Shed and Depot Codes
GWR Shed Codes
The Severn Valley and Tenbury branches were mainly served by the following sheds[1]:
Shed | GWR Division | GWR 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 Hereford[5] | 155 | HFD | Served the Tenbury Branch.[2] Allocation at 31/12/1947: 0-6-0PT 2714, 0-4-2T 1455,1460,5807,5817. |
Kidderminster | Worcester Division | 125 | KDR | |
Stourbridge | Wolverhampton Division | 154 | STB |
BR Shed Codes
Shortly after nationalisation, the newly formed British Railways devised a system of identifying all locomotive depots by a unique code. Each Region was grouped into numbered districts, with the London Midland districts being numbered 1-28 and the Western Region districts 81-89. Within each district, the main shed was identified by the district number followed by the letter A, with subsidiary sheds B, C and D etc. Many of the sheds had sub-sheds (which carried the same shed code) where day-to-day servicing could be carried out.
The Severn Valley branch formed part of the Western Region from nationalisation until January 1963 when it was transferred into the London Midland Region. Shrewsbury, Kidderminster and Stourbridge sheds were transferred into the London Midland region in September 1963, although Worcester shed remained in the Western Region. Before that time, a reorganisation in 1960 had led to a number of sheds changing district, with Shrewsbury becoming a district in its own right.
Shed | Number | Dates | Region | Division | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Worcester | 85A | 1 Feb 1950 to 5 May 1973 | Western | Worcester 85A | Closed to steam locomotives December 1965 |
Shrewsbury | 84G 89A 6D |
1 Feb 1950 to 9 Sep 1960 10 Sep 1960 to 31 Aug 1963 1 Sep 1963 to 13 Jul 1971 |
Western Western London Midland |
Wolverhampton 84A Shrewsbury 89A Chester 6A |
Sub-shed Ludlow closed 1951 |
Kidderminster | 85D 84G 2P |
1 Feb 1950 to 9 Sep 1960 10 Sep 1960 to 31 Aug 1963 1 Sep 1963 to 31 July 1964 |
Western Western London Midland |
Worcester 85A Wolverhampton Stafford Rd 84A Tyseley 2A |
Sub-shed Cleobury Mortimer closed in 1960[6] |
Stourbridge | 84F 2C |
1 Feb 1950 to 31 Aug 1963 1 Sep 1963 to 11 Jul 1966 |
Western London Midland |
Wolverhampton Stafford Rd 84A Tyseley 2A |
BR Carriage & Wagon Repair Depot Codes
Kidderminster
- 2631 From late 1960s[7]
BR train maintenance depots
Kidderminster (Severn Valley Railway)
- KR From 1973[8]
TOPS Location Codes
- 65941 Kidderminster Severn Valley Railway[9]
- 65942 Kidderminster Traction Maintenance Depot Severn Valley Railway
Contents
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.
- ↑ Lyons (1974) p. 176.
- ↑ 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
Links
- The Great Western Archive: Great Western & Western Region Locomotive Depots
- BRDatabase: List of Depots