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.

72B Salisbury & 72C Yeovil Town - Allocations in 1962

 

72B (70E) Allocation 1962
Jan-62
Feb-62
Mar-62
Apr-62
May-62
Jun-62
Jul-62
Aug-62
Sep-62
Oct-62
Nov-62
Dec-62
Salisbury
462657xx 0-6-0PT72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
463057xx 0-6-0PT72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
30021M7 0-4-4T72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
30033M7 0-4-4T72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72BW
30034M7 0-4-4T83H83H83H83H83H83H83H83H70A72B72B70E
30241M7 0-4-4T70A70A70A70A70A70A70A70A70A72B72B70E
30309700 0-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72BW
30315700 0-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72BW
31404N 2-6-0 (SECR)72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
31408N 2-6-0 (SECR)72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
31813N 2-6-0 (SECR)72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70A
31814N 2-6-0 (SECR)72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
30451N15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72BWWWWWWW
Sir Lamorak
30796N15 4-6-072B72BWWWWWWWWWW
Sir Dodinas Le Savage
30798N15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72BWWWWWWW
Sir Hectimere
30823S15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
30824S15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
30825S15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
30826S15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72BWW
30827S15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
30828S15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
30829S15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
30830S15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
30831S15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
30832S15 4-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
34003WC 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Plymouth
34005WC 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Barnstaple
34026WC 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Yes Tor
34048WC 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Crediton
34049BB 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Anti-Aircraft Command
34051BB 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Winston Churchill
34052BB 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Lord Dowding
34054BB 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Lord Beaverbrook
34059BB 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Sir Archibald Sinclair
34067BB 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Tangmere
34068BB 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Kenley
34091WC 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Weymouth
34092WC 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
City of Wells
34099WC 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Lynmouth
35004MN 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Cunard White Star
35006MN 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co.
35007MN 4-6-272B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Aberdeen Commonwealth
76005BR 4MT 2-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
76007BR 4MT 2-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
76008BR 4MT 2-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
76017BR 4MT 2-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
76018BR 4MT 2-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
76053BR 4MT 2-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
76054BR 4MT 2-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
76055BR 4MT 2-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
76066BR 4MT 2-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
76067BR 4MT 2-6-072B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B72B70E
Totals505049494947474747494844
AbbreviationsBR - British RailwaysSECR - South East Coast Railway
W - withdrawn
Shed Codes72B - Salisbury became 70E in December 1962.
70A - Nine Elms83H - Plymouth Friary

72C Allocation 1962
Jan-62
Feb-62
Mar-62
Apr-62
May-62
Jun-62
Jul-62
Aug-62
Sep-62
Oct-62
Nov-62
Dec-62
Yeovil Town
367157xx 0-6-0PT72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
373357xx 0-6-0PT72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
463157xx 0-6-0PT73A73A73A73A73A73A72C72C72C72C72C72C
465657xx 0-6-0PT72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72CWW
874557xx 0-6-0PT72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
973257xx 0-6-0PT72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
976457xx 0-6-0PT72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
30052M7 0-4-4T70A70A70A70A70A70A70A70A70A72C72C72C
30129M7 0-4-4T72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
30131M7 0-4-4T72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72CWW
450745xx 2-6-2T72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
554845xx 2-6-2T72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
556345xx 2-6-2T72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
31614U 2-6-072C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
31632U 2-6-072C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
31637U 2-6-072C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
31792U 2-6-072C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
31798U 2-6-072C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
31802U 2-6-072C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
31805U 2-6-072C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C72C
Totals181818181818191919201818
AbbreviationsBR - British RailwaysSECR - South East Coast Railway
W - withdrawn
Shed Codes70A - Nine Elms73A - Stewart's Lane

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