All Our Yesterdays – 60 Years Ago –March 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 delivery of the Pilot Scheme mainline locomotives and the first of the production series of Brush Type 2's (class 30).
New Locomotives
Class 03 – D2039/40/83/84
Class 06 – D2422
Class 08 – D3689/90/91/92, D3815/16/17/18/19
Class 09 – D3670/71
Class 21 – D6105/06/07
Class 24 – D5009/10/11
Class 26 – D5315/16/18/19
Class 28 – D5712/13/14
Class 30 – D5521/22/23/24
Class 42 – D803
Class 71 – E5003
Class D2/10 – D2743
New Diesel Multiple Units
Metro Cammell (Class 102) –E51428/29/30/37/38/39/40/98/99, E51500/07/08/09/10, E59527/28/29/30
BRCW (Class 104) – E50588/93, E59234/44
Cravens (Class 105) –Sc51476/77/78/79/80/81, Sc56465/66/67/68/69/70
BR Derby (Class 108) – M50954/55/56/57, M56237/38/39/40
Gloucester RCW (Class 119) – W51064/65/92/93, W59423/24
Swindon Cross Country (Class 120) – W50694/95, W59300/01
BR Derby (Class 125) – E51000, E51166, E59461
In the month ninety four steam locomotives were withdrawn, twenty five being over fifty years old with Midland Railway Johnson 3F 0-6-0 43292 being the oldest, having entering traffic in 1891 and condemned sixty eight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-seven engines condemned were built post the 1923 grouping and two were built post nationalisation in 1948, with the youngest being Great Western Railway 0-6-0PT 8417 at only eight years old.
A number I have photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome.
D2084 (03084) –
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/15552357190/
D3690 (08528) -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/41440371390/
D5010 (24010) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5795812500/
D5315 (26015) –
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/15172338224/
D5524 (31106) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6310990725/
E51428 -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/9636129498/
