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.

Scotland - Locomotive Sheds




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area/countyshedrangevisitsdates
AberdeenshireAberdeen Ferryhill1937 - 19662423-Mar-16
AberdeenshireBallater1950 - 1956318-Apr-16
AberdeenshireFraserburgh1938 - 19601118-Apr-16
AberdeenshireKittybrewster1937 - 19611629-Mar-16
AberdeenshirePeterhead1938 - 1957618-Apr-16
AngusArbroath1938 - 1958513-Mar-16
AngusBrechin1938 - 1952513-Mar-16
AngusDundee Tay Bridge1938 - 1966217-Mar-16
AngusDundee West1938 - 1950613-Mar-16
AngusForfar1938 - 19631513-Mar-16
AngusMontrose LMS1938113-Mar-16
AngusMontrose LNER1938 - 19621213-Mar-16
ArgyllBallachulish1938 - 1961810-May-16
ArgyllOban1953 - 1962910-May-16
AyrshireArdrossan1938 - 19641219-Apr-13
AyrshireAyr1938 - 19661621-Apr-13
AyrshireBeith1949 - 1958528-Apr-13
AyrshireHurlford1938 - 19661523-Apr-13
AyrshireMuirkirk1946 - 19631728-Apr-13
BanffshireBanff1938 - 1960818-Apr-16
BanffshireKeith Junction1938 - 19611418-Apr-16
BanffshireKeith Junction LMS1938 - 1939222-Apr-16
BanffshireMacduff1938 - 1953618-Apr-16
CaithnessThurso1950 - 196183-May-16
CaithnessWick1949 - 1962133-May-16
ClackmannanshireAlloa1938 - 19671824-Feb-16
DornochDornach1949 - 195983-May-16
DornochHelmsdale1949 - 1960143-May-16
Dumfries-shireDumfries1938 - 19652017-Apr-13
DunbartonshireBalloch1938 - 1961814-May-16
DunbartonshireDumbarton East1938 - 19621114-May-16
DunbartonshireHelensburgh1938 - 19611514-May-16
EdinburghCraigentinny1952 - 1956328-Feb-14
EdinburghDalry Road1947 - 1965814-Mar-14
EdinburghGranton1956128-Feb-14
EdinburghHaymarket1947 - 196344-Mar-14
EdinburghNorth Leith1947128-Feb-14
EdinburghSeafield1948 - 19621525-Feb-14
EdinburghSouth Leith1947 - 19601128-Feb-14
EdinburghSt. Margarets1947 - 1960416-Feb-14
EdinburghSt. Margarets1961 - 1966416-Feb-14
FifeAnstruther1939124-Feb-16
FifeBurntisland1938 - 1956624-Feb-16
FifeDunfermline1938 - 19671717-Feb-16
FifeInverkeithing1948 - 1954324-Feb-16
FifeKirkcaldy1938 - 1961224-Feb-16
FifeLadybank1938 - 19571224-Feb-16
FifeMethil1952 - 1956324-Feb-16
FifeThornton Junction1937 - 1967206-Feb-16
GlasgowCorkerhill1946 - 19641530-Apr-13
GlasgowDawsholm1946 - 19631529-May-13
GlasgowEastfield, Glasgow1936 - 1954926-May-16
GlasgowEastfield, Glasgow1955 - 1966123-Jun-16
GlasgowPolmadie1946 - 1955811-May-13
GlasgowPolmadie1956 - 19671113-May-13
GlasgowSt. Enoch1938 - 1939228-Jun-16
GlasgowSt. Rollox1946 - 19661915-May-13
GlasgowStobcross1938 - 1950528-Jun-16
GlasgowWhitinch1938128-Jun-16
GlasgowYoker1938 - 19601228-Jun-16
HaddingtonDunbar1948 - 1960728-Feb-14
HaddingtonLongniddry1950 - 1958628-Feb-14
HaddingtonNorth Berwick1950 - 1956528-Feb-14
Inverness-shireAviemore1938 - 19621722-Apr-16
Inverness-shireBoat of Garten1938 - 1958522-Apr-16
Inverness-shireFort George1938122-Apr-16
Inverness-shireFort William1938 - 1962167-May-16
Inverness-shireInverness1938 - 19622126-Apr-16
Inverness-shireMallaig1938 - 1962107-May-16
KinrossLoch Leven1939 - 1948224-Feb-16
KirkcudbrightKirkcudbright1948 - 1962417-Apr-13
LanarkshireAirdrie1938128-Jun-16
LanarkshireCarstairs1948 - 19671629-Mar-14
LanarkshireHamilton1938 - 1962142-Jul-16
LanarkshireKipps, Coatbridge1938 - 19621422-May-16
LanarkshireMotherwell1938 - 19661830-Jun-16
LinlithgowBathgate1938 - 19662023-Mar-14
LinlithgowBo'ness Dump1961 - 1963418-Mar-14
LinlithgowGrangemouth1938 - 19651826-Mar-14
LinlithgowPolmont1950 - 19591518-Mar-14
MorayBurghead1938122-Apr-16
MorayElgin1938 - 19611418-Apr-16
MorayForres1938 - 19581222-Apr-16
PerthshireAberfeldy1948 - 19612031-Jan-16
PerthshireBalquidder1938110-May-16
PerthshireBlair Atholl1938 - 19591031-Jan-16
PerthshireCrianlarich1957 - 1961310-May-16
PerthshireCrieff1949 - 1956531-Jan-16
PerthshireKillin (Loch Tay)1948 - 19642231-Jan-16
PerthshirePerth LNER1938 - 1951631-Jan-16
PerthshirePerth North1939131-Jan-16
PerthshirePerth South1938 - 19661920-Jan-16
RenfrewshireGreenock Ladyburn1938 - 19641727-Apr-13
RenfrewshireGreenock Princess Pier1938 - 19631327-Apr-13
Ross & CromartyDingwall1938 - 1961163-May-16
Ross & CromartyKyle of Lochalsh1952 - 1961113-May-16
Ross & CromartyTain1949 - 196063-May-16
RoxburghshireHawick1948 - 19641230-Mar-14
RoxburghshireKelso1950 - 195429-Apr-14
RoxburghshireRiccarton Junction1950 - 1954830-Mar-14
RoxburghshireSt. Boswells1948 - 195889-Apr-14
SelkirkshireGalashiels1948 - 196299-Apr-14
StirlingshireKilsyth1938128-Jun-16
StirlingshireStirling Shore Road1938 - 19561125-Jan-16
StirlingshireStirling South1938 - 19651525-Jan-16
WigtownshireNewton Stewart1947 - 19581228-Apr-13
WigtownshireStranraer1939 - 19641519-Apr-13
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