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BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.

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BRIGHTON LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (75A) - The first locomotive depot at Brighton was opened by the LB&SCR in 1861, which eventually evolve in to a 14-road dead-end shed. The site was far from ideal being sandwiched between Brighton Works and high hills, leaving little room for expansion. In May 1959, the allocation was 62 engines, nearly all of them tank engines of some kind or other, plus 5 'West Country' Class Pacifics, 2 'Schools' Class and a few other tender engines. The depot closed in June 1964, by which time most of the lines in the area were electrified. Seen here in November 1956, the month in which it was withdrawn, Adams LSWR Class 395 0-6-0 No.30573 of Feltham depot.
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BRIGHTON LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (75A) - The first locomotive depot at Brighton was opened by the LB&SCR in 1861, which eventually evolve in to a 14-road dead-end shed. The site was far from ideal being sandwiched between Brighton Works and high hills, leaving little room for expansion. In May 1959, the allocation was 62 engines, nearly all of them tank engines of some kind or other, plus 5 'West Country' Class Pacifics, 2 'Schools' Class and a few other tender engines. The depot closed in June 1964, by which time most of the lines in the area were electrified. Seen here in November 1956, the month in which it was withdrawn, Adams LSWR Class 395 0-6-0 No.30573 of Feltham depot.

  • BRADFORD MANNINGHAM LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (20E/55F) - The Midland Railway opened this depot in 1872 on the east side of Manningham Station. It consisted of a brick-built roundhouse. In January 1957 it was transferred from the Midland Region to the North Eastern Region but this made little difference to the locomotives that used it. In March 1959, the allocation was 25 engines, all of them ex-LMS types, 7 Class 3F/4F 0-6-0's, 6 Class 4MT/5F 2-6-0's, 10 tank engines for passenger duties, 1 Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0 shunting tank and 1 Class 4P 'Compound' 4-4-0. By April 1965, this had been reduced to just 11 engines, 4 2-6-4T's and 7 2-6-0's. The depot closed in April 1967. Seen here inside the roundhouse in February 1960 is Class 4P 'Compound' No.41063, the last of the class based here, withdrawn the following October.
  • BRADFORD MANNINGHAM LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (20E/55F) - The Midland Railway opened this depot in 1872 on the east side of Manningham Station. It consisted of a brick-built roundhouse. In January 1957 it was transferred from the Midland Region to the North Eastern Region but this made little difference to the locomotives that used it. In March 1959, the allocation was 25 engines, all of them ex-LMS types, 7 Class 3F/4F 0-6-0's, 6 Class 4MT/5F 2-6-0's, 10 tank engines for passenger duties, 1 Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0 shunting tank and 1 Class 4P 'Compound' 4-4-0. By April 1965, this had been reduced to just 11 engines, 4 2-6-4T's and 7 2-6-0's. The depot closed in April 1967. Seen here is Riddles BR Class 3MT 2-6-0 No.77011, withdrawn from 8E Northwich in February 1966.
  • BRICKLAYERS ARMS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (73B) - The depot here was very large, built by the South Eastern Railway from 1847. It had 4-road and 8-road through sheds and large repair shops in the Bricklayers Arms Goods Depot at the end of the branch line. In May 1959, the allocation was 94 engines, covering a range of ex-SR classes, particularly those from the SECR, and including 13 Class V 'Schools' 4-4-0's, 7 'West Country' Class Pacific's and 8 tank engines of LMS origin. The depot closed in June 1962 and has since been redeveloped. Seen here in February 1957 is Wainwright SECR Class C 0-6-0 No.31071, based at and withdrawn from there in September 1959.
  • BRICKLAYERS ARMS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (73B) - The depot here was very large, built by the South Eastern Railway from 1847. It had 4-road and 8-road through sheds and large repair shops in the Bricklayers Arms Goods Depot at the end of the branch line. In May 1959, the allocation was 94 engines, covering a range of ex-SR classes, particularly those from the SECR, and including 13 Class V 'Schools' 4-4-0's, 7 'West Country' Class Pacific's and 8 tank engines of LMS origin. The depot closed in June 1962 and has since been redeveloped. Seen here in February 1960 is Wainwright SECR Class C 0-6-0 No.31480, based there and withdrawn in July 1961.
  • BRICKLAYERS ARMS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (73B) - The depot here was very large, built by the South Eastern Railway from 1847. It had 4-road and 8-road through sheds and large repair shops in the Bricklayers Arms Goods Depot at the end of the branch line. In May 1959, the allocation was 94 engines, covering a range of ex-SR classes, particularly those from the SECR, and including 13 Class V 'Schools' 4-4-0's, 7 'West Country' Class Pacific's and 8 tank engines of LMS origin. The depot closed in June 1962 and has since been redeveloped. Seen here in January 1938 is Wainwright Class O1 0-6-0 No.370. As BR No.31370. this engine was withdrawn from 73H Dover Marine in February 1960.
  • BRICKLAYERS ARMS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (73B) - The depot here was very large, built by the South Eastern Railway from 1847. It had 4-road and 8-road through sheds and large repair shops in the Bricklayers Arms Goods Depot at the end of the branch line. In May 1959, the allocation was 94 engines, covering a range of ex-SR classes, particularly those from the SECR, and including 13 Class V 'Schools' 4-4-0's, 7 'West Country' Class Pacific's and 8 tank engines of LMS origin. The depot closed in June 1962 and has since been redeveloped. Seen here is Class 04 Drewry 0-6-0DM Shunter No.DS1173, built June 1947 by Drewry Car Co. for the LNER but transferred to the Southern, where it was based at Hither Green CCE Depot. In March 1967 it was transferred to capital stock as D2341. It predated the rest of Class 04 by at least 4 years. It was withdrawn in December 1968 from 73F Ashford Chart Leacon.
  • BRICKLAYERS ARMS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (73B) - The depot here was very large, built by the South Eastern Railway from 1847. It had 4-road and 8-road through sheds and large repair shops in the Bricklayers Arms Goods Depot at the end of the branch line. In May 1959, the allocation was 94 engines, covering a range of ex-SR classes, particularly those from the SECR, and including 13 Class V 'Schools' 4-4-0's, 7 'West Country' Class Pacific's and 8 tank engines of LMS origin. The depot closed in June 1962 and has since been redeveloped. Seen here is Wainwright SECR Class C 0-6-0 No.31271, withdrawn from this depot in July 1963.
  • BRIDLINGTON LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (53D) - Bridlington loco depot was opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1893. It was not a large depot but, as the Railway developed the town as a seaside resort, summer weekends would see the shed and yard full to bursting with excursion engines. It lost it's small allocation and closed in 1958 but still hosted visiting engines for a number of years thereafter. Here, evidently not on a summer weekend and probably after 1958, we see Class B12 4-6-0 No.61577, a loco based in East Anglia all of its working life, evidently having worked in on an excursion. The loco was withdrawn in September 1959.
  • BRIDLINGTON LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (53D) - Bridlington loco depot was opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1893. It was not a large depot but, as the Railway developed the town as a seaside resort, summer weekends would see the shed and yard full to bursting with excursion engines. It lost it's small allocation and closed in 1958 but still hosted visiting engines for a number of years thereafter. Here we see the other side of the picture! A summer Saturday I presume and the shed is stuffed with engines, many carrying excursion headcodes. We can see Hughes Class 5F 'Crab' 2-6-0 No.42855, a Nottingham engine, a Class B16 on the right, a Class D11 'Director' 4-4-0, a Class K3 and at least 2 Class B1's, all turned and ready to go home.
  • BRIGHTON LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (75A) - The first locomotive depot at Brighton was opened by the LB&SCR in 1861, which eventually evolve in to a 14-road dead-end shed. The site was far from ideal being sandwiched between Brighton Works and high hills, leaving little room for expansion. In May 1959, the allocation was 62 engines, nearly all of them tank engines of some kind or other, plus 5 'West Country' Class Pacifics, 2 'Schools' Class and a few other tender engines. The depot closed in June 1964, by which time most of the lines in the area were electrified. Seen here from hilltop in July 1954 - note Bulleid Pacific and several LMS or BR Standard tank engines.
  • BRIGHTON LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (75A) - The first locomotive depot at Brighton was opened by the LB&SCR in 1861, which eventually evolve in to a 14-road dead-end shed. The site was far from ideal being sandwiched between Brighton Works and high hills, leaving little room for expansion. In May 1959, the allocation was 62 engines, nearly all of them tank engines of some kind or other, plus 5 'West Country' Class Pacifics, 2 'Schools' Class and a few other tender engines. The depot closed in June 1964, by which time most of the lines in the area were electrified. Seen here from the hilltop in the early 1960's and the shed is almost entirely populated by Ivatt LMS Class 2MT 2-6-2T's or their BR equivalent.
  • BRIGHTON LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (75A) - The first locomotive depot at Brighton was opened by the LB&SCR in 1861, which eventually evolve in to a 14-road dead-end shed. The site was far from ideal being sandwiched between Brighton Works and high hills, leaving little room for expansion. In May 1959, the allocation was 62 engines, nearly all of them tank engines of some kind or other, plus 5 'West Country' Class Pacifics, 2 'Schools' Class and a few other tender engines. The depot closed in June 1964, by which time most of the lines in the area were electrified. Seen here in November 1956, the month in which it was withdrawn, Adams LSWR Class 395 0-6-0 No.30573 of Feltham depot.
  • BRIGHTON WORKS - Brighton was the LBSCR's engine works where, from 1840, most of their engines were built or repaired, only a small amount of work being undertaken by outside contractors. Under the SR and BR construction continued, many of the West Country/Battle of Britain Pacifics and the Standard 4MT 2-6-4T's being Brighton products. The last loco was built in 1957 and the Works closed in 1962. The loco on the right is Stroudley Class E1 0-6-0T No.115 LORRAINE, built in July 1877 at Brighton and withdrawn in November 1913.
  • BRILL LCOMOTIVED DEPOT - A small timber two road shed on the Brill Tramway in about 1900 with locomotives Nos.1 BRILL and 2 WOTTON standing in the doorway. Both were built by Manning Wardle, Class K 0-6-0ST's, Works Nos.1249 of 1894 and 1415 of 1899. Replaced in service by 1903 by Metropolitan Railway D Class 2-4-0 tank engines, numbered 71 and 72.
  • BRITISH STEEL, Scunthorpe - A row of Janus Class locomotives outside the depot, a 4-road dead-end shed, Nos.44, 51,54 and 56, with Hunslet No.77 on the right in 1995.
  • BR STEAM LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - large depot, probably on the Midland Region and in the North West in about 1958, I'd guess, with Class WD, 4MT and 9F engines close to the camera.
  • BRUSH FALCON LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, Loughborough - BRUSH SPRITE - Hudswell Clarke built 0-6-0 Works shunter, seen here at Brush Traction, Loughborough, with 60015 and 60095, 09/10/96.
  • BRUSH FALCON LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, Loughborough - RFS Class 20's nos. 2007 (left) and 2003 mounted on blocks in the Brush Traction Works at Loughborough, 09/10/96. 2007 was ex-BR 20175, withdrawn 07/91 and sold to RFS for Channel Tunnel duties, being cut up by HNRC 12/03. 2003 was ex-BR 20113, withdrawn 08/91 and thereafter suffered a similar fate to 2007.
  • BURTON ON TRENT HORNINGLOW LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - The London & North Western Railway opened this depot in 1882. At the Grouping, it became a sub-shed of the Midland Railway shed and remained as such. It was a brick-built six track dead-end shed at the end of a goods spur, north of Burton-on-Trent Station. As a sub-shed, it had no fixed allocation but acted as an overflow from the main shed. Thus in this picture from May 1936, we can see Ex-MR Class 3F No.3608, ex-LNWR Class G1 No.9211 and ex-MR Class 1F 0-6-0T No.1823. This must have been a weekday as at weekends there could be anywhere up to 18 engines here. The shed closed in September 1960.
  • BURTON ON TRENT LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (17B/16F) -This depot was a double roundhouse built in 1870 by the Midland Railway just south of the station. It had an allocation of 108 engines in September 1950, many of them small tank engines used for shunting and trip workings from the many local breweries. In this shot from 1952, and perhaps the main reason for the picture, we see BR Class 5 4-6-0 No.73019, nearly new and probably on test from Derby Works where it was built. Alongside is much older MR Johnson Class 2P No.40560 of 16A Nottingham, withdrawn in December of that year. The depot closed to steam in 1967 but diesel locos were serviced at Burton well into the 1990's.
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