All Our Yesterdays – 60 Years Ago – August 1959
Sixty years ago the last 9F 2-10-0 Standard class steam locomotives were still in production, diesel shunter production was in full swing as was the final deliveries of the Pilot Scheme and the early deliveries of the production series of mainline locomotives. There was also a steady flow of new diesel multiple units.
New Locomotives
Class 9F - 92210
Class 03 – D2065/66/67, D2115/16
Class 04 – D2276
Class 08 – D3710/11/12/49/50/51/52/78/79/80/81, D3845/46/47/48/49
Class 21 – D6121
Class 24 – D5020/21/33/35
Class 26 – D5336/37/38
Class 30 – D5544/46/47
Class 40 – D223/24/25/26/27/28/29
Class 42 – D809
Class 44 – D1
Class 71 – E5009
New Diesel Multiple Units
Metro Cammell (Class 102) –Sc51461/62/63/64/65, Sc51531/32/33/34/35, Sc59559/60/61/62/63
BR Derby (Class 108) – M50975/76/77/78/79, M56258/59/60/61/62.
Cravens (Class 112) – M51684/85/86/87/88/89/90/91, M51709/10/11/12/13/14/15/16
Gloucester RCW (Class 119) – W51073, W51101, W59432
BR Swindon Inter City (Class 126) – Sc51014/15/16/17/18/19/20/21, Sc59408/09
BR Derby (Class 127) –M51605/06/07/08/09/10/11/12/13/14/15/16, M59596/97/98/99, M59600/01/26/27/28/29/30/31
In the month one hundred and thirty eight steam locomotives were withdrawn, fifty nine being over fifty years old with Midland Railway Johnson 1142 Class 0-6-0 58167 being the oldest, having entering traffic in June 1876 and condemned eighty three years later The majority of these withdrawals were the older secondary main line and branch line passenger engines, steam shunting engines and older freight engines being displaced by the continued delivery of the last of the 9F standards, the pilot scheme main line diesels, diesel multiple units and diesel shunting engines. Forty eight engines condemned were built post the 1923 grouping and rather surprisingly given the still large numbers of elderly steam engines in service three modern Great Western Railway 0-6-0 Pannier Tanks (one 15xx and two 94xx Class) built after nationalisation were condemned. The youngest condemned being 8448 which was just five years old.
A number I have photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome.
D2066 (03066) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7391807660/
D3711 (08547) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5894382601/
D3711 (08547) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6213298727/
D3712 (08548) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8321317594/
D3779 (08612) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5593274154/
D5020 (24020) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6048532704/
D5021 (24021) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5831211641/
D5035 (24035) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8617637357/
D5335 (26037) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5796381789/
D5546 (31128) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6802857372/
D5546 (31128) –
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14024113709/
D5546 (31128) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5555315582/
D224 (40024) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7994863333/
D224 (40024) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6118919389/
D227 (40027) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/10754795806/
E5009 (71009) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6262946840/
M51610 (55967) -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/33917772448/