All Our Yesterdays – 60 Years Ago –October 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 with the first Brush Type 2 delivered. There was also an increasing flow of new diesel multiple units.
New Locomotives
Standard Class 3MT 2-6-0 – 76098, 76113/14
Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 – 92149/50/51/52/53/54/79
Class D2/10 – 11715/16/17/18 (D2715/16/17/18)
Class 05 – 11174 (D2571)
Class 08 – D3388/89/90/91/92/93/94
Class 10 – D3441/42/43/44/45/46/47
Class 20 – D8008/09/10/11
Class 30 – D5500
New Diesel Multiple Units
Gloucester RCW (Class 100) –M50356/57/58, Sc51108/09/10, M56111/12/13, Sc56300/01/02
Metro Cammell (Class 101) – E50240/41/42/43/44/45, E59089/90/91/95/96/97
Metro Cammell (Class 102) – E50256/57/58/59/66/67/68/69
BRCW (Class 104) – M50449/50/51/52/53/54/55, M50501/02/03/04/05/06/07, M59157/58/59/60/61/62/63
Cravens (Class 105) – M50754/55/56/57/87/88/89/90, M59309/10/11/12
Wickham (Class 109) – E50416, E56171
Metro Cammell (Class 111) – E50270/80, E59100
BR Derby (Class 116) – W50080/81/91, W50122/23/33, W59030/31/41
Swindon Cross Country (Class 120) – W50696/97/98/99, W50700/01
BR Eastleigh 2H (Class 205) – 1114/15/16/17/18
In the month seventy two steam locomotives were withdrawn, thirty nine being over fifty years old with Midland Railway Johnson 2F Class 0-6-0 58136 being the oldest, having been built by Dubs and Co, entering traffic in May 1875 and condemned eighty two 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. Eleven locomotives condemned were built post the 1923 grouping, however only six 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
D3394 (08324) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5570010809/
D8011 (20011) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8397687596/
D5500 (31018) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5947056368/
M51110 -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6837873496/
50266 –
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/33248029504/
M50455 -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6910522474/
M50503 –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7169053004/
M50754 -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5798672251/
M50123 -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8133980433/