All Our Yesterdays – 60 Years Ago –September 1957
Sixty years ago Standard class steam locomotives were still in production with ten locomotives delivered in the month. Diesel shunter production was progressing at a steady rate with nineteen locomotives delivered in the month and the pilot series diesels had commenced delivery. There was also an increasing flow of new diesel multiple units.
New Locomotives
Standard Class 3MT 2-6-0 – 76096/97, 76112
Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 – 92147/48/78
Class D2/10 – 11713/14 (D2713/14)
Class 04 – 11226/27/28/29 (D2256/57/58/59)
Class 05 – 11171/72 (D2568/69)
Class 08 – D3379/80/81/82/83/84/85/86/87
Class 10 - D3439/40
Class 20 – D8005/06/07
New Diesel Multiple Units
Gloucester RCW (Class 100) – M50349/50/51/52/53/54/55, M56104/05/06/07/08/09/10
Metro Cammell (Class 101) – E50233/34/35/36/37/46/47/48, E56085, EE56218/19/20, E59086/87/92/93
Metro Cammell (Class 102) – E50255/65
BRCW (Class 104) – M50444/45/46/47/48/96/97/98/99, M50500, M59152/53/54/55/56
Cravens (Class 105) – M50752/53/85/86, M59307/08
BR Derby (Class 114) – E50049, E56049
BR Derby (Class 116) – W50079/86/87/88/89/90, W50121/28/29/30/31/32, W59029/36/37/38/39/40
BR Eastleigh 2H (Class 205) – 1108/09/10/11/12/13
In the month fifty nine steam locomotives were withdrawn, thirty six being over fifty years old with Midland Railway Johnson 2F Class 0-6-0 58189 being the oldest, having been built by Dubs and Co, entering traffic in January 1878 and condemned seventy nine years later. The majority of these withdrawals were the older main line secondary and branch line passenger engines and old freight engines who were at the bottom of the cascade of power from the continued delivery of the Standards and Diesel Multiple Units. Fourteen locomotives condemned were built post the 1923 grouping, however only four could be considered as a post grouping design.
A number of the above were photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome
11258 (D2258) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6145809011/
D3381 (08311) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7566433534/
D3384 (08314) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8256246317/
D8006 (20006) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5929293418/
D8007 (20007) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8092835890/
D8007 (20007) –
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/23553008429/
E50237 -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/17699303400/
M50350 –
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/25060310424/
M50351 –
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/26409747561/
M50447 –
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/15086740471/
M50448 -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14454851382/
E56049 -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/20269006244/
M56110 -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6780931063/
E56219 -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6176899617/
M59153 -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/9096633679/