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.

34A Kings Cross - Allocation in 1962

34A Allocation 1962
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Kings Cross
60003A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34AW
Andrew K. McCosh
60006A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Sir Ralph Wedgwood
60007A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Sir Nigel Gresley
60008A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Dwight D. Eisenhower
60010A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Dominion of Canada
60013A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Dominion of New Zealand
60014A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34AW
Silver Link
60015A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Quicksilver
60017A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Silver Fox
60021A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Wild Swan
60022A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Mallard
60025A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Falcon
60026A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Miles Beevor
60028A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34AW
Walter K. Whigham
60029A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Woodcock
60030A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34AW
Golden Fleece
60032A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Gannet
60033A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34AW
Seagull
60034A4 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Lord Farringdon
60039A3 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Sandwich
60044A3 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Melton
60059A3 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34AW
Tracery
60061A3 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Pretty Polly
60063A3 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Isinglass
60066A3 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Merry Hampton
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Ladas
60103A3 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Flying Scotsman
60107A3 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Royal Lancer
60109A3 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34AW
Hermit
60110A3 4-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
Robert the Devil
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Green Arrow
60814V2 2-6-234A34A34A34A34A34F34F34F34F34F34F34F
60854V2 2-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
60862V2 2-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
60871V2 2-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
60902V2 2-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
60903V2 2-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
60950V2 2-6-234A34A34A34A34A34F34F34F34F34F34F34E
60983V2 2-6-234A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
61075B1 4-6-034E34E34E34E34E34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
61179B1 4-6-034A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
61200B1 4-6-034A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34AW
61364B1 4-6-034A34A34A34A34A34E34E34EWWWW
61393B1 4-6-034A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
61394B1 4-6-034A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A34A
61756K2 2-6-0 (GNR)34A34A34A34A34AWWWWWWW
61912K3 2-6-0 (GNR)40A40A40A34A34A34A34A34AWWWW
67770L1 2-6-4T34A34A34A40E40E40E40E40E40E40E40EW
67779L1 2-6-4T34A34A34A34A40E40E40E40E40E40E40EW
67786L1 2-6-4T34A34A34A40E40E40E40E40E40E40E40EW
67793L1 2-6-4T34A34A34A34A40E40E40E40EWWWW
67797L1 2-6-4T34A34A34A34A40E40E40E40EWWWW
67800L1 2-6-4T34A34A34A40E40E40E40E40E40E40E40EW
69523N2 0-6-2T (GNR)34A34A34A34A34E34E34E34EWWWW
69535N2 0-6-2T (GNR)34A34A34A34A34E34E34E34EWWWW
69538N2 0-6-2T (GNR)34A34A34A34A34E34E34E34EWWWW
69568N2 0-6-2T (GNR)34A34A34A34A34E34E34E34EWWWW
69593N2 0-6-2T (GNR)34A34A34A34A34E34E34E34EWWWW
Total565656544643434241414132
AbbreviationsI - IvattGNR - Great Northern Railway
W - withdrawn
Shed Codes34A - Kings Cross34E - New England34F - Grantham
40A - Lincoln40E - Colwick

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