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.

85A Worcester - Allocation 1962

85A 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
Worcester
163916xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
166116xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
372557xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
461357xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
462857xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
466457xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
468057xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
841594xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
848094xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A87A87A87A87A
940194xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85D85D
942994xx 0-6-0PT85A85A87F87F87F87F87F87F87F87F87F87F
948694xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85AWWWWWW
949094xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
22222251 0-6-089C89C89C89C89C85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
22342251 0-6-085A85A85A85AWWWWWWWW
22462251 0-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
32072251 0-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
561456xx 0-6-2T85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A88E88E88E88E
667056xx 0-6-2T85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A88G88G88G88G
667156xx 0-6-2T85A84D84D84D84D84D84D84D84D84D84D84D
410451xx 2-6-2T84F84F84F84F84F84F85A85A85A85A85A85A
411351xx 2-6-2T85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
412451xx 2-6-2T85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
515251xx 2-6-2T84A84A84A84A84A84A84A84A84A84A84A85A
810481xx 2-6-2T87A87A87A87A87A87A87A87A85A85A85A85A
810681xx 2-6-2T85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
810781xx 2-6-2T85A85A85A85AWWWWWWWW
520542xx 2-8-0T85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
522642xx 2-8-0T85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
524542xx 2-8-0T85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
535843xx 2-6-085A85A85A85A85A89CWWWWWW
636843xx 2-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A89C89C89C89C89C89C
637543xx 2-6-085A85A84B84B84B84B89B89B89B89A89A89A
638743xx 2-6-085A85A85A85A85AWWWWWWW
731543xx 2-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A87F87F87F87F87F
733843xx 2-6-085A85A85A82B82B82BWWWWWW
78001BR 2MT 2-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
78008BR 2MT 2-6-085A85A84A84A84A84A84A84A84A84A84B84B
78009BR 2MT 2-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
4907Hall 4-6-085A85A85A86C86C86C86C86C86C86C86C86C
Broughton Hall
4963Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85AWWWWWWW
Rignall Hall
5930Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85AWWWW
Hannington Hall
5944Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85B85B85B85B85B85B85B85B
Ickenham Hall
5956Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A81F81F81F81F
Horsley Hall
5980Hall 4-6-085A85A85B85B85B85B85B85BWWWW
Dingley Hall
6940Hall 4-6-083A83A83A83A83A85A85A85A85B85B82C82C
Didlington Hall
6947Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85B85B85B85B
Helmingham Hall
6948Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85B85B85B85B
Holbrooke Hall
6951Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Impney Hall
6984Mod Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Owsden Hall
6989Mod Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85B85B85B85B
Swithland Hall
6992Mod Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Arborfield hall
7920Mod Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Coney Hall
7926Mod Hall 4-6-085B85B85B85B85B85B85B85B85A85A85A85A
Willey Hall
7928Mod Hall 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Wolf Hall
6806Grange 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Blackwell Grange
6807Grange 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Birchwood Grange
6817Grange 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Gwenddwr Grange
6856Grange 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Stowe Grange
6877Grange 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Llanfair Grange
5071Castle 4-6-085B85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85B85B85B85B
Spitfire
5099Castle 4-6-088A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85B85B85B85B
Compton Castle
7002Castle 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Devizes Castle
7004Castle 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Eastnor Castle
7005Castle 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Sir Edward Elgar
7006Castle 4-6-085A85A81A81A81A81A81A81A81A81A81A81A
Lydford Castle
7007Castle 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Great Western
7009Castle 4-6-081A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85B85B81A
Athelney Castle
7011Castle 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Banbury Castle
7013Castle 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Bristol Castle
7023Castle 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Penrice Castle
7025Castle 4-6-089A89A89A89A89A89A89A89A85A85A85A85A
Sudeley Castle
7027Castle 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Thornbury Castle
7031Castle 4-6-082C82C85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Cromwell's Castle
75005BR 4MT 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
75025BR 4MT 4-6-085A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85A
Totals656763615857565547464546
AbbreviationsBR - British RailwaysW - withdrawnPT - Pannier TankT - Tank
Shed Codes81A - Old Oak Common81F - Oxford82B - St. Philip's Marsh
82C - Swindon83A - Newton Abbot84A - Stafford Road
84B - Oxley84D - Leamington Spa84F - Stourbridge Junction
85A - Worcester85B - Gloucester Horton Rd85D - Bromsgrove
87A - Neath87F - Llanelly88E - Abercynon
88G - Llantrisant89A - Shrewsbury89B - Croes Newydd
89C - Machynlleth

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