Thank you for all the info about that Staveley engine, Adam
@AJC , Arun, Tony
@Osgood , Rob
@Rob R, Ian
@Ian@StEnochs and the various references to that nice Mr Bond.
I never cease to be amazed at the knowledge within WT and the willingness to share it - what a resource! This with references will all be applied to the file about that photo.
The Jan
@Lyndhurstman (twice), Bob
@robertm and I'll include Tim
@timbowales with his reference to the cranes - thanks for your comments about the wagonry and also the cranes, Tim.
Roger
@Roger Pound - I like a good picture of an O4 as well and those in my view are first class.
Arun - I suspect you are correct about that battery box and the Britannia connection. Regrettably we don't know which one it is.
And Martin
@Martin Shaw . As ever thank you for further and better particulars.
A couple of the following four photos were printed for Tim in his series "Shed Scenes"
Standard Class 2 2-6-0 78039 ahead of named Black 5 45156 Ayrshire Yeomanry at Willesden Shed in June 1963. 78039 was at Widnes from May 1956 and moved to Willesden in the four weeks ending 1st June 1963, Nuneaton in October 1965 and Shrewsbury in May 1966 where it was withdrawn in the following October (SLS) going to Cashmore’s, Newport, where it was scrapped in March 1967. (BR Database). The Black 5 was previously in post #2804.
45156 was allocated to Newton Heath in April 1957, thence to Bolton in December 1962, Warrington Dallam June and Edge Hill in July 1963. In 1968 it went to Patricroft in May and finally Rose Grove in July where it was withdrawn at the end of steam in August. (SLS). It was scrapped at T W Ward, Sheffield, by the end of December 1968. (Rail UK).
The named Black - see the description above - 45156 with an 8A (Edge Hill) shed plate, seen at the same time at Willesden. A rare visitor indeed.
An unidentified
Black 5 Jubilee with a 17B Burton on Trent shed plate at Willesden Shed in June 1963. The board on the smokebox, over the loco number reads “ Up The City”. I’ve researched any possible special train which may explain the presence of this loco and the smokebox name on Six Bells Junction but I can’t find a match.
The amazing view which confronted visitors to Willesden Shed in June 1963. Identifiable are Black 5 45429, Ivatt 2MT 46472 and Standard Class 2 2-6-0 78039 but there’s a Britannia, Princess Coronation, various other Class 2 2-6-0s and at least one 2-6-4T in the shot as well. Of the three I can identify:
45429 was allocated to Crewe North in September 1961, Rugby in February 1963, Chester in July the same year where it was withdrawn in August 1965. (SLS). It was scrapped in January 1966 (BR Database) at Bird’s, Morriston, Swansea. (RO).
46472 was last in post #2367. It was shedded at Willesden from April 1960 and moved to Northwich in June 1963, then to it's final shed Newton Heath in August 1964. It was withdrawn in January 1965. (SLS). It was scrapped at T W Ward, Killamarsh, by the end of April 1965. (Rail UK).
78039 had been at Widnes since May 1956 but migrated to Willesden in June 1963, then Nuneaton in October 1965 and Shrewsbury in May 1966 where it was withdrawn in October the same year. (SLS). It was scrapped at Cashmore’s, Newport in March 1967.
Brian
