BR Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92233
Dominating this busy scene in the yard at 12A Carlisle (Kingmoor) on this bitterly cold day is BR Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92233, just one of many examples based at Kingmoor at this stage in time. Twelve months on and the depot would be devoid of live steam with the rails rusting rapidly. How the once mighty became fallen in less than twelve months.
Photograph by Peter Hands
12A CARLISLE (KINGMOOR)
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 43049, 43121. Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44669, 44699 (67A Corkerhill – Glasgow), 44775, 44790, 44816 (8L Aintree), 44817, 44825 (works), 44878, 44883, 44884, 44886, 44912 (55A Leeds – Holbeck), 44937, 44993, 45061, 45069 (8A Edge Hill – Liverpool), 45135, 45196 (10F Rose Grove), 45215 (10F Rose Grove), 45221 (8B Warrington), 45236, 45253, 45363, 45455. Class 3F 0‑6‑0 No. 47471 (shed pilot). Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48163 (8C Speke Junction), 48474 (2B Oxley), 48712 (10A Carnforth).
LMS Class 3F 0‑6‑0T No. 47471
Steam to the rescue. Although withdrawn the previous month, due to the intense cold LMS Class 3F 0‑6‑0T No. 47471 had been resurrected as the shed pilot and is seen here scuttling along snowy tracks at Kingmoor fulfilling duties that were obviously beyond the capabilities of an 0‑6‑0 diesel shunter due to the extreme weather conditions.
Photograph by Peter Hands
BR: Britannia Class 4‑6‑2’s Nos. 70003 John Bunyan, 70005 John Milton, 70006 Robert Burns, 70012 John of Gaunt, 70014 Iron Duke, 70022 Tornado, 70024 Vulcan, 70025 Western Star, 70028 Royal Star, 70031 Byron, 70033 Charles Dickens, 70035 Rudyard Kipling, 70038 Robin Hood, 70042 Lord Roberts, 70047, 70049 Solway Firth. Class 4 4‑6‑0 No. 75026 (10G Skipton). Class 9F 2‑10‑0’s Nos. 92004, 92008 (8C Speke Junction), 92015, 92018, 92019, 92051, 92114, 92129, 92137, 92215 (56A Wakefield), 92223, 92233, 92249 (observed later at Hellifield).
In store:
LMS: Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44726, 44987, 45012, 45018, 45105, 45214, 45217. Class 3F 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 47531, 47641.
BR: Britannia Class 4‑6‑2’s Nos. 70002 Geoffrey Chaucer, 70008 Black Prince, 70009 Alfred the Great, 70018 Flying Dutchman, 70036 Boadicea, 70037 Hereward the Wake, 70054 Dornoch Firth. Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 73120. Class 9F 2‑10‑0’s Nos. 92067, 92075, 92087 (10A Carnforth – withdrawn w/e 25.2.67).
LMS Class 2 2‑6‑2T’s Nos. 41264 and 41285
The condemned lie still and cold amidst the snow at 12B Carlisle (Upperby). A duet of LMS Class 2 2‑6‑2T’s Nos. 41264 and 41285 await their inevitable fate after withdrawal in December 1966, though both were destined to be cut up in different scrapyards in Scotland: 41264 at McWilliam’s, Shettleston and 41285 at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Wishaw.
Photograph by Peter Hands
12B CARLISLE (UPPERBY) – closed to steam 12.12.66
LMS: Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45481 (12A Carlisle – Kingmoor) – shunting empty carflats.
Locomotives in temporary store:
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑0 No. 43073 (12D Workington). Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44932 (10F Rose Grove), 45340 (12A Carlisle – Kingmoor). Class 2 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 46455, 46457, 46470 – all from 12A Carlisle (Kingmoor). Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48348, 48400, 48423, 48451 – all from 10F Rose Grove.
Condemned locomotives in store:
LMS: Class 2 2‑6‑2T’s Nos. 41207, 41217, 41222, 41229, 41264, 41285. Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45451. Class 2 2‑6‑0 No. 46458.
LMS Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42236
A lone railwayman braves the freezing conditions in the shed yard at 12E Tebay and more than likely cannot wait to return to the warm footplate of LMS Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42236 as it awaits its next banking turn up Shap. Once of 66D Greenock, No. 42236 was transferred to the LMR in February 1960 at 6A Chester. Condemnation came in May 1967 from 56F Low Moor.
Photograph by Peter Hands
12E TEBAY
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42236, 42251. Class 4 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 43029, 43033. Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45072 (10A Carnforth).
In store:
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑0 No. 43009.
LMS Class 8F No. 48471
A bleak scene over the moorlands at Shap where only the hardy sheep appear to be unperturbed by the conditions. The trail of white smoke in the distance belongs to LMS Class 8F No. 48471, of 9D Newton Heath, as it battles up the formidable incline with a northbound freight assisted in the rear by LMS Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42252 from 12E Tebay.
Photograph by Peter Hands
LMS Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48158
Enveloped in escaping steam LMS Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48158, based at 55A Leeds (Holbeck) and equipped with a small snowplough, readies itself for a return working to Leeds in the depot yard at 10G Skipton less than four months before complete closure. No. 48158 soldiered on at Holbeck until September of this same year and was broken up at Draper’s, Hull.
Photograph by Peter Hands
10G SKIPTON
LMS: Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 45075 (55A Leeds – Holbeck) – seen later at 55A, 45450 (10D Lostock Hall). Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48158 (55A Leeds – Holbeck).
BR: Class 4 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 75015, 75019, 75039, 75041, 75042, 75059.
In store:
LMS: Class 2 2‑6‑2T No. 41251. Class 3F 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 47427, 47599.
BR: Class 4 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 75011, 75051.
BR Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92208
Blizzard conditions at a snow‑swept Hellifield station where begrimed BR Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92208 darkens the sky as it prepares to head north over the Settle & Carlisle to its home base at 12A Carlisle (Kingmoor) with ballast hoppers. Note the ancient brazier adjacent to the tender of No. 92208 blazing away in an effort to prevent the water column icing up.
Photograph by Peter Hands
HELLIFIELD STATION
BR: Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92249 (12A Carlisle – Kingmoor) – southbound oil tanks.
55F MANNINGHAM
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42052, 42085, 42093, 42152. Class 4 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 43044, 43050, 43096, 43117. Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 45001 (10A Carnforth), 45028 (12A Carlisle – Kingmoor).
In store:
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 43051, 43054, 43099.
56F LOW MOOR
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42073, 42085 (55E Normanton), 42116, 42233. Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44693, 44694, 44695, 44822 (9D Newton Heath), 44946 (56A Wakefield), 45208, 45261 (9B Stockport).
In store:
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42177, 42184. Jubilee Class 4‑6‑0 No. 45565 Victoria.
LNER: B1 Class 4‑6‑0 No. 61309.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 90711.
56A WAKEFIELD
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42267, 42269, 42287, 42574, 42650. Class 4 2‑6‑0 No. 43070. Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44896 (55A Leeds – Holbeck), 44990, 45130 (6C Croes Newydd), 45273 (55A Leeds – Holbeck), 45347 (10D Lostock Hall). Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48073 (2E Saltley), 48136 (9D Newton Heath), 48174 (9D Newton Heath), 48202, 48276, 48305 (8C Speke Junction), 48390 (9H Patricroft), 48393 (10D Lostock Hall), 48468 (10D Lostock Hall), 48535 (9E Trafford Park), 48626 (9B Stockport), 48721 (55D Royston).
LNER: B1 Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 61030 Nyala, 61115, 61123, 61189 Sir William Gray, 61388 (56F Low Moor).
BR: Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 73071 (9H Patricroft).
WD: 90047, 90160, 90236, 90345, 90351, 90363, 90385, 90396, 90397, 90404, 90405, 90407, 90409, 90429, 90430, 90605 (55D Royston), 90610, 90611, 90620, 90625, 90654, 90655, 90678.
BR: Class 9F 2‑10‑0’s Nos. 92011 (8H Birkenhead), 92030, 92065, 92135, 92150, 92206, 92211.
In store:
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42108, 42150, 42181. Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 44951. Jubilee Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 45694 Bellerophon, 45739 Ulster.
LNER: B1 Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 61013 Topi, 61022 Sassaby, 61131, 61161, 61237 Geoffrey H. Kitson.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90089, 90126, 90155, 90310, 90415, 90470, 90631, 90639, 90684, 90707, 90731.
BR: Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92001.
Author’s Note: Of the fifty‑nine ‘live’ locomotives many were in steam including the influx of ‘foreigners.’ On the occasion of my next visit in early July the depot was closed and there was an air of desolation. Gone were the visitors of 7th January and in their place were fifty‑six condemned locomotives – all cold and rusting. On the human side, how many loco crews and support staff lost their livelihoods at this one depot alone – such was progress?
55G HUDDERSFIELD – closed to steam on 2.1.67
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42141, 42689 – awaiting transfer to 55D Royston.
55A LEEDS (HOLBECK)
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42145, 42189 (55F Manningham), 42699. Class 4 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 43077 (55D Royston), 43130. Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44662, 44824, 44826, 44852, 44853, 44857, 44863 (8A Edge Hill – Liverpool), 44986 (12A Carlisle – Kingmoor), 44988 (9B Stockport), 45075, 45079, 45219, 45424 (10A Carnforth), 45428. Jubilee Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 46662 Alberta, 45647 Sturdee, 45675 Hardy, 45697 Achilles. Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48123 (55D Royston), 48283, 48454.
BR: Britannia Class 4‑6‑2 No. 70027 Rising Star (12A Carlisle – Kingmoor). Class 4 4‑6‑0 No. 75027 (10G Skipton). Class 9F 2‑10‑0’s Nos. 92014 (Birkenhead), 92058 (8B Warrington).
In store:
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42161. Class 4 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 43059, 43124. Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45204.
55B STOURTON
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 43084 (55A Leeds – Holbeck), 43140. Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45211. Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48126, 48130.
In store:
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑0 No. 43102. Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48641.
55E NORMANTON
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42083, 42149. Class 4 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 43043, 43098, 43129.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90644, 90682, 90699, 90721.
In store:
BR: Class 3 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 77000, 77003, 77004.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90054, 90332, 90337, 90465, 90503.
55D ROYSTON
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑0 No. 43076. Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48000 (9B Stockport), 48067, 48070, 48075, 48076, 48159, 48160, 48165 (8F Springs Branch Wigan), 48265 (56A Wakefield), 48281, 48320 (10D Lostock Hall), 48337, 48352, 48394, 48466, 48473, 48537, 48540, 48664, 48710.
WD: 90318 (55E Normanton), 90615, 90642, 90650.
In store:
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 43078, 43079. Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48146
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90645, 90649, 90680, 90694.
