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BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.

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SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. The shed yard is seen here in May 1967 with withdrawn Class K1 2-6-0 No.62012, a classmate and a Class J27 in residence.
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SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. The shed yard is seen here in May 1967 with withdrawn Class K1 2-6-0 No.62012, a classmate and a Class J27 in residence.

  • STRATFORD WORKS - This huge locomotive works was the hub of operations of the Great Eastern Railway, who took it over as a going concern in 1862. Between then and the Grouping, most of the GER's locomotives were built there, 1702 in all, and 5500 passenger vehicles plus may thousands of wagons. In 1891 the Works set a new time record for building a locomotive – a Class Y14 0-6-0 tender engine was built in 9 hours 47 minutes from the time the frames were stamped out to the completed and fully functional locomotive leaving the Works. This record still stands. At the Grouping in 1923, the Works passed to the London and North Eastern Railway. Locomotive building ceased soon afterwards but the Works continued to do repairs and maintenance. The last locomotives built on the site were Class N7 0-6-2T engines. The works passed to British Railways in 1948. The original site ceased operation in 1963 whilst the 1915 shed became a diesel locomotive repair shop, about the same time, as British Railways had learned lessons with regard to maintaining diesel locomotives in steam sheds. In the 1980's many older diesel classes were 'cannibalised' (stripped for spares) at the works to keep other locomotives operational. The diesel repair shop finally closed in March 1991. In the 1970's, part of the site became the Stratford London International Freight Terminal with a number of large warehouses some of which were rail connected. There was also a Freightliner terminal on the west side of the Channelsea Loop Line. In the 1990's, the site was earmarked for the new Stratford International station and the Westfield Stratford City shopping centre which opened in 2011. Many locomotives were broken up at Stratford Works over the years, particularly as the end of steam on the Great Eastern Mail Line approached at the end of the 1950's. Seen here in the Works locoshed is Works pilot No.32. This loco hadbeen Class J66 0-6-0T No.68370 until withdrawn in September 1952. It functioned as a Works pilot until September 1962
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here are NER Class J27's Nos. 65822 and 65833, withdrawn from Sunderland, it's home depot, in May 1967. 65822 was a 52F North Blyth engine and was withdrawn in March 1965.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here are NER Class J27's Nos. 65831 and 65788 outside the shed in September 1966. Both had supposedly been withdrawn by them but 65831 is definitely in steam.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here are NER Class J27's Nos.65885, 65853, 65873 and 65868. The first three were all Sunderland locos and withdrawn in May 1967, February 1967 and October 1966 respectively. 65868 was a Thornaby loco and withdrawn in May 1961.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here in July 1965 is Thompson LNER/BR Class K1 2-6-0 No.62026, a Sunderland loco at the time, looking to be in pretty poor trim. However, it was withdrawn until July 1967 from 51C West Hartlepool.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here in May 1954 outside a depot packed with engines are two Class G5 0-4-4T's, one of then Sunderland's No.62747, and a BR Class 4MT 2-6-0.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here is Class Q6 0-8-0 No.63395 fitted with a snowplough and two Class WD 8F 2-8-0's.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here is NER Class G5 0-4-4T No.67248, a Sunderland loco during 1957.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here is NER Class Q7 0-8-0 No.63466 outside the roundhouse. This loco was withdrawn in December 1962.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. The inside of the roundhouse is seen here in September 1967 with 5 Class J27 0-6-0's around the turntable, right to left, 65882, 65855, 65894 and two others. Note the lack of train braking.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. The shed yard is seen here in May 1967 with withdrawn Class K1 2-6-0 No.62012, a classmate and a Class J27 in residence.
  • TAIN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - The Highland Railway built vTain Depot in 1877 as sub-shed of Helmsdale, itself a sub-shed of 60A Inverness. It was a stone-built two road dead-end shed on the west side of the line, north of the station. As a sub-shed it had no fixed allocation and would generally house one or two locomotives based at Inverness. It closed in June 1962 and is seen here in July 1955.
  • TEBAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (11E/11D/12H/12E) - The London & North Western Railway opened an engine shed at Tebay in the 1860's when the need arose to provide banking engines to enable increasingly heavy trains to surmount the 1 in 75 gradient up to Shap Summit. A new 4 road dead-end shed was built in 1947. The allocation of engines here was never large. 2-6-4T's were favoured for banking duties as they did not need turning and provided better protection for their crews in the ferocious local winters and, in March 1959, Tebay was home to 5 of them:banking engines could perform their duites a number of times on any given day. There were also 4 Class 4MT 2-6-0's, which largely worked on the services going east over Stainmore Summit and 2 LMS Class 4F 0-6-0's. By the time that the shed closed in January 1968, diesel and electric loco's rarely needing to be banked, these duties were being performed by 5 BR Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0's. Seen here in June 1962 is Class 4MT 2-6-4T No.42414, a Tebay loco, with classmates visible inside.
  • TEBAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (11E/11D/12H/12E) - The London & North Western Railway opened an engine shed at Tebay in the 1860's when the need arose to provide banking engines to enable increasingly heavy trains to surmount the 1 in 75 gradient up to Shap Summit. A new 4 road dead-end shed was built in 1947. The allocation of engines here was never large. 2-6-4T's were favoured for banking duties as they did not need turning and provided better protection for their crews in the ferocious local winters and, in March 1959, Tebay was home to 5 of them:banking engines could perform their duites a number of times on any given day. There were also 4 Class 4MT 2-6-0's, which largely worked on the services going east over Stainmore Summit and 2 LMS Class 4F 0-6-0's. By the time that the shed closed in January 1968, diesel and electric loco's rarely needing to be banked, these duties were being performed by 5 BR Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0's. The shed and yard are seen here in the 1950's.
  • TEBAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (11E/11D/12H/12E) - The London & North Western Railway opened an engine shed at Tebay in the 1860's when the need arose to provide banking engines to enable increasingly heavy trains to surmount the 1 in 75 gradient up to Shap Summit. A new 4 road dead-end shed was built in 1947. The allocation of engines here was never large. 2-6-4T's were favoured for banking duties as they did not need turning and provided better protection for their crews in the ferocious local winters and, in March 1959, Tebay was home to 5 of them:banking engines could perform their duites a number of times on any given day. There were also 4 Class 4MT 2-6-0's, which largely worked on the services going east over Stainmore Summit and 2 LMS Class 4F 0-6-0's. By the time that the shed closed in January 1968, diesel and electric loco's rarely needing to be banked, these duties were being performed by 5 BR Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0's. Two of the successors to the 2-6-4T's stand in the shed yard, No.75037 nearest the camera.
  • TEMPLECOMBE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (22D/71H/82G/83G) - The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway opened wooden depot here in 1877, a structure which was demolished in 1951 and replaced by this 2-road dead-end shed. The depot, due to the line's joint nature, always had a very mixed allocation and in May 1959 it consisted of 18 locos, 1 GWR 0-6-0PT, 4 Fowler 2P 4-4-0's, 2 LMS/BR 2-6-2T's, 10 Class 3F/4F 0-6-0's, some of S&DJR origin, and 1 LMS Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0T - quite a collection. By May 1965, this number had been reduced to 13, 7 of them LMS/BR tank engines. The depot closed in March 1966, at which time the whole system was closed with it. It is seen here in July 1962.
  • THAXTED LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This single road brick shed was a subshed of Cambridge and sat at the very eastern end of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway. It only ever housed whatever Class J67 or J69 0-6-0T was the current branch locomotive. It closed when the line lost its passenger services in September 1952. It is seen here in 2010, both shed and water tower still in use.
  • THAXTED LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This single road brick shed was a subshed of Cambridge and sat at the very eastern end of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway. It only ever housed whatever Class J67 or J69 0-6-0T was the current branch locomotive. It closed when the line lost its passenger services in September 1952. It is seen here in LNER days with Class J69 No.8545 in the shed doorway.
  • THAXTED LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This single road brick shed was a subshed of Cambridge and sat at the very eastern end of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway. It only ever housed whatever Class J67 or J69 0-6-0T was the current branch locomotive. The branch closed in June 1953, nine months after this picture was taken of Class 69 No.68579 taking advantage of the facilities.
  • THAXTED LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This single road brick shed was a subshed of Cambridge and sat at the very eastern end of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway. It only ever housed whatever Class J67 or J69 0-6-0T was the current branch locomotive. The branch closed in June 1953, nine months after this picture was taken of Class 69 No.68579 taking advantage of the facilities.
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