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.

85C Gloucester Barnwood and 85D Bromsgrove 1961

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Gloucester Barnwood
142614xx 0-4-2T85B85B85B85C85C85C85C85C85C85B85B85B
461457xx 0-6-0PT85A85A85A85A85A85A85A85C85C85C85C85C
775657xx 0-6-0PT85C85C85C85C85CWWWWWWW
778857xx 0-6-0PT85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
40540cl 2P 4-4-0 (J/F)85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
41535cl 0F 0-4-0T (D)85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
41537cl 0F 0-4-0T (D)85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
43593cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)82E82E82E85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85C
43645cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
43754cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/D)85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
43853cl 4F 0-6-085C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
43887cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
43924cl 4F 0-6-0 (F)85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
44045cl 4F 0-6-085C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
44123cl 4F 0-6-085C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
44167cl 4F 0-6-085C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
44209cl 4F 0-6-085C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
44264cl 4F 0-6-085C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
44272cl 4F 0-6-085C85C85C85C85C85C85C84D85C85C85C85C
44296cl 4F 0-6-085C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
47417cl 3F 0-6-0T85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
47422cl 3F 0-6-0T85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
47506cl 3F 0-6-0T85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
47539cl 3F 0-6-0T85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
47623cl 3F 0-6-0T85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C
73091BR 5MT 4-6-089A89A89A89A89A89A89A89A89A85C85C85C
73092BR 5MT 4-6-089A89A89A89A89A89A89A89A89A85C85C85C
73093BR 5MT 4-6-089A89A89A89A89A89A89A89A89A85C85C85C
73094BR 5MT 4-6-089A89A89A89A89A89A89A89A89A82E85C85C
75002BR 4MT 4-6-085C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C82G82G82G
75009BR 4MT 4-6-085C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C82G82G82G
75023BR 4MT 4-6-085C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C85C82G82G82G
90148WD 2-8-084C84C84C84C84C84C84C84C84C84C85C85C
90268WD 2-8-084C84C84C84C84C84C84C84C84C84C85C85C
Totals252525262625252526252829
AbbreviationsF - FowlerD - DeeleyJ - Johnson
BR - British RailwaysWD - War Department
T - TankPT - Pannier Tank
Shed Codes82E Bristol Barrow Road82G - Templecombe
84C Banbury85A Worcester85B Gloucester Horton Rd.
85C Gloucester Barnwood85D Bromsgrove89A Shrewsbury

Allocation 1961
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Bromsgrove
840094xx 0-6-0PT85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D
840194xx 0-6-0PT85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D
840294xx 0-6-0PT85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D
840394xx 0-6-0PT85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D
840494xx 0-6-0PT85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85DWWW
840594xx 0-6-0PT85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D
840994xx 0-6-0PT85B85B85B85B85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D
848794xx 0-6-0PT85B85B85B85B85B85B85B85B85D85D85D85D
943094xx 0-6-0PT87A87A87A87A87A87A85D85D85D85D85D85D
949394xx 0-6-0PT88A88A88A88A88A88A85D85D85D85D85D85D
43593cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/F)82E82E82E85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85C
43762cl 3F 0-6-0 (J/F)85D85DWWWWWWWWWW
47276cl 3F 0-6-0T85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D
47308cl 3F 0-6-0T85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D
92079BR 9F 2-10-085D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D85D
92234BR 9F 2-10-084C84C84C84C84C84C84C84C84C85D84C84C
Totals10109101111131314141312
AbbreviationsF - FowlerJ - JohnsonBR - British Railways
T - Tank locoPT - Pannier TankW - withdrawn
Shed Codes82E Bristol Barrow Road84C Banbury85B Gloucester Horton Rd.
85C Gloucester Barnwood85D Bromsgrove87A Neath
88A Cardiff Canton


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