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Having thanked the Shed Foreman, we drove the 30 or so miles to York, found lodgings, and proceeded to York shed, where permission was once again granted, though this time we were allowed to make our own way round. |
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Yorkshire Loco Sheds: 1960 & 1964 |
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Page 1: 1960 |
| DAY 1: SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER 1960: |
| After a drive north east from the Midlands in the family Morris Oxford, my father, myself, and my brother, presented ourselves at the Foreman's office at Doncaster shed. The usual request was made, with the usual result. Over a period of some 10 years, we never had a single shed permit but were always granted permission. Father had the gift, and was also able to talk us in to quite a few signal boxes visits. Never once were we turned down. On this occasion a spare driver was provided as an escort. Very nice fellow, very informative, until father, without thinking, mentioned that he had always been a Great Western fan, and what good engines the Kings and Castles were. But the tour nevertheless continued, and we were allowed to climb on to the footplates of a variety of engines. |
| DONCASTER SHED (36A): |
| 60021 Wild Swan | 60113 Great Northern | ||
| 60023 Golden Eagle | 60114 W P Allen | ||
| 60026 Miles Beevor | 60119 Patrick Stirling | ||
| 60029 Woodcock | 60136 Alcazar | ||
| 60032 Gannet | 60139 Sea Eagle | ||
| 60144 Kings Courier | |||
| 60049 Galtee Moor | 60149 Amadis | ||
| 60156 Great Central | |||
| 60523 Sea Eagle | 60157 Great Eastern | ||
| 60158 Aberdonian | |||
| 70035 Rudyard Kipling | |||
| 60810 V2 | 61001 B1 | 61800 K3 | 63618 O4 | 67780 L1 | 90001 WD | ||
| 60826 | 61055 | 61813 | 63677 | 67784 | 90133 | ||
| 60845 | 61121 | 61829 | 63698 | 67787 | 90424 | ||
| 60849 | 61124 | 61856 | 63858 | 90450 | |||
| 60852 | 61128 | 61883 | 63934 | 68020 J94 | 90537 | ||
| 60870 | 61157 | 61887 | 63952 | 68069 | 90636 | ||
| 60905 | 61158 | 61890 | 63958 | 68071 | |||
| 60908 | 61193 | 61895 | 63981 | 68962 | 48422 8F | ||
| 60928 | 61213 | 61963 | 63985 | 68963 | |||
| 60935 | 61250 | 68976 | D5654 Brush | ||||
| 60936 | 61256 | 62014 K1 | 64874 | ||||
| 60943 | 61326 | 62034 | 64987 | 68508 J69 | D3443 | ||
| 60961 | 61386 | 62067 | D3481 | ||||
| 64185 J6 | 92169 9F | D3482 | |||||
| 92171 | D3649 | ||||||
| 64354 J11 | 92172 | ||||||
| 92199 | D2107 | ||||||
| Total 96 |
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Having thanked the Shed Foreman, we drove the 30 or so miles to York, found lodgings, and proceeded to York shed, where permission was once again granted, though this time we were allowed to make our own way round. |
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YORK SHED (50A): |
| 60028 Walter K Wigham | 60502 Earl Marischal | ||
| 60515 Tehran | |||
| 60121 Silurian | 60522 Straight Deal | ||
| 60132 Marmion | 60524 Herringbone | ||
| 60138 Boswell | 60526 Sugar Palm | ||
| 60140 Balmoral | 60529 Pearl Diver | ||
| 60153 Flamboyant | |||
| 61000 Springbock | |||
| 60847 St Peters School York | 61002 Impala | ||
| 60872 Kings Own Yorks Light Infantry | 61018 Gnu | ||
| 61039 Steinbock | |||
| 70007 Coeur de Lion | 61041 Roedeer | ||
| 45607 Fiji | |||
| 60831 V2 | 61049 B1 | 61475 B16/2 | 63974 O2 | 44207 4F | 82026 Std | ||
| 60837 | 61053 | 44236 | |||||
| 60856 | 61068 | 61417 B16/3 | 65874 J27 | D253 EE4 | |||
| 60864 | 61086 | 61448 | 65883 | 90026 WD | D258 | ||
| 60879 | 61107 | 61454 | 65888 | 90045 | D259 | ||
| 60895 | 61122 | 61463 | 90211 | D281 | |||
| 60907 | 61170 | 61467 | 44841 5MT | 90217 | D283 | ||
| 60914 | 61198 | 61476 | 45268 | 90467 | |||
| 60918 | 61229 | 45269 | 90663 | D3240 | |||
| 60925 | 61273 | 61832 K3 | 90667 | D3940 | |||
| 60939 | 61288 | 61919 | 43056 Ivatt | ||||
| 60941 | 61291 | 61925 | 43096 | 92055 9F | D2046 | ||
| 60954 | 61388 | 61972 | 92058 | D2159 | |||
| 60963 | 48432 8F | 92148 | D2245 | ||||
| 60975 | 61421 B16/2 | 62009 K1 | 48645 | 92220 | D2269 | ||
| 60982 | 61437 | 62038 | |||||
| 61438 | 62061 | 46480 2MT | |||||
| Total 105 | |||||||
| DAY 2: MONDAY 24th OCTOBER 1960: |
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The
plan for Monday was a rail trip to Darlington in the morning, and
some trainspotting at York in the afternoon. So we caught the 9.51am
from York, the "North Briton" Leeds to Glasgow service,
hauled by Class A3 4-6-2 no 60036 Colombo. We returned from Darlington almost immediately on the
10.48am train, a Newcastle to Kings Cross service, with Class A4 4-6-2
no 60015 Quicksilver.
Having arrived back at York at 11.38am, we remained on York station until 2.35pm. |
| YORK RAILWAY STATION: 11.38am to 2.35pm: |
| UP TRAINS (SOUTHBOUND): | ||
| 11.48: 90011 (WD 2-8-0) passed on an up freight. | ||
| 12.07: 61927 (K3 2-6-0) was seen on a light engine movement. | ||
| 12.23/12.27: 60084 Trigo (A3 4-6-2) called on the 9.55am Newcastle-Liverpool. | ||
| 12.27: 61475 (B16 4-6-0) was seen on a light engine movement. | ||
| 12.33: D207 (EE type 4) passed on the 8.30am Talisman (9) | ||
| 12.48: 45269 (5MT 4-6-0) left on the 12.48pm York-Bristol (11) | ||
| 1.43: D251 (EE type 4) passed on the 10.00am Flying Scotsman (11) | ||
| 2.02: 61893 (K3 2-6-0) passed on a freight from the Scarborough line. | ||
| 2.05: 60064 Tagalie (A3 4-6-2) was seen on a Parcels service. | ||
| 2.09: 60083 Sir Hugo (A3 4-6-2) passed on the Northumbrian (12) | ||
| 2.20: 60511 Airborne (A2 4-6-2) called on a Newcastle-Liverpool service. | ||
| 2.31: 70007 Coeur de Lion (BR 7 4-6-2) left on the 12.05pm Newcastle-Colchester (8+3v) | ||
| DOWN TRAINS (NORTHBOUND): | ||
| 12.10: 43076 (Ivatt 2-6-0) passed on a freight to the Scarborough line. | ||
| 12.33: 44823 (5MT 4-6-0) arrived on the 10.15am Manchester Victoria-York. | ||
| 12.34/12.38: D271 (EE type 4) called on a Kings Cross-Newcastle service (9) | ||
| 12.50: 45557 New Brunswick (Jubilee 4-6-0) arrived on the 7.54am Worcester-York (7) | ||
| 1.22: D201(EE type 4) passed on the 10.00am Flying Scotsman (11) | ||
| 1.38: 45698 Mars (Jubilee 4-6-0) arrived on the 10.30am Liverpool-Newcastle. | ||
| 1.44: 60948 (V2 2-6-2) arrived on a Kings Cross-Newcastle service (8) | ||
| 1.53: D276 (EE type 4) left on the the Kings Cross-Newcastle (8) (Loco change) | ||
| 1.58: D253 (EE type 4) left on the 10.30am Liverpool-Newcastle (Loco change) | ||
| 2.02: 61892 (K3 2-6-0) passed on a freight to the Scarborough line. | ||
| 2.31: D240 (EE type 4) passed on the 11.00am Kings Cross-Glasgow | ||
| At 2.35pm, we ended our Trainspotting session, frankly disappointed. York station was not as busy as we had expected, and there far too many services that had gone over to English Electric type 4 operation. In the afternoon we drove down to Challoners Whin, and found a spot with a good view of the junction. Here is what we saw: | ||
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| 4.13: 45572 Eire (Jubilee 4-6-0) passed on the 10.20am Bristol-York (11) | ||
| 4.26: D259 (EE type 4) passed on the 10.00am Lowestoft-Newcastle (8) | ||
| 4.44: 60019 Bittern (A4 4-6-2) passed on a Kings Cross-Newcastle service (11) | ||
| The only Up line service we saw was at 4.48, 63721 (O4 2-8-0) on a freight | ||
| And that concluded our Trainspotting for the day. | ||
| DAY 3: TUESDAY 24th OCTOBER 1960: | ||
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Our final day. We were expected home in the Midlands by late afternoon, which gave us a full morning freel. So what about Leeds? We could try Copley Hill and Holbeck sheds, which were close to one another. On a Tuesday morning, they were hardly likely to be full of locomotives, but we had not done either shed before. Come to think of it, none of us had ever been to Leeds before. |
| COPLEY HILL SHED (56C): |
| 60010 Dominion of Canada | 60118 Archibald Sturrock | ||
| 60130 Kestrel | |||
| 60061 Pretty Polly | |||
| 60069 Sceptre | 60809 The Snapper | ||
| 60081 Shotover | 60841 | ||
| 60103 Flying Scotsman | 60930 | ||
| 61189 Sir William Gray |
| 61115 B1 | 61320 | 63436 Q6 | 64203 J6 | 68925 J50 | 40074 2-6-2T | ||
| 61129 | 61339 | 64268 | 68984 | 40112 | |||
| 68988 | |||||||
| Total 23 | |||||||
| And just down the road at Holbeck: |
| HOLBECK SHED (55A): |
| 70032 Tennyson | 45561 Saskatchewan | ||
| 70044 Earl Haig | 45565 Victoria | ||
| 70053 Moray Firth | 45568 Western Australia | ||
| 70054 Dornoch Firth | 45593 Kolhapur | ||
| 45608 Gibraltar | |||
| 46130 The West Yorkshire Regiment | 45659 Drake | ||
| 46145 The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment | |||
| 44662 5MT | 44888 | 73168 BR5 | 43016 Ivatt | 48159 8F | 92123 9F | ||
| 44666 | 44919 | 73170 | 43052 | 48283 | 92137 | ||
| 44756 | 44941 | 43124 | 48399 | ||||
| 44824 | 44943 | 42771 Crab | 48532 | 42409 4P | |||
| 44854 | 45272 | 42798 | 44520 4F | 47420 3F | |||
| 44570 | 46493 2MT | ||||||
| D2272 | |||||||
| Total 41 |
| And so ended day 3 of our 1960 Yorkshire tour. And what a tremendous success it was. |
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