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.

Details of Locomotive Classes - 1966

Locomotive Classes
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1966
WRV. of R. 2-6-2T3333333333333
WR16xx 0-6-0PT3222222100000
WR56xx 0-6-2T2222000000000
WR57xx 0-6-0PT252523202020131173000
sub total3332302725251815106333
SRUSA 0-6-0T6666666666666
SRN 2-6-06333220000000
SRU 2-6-04332220000000
SRQ1 0-6-03000000000000
SRWC & BB 4-6-254525150484644434341373736
SRMN 4-6-216161515151414131310101010
sub total89807876737064626257535352
LMRcl 2MT 2-6-2T (I)3939383030303029292624138
LMRcl 0F 0-4-0T MR2222222222220
LMRcl 1F 0-6-0T MR5555555555550
LMRcl 4P 2-6-4T (Fb)91888584828073696765646152
LMRcl 4P 2-6-4T (F)2222221110000
LMRcl 4P 2-6-4T (St)25242423211918181818161515
LMRcl 5MT 2-6-0 (H/F)272421191919151512121142
LMRcl 5MT 2-6-0 (St)1611118743222221
LMRcl 4MT 2-6-0 (I)99989796949291918987827565
LMRcl 4F 0-6-011986664222000
LMRcl 5MT 4-6-0629621617614611608602593575545518484457
LMRJubilee 4-6-0151414131313111098888
LMRcl 2MT 2-6-0 (I)82818078767571696462534842
LMRcl 0F 0-6-0ST4444444433220
LMRcl 3F 0-6-0T MR3332222222220
LMRcl 3F 0-6-0T8481807769686361585437245
LMRcl 8F 2-8-0546532520504496488482473456438415394384
sub total1680163816111567153915171477144613941331124111391039
ERA4 4-6-26655554320000
ERA3 4-6-21000000000000
ERA1 4-6-22221110000000
ERA2 4-6-23333332222210
ERV2 2-6-2141311111010101097720
ERB1 4-6-091887674656464585650504228
ERK1 2-6-031313131313131313129272624
ERQ6 0-8-0 (NER)40393838383830282825232217
ERO4 2-8-0 (GCR)13654000000000
ERJ37 0-6-0 (NBR)171615141414131299975
ERJ36 0-6-0 (NBR)8666666555533
ERJ27 0-6-0 (NBR)44434140403936343129272626
ERJ38 0-6-0212121202019191817151443
ERJ94 0-6-0ST (WD)3333333333222
sub total294277257250236233218204193174166135108
BRBritannia 4-6-253525251515150504847444342
BRClan 4-6-22222100000000
BRBR 5MT 4-6-01151151141111111091041019895888879
BRBR 4MT 4-6-067656362616158575651494746
BRBR 4MT 2-6-092878685848381787260535040
BRBR 3MT 2-6-01918171414131211111111113
BRBR 2MT 2-6-043383838383736353125231712
BRBR 4MT 2-6-4T79747368686764605041353125
BRBR 3MT 2-6-2T1413131313131211119662
BRBR 9F 2-10-0170168163161156155154149149142135128125
BRWD 8F 2-8-0227212182176158157156152148139132128123
sub total881844803781755746727704674620576549497
Total2977287127792701262825912504243123332188203918791699

 

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