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BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.

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BEDFORD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (15D/14E/14C) - The Midland Railway opened its engine shed at Bedford in 1868, a 4-road brick-built dead-end shed, west of the avoiding lines and south of the station. In March 1959 it had allocation of 31 engines, many of them goods engines or small tank engines, although it was home to 5 of then almost new BR Class 4MT 4-6-0's. The locoshed closed in August 1963. Here it is seen after closure, standing derelict, and remarkably it still stands today.
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BEDFORD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (15D/14E/14C) - The Midland Railway opened its engine shed at Bedford in 1868, a 4-road brick-built dead-end shed, west of the avoiding lines and south of the station. In March 1959 it had allocation of 31 engines, many of them goods engines or small tank engines, although it was home to 5 of then almost new BR Class 4MT 4-6-0's. The locoshed closed in August 1963. Here it is seen after closure, standing derelict, and remarkably it still stands today.

  • BARROW HILL LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (41E) - Inside Barrow Hill (41E) roundhouse in March 1963. an 8F, two 4F's, a Class 08 shunter and a 1F 0-6-0T stand around the turntable. This is a museum today.
  • BARROW HILL LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (41E) - seen here on Open Day, October 5th, 1980, with 'Tommy' 76035 and Class 13 shunter 13001 around the turntable. Both locos had less than 1 year left in traffic. Barrow Hill closed in February 1991 and is now a museum.
  • BARROW HILL LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (41E) - The roundhouse at Barrow Hill was built by the Midland Railway in 1870 and served the Derbyshire and South Yorkshire coalfields, with an allocation that was almost entirely goods engines. In March 1959, it was home to 67 engines, 18 of them shunting tanks used in the nearby steelworks and the remainder goods engines. The depot closed to steam in December 1965 but stayed open to service diesels until 1991, when, threatened with demolition, it was saved to become a museum and a loco storage site. Seen here is Departmental No.30, previously Class B1 4-6-0 No.61050. When this loco was withdrawn from nearby 41J Langwith Junction in February 1966, it was used as a stationary boiler to pre-heat passenger coaches. It is seen here in the roundhouse in February 1968, probably stored out of use. It was sold for scrap, engine only, in October 1968, the tender being converted to a snowplough.
  • BARROW HILL LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (41E) - The roundhouse at Barrow Hill was built by the Midland Railway in 1870 and served the Derbyshire and South Yorkshire coalfields, with an allocation that was almost entirely goods engines. The depot closed to steam in December 1965 but stayed open to service diesels until 1991, when, threatened with demolition, it was saved to become a museum and a loco storage site. In this picture from the 1980's can be seen 2 pairs of Class 20's, a Class 03 Shunter and a Class 08.
  • BARROW HILL LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (41E) - The roundhouse at Barrow Hill was built by the Midland Railway in 1870 and served the Derbyshire and South Yorkshire coalfields, with an allocation that was almost entirely goods engines. The depot closed to steam in December 1965 but stayed open to service diesels until 1991, when, threatened with demolition, it was saved to become a museum and a loco storage site. In this picture we see 47279 resting inside the roundhouse.
  • BATHGATE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (64F) - A sub-shed of 64A St Margarets, Bathgate was opened by the North British Railway in 1902 as a 6-track through shed, reduced to 4 in 1954. The allocation in 1959 was 31 locos, pretty much characterised by this line of engines on the scrapline, seen here from the shed. From the left, Class J38 0-6-0T No.68478, Class D40 4-4-0 No.62432 QUENTIN DURWARD, Class J88 0-6-0T No.68339, then another J83, 2 Class Y9 0-4-0ST's, 2 more Class D40's, 2 more Class J83's and a Class K3 2-6-0. All of these engines had been withdrawn during 1958. The shed closed in August 1966, by which time its allocation was down to about 12 locos and it was used to store withdrawn engines.
  • BATH GREEN PARK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (22C/71G/82F) - The 2-road stone shed seen here was built by the Midland Railway in 1869, joined by an S&DJR 4-road timber shed in 1874, behind the camera and further to the left. Although the two sheds tended to operate independently, they were grouped together for classification purposes. Although the shed went from the Midland to the Southern to the Western Regions in succession, the allocation did not really alter very much. As the activities as the S&DJR were wound down in the mid-1960's, the allocation of locos decreased and by the end of 1965 it was mainly being used to store withdrawn locos, closing altogether in March 1966. Seen here is LMS Class 5MT No.4820, together with at least two Class 3F 'Jinty' tanks. As BR No.44820, it was withdrawn from 66B Motherwell in December 1966.
  • BEATTOCK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (12F/68D/66F) - This depot was opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1857. It was a stone 2-road through shed to the north of the station. It has sub-shed at Lockerbie The depot closed in April 1967 and was demolished, but the site remains in railway use as sidings. The main purpose of the shed here was to provide banking engines to assist heavy trains over the neighbouring summits and so the allocation was never large and consisted mostly of tank engines, which were much more suitable for banking than tender engines. In March 1959, there just 10 engines based here, 7 LMS 4MT 2-6-4T's, 2 CR 2P 0-4-4T's and a single CR 3F 0-6-0 for local goods trains. Seen here in June 1953 is McIntosh CR Class 439 2P 0-4-4T No.55187, a Beattock engine at that time but withdrawn from 67A Corkerhill in February 1955.
  • BEATTOCK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (12F/68D/66F) - This depot was opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1857. It was a stone 2-road through shed to the north of the station. It has sub-shed at Lockerbie The depot closed in April 1967 and was demolished, but the site remains in railway use as sidings. The main purpose of the shed here was to provide banking engines to assist heavy trains over the neighbouring summits and so the allocation was never large and consisted mostly of tank engines, which were much more suitable for banking than tender engines. In March 1959, there just 10 engines based here, 7 LMS 4MT 2-6-4T's, 2 CR 2P 0-4-4T's and a single CR 3F 0-6-0 for local goods trains. Seen here on September 1953 is McIntosh CR Class 439 2P 0-4-4T No.55232, a Beattock engine at this time but withdrawn in September 1961 from 68B Dumfries.
  • BEDFORD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (15D/14E/14C) - The Midland Railway opened its engine shed at Bedford in 1868, a 4-road brick-built dead-end shed, west of the avoiding lines and south of the station. In March 1959 it had allocation of 31 engines, many of them goods engines or small tank engines, although it was home to 5 of then almost new BR Class 4MT 4-6-0's, as seen in this not so very good view from 1960. The locoshed closed in August 1963.
  • BEDFORD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (15D/14E/14C) - The Midland Railway opened its engine shed at Bedford in 1868, a 4-road brick-built dead-end shed, west of the avoiding lines and south of the station. In March 1959 it had allocation of 31 engines, many of them goods engines or small tank engines, although it was home to 5 of then almost new BR Class 4MT 4-6-0's. The locoshed closed in August 1963. Here it is seen after closure, standing derelict, and remarkably it still stands today.
  • BEDFORD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (15D/14E/14C) - The Midland Railway opened its engine shed at Bedford in 1868, a 4-road brick-built dead-end shed, west of the avoiding lines and south of the station. In March 1959 it had allocation of 31 engines, many of them goods engines or small tank engines, although it was home to 5 of the then almost new BR Class 4MT 4-6-0's. The locoshed closed in August 1963. Seen here in March 1949 is Johnson MR 1532 Class 1P 0-4-4T No.58040, a Bedford engine at that time but withdrawn in March 1955 from 15A Wellingborough.
  • BESCOT LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (3A/21B/2F/BS) - Bescot was a large locomotive depot opened by the LNWR in 1892 adjacent to a marshalling yard of the same name. It was a brick 8-road dead-end shed at the north end of Bescot Station, on the west side of the line. In March 1959 it had an allocation of 81 engines, most of them goods engines, no less than 22 of them being LNWR Class G2 0-8-0's like No.49405, a 2A Rugby loco. It closed to steam in March 1966 and, although still open, has seen activities increasingly scaled back over the years.
  • BESCOT LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (BS) - Bescot was a large locomotive depot opene3d by the LNWR in 1892 adjacent to a marshalling yard of the same name. It closed to steam in March 1966 and, although still open, has seen activities increasingly scaled back over the years. It is seen here in 1991 when it still had an allocation of Class 31/5's for engineering work, 31511 and 31514 sharing this scene with 08378.
  • BIRKENHEAD MOLLINGTON STREET LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (6C/8H/BC) - Birkenhead Mollington Street was a locomotive depot located on the Birkenhead Dock Branch railway. The depot was situated about 600 yards from Birkenhead Central railway station. Owned and operated by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR) jointly, the new joint-depot was opened in 1878. The shed consisted of two separate but conjoined 8-road straight sheds, the LNWR shed to the north and the GWR to the south. Each had separate water and coaling facilities. On Nationalisation, the entire depot came under the control of the Midland Region. In 1951, the ex-LNWR shed was reduced in scale by half its width, to allow the construction of a new 2-road straight diesel shed in its place. The LNWR coal stage was removed, meaning all coaling moved to the southern GWR coal stage. A new diesel fuelling stage was built on the entrance throat to the new diesel depot. In March 1959, the allocation was 56 engines, only 2 of which were GWR 0-6-0PT's. Of the remainder, 19 were passenger tank engines for local services, 2 were Class 47000 0-4-0ST's for dock shunting and the remainder were mixed traffic and good locos. There were also 9 diesel shunters. In 1963 as the Beeching cuts were felt, the entire ex-GWR allocation of locos was removed and sent south to Swindon Works for reallocation or scrapping. Nonetheless, up to ninety locomotives on shed could still be seen, on occasion., and the allocation in April 1965 had grown to 75 engines, 32 of which were BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0's, which worked the heavy iron ore trains from Bidston Dock to the John Summers steelworks in Shotton. The remainder were 5 passenger tank engines, 9 Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0T's for shunting duties and 29 mixed traffic 4-6-0's and 2-6-0's. The final day of steam operations at the shed was November 5th, 1967. During the final years of the depot, locomotives stabled included Classes 03, 25, 40 and 47. In 1984, during the Merseyrail changeover from Class 503 to Class 508 EMU's, those units were also stored at the depot. The depot was closed in November 1985, and demolished in July 1987. Seen here in 1958 is Class D2/7 HC 0-6-0 DM Shunter No.11119, which became D2503 in 1957, but still carrying it's original number. These powerful, short wheelbase engines were useful for working around the tight bends in the docks. This loco was withdrawn in August 1967 from 12C Barrow in Furness.
  • BIRKENHEAD MOLLINGTON STREET LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (6C/8H/BC) - Birkenhead Mollington Street was a locomotive depot located on the Birkenhead Dock Branch railway. The depot was situated about 600 yards from Birkenhead Central railway station. Owned and operated by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR) jointly, the new joint-depot was opened in 1878. The shed consisted of two separate but conjoined 8-road straight sheds, the LNWR shed to the north and the GWR to the south. Each had separate water and coaling facilities. On Nationalisation, the entire depot came under the control of the Midland Region. In 1951, the ex-LNWR shed was reduced in scale by half its width, to allow the construction of a new 2-road straight diesel shed in its place. The LNWR coal stage was removed, meaning all coaling moved to the southern GWR coal stage. A new diesel fuelling stage was built on the entrance throat to the new diesel depot. In March 1959, the allocation was 56 engines, only 2 of which were GWR 0-6-0PT's. Of the remainder, 19 were passenger tank engines for local services, 2 were Class 47000 0-4-0ST's for dock shunting and the remainder were mixed traffic and good locos. There were also 9 diesel shunters. In 1963 as the Beeching cuts were felt, the entire ex-GWR allocation of locos was removed and sent south to Swindon Works for reallocation or scrapping. Nonetheless, up to ninety locomotives on shed could still be seen, on occasion., and the allocation in April 1965 had grown to 75 engines, 32 of which were BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0's, which worked the heavy iron ore trains from Bidston Dock to the John Summers steelworks in Shotton. The remainder were 5 passenger tank engines, 9 Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0T's for shunting duties and 29 mixed traffic 4-6-0's and 2-6-0's. The final day of steam operations at the shed was November 5th, 1967. During the final years of the depot, locomotives stabled included Classes 03, 25, 40 and 47. In 1984, during the Merseyrail changeover from Class 503 to Class 508 EMU's, those units were also stored at the depot. The depot was closed in November 1985, and demolished in July 1987. Seen here in July 1984 is the extension shed with Class 47's Nos.47227, 47382 and 47384 on shed.
  • BIRKENHEAD MOLLINGTON STREET LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (6C/8H/BC) - Birkenhead Mollington Street was a locomotive depot located on the Birkenhead Dock Branch railway. The depot was situated about 600 yards from Birkenhead Central railway station. Owned and operated by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR) jointly, the new joint-depot was opened in 1878. The shed consisted of two separate but conjoined 8-road straight sheds, the LNWR shed to the north and the GWR to the south. Each had separate water and coaling facilities. On Nationalisation, the entire depot came under the control of the Midland Region. In 1951, the ex-LNWR shed was reduced in scale by half its width, to allow the construction of a new 2-road straight diesel shed in its place. The LNWR coal stage was removed, meaning all coaling moved to the southern GWR coal stage. A new diesel fuelling stage was built on the entrance throat to the new diesel depot. In March 1959, the allocation was 56 engines, only 2 of which were GWR 0-6-0PT's. Of the remainder, 19 were passenger tank engines for local services, 2 were Class 47000 0-4-0ST's for dock shunting and the remainder were mixed traffic and good locos. There were also 9 diesel shunters. In 1963 as the Beeching cuts were felt, the entire ex-GWR allocation of locos was removed and sent south to Swindon Works for reallocation or scrapping. Nonetheless, up to ninety locomotives on shed could still be seen, on occasion., and the allocation in April 1965 had grown to 75 engines, 32 of which were BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0's, which worked the heavy iron ore trains from Bidston Dock to the John Summers steelworks in Shotton. The remainder were 5 passenger tank engines, 9 Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0T's for shunting duties and 29 mixed traffic 4-6-0's and 2-6-0's. The final day of steam operations at the shed was November 5th, 1967. During the final years of the depot, locomotives stabled included Classes 03, 25, 40 and 47. In 1984, during the Merseyrail changeover from Class 503 to Class 508 EMU's, those units were also stored at the depot. The depot was closed in November 1985, and demolished in July 1987. Seen here in May 1966 is Riddles BR Class 9F 2-10-0 No.92165, an 8H loco at this date, withdrawn from 8C Speke Junction in March 1968.
  • BIRKENHEAD MOLLINGTON STREET LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (6C/8H/BC) - Birkenhead Mollington Street was a locomotive depot located on the Birkenhead Dock Branch railway. The depot was situated about 600 yards from Birkenhead Central railway station. Owned and operated by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR) jointly, the new joint-depot was opened in 1878. The shed consisted of two separate but conjoined 8-road straight sheds, the LNWR shed to the north and the GWR to the south. Each had separate water and coaling facilities. On Nationalisation, the entire depot came under the control of the Midland Region. In 1951, the ex-LNWR shed was reduced in scale by half its width, to allow the construction of a new 2-road straight diesel shed in its place. The LNWR coal stage was removed, meaning all coaling moved to the southern GWR coal stage. A new diesel fuelling stage was built on the entrance throat to the new diesel depot. In March 1959, the allocation was 56 engines, only 2 of which were GWR 0-6-0PT's. Of the remainder, 19 were passenger tank engines for local services, 2 were Class 47000 0-4-0ST's for dock shunting and the remainder were mixed traffic and good locos. There were also 9 diesel shunters. In 1963 as the Beeching cuts were felt, the entire ex-GWR allocation of locos was removed and sent south to Swindon Works for reallocation or scrapping. Nonetheless, up to ninety locomotives on shed could still be seen, on occasion., and the allocation in April 1965 had grown to 75 engines, 32 of which were BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0's, which worked the heavy iron ore trains from Bidston Dock to the John Summers steelworks in Shotton. The remainder were 5 passenger tank engines, 9 Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0T's for shunting duties and 29 mixed traffic 4-6-0's and 2-6-0's. The final day of steam operations at the shed was November 5th, 1967. During the final years of the depot, locomotives stabled included Classes 03, 25, 40 and 47. In 1984, during the Merseyrail changeover from Class 503 to Class 508 EMU's, those units were also stored at the depot. The depot was closed in November 1985, and demolished in July 1987. Seen here in September 1958 is Class D2/7 HC 0-6-0 DM Shunter No.11146, which became D2508 in 1957, but still carrying it's original number. These powerful, short wheelbase engines were useful for working around the tight bends in the docks. This loco was withdrawn in May 1967 from Mollington Street where it had been based for all of its service life except for 4 months at Derby.
  • BIRKENHEAD MOLLINGTON STREET LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (6C/8H/BC) - Birkenhead Mollington Street was a locomotive depot located on the Birkenhead Dock Branch railway. The depot was situated about 600 yards from Birkenhead Central railway station. Owned and operated by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR) jointly, the new joint-depot was opened in 1878. The shed consisted of two separate but conjoined 8-road straight sheds, the LNWR shed to the north and the GWR to the south. Each had separate water and coaling facilities. On Nationalisation, the entire depot came under the control of the Midland Region. In 1951, the ex-LNWR shed was reduced in scale by half its width, to allow the construction of a new 2-road straight diesel shed in its place. The LNWR coal stage was removed, meaning all coaling moved to the southern GWR coal stage. A new diesel fuelling stage was built on the entrance throat to the new diesel depot. In March 1959, the allocation was 56 engines, only 2 of which were GWR 0-6-0PT's. Of the remainder, 19 were passenger tank engines for local services, 2 were Class 47000 0-4-0ST's for dock shunting and the remainder were mixed traffic and good locos. There were also 9 diesel shunters. In 1963 as the Beeching cuts were felt, the entire ex-GWR allocation of locos was removed and sent south to Swindon Works for reallocation or scrapping. Nonetheless, up to ninety locomotives on shed could still be seen, on occasion., and the allocation in April 1965 had grown to 75 engines, 32 of which were BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0's, which worked the heavy iron ore trains from Bidston Dock to the John Summers steelworks in Shotton. The remainder were 5 passenger tank engines, 9 Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0T's for shunting duties and 29 mixed traffic 4-6-0's and 2-6-0's. The final day of steam operations at the shed was November 5th, 1967. During the final years of the depot, locomotives stabled included Classes 03, 25, 40 and 47. In 1984, during the Merseyrail changeover from Class 503 to Class 508 EMU's, those units were also stored at the depot. The depot was closed in November 1985, and demolished in July 1987. Seen here is Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0T No.47495, a 6C engine, with a classmate, in the shed yard in July 1963.
  • BIRKENHEAD MOLLINGTON STREET LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (6C/8H/BC) - Birkenhead Mollington Street was a locomotive depot located on the Birkenhead Dock Branch railway. The depot was situated about 600 yards from Birkenhead Central railway station. Owned and operated by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the Great Western Railway (GWR) jointly, the new joint-depot was opened in 1878. The shed consisted of two separate but conjoined 8-road straight sheds, the LNWR shed to the north and the GWR to the south. Each had separate water and coaling facilities. On Nationalisation, the entire depot came under the control of the Midland Region. In 1951, the ex-LNWR shed was reduced in scale by half its width, to allow the construction of a new 2-road straight diesel shed in its place. The LNWR coal stage was removed, meaning all coaling moved to the southern GWR coal stage. A new diesel fuelling stage was built on the entrance throat to the new diesel depot. In March 1959, the allocation was 56 engines, only 2 of which were GWR 0-6-0PT's. Of the remainder, 19 were passenger tank engines for local services, 2 were Class 47000 0-4-0ST's for dock shunting and the remainder were mixed traffic and good locos. There were also 9 diesel shunters. In 1963 as the Beeching cuts were felt, the entire ex-GWR allocation of locos was removed and sent south to Swindon Works for reallocation or scrapping. Nonetheless, up to ninety locomotives on shed could still be seen, on occasion., and the allocation in April 1965 had grown to 75 engines, 32 of which were BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0's, which worked the heavy iron ore trains from Bidston Dock to the John Summers steelworks in Shotton. The remainder were 5 passenger tank engines, 9 Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0T's for shunting duties and 29 mixed traffic 4-6-0's and 2-6-0's. The final day of steam operations at the shed was November 5th, 1967. During the final years of the depot, locomotives stabled included Classes 03, 25, 40 and 47. In 1984, during the Merseyrail changeover from Class 503 to Class 508 EMU's, those units were also stored at the depot. The depot was closed in November 1985, and demolished in July 1987. Seen here is Class 5F 'Crab' 2-6-0 No.42942, an 8H loco, in the extension shed in October 1966, having worked a rail tour on the previous day,
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