Shed and Depot Codes
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GWRGreat Western Railway Shed Codes
The Severn Valley and Tenbury branches were mainly served by the following sheds[1]:
Shed | GWRGreat Western Railway Division | GWRGreat Western Railway Shed No | Code | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Shrewsbury | Wolverhampton Division | 134 | SALOP / SLP | |
Ludlow | Sub-shed of Shrewsbury | 84 | SALOP / SLP | Served the Tenbury Branch.[2] Two Tenbury-based daily Kidderminster-Woofferton passenger services were replaced by Diesel railcar services in 1941.[3] |
Worcester | Worcester Division | 215 | WOS | Diesel railcars in the Kidderminster area were based at Worcester from introduction in 1941, other local sheds having no servicing facilities.[4] |
Leominster | Sub-shed of Worcester | 155 | WOS | Served the Tenbury Branch[2] |
Kidderminster | Worcester Division | 125 | KDR | |
Stourbridge | Wolverhampton Division | 154 | STB |
BRBritish Rail or British Railways Shed Codes
Shortly after nationalisation, the newly formed British Railways devised a system of identifying all locomotive depots by a unique code.
Kidderminster
- 85D From February 1 1950 to September 9 1960[5]
- 84G From September 10 1960 to August 31 1963[5]
- 2PThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. From September 1 1963 to July 31 1964[5]
Cleobury Mortimer (Sub-shed of Kidderminster)
BRBritish Rail or British Railways Carriage & Wagon Repair Depot Codes
Kidderminster
- 2631 From late 1960s[7]
BRBritish Rail or British Railways train maintenance depots
Kidderminster (Severn Valley Railway)
- KR From 1973[8]
TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. Location Codes
- 65941 Kidderminster Severn Valley Railway[9]
- 65942 Kidderminster Severn Valley Railway Diesel depot
See also
References
- ↑ Great Western & Western Region Locomotive Depots on www.greatwestern.org.uk
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Beddoes & Smith (1995) p. 56.
- ↑ Turley (2005) p. 39.
- ↑ Turley (2005) p. 41.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 BR Shed Codes Codes on www.railwaycodes.org.uk
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 BR Shed Codes Codes on Wikipedia
- ↑ BR four digit Pre-TOPS depot codes on www.railwaycodes.org.uk
- ↑ BR two character TOPS Codes on www.railwaycodes.org.uk
- ↑ Location Codes on www.railwaycodes.org.uk