Note: I did not take a camera on this date but for added interest I have included photographs taken on other dates, but which were observed on 11th March 1964
Mode of transport: Triumph 650cc Bonneville Motor Cycle belonging to John ‘Chuff’ Langstone a fireman at Tyseley MPD. I was the pillion passenger.
GWR 5100 Class 2‑6‑2T No. 4100
GWR 5100 Class 2‑6‑2T No. 4100 stands in the yard of its home shed at 85B Gloucester (Horton Road) on 1st August 1965. To the left of 4100 is condemned BR Class 3 2‑6‑2T No. 82039 taken out of service the previous month.
Photograph by Peter Hands
85B GLOUCESTER (HORTON ROAD)
GWR: 1400 Class 0‑4‑2T’s Nos. 1447 (86C Hereford), 1453, 1455. 2251 Class 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 2253 (85A Worcester), 2286 (86C Hereford). 2800 Class 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 2875 (88A Cardiff East Dock), 3807 (86B Newport – Ebbw Junction), 3837 (86B Newport – Ebbw Junction). 5100 Class 2‑6‑2T No. 4100. 5700 Class 0‑6‑0PT No. 4698. 5100 Class 2‑6‑2T No. 5184. 4300 Class 2‑6‑0 No. 6394. Grange Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 6862 Derwent Grange (2B Oxley), 6878 (Longford Grange (82B St. Philip’s Marsh). Hall Class 4‑6‑0 No. 6913 Levens Hall, 6951 Impney Hall. Modified Hall Class 4‑6‑0 No. 6989 Wightwick Hall. Castle Class 4‑6‑0 No. 7003 Elmley Castle. Manor Class 4‑6‑0 No. 7812 Erlestoke Manor (6D Shrewsbury). 9400 Class 0‑6‑0PT’s Nos. 8471. 9453, 9471. 5700 Class 0‑6‑0PT Np. 9620.
BR: Class 4 4‑6‑0 No. 75005.
In store:
GWR: 1400 Class 0‑4‑2T No. 1424. 2251 Class 0‑6‑0 No. 3203. 5100 Class 2‑6‑2T No. 4104.
LMS Class 4F 0‑6‑0 No. 43924
LMS Class 4F 0‑6‑0 No. 43924 looks resplendent at Haworth, on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, in September 1975. This was the first locomotive to be ‘saved’ from Barry Docks, moving to the KWVR in September 1968. The author saw it at Barry three months earlier and at the time was puzzled as to why it had been separated from the others.
Photograph by Peter Hands
85C GLOUCESTER (BARNWOOD)
GWR: Hall Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 5983 Henley Hall (2A Tyseley), 6940 Didlington Hall (85B Gloucester – Horton Road).
LMS: Class 4F 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 43924 (82E Bristol Barrow Road), 44137 (2E Saltley), 44180 (2E Saltley), 44605 (2E Saltley). Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 44810 (2E Saltley). Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48172, 48430 (2E Saltley), 48527 (1G Woodford Halse).
BR: Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 73031, 73068, 73094, 73164 (82E Bristol Barrow Road). Class 2 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 78005, 78006. Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92018 (16J Rowsley).
In store:
GWR: 1400 Class 0‑4‑2T No. 1421.
BR: Class 2 2‑6‑0 No. 78009.
TRAMWAY CROSSING – GLOUCESTER
GWR: 4500 Class 2‑6‑2T No. 4564 (85B Gloucester – Horton Road) with the Cheltenham portion of an express from Paddington.
GWR Castle Class 4‑6‑0 No. 7001 Sir James Milne
GWR Castle Class 4‑6‑0 No. 7001 Sir James Milne, of 84A Wolverhampton (Stafford Road), lays a smokescreen over Birmingham (Snow Hill) as it climbs up from Hockley with the empty coaching stock forming the 5.50pm Fridays Only express to Paddington from Snow Hill on 26th January 1963.
Photograph by Peter Hands
85A WORCESTER
GWR: 1400 Class 0‑4‑2T No. 1445 (85B Gloucester – Horton Road). 1600 Class 0‑6‑0PT No. 1639. 2251 Class 0‑6‑0 No. 2291. 5700 Class 0‑6‑0PT No. 3725. 2800 Class 2‑8‑0 No. 3859 (86E Severn Tunnel Junction). 5100 Class
2‑6‑2T No. 4113. 5700 Class 0‑6‑0PT No. 4613. Hall Class 4‑6‑0 No. 4962 Ragley Hall (81A Old Oak Common). Castle Class 4‑6‑0 No. 5089 Westminster Abbey (2B Oxley). 4200 Class 2‑8‑0T No. 5245. Hall Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 5971 Merevale Hall (81A Old Oak Common), 5998 Trevor Hall (86G Pontypool Road). 6100 Class 2‑6‑2T’s Nos. 6140, 6155. Grange Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 6856 Stowe Grange, 6877 Llanfair Grange. Hall Class 4‑6‑0 No. 6946 Heatherdon Hall (86G Pontypool Road). Castle Class 4‑6‑0 No. 7002 Devizes Castle. 4300 Class 2‑6‑0 No. 7307 (85B Gloucester – Horton Road). Modified Hall Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 7907 Hart Hall (82B St. Philip’s Marsh), 7926 Willey Hall. 9400 Class 0‑6‑0PT No. 8409 (85D Bromsgrove). 5700 Class 0‑6‑0PT. No. 8793. 9400 Class 0‑6‑0PT No. 9490.
BR: Class 4 2‑6‑0 No. 76052 (2E Saltley).
In store:
GWR: 2251 Class 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 2246, 3207. Castle Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 5022 Wigmore Castle, 5031 Totnes Castle. 5100 Class 2‑6‑2T No. 5152. 4200 Class 2‑8‑0T No. 5205. Grange Class 4‑6‑0 No. 6807 Birchwood Grange. Hall Class 4‑6‑0 No. 6948 Holbrooke Hall. Castle Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 7000 Viscount Portal, 7001 Sir James Milne, 7031 Cromwell’s Castle.
WORCESTER WORKS
GWR: Hall Class 4‑6‑0 No. 5979 Cruckton Hall (85B Gloucester – Horton Road). Grange Class 4‑6‑0 No. 6855 Saighton Grange (2B Oxley). Castle Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 7023 Penrice Castle (85A Worcester), 7025 Sudeley Castle (85A Worcester). 4300 Class 2‑6‑0 No. 7318 (87A Neath).
GWR 5600 Class 0‑6‑2T No. 6667
Birmingham (Snow Hill) is seen in all its glory on a sun‑filled 3rd July 1962 as GWR 5600 Class 0‑6‑2T No. 6667, a longstanding resident of 84F Stourbridge, trundles along on a through road with a lengthy pick‑up goods train from the Tyseley direction.
Photograph by Peter Hands
2C STOURBRIDGE
GWR: 5700 Class 0‑6‑0PT’s Nos. 3658, 3792 (2B Oxley). 5100 Class 2‑6‑2T’s Nos. 4168, 4172. 5700 Class 0‑6‑0PT’s Nos. 4602, 4646, 4665. 6100 Class 2‑6‑2T No. 6137. 6400 Class 0‑6‑0PT No. 6424. 5600 Class 0‑6‑2T’s Nos. 6656, 6667, 6678, 6679, 6683. Grange Class 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 6803 Bucklebury Grange (2B Oxley), 6811 Cranbourne Grange, 6827 Llanfrechfa Grange, 6837 Forthampton Grange (87F Llanelly), 6842 Nunhold Grange. Hall Class
4‑6‑0 No. 6903 Belmont Hall (6D Shrewsbury). 4300 Class 2‑6‑0 No. 7325 (86G Pontypool Road). 7400 Class 0‑6‑0PT’s. Nos. 7414, 7432, 7443. 5700 Class 0‑6‑0PT’s Nos. 9613, 9624, 9646, 9753 (2A Tyseley), 9782.
LMS: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48330, 48388 (15B Wellingborough), 48478, 48630 (5B Crewe – South), 48640 (16D Nottingham).
BR: Class 9F 2‑10‑0’s Nos. 92157 (2E Saltley), 92216 (87A Neath).
In store:
GWR: 5100 Class 2‑6‑2T No. 4114. 4300 Class 2‑6‑0 No. 6317.
85D BROMSGROVE
GWR: 9400 Class 0‑6‑0PT’s Nos. 8400, 8401, 8402, 8405, 8415 (85A Worcester), 8418. 9493.
LMS: Class 3F 0‑6‑0T No. 47308.
BR: Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92230.
Original Spotting Notes
A relic of my younger days as a trainspotter ‑ my trusty original spotting notes date back to 18.8.1962
