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.

63B Fort William & 63C Oban - Allocations 1961

63B 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
Fort William
44255cl 4F 0-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
44972cl 5MT 4-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B66A
44973cl 5MT 4-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B66A
44974cl 5MT 4-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B66A
44975cl 5MT 4-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
44976cl 5MT 4-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
44977cl 5MT 4-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
61352B1 4-6-061A61A61A61A61A63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
61784K2 2-6-0 (GNR)63B63B63BWWWWWWWWW
61997K1/1 2-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63BWWWWW
MacCailin Mor
62011K1 2-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
62012K1 2-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
62031K1 2-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
62034K1 2-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
62052K1 2-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
65300J36 0-6-0 (NBR)63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
65313J36 0-6-0 (NBR)63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
76001BR cl 4MT 2-6-063B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B63B
Totals171717161617171616161613
AbbreviationsNBR - North British RailwayGNR - Great Northern Railway
BR - British RailwaysW - withdrawn
shed codes61A - Kittybrewster63B - Fort William66A - Polmadie
63C 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
Oban
46460cl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)61C61C61C61C61C61C61B63C63C63C63C63C
46468cl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)31A31A31A63C63A63A63C63C63C63C63C63C
55124cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)63A63A63C63C63C63C63C63A64CWWW
55126cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)63C63C63C63C63CWWWWWWW
55173cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)63A63A63A63A63A63A63A63C63C63C63C63C
55204cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)63A63A63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C
55207cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)66C66C63C63C63C63C63C63CWWWW
55208cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63CWWW
55215cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C
55220cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63CWWW
55224cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63CWWW
55230cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63CWWWW
55233cl 2P 0-4-4T (M)64C64C63C63C63C63C63C63C63A63A63A63A
55237cl 2P 0-4-4T (Pick)63C63C63C63C63C63CWWWWWW
55260cl 2P 0-4-4T (Pick)63A63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C
55263cl 2P 0-4-4T (Pick)63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63CWW
57571cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C66A66A66A
57587cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)60C60C60C60C60C60C60C60C63C63C63C63C
57635cl 3F 0-6-0 (M)63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C
57667cl 3F 0-6-0 (Pick)63C63C63C63C63C63C63C63C66A66A66A66A
Totals111216171615151613988
AbbreviationsI - IvattM - MacIntoshPick - PickersgillW - withdrawn
shed codes31A - Cambridge60A - Inverness60C - Helmsdale
61B - Aberdeen Ferryhill61C - Keith63A - Perth South
63C - Oban64C - Dalry Road66A - Polmadie
66C - Hamilton

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