MT 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
45559Jubilee 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
British Columbia
45571Jubilee 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
South Africa
45574Jubilee 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
India
45580Jubilee 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
Burma
45584Jubilee 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
North West Frontier
45653Jubilee 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
Barham
45705Jubilee 4-6-024E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E24E
Seahorse
Totals454548505049494949464644
AbbreviationsFb - FairburnSt - StanierBR - British Railways
Shed Codes24A - Accrington24D - Lower Darwen24E - Blackpool

Allocation 1961
Jan-61
Feb-61
Mar-61
Apr-61
May-61
Jun-61
Jul-61
Aug-61
Sep-61
Oct-61
Nov-61
Dec-61
Fleetwood
41260cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)24F24F24F24F24F24F75A75A75A75A75A75A
41261cl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)24F24F24F24F24F24F75A75A75A75A75A75A
42707Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
42722Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
42765Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
42840Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
42841Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
42842Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
42843Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
42844Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
42867Crab 2-6-0 (H/F)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
44982cl 5MT 4-6-024F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
44988cl 5MT 4-6-024F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
45107cl 5MT 4-6-024F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
45206cl 5MT 4-6-024F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
45212cl 5MT 4-6-024F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
45226cl 5MT 4-6-024F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
47161cl 2F 0-6-0T (F)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
47165cl 2F 0-6-0T (F)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F26C26C
51419cl 2F 0-6-0ST (BW)24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24FWWWW
84010BR 2MT 2-6-2T24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
84011BR 2MT 2-6-2T24D24D24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
84012BR 2MT 2-6-2T24D24D24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
84016BR 2MT 2-6-2T24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
84017BR 2MT 2-6-2T24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
84018BR 2MT 2-6-2T24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F24F
Totals242426262626242423232222
AbbreviationsF - FowlerH - HughesI - Ivatt
BW - Barton-WrightBR - British RailwaysW - withdrawn
Shed Codes24D - Lower Darwen24F - Fleetwood26C - Bolton
75A - Brighton


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