All Our Yesterdays – 60 Years Ago –July 1958
Sixty years ago the last 9F 2-10-0 Standard class steam locomotives were still in production, diesel shunter production was in full swing and the Pilot Scheme mainline diesels were being delivered. There was also a steady flow of new diesel multiple units.
New Locomotives
Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 – 92227/28/29
Class 05 – D2574/75/76/77
Class 06 – D2411
Class 08 – D3530/31/32/33/34/35, D3664/80/81
Class 10 – D3614/15
Class 15 – D8208
Class 16 – D8402/03
Class 26 – D5300
Class 28 _ D5700
Class 30 – D5513/14/15
Class 40 – D206/07
ClassD2/10 – D2722/24/25/26
Class D3/1 – D2906
New Diesel Multiple Units
Metro Cammell (Class 101) – E51204/05, Sc51246/47/48/49/50/51/52/53, E56362/63, Sc56404/05/06/07/08/09/10/11
Park Royal (Class 103) – M50407/08, M56162/63
BRCW (Class 104) –E50546/47/48/67/68/69, E59192/93/94, E59213/14/15
Cravens (Class 105) –E51263/64/65/66/67/68, E56421/22/34/24/25/26
BR Derby (Class 108) – E50599, E50603/04/06/08/14, E56190/94/95/97/99, E56205
BR Derby (Class 116) – W50869/70, W50922/23, W51128/41, W59438
Swindon Cross Country (Class 120) – W50722/23, W59281/82.
Gloucester RCW (Class 122) –W55015/16/17/18/19, W56295/96/97/98/99
Cravens (Class 129) – M55997/98
In the month sixty six steam locomotives were withdrawn, twenty four being over fifty years old with Midland Railway Johnson 2F 0-6-0 58196 being the oldest, having entering traffic in March 1880 and condemned seventy eight 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. Twenty one engines condemned were built post the 1923 grouping with the youngest engine condemned being Great Western Railway 51xx 2-6-2T 4139 at only eighteen years old.
A number I have photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome
D3532 (08417) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6292673828/
D5300 (26007) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6286091582/
D5513 (31013) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8702941209/
D5514 (31014) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5721441058/
D5515 (31015) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6016592107/
D207 (40007) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5890152638/
Sc55015 –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/9373368039/
W55016 (TDB975540) -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14286363912/