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.

82C Swindon - Allocation in 1962

82C 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
Swindon
1006County 4-6-083D83D83D83D83D83D83D83D83D83D83D82C
County of Cornwall
1010County 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
County of Caernarvon
1012County 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
County of Denbigh
1019County 4-6-087H82C82C82C82C82C82C82C89A82B82B82B
County of Merioneth
1023County 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C89A89A89A89A
County of Oxford
1029County 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82CW
County of Worcester
13651361 0-6-0ST82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82CWW
162116xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
163016xx 0-6-0PT85B85B82C82C82C82C82C82C82C81F81F81F
165816xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
166416xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
22292251 0-6-082E82E82E82E82E82E82E82E82C82C82C82C
22442251 0-6-082B82B82B82B82B82B82B82C82C82C82C82C
22502251 0-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82CWWWWW
22912251 0-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
285228xx 2-8-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C81E81E
287928xx 2-8-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
289028xx 2-8-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
384228xx 2-8-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
364557xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82CWWWWWWWW
366657xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C81A81A81A81A81AW
368457xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82CWWWWWWWW
370957xx 0-6-0PT83F83F83C83C83C82C82C82C82C82C89A89A
371157xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C81A81A81A81A
373957xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
374657xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
375857xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
376357xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C81E81E81E81E81E81E81E81E
378057xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82CW
461257xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82B87A87A87A
464457xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C87F87F87F87F87F87F87F87F
465157xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C87B87B87B87B87B87B87B87B
469757xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
676957xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
871157xx 0-6-0PT82C82CWWWWWWWWWW
877957xx 0-6-0PT82CWWWWWWWWWWW
878357xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C83B83B83B83B83B83B83B83B
879357xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
960457xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82CW
960557xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
967257xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
968057xx 0-6-0PT83E82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
972157xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82CWWWWWWW
974057xx 0-6-0PT82CWWWWWWWWWWW
975457xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
977357xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
979057xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
843394xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
846594xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C81C81C81C81C81C
847294xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C81A81A81A
947694xx 0-6-0PT82C82C82C82C82CWWWWWWW
536943xx 2-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C86G86G86G86G
632743xx 2-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C83B83B83B83B83B
554745xx 2-6-2T82CWWWWWWWWWWW
557045xx 2-6-2T82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
410251xx 2-6-2T82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82B82E82E82E
4909Hall 4-6-083C83C82C82C82C82C82C82CWWWW
Blakesley Hall
4924Hall 4-6-083C83C83C83C83C83C89A89A89A82C82C82C
Eydon Hall
4930Hall 4-6-083C83C83C83C83C83C81A81A82C82C82C82C
Hagley Hall
4948Hall 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82CWWWW
Northwick Hall
4972Hall 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82D82D82D82D82D82D
Saint Brides Hall
5939Hall 4-6-081A81A81A81A81A81A81A81A82C82C82C82C
Tangley Hall
5943Hall 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
Elmdon Hall
5964Hall 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82D82DWWWW
Wolseley Hall
5978Hall 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
Bodinnick Hall
5997Hall 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82CWWWWWW
Sparkford Hall
6940Hall 4-6-083A83A83A83A83A85A85A85A85B85B82C82C
Didlington Hall
6986Mod Hall 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C84F84F84F81C
Rydal Hall
4079Castle 4-6-082B82B82B82B82B82B82B82C82C82C82C82C
Pendennis Castle
4088Castle 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
Dartmouth Castle
5000Castle 4-6-082C82C82C82C85B85B85B85B85B85B85B85B
Launceston Castle
5002Castle 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
Ludlow Castle
5023Castle 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
Brecon Castle
5035Castle 4-6-082C82C82C82CWWWWWWWW
Coity Castle
5068Castle 4-6-082C82C82C82C81F81F81F81FWWWW
Beverston Castle
7031Castle 4-6-082C82C85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Cromwell's Castle
73001BR 5MT 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
73012BR 5MT 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
73027BR 5MT 4-6-082C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C82C
Totals666565655655515044434139
AbbreviationsBR - British RailwaysW - withdrawn
Shed codes81A - Old Oak Common81C - Southall81E - Didcot
81F - Oxford82B - St. Philip's Marsh82C - Swindon
82D - Westbury82E - Bristol Barrow Road83A - Newton Abbot
83B - Taunton83C - Exeter83D - Plymouth Laira
83E - St. Blazey83F - Truro84F - Stourbridge Jct.
85A - Worcester85B - Gloucester GWR86G - Pontypool Road
87A - Neath87B - Duffryn Yard87F - Llanelly
87H - Neyland89A - Shrewsbury

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