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BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.

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YARMOUTH SOUTH TOWN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (32D) - Great Yarmouth had a very complicated railway network and boasted no less than three locosheds. South Town was built by the GER in 1883 and was home to the engines that worked between Yarmouth and Lowestoft and thence to Ipswich and Liverpool Street. Therefore, although its allocation was mainly small tank engines and goods locos, it also boasted a small number of Class B17 'Sandringham' 4-6-0's right up until it closed in November 1959. Class D16 'Claud Hamilton' 4-4-0 was based here from 1948 until 1957.
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YARMOUTH SOUTH TOWN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (32D) - Great Yarmouth had a very complicated railway network and boasted no less than three locosheds. South Town was built by the GER in 1883 and was home to the engines that worked between Yarmouth and Lowestoft and thence to Ipswich and Liverpool Street. Therefore, although its allocation was mainly small tank engines and goods locos, it also boasted a small number of Class B17 'Sandringham' 4-6-0's right up until it closed in November 1959. Class D16 'Claud Hamilton' 4-4-0 was based here from 1948 until 1957.

  • WOODFORD HALSE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (38E/2F/1G) - Woodford Halse, situated in the middle of nowhere, had been the main freight concentration yard of the Great Central Railway en route to London. Thus, it supported a large locomotive depot with an allocation of 54 engines in 1950. But the writing was on the wall! Since the formation of BR in 1948, the Great Central mainline had been seen as somewhat surplus to requirements and it was slowly wound down. In 1958 it was transferred to the Midland Region as a sub-shed of Rugby and it's ex-LNER allocation was slowly replaced by ex-LMS engines, mainly goods types as most of the premier expresses were by now disappearing. The depot closed to steam in June 1965, it's allocation by now only 12 Class 8F 2-8-0's. Seen here in April 1963 are Class J39's Nos.64875 and 64727, both in store. Both had been Woodford Halse locos and both were withdrawn in October 1962, only going to scrap at Darlington in September 1963.
  • WREXHAM RHOSSDU LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (6E/84k) - This depot was opened by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway in 1865 to the north of Wrexham Exchange Station. It was a brick 6-road dead-end shed and was transferred to the Western Region just two years before closure. It was not a large depot and in September 1950, the allocation of 29 engines was of a very mixed nature. 21 small tank engines for local passenger and goods duties, these being mix of GCR and LMS locos, 3 Sentinel shunting tanks, a mix of GCR, WD and GER 0-6-0T's, and just 2 tender engines of Class J11. By March 1959, the allocation had become a GWR/LMS mix. Seen here in July 1951 is Pollitt MSLR Class 5 LNER Class J62 0-6-0ST No.68200, withdrawn from there just 4 months later.
  • YARMOUTH BEACH LOCOSHED (32F) - Opened in 1875 by the Great Yarmouth & Stalham Light Railway, Yarmouth Beach was coded 32F by BR. It closed along with the remainder of the system in February 1959. It consisted of two small sheds, each of two-roads, with a large coaling and watering point behind. Seen here in 1936, note the J93 to the right.
  • YARMOUTH BEACH LOCOSHED (32F) - Opened in 1875 by the Great Yarmouth & Stalham Light Railway, Yarmouth Beach was coded 32F by BR. It closed along with the remainder of the system in February 1959. It consisted of two small sheds, each of two-roads, with a large coaling and watering point behind. Seen here in 1936.
  • YARMOUTH SOUTH TOWN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (32D) - Great Yarmouth had a very complicated railway network and boasted no less than three locosheds. South Town was built by the GER in 1883 and was home to the engines that worked between Yarmouth and Lowestoft and thence to Ipswich and Liverpool Street. It was a brick 2-road through shed on the east side of the line, south of Yarmouth South Town Station. Therefore, although its allocation was mainly small tank engines and goods locos, it also boasted a small number of Class B17 'Sandringham' 4-6-0's right up until it closed in November 1959. Seen here in October 1936 are Holden GER Class D16 4-4-0 No.8832, a Norwich Thorpe Loco, withdrawn in August 1948 and behind her Holden GER Class D15/2 4-4-0 No.8881, withdrawn as Class D16 No.62512 from 31D Kings Lynn in August 1950.
  • YARMOUTH SOUTH TOWN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (32D) - Great Yarmouth had a very complicated railway network and boasted no less than three locosheds. South Town was built by the GER in 1883 and was home to the engines that worked between Yarmouth and Lowestoft and thence to Ipswich and Liverpool Street. Therefore, although its allocation was mainly small tank engines and goods locos, it also boasted a small number of Class B17 'Sandringham' 4-6-0's right up until it closed in November 1959. Class D16 'Claud Hamilton' 4-4-0 was based here from 1948 until 1957.
  • YARMOUTH VAUXHALL LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (32E) - The Great Eastern Railway opened the locoshed at Vaixhall Station in 1883. The town of Great Yarmouth had 3 terminal stations and 3 locosheds, although for much of its existence Vauxhall was a sub-shed of South Town. Vauxhall shed was a substantial 2-road brick building topped by a water tank. The depot's stock-in-trade were engines of Class D16, usually about 4 or 5 of them, a couple of Class F4 2-4-2T's for local services, an 0-6-0T, usually a Class J67, for shunting duties, and later a Class 04 diesel shunter, suited and booted for operating the tramway lines down to the docks. Yarmouth was the destination of innumerable seaside specials in the summer and so the shed often played host to engines from far, exotic locations. The depot closed in January 1959 but the carriage sidings remained in use and locos were often stabled thereafter. Seen here in March 1955 is Holden GER Class C53 LNER Class J70 0-6-0T No.68223, actually allocated to 32D Yamouth South Town at this time and withdrawn from there just 4 months later. The cow catcher and skirts are to enable it to work over the tramway to Yarmouth Docks.
  • YARMOUTH VAUXHALL LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (32E) - The Great Eastern Railway opened the locoshed at Vaixhall Station in 1883. The town of Great Yarmouth had 3 terminal stations and 3 locosheds, although for much of its existence Vauxhall was a sub-shed of South Town. Vauxhall shed was a substantial 2-road brick building topped by a water tank. The depot's stock-in-trade were engines of Class D16, usually about 4 or 5 of them, a couple of Class F4 2-4-2T's for local services, an 0-6-0T, usually a Class J67, for shunting duties and later a Class 04 diesel shunter, suited and booted for operating the tramway lines down to the docks. Yarmouth was the destination of innumerable seaside specials in the summer and so the shed often played host to engines from far, exotic locations. The depot closed in January 1959 but the carriage sidings remained in use and locos were often stabled thereafter. Seen here is Class F4 No.67152, a Vauxhall engine, which was withdrawn in February 1952.
  • YEOVIL TOWN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (72C) - a view across the shed yard in July 1961, 34081 92 SQUADRON in the foreground and 2 rebuilt sisters behind. The shed was transferred to the Western Region in 1963 and closed in 1966.
  • YOKER LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65G) - This was a two road brick-built single ended shed on the north side of the Caledonian Railway Rothesay Dock Branch. Some of the locomotives based here were used at the docks, small 0-4-0ST's with a short wheelbase. The depot only had a small allocation and closed to steam in 1961 stayed open to service diesel shunters until 1964. Here we see a Class 08 diesel shunter alongside Drummond CR Class 294 0-6-0 No.57259 in 1958.
  • YORK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50A) - Basking in the sunshine around the turntable at York are Class K1 2-6-0 No.62061 and LMS/BR Class 4MT 2-6-0 No.43069. 62061 was withdrawn from York in December 1964 and 43069 from 20E Manningham in September 1966.
  • YORK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50A) - Class V2 2-6-2 stands in York shed yard ready to work an excursion, judging by the 1X55 chalked on the smokebox door. The loco was withdrawn in October 1962 from 36A Doncaster.
  • YORK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50A) - Seen here in July 1950, York was a massive steamshed with a very large allocation of all types of locomotive. In this shot, we can see, nearly all from the rear, a WD 2-8-0, a B16 4-6-0 and at least two K3 2-6-0's
  • YORK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50A) - York Shed was home to a wide variety of loco class and types and perhaps one of the more workaday was Worsdell NER Class J27 No.65874, a York loco from 1951 to 1961, but seen here in August 1956, after which time it moved north, finally being withdrawn in August 1966 from 52F Blyth North.
  • YORK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50A) - York was a very large shed with two brick roundhouses and, after 1948, a three track through shed that had belonged to the LMS. Even in 1964, it was home 94 steam locos but also to 72 of the ever encroaching diesels as well. All of the depot closed to steam in 1967 and after the last roundhouses (Numbers 3 and 4) were closed in 1967, the allocation of diesel locomotives were maintained in the straight shed which had been built to replace roundhouses no 1 and 2 in 1954. This depot too closed in 1982 but is still the site used by Transpennine Trains to service its fleet of Class 185 DMU's. In this shot from June 1935, we see Class A1, later A3, No.111 ENTERPRISE, NER Class J25 No.2060, Class J24's No.1956 and 1821.
  • YORK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50A) - York was a very large shed with two brick roundhouses and, after 1948, a three track through shed that had belonged to the LMS. Even in 1964, it was home 94 steam locos but also to 72 of the ever encroaching diesels as well. All of the depot closed to steam in 1967 and after the last roundhouses (Numbers 3 and 4) were closed in 1967, the allocation of diesel locomotives were maintained in the straight shed which had been built to replace roundhouses no 1 and 2 in 1954. This depot too closed in 1982 but is still the site used by Transpennine Trains to service its fleet of Class 185 DMU's. In this very atmospheric shot of the roundhouse all of the occupants appear to be WD Class 8F 2-8-0's!
  • YORK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50A) - York was a very large shed with two brick roundhouses and, after 1948, a three track through shed that had belonged to the LMS. Even in 1964, it was home 94 steam locos but also to 72 of the ever encroaching diesels as well. All of the depot closed to steam in 1967 and after the last roundhouses (Numbers 3 and 4) were closed in 1967, the allocation of diesel locomotives were maintained in the straight shed which had been built to replace roundhouses no 1 and 2 in 1954. This depot too closed in 1982 but is still the site used by Transpennine Trains to service its fleet of Class 185 DMU's. In this view from 1932, diesels were hardly dreamt of! Round the turntable we see 4 ex-NER locos, Raven Class C7 4-4-2 No.2208, Worsdell Class C8 4-4-2 No.730, Worsdell Class C6 4-4-2's Nos.532 and 703. If the NER numbering scheme look chaotic, that's because it was!
  • YORK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50A) - York was a very large shed with two brick roundhouses and, after 1948, a three track through shed that had belonged to the LMS. Even in 1964, it was home 94 steam locos but also to 72 of the ever encroaching diesels as well. All of the depot closed to steam in 1967 and after the last roundhouses (Numbers 3 and 4) were closed in 1967, the allocation of diesel locomotives were maintained in the straight shed which had been built to replace roundhouses no 1 and 2 in 1954. This depot too closed in 1982 but is still the site used by Transpennine Trains to service its fleet of Class 185 DMU's. In this view from 1965 is Peppercorn BR Class A1 4-6-2 No.60155 BORDERER, withdrawn from 50A York North in October 1965.
  • YORK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50A) - York was a very large shed with two brick roundhouses and, after 1948, a three track through shed that had belonged to the LMS. Even in 1964, it was home 94 steam locos but also to 72 of the ever encroaching diesels as well. All of the depot closed to steam in 1967 and after the last roundhouses (Numbers 3 and 4) were closed in 1967, the allocation of diesel locomotives were maintained in the straight shed which had been built to replace roundhouses no 1 and 2 in 1954. This depot too closed in 1982 but is still the site used by Transpennine Trains to service its fleet of Class 185 DMU's. In this view from 1965, around the turntable we can see Class V2's Nos.60929 and 60837 and Class J27 0-6-0 No.65894.
  • YORK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50A) - York was a very large shed with two brick roundhouses and, after 1948, a three track through shed that had belonged to the LMS. Even in 1964, it was home 94 steam locos but also to 72 of the ever encroaching diesels as well. All of the depot closed to steam in 1967 and after the last roundhouses (Numbers 3 and 4) were closed in 1967, the allocation of diesel locomotives were maintained in the straight shed which had been built to replace roundhouses no 1 and 2 in 1954. This depot too closed in 1982 but is still the site used by Transpennine Trains to service its fleet of Class 185 DMU's. One of the roundhouses is seen here in LNER days with Class J77 No.1349, later BR No.68402, outised.
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