Additional SR Sheds

Please feel free to make new threads, and posts in here. Ranging, from Feltham, Reading (Southern). Weymouth, Dorchester, Yeovil, and Exmouth Jnct. If there are enough threads, and posts to one or more particular locoshed. Then we will reconsider adding to the others.

Thankyou again for your support, and your ideas

If anyone feels that any other shed needs to be added - Please let me know. I will certainly consider it as long as it is going to be discussed. I don't want to make the forum too long in the window...
As discussed elsewhere, I think sub sheds need to remain in being discussed under sheds already on the forum.
I think Exmouth Jct would be a good one to kick off seeing as laid fantastic locos (Bulleids) down to the Ilfracombe branch!
If anyone would like me to add thios, then please let me know..

Thanks

Andy

I have just found the following on the R.A.F. Museum website and thought that it may be of interest:-

229 Squadron
21C163/34063

Built May 1947; New to Ramsgate shed. Unrebuilt; Renumbered 34063 January 1949. Withdrawn from Salisbury shed 15th August 1965, stored there until November 1965, then at Eastleigh works until April 1966. Final mileage 736,984. Scrapped by Birds at Bridgend May 1966 as one of the last engines scrapped there.

Fighter Command
21C164/34064

The 1000th locomotive built at Brighton locomotive works since 1852, new to traffic 14th July 1947. After trials, fitted with first of the modified 'V' wedge shaped cabs, with two side windows (three became standard later). New to Ramsgate shed. Formally named at Waterloo Station by Sir James Robb 11 September 1947, along with Winston Churchill and Lord Dowding. Renumbered 34064 3rd June 1948. Unrebuilt; fitted with Giesl oblong Ejector and chimney April 1962, but this had no particular effect on the Bulleid's already excellent steaming abilities. Standby engine for Sir Winston Churchill's funeral train in January 1965; held in steam at Staines, but not needed. Withdrawn from Salisbury shed 22nd May 1966, stored in Basingstoke yard September 1966 and scrapped by Birds at Bridgend November 1966. Final mileage 759,666.

Hurricane
21C165/34065

Built July 1947; New to Ramsgate shed. Unrebuilt; Named at Waterloo station 16th September 1947 together with Lord Beaverbrook and Spitfire. Renumbered 34065 12th June 1948. Temporarily transferred to Stratford shed on the Eastern Region in May 1951 to supplement resident 'B1s' on secondary duties and proved valuable when the new standard design 'Britannia' pacifics had to be withdrawn from service on the Great Eastern Lines out of Liverpool Street for modification, returning to the Southern by May 1952. Withdrawn from 83D Exmouth Junction shed April 1964 as the Western Region began dieselisation of the main line to Exeter; stored at Eastleigh Works from withdrawal until November 1964 and despatched to Birds, Llanelly that month, where it lingered until early 1965.

249 Squadron
34073

Unrebuilt; Built May 1948 as part of order No.3383 for loco nos.34071-34090. Initially worked from Ramsgate but soon re-allocated to Stewarts Lane, Battersea, and by mid-1949 to Dover to work Continental trains and other services to the coast such as the Man of Kent business express from Charing Cross to Margate. In March 1952 it took part in haulage trials between Dover and Chiselhurst to compare the performance of Battle of Britain, Merchant Navy and the new Britannia class pacifics; Completion of the Kent coast electrification in June 1961 saw a move to Nine Elms, London in May that year to work expresses on the Waterloo-Southampton - Weymouth route. Moved to 70D Eastleigh shed 6th January 1964 and withdrawn from there 28th June 1964, final mileage 684,325; stored there until 2 April 1965 when it was towed via Bath to Woodham Bros at Barry Docks in a convoy with four other Bulleid light Pacifics, leaving for preservation in February 1988 as the last Battle of Britain class (and light Pacific) loco at Barry, moving to Brighton; now on the Watercress (Mid-Hants) line and undergoing restoration. Original BR smokebox numberplate auctioned in Sheffield June 2002.

46 Squadron
34074

Built May 1948; New to Ramsgate shed. Unrebuilt. Withdrawn from Exmouth Junction shed 15th June 1963 as one of the first batch of four light pacifics to be withdrawn, and stored at Eastleigh Works July 1963 - April 1964, being scrapped there week ending 30th May 1964. Final mileage 639,592.

264 Squadron
34075

Built June 1948; New to Ramsgate shed. Unrebuilt. Withdrawn from 83D Exmouth Junction shed April 1964 and stored at Exeter St. Davids Motive Power Depot until c. October 1964. Final mileage 643,241. It was stored by Birds at Bridgend between May 1965 and June 1966 - unusually long for any private scrapyard other than Woodham's - and then scrapped.

603 Squadron
34077

Built July 1948; New to Ramsgate shed. Rebuilt July 1960, including new firebox. Withdrawn from Eastleigh shed 26th March 1967, stored there until 30th July, arriving at Cashmores at Newport by 6th August 1967, being scrapped there that month. Final mileage 745,642, with 267,480 miles as a rebuild.

When the nameplate and badge were auctioned for £25,000 in 1996 they set a new world record for a loco nameplate (now surpassed), and were placed on the landing wall at the Edinburgh headquarters of the long -disbanded Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadron, now the base of No.2 (City of Edinburgh) Maritime Headquarters Unit.

222 Squadron
34078

Built July 1948; New to Ramsgate shed. Unrebuilt. Withdrawn from Exmouth Junction shed September 1964 as one of eleven Bulleid pacifics condemned with the end of steam express workings on the Waterloo to Exeter line that month, stored there until November, and scrapped by Birds at Morriston, Swansea December 1964. Final mileage 779,643.

141 Squadron
34079

Built July 1948; New to Ramsgate shed. Unrebuilt. Withdrawn from Eastleigh shed 27th February 1966, stored there until June; taken in diesel hauled convoy via Gloucester with three other steam locos, and scrapped by Cashmores at Newport July 1966. Final mileage 765,302.

615 Squadron
34082

Built September 1948; New to Ramsgate shed. Officially named at Guildford by Sir Malcolm Fraser 8th October 1948, the name having previously been carried by 34071 between April and August 1948. This was the last official BR naming of the BoB class. New to Ramsgate shed. Rebuilt April 1960. Withdrawn from Eastleigh shed 24th April 1966, stored there until August, and scrapped by Cashmores at Newport September 1966. Final mileage 697,386,of which 272,980 as a rebuild.

In December 2002 the other pair of plate and crest from this loco were sold by Sheffield Railwayana Auctions for £45 800.

219 Squadron
34086

Built December 1948; New to Ramsgate shed in experimental apple green livery. Unrebuilt. Withdrawn from Eastleigh shed 25th June 1966, stored there until October, and scrapped by Buttigiegs at Newport November 1966. It had been an early candidate for preservation (by a group of Nine Elms Drivers who wanted either 34066 or 34086, but funds could not be raised quickly enough for its preservation. (The same group eventually purchased 34023 Blackmore Vale) Final mileage 700,982. In November 2007 the other No 219 Squadron plate and badge set was due to be auctioned by Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railwayana auctions.

602 Squadron
34089

Built December 1948; New to Ramsgate shed. Another light Pacific temporarily transferred to Stratford Shed in May 1951 to cover for withdrawn 'Britannia' pacifics. New firebox fitted September 1954. Rebuilt November 1960. One of the last light pacifics in service; received last official classified locomotive repair at Eastleigh works, with ceremonial return to service 6th October 1966. Worked the last enthusiast society 'special' on the Southern region, the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society's 'Farewell To Southern Steam' run on 18th June 1967, taking the train on a last steam run from Southampton onto the Swanage branch and on to Weymouth. Ran on the 08.20 Waterloo- Southampton East Docks boat train on Friday 7th July; Went 'light engine' from Eastleigh shed to Salisbury shed on Saturday 8th July together with 34024, its last run 'in steam'. Withdrawn 9th July 1967, stored at Salisbury shed until March 1968 - one of the last steam locos on the Southern Region - and stored by Cashmores at Newport April 1968 - September 1968, then scrapped. Final mileage 661,252, of which 258,418 were as a rebuild.

Any "typos" are not down to me.

Does anyone know the slightly out of date information regarding 249 Squadron? I wish these webmasters would update the information from time to time...

How about adding 73A Stewarts Lane (Longhedge) to the main list?

1948: 34033, 34034,34035, 34036, 34037, 34038, 34039, 34040, 34054 and 34055.

1950:
34033, 34034, 34035, 34066, 34067, 34068, 34069, 34070, 34071, 34076, 34083, 34084, 34085, 34091, 34092, 34101, 34102, 34103, 34104, 35025, 35026, 35027 and 35026.

1951:
34066, 34067, 34068, 34069, 34070, 34071,3 4087, 34088, 34089, 34090, 34091, 34092, 340101, 34102, 34103, 34104, 35025, 35026, 35027, and 35028.

1952:
34066, 34067, 34068, 34069, 34070, 34071, 34087, 34088, 34090, 34091, 34092, 34101, 34102, 34103, 34104, 35026 and 35028.

1955:
34017, 34066, 34067, 34068, 34087, 34088, 34089, 34090, 34091, 34092, 34101, 34102, 34104, 35014, 35026, and 35028.

1959:
34066, 34067, 34068, 34077, 34086, 34087, 34088, 34089, 34091, 34092, 34100, 34101, 35001, 35015, and 35028.

1960:
34060, 34067, 34068, 34077, 34085, 34086, 34087, 34088, 34089, 34091, 34092 and 34101.

1962:
34089 and 34100.

Another shed worthy of consideration is Dover (Marine) aka DOV, 74C then 73H.

1948:
34056 and 34057.

1950:
34072, 34073, 34074, 34075, 35029 and 35030.

1951:
34072, 34073, 34074, 34075, 35029 and 35030.

1952:
34072, 34073, 34074, 34075, 35029 and 35030.

1955:
34070, 34071, 34072, 34073 and 34074.

1959:
34070, 34071, 34073, 34082, 34083, 34084, 34085 and 34103.

1960:
34070, 34071, 34073, 34082, 34083, 34084 and 34103.

If some of these Sheds are going to discussed. Please add these as a new thread for now to the Additional SR Sheds section.

Many Thanks

Andy

Do members want Ramsgate; Dover Marine and Stewarts Lane added to the list?

When I was very, very little (I was born in 1950) we lived near Norwood Junction and my Mum used to push me in my pushchair up to the top of the footpath which lead down to the M.P.D. to watch the "chuff-chuffs".

Another treat was to go to South Norwood Recreation Ground and watch the tank engines shunting in the coal yard the other side of the railings. I learnt the principles of Newton's laws and the relationship between the speed of light and the speed of sound at about the age of 5.

There is a clip on YouTube about it, Just search "Steam Days at Norwood Junction".