WARWICKSHIRE RAILWAY SOCIETY
BIRMINGHAM (NEW STREET) – DERBY – DONCASTER – MEXBOROUGH – STAVELEY – – BIRMINGHAM (NEW STREET)
Hauled throughout by SR Unrebuilt West Country Class 4‑6‑2 No. 34094 Mortehoe (70A Nine Elms)
SR Unrebuilt West Country Class 4‑6‑2 No. 34094 Mortehoe
Subject of a few admiring glances SR Unrebuilt West Country Class 4‑6‑2 No. 34094 Mortehoe, from 70A Nine Elms, rests at Derby (Midland) station with its coaching stock whilst the occupants visit Derby shed and Works. Mortehoe, along with sister engine 34045 Ottery St. Mary (rebuilt) had the dubious distinction of being the only two members of the class to be cut up at Woodham’s, Barry.
Photograph Peter Hands
DERBY STATION
LMS: Class 4F 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 44214 (17A Derby), 44420 (17A Derby).
LMS (Stanier 3‑cyl) Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42500
LMS (Stanier 3‑cyl) Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42500 and LMS Stanier (2‑cyl) No. 42472 in store outside Derby Works. Although similar in design both of these locomotives had entirely different futures. No. 42500 is preserved as part of the National Collection and at the time of writing is currently being hosted at Barrow Hill Roundhouse whereas No. 42472 ended its days at the hands of the cutter’s torch at Cashmore’s, Great Bridge.
Photograph Peter Hands
DERBY LOCOMOTIVE WORKS
LMS: Class 0F 0‑4‑0T No. 41535 (85C Gloucester – Barnwood). Class 4F 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 44466 (82E Bristol Barrow Road), 44527 (17B Burton), 44560 (82G Templecombe). Class 0F 0‑4‑0ST No. 47003 (18C Hasland).
BR: Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 73001 (82C Swindon), 73021 (85C Gloucester – Barnwood), 73032 (6A Chester), 73067 (6A Chester), 73086 The Green Knight (70A Nine Elms). Class 4 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 75012 (6A Chester), 75064 (17A Derby).
Awaiting preservation:
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42500.
Awaiting scrapping:
LMS: Class 3 2‑6‑2T No. 40157. Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42098, 42100, 42117, 42207, 42302, 42333, 42429, 42472, 42585, 42636. Class 3F 0‑6‑0 No. 43599. Class 4F 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 44252, 44545. Class 3F 0‑6‑0T No. 47460.
BR Britannia Class 4‑6‑2 No. 70001 Lord Hurcomb,
With the coaling plant in the left background BR Britannia Class 4‑6‑2 No. 70001 Lord Hurcomb, of 1A Willesden, rests between duties in the yard at 17A Derby. Once of 30A Stratford, 32A Norwich and 31B March Lord Hurcomb had been transferred to the London Midland Region a month before being captured on camera at 17A.
Photograph Peter Hands
17A DERBY
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42335, 42339. Class 3F 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 43342, 43521, 43620, 42637, 42658, 43667. Class 4F 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 43955, 44134 (17C Rowsley), 44176, 44333, 44336 (55E Normanton), 44402 (9E Trafford Park), 44454, 44517. Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 45274, 45441 (8C Speke Junction). Jubilee Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 45561 Saskatchewan, 45610 Ghana, 45611 Hong Kong, 56633 Aden, 45700 Amethyst, 45712 Victory. Class 2 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 46402, 46440, 46495, 46497, 46499, 46500, 46502. Class 0F 0‑4‑0ST’s Nos. 47000, 47006. Class 3F 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 47236, 47272, 47276 (85D Bromsgrove), 47325, 47441, 47534, 47629. Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48117 (16D Annesley), 48204 (18B Westhouses), 48206 (2B Nuneaton), 48331 (41E Staveley – Barrow Hill), 48454 (55A Leeds – Holbeck), 48765 (41E Staveley – Barrow Hill).
LNER: 01/04 Class 2‑8‑0 No. 63879 (31B March). J94 Class 0‑6‑0ST No. 68006 (17C Rowsley).
BR: 70001 Lord Hurcomb (1A Willesden). Class 4 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 75040, 75041, 75043, 75044, 75058, 75060.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90561 (26A Newton Heath), 90682 (55E Normanton), 90722 (55E Normanton).
BR: Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92128 (21A Saltley).
In Store:
LMS: Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48009.
DONCASTER STATION
LNER: A1 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60139 Sea Eagle (36A Doncaster) – standby locomotive (southbound). K1 Class 2‑6‑0 No. 62015 (36A Doncaster).
A4 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60014 Silver Link
A sad line‑up of condemned LNER power awaiting cutting‑up at Doncaster Works. From left to right are: A4 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60014 Silver Link (probably the most famous member of the class after Mallard), Class J50 0‑6‑0T No. 68925, A3 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60056 Centenary, A1 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60144 King’s Courier and A3 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60078 Night Hawk.
Photograph Peter Hands
DONCASTER LOCOMOTIVE WORKS
LNER: A4 Class 4‑6‑2’s Nos. 60006 Sir Ralph Wedgwood (34A Kings Cross), 60031 Golden Plover (65B St. Rollox). A3 Class 4‑6‑2’s Nos. 60054 Prince of Wales (34F Grantham), 60063 Isinglass (34A Kings Cross). A1 Class 4‑6‑2 Nos. 60117 Bois Roussel (56C Copley Hill), 60121 Silurian (50A York), 60152 Holyrood (64B Haymarket). A2 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60500 Edward Thompson (34E New England). B1 Class 4‑6‑0 No. 61121 (36A Doncaster).
K1 Class 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 62008 (51A Darlington), 62027 (52K Consett), 62050 (52K Consett).
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90043 (41J Langwith Junction), 90088 (41J Langwith Junction), 90347 (55G Huddersfield), 90719 (41D Canklow).
Works Shunters:
LNER: J50 Class 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 68911 (DM10), 68914 (DM11), 68917 (DM12), 68928 (DM13), 68961 (DM14), 68971 (DM15), 68976 (DM16).
For preservation:
LNER: A4 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60022 Mallard. V2 Class 2‑6‑2 No. 60800 Green Arrow. J17 Class 0‑6‑0 No. 65567. N2 Class 0‑6‑2T No. 69523.
For scrapping:
LMS:
Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42530.
LNER: A4 Class 4‑6‑2’s Nos. 60013 Dominion of New Zealand, 60014 Silver Link, 60015 Quicksilver. A3 Class 4‑6‑2’s Nos. 60056 Centenary, 60078 Night Hawk. A1 Class 4‑6‑2’ No. 60144 King’s Courier. A2 Class 4‑6‑2’s Nos. 60521 Watling Street, 60525 A.H. Peppercorn, 60526 Sugar Palm, 60539 Bronzino. V2 Class 2‑6‑2 No. 60814. J50 Class 0‑6‑0T No. 68925.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90250, 90270.
Doncaster Shed Yard
Four inmates of 36A Doncaster from four different classes are in this view in the shed yard at 36A. From left to right are: LNER B1 Class 4‑6‑0 No. 61270, LNER V2 Class 2‑6‑2 No. 60852, LNER A1 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60128 Bongrace and BR Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92192. Doncaster depot ceased its long association with steam in late June 1966.
Photograph Peter Hands
36A DONCASTER
SR: Unrebuilt West Country Class 4‑6‑2 No. 34094 Mortehoe (70A Nine Elms).
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑0 No. 43104 (40A Lincoln). Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48293 (16D Annesley).
LNER: A4 Class 4‑6‑2’s Nos. 60016 Silver King (52A Gateshead), 60029 Woodcock (34A Kings Cross). A3 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60077 The White Knight (56B Ardsley). A1 Class 4‑6‑2’s Nos. 60119 Patrick Stirling, 60125 Scottish Union, 60128 Bongrace, 60149 Amadis, 60156 Great Central, 60158 Aberdonian. V2 Class 2‑6‑2’s Nos. 60805 (50A York), 60852, 60876 King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 60876 (50A York), 60877 (50A York), 60881 (34E New England), 60899, 60924, 60935, 60941 (50A York). B1 Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 61001 Eland, 61087, 61125, 61156 (31B March), 61196, 61223 (40A Lincoln), 61270, 61326, 61329 (31B March), 61348 (40A Lincoln), 61389 (34F Grantham), 61392 (34F Grantham). B16 Class 4‑6‑0 No. 61463 (50B Hull – Dairycoates). K1 Class 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 62014, 62036, 62037, 62039 (36E Retford), 62041 (50A York), 62051, 62053, 62055, 62068, 62069, 62070 (36E Retford). 01/04 Class 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 63576 (36C Frodingham), 63593, 63613, 63647, 63688 (36E Retford), 63730, 63764, 63785 (36E Retford), 63818, 63858. 02 Class 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 63928 (34F Grantham), 63936 (36E Retford), 63949 (34F Grantham), 63977 (36E Retford).
BR: Britannia Class 4‑6‑2 No. 70009 Alfred the Great (31B March).
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90018, 90042, 90069 (41D Canklow), 90169 (40E Colwick), 90190 (41F Mexborough), 90195, 90208, 90220 (41F Mexborough – seen later at 41F), 90235, 90279, 90280 (40B Immingham), 90296, 90305, 90453 (36C Frodingham), 90476, 90480, 90496, 90498, 90538, 90569, 90636, 90660 (40B Immingham), 90709.
BR: Class 9F 2‑10‑0’s Nos. 92041 (34E New England), 92044, 92148, 92149 (34E New England), 92168, 92171, 92172, 92176, 92177, 92189, 92190, 92191, 92192, 92198, 92200.
In store/awaiting scrapping:
LNER: A2 Class 4‑6‑2’s Nos. 60520 Owen Tudor, 60538 Velocity. V2 Class 2‑6‑2 No. 60912. B1 Class 4‑6‑0 No. 61128. 01/04 Class 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 63618, 63698. 02 Class 2‑8‑0 No. 63961.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90425, 90559, 90608.
LNER A3 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60107 Royal Lancer
Spotters of varying ages mill around LNER A3 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60107 Royal Lancer, from 34A Kings Cross, seen at the head of a Leeds to Kings Cross express. How this scene was soon to change. Within a matter of weeks the ‘Top Shed’ at 34A would be closed completely and Kings Cross station would become, to all intents and purposes, steam free.
Photograph Peter Hands
DONCASTER STATION
LNER A3 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60107
Nameplate of LNER A3 Class 4‑6‑2 No. 60107
Photograph Peter Hands
LNER B1 Class 4‑6‑0 No. 61090
With a ‘bulled‑up’ smokebox and shedplate LNER B1 Class 4‑6‑0 No. 61090 stands over a clean ashpit at its home shed of 41F Mexborough. In the left background is LNER B1 Class 4‑6‑0 No. 61138 along with WD Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90149 and 90529 – all 41F steeds. No. 61090 survived in service until September 1963 and was cut up at Darlington Works.
Photograph Peter Hands
41F MEXBOROUGH
LMS: Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48772 (41E Staveley – Barrow Hill).
LNER: B1 Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 61090, 61093 (41D Canklow), 61138, 61155, 61167, 61169. 01/04 Class 208‑0’s Nos. 63611, 63628 (36C Frodingham), 63661, 63684, 63734, 63813, 63836 (36C Frodingham), 63843, 63877, 63878 (36E Retford), 63907.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90063 (36A Doncaster), 90095 (36A Doncaster), 90139 (41D Canklow), 90145 (41J Langwith Junction), 90149, 90165, 90188, 90203, 90211, 90220, 90225, 90252, 90311 (41D Canklow), 90313, 90330, 90400, 90421, 90485, 90499, 90519, 90529, 90544, 90567, 90573, 90579, 90580, 90582, 90587, 90590, 90612, 90668.
In store:
LNER: B1 Class 4‑6‑0 No. 61112. 01/04 Class 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 63659, 63883, 63911.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90495, 90508, 90526.
(Such was the speed of the advancing modernisation that within less than twelve months from this visit 41F was all but closed completely.)
LMS Class 4F 0‑6‑0 No. 44071
Conversation time by two members of the shed staff, hands in pockets, at 41E Staveley (Barrow Hill). Directly behind them, in filthy condition, is condemned (4.63) LMS Class 4F 0‑6‑0 No. 44071. Thankfully, the roundhouse at Barrow Hill was saved at the eleventh hour from demolition and today thrives as a preservation site for both steam and diesel traction from years gone by.
Photograph Peter Hands
41E STAVELEY (BARROW HILL)
LMS: Class 0F 0‑4‑0T No. 41528. Class 1F 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 41734, 41835, 41875. Class 4 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 43037, 43087, 43088, 43090, 43111, 43151, 43157, 43159, 43161. Class 4F 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 44010, 44066, 44089, 44174, 44212, 44265, 44287, 44426, 44437, 44535, 44568. Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48026, 48029, 48140, 48144, 48176, 48179, 48189, 48199, 48200, 48208 (9F Heaton Mersey), 48209, 48210, 48216, 48341, 48407, 48515, 48539, 48618, 48642, 48703 (55B Stourton).
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 90290 (41D Canklow).
BR: Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92009 (18B Westhouses).
