All Our Yesterdays – 60 Years Ago –May 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 English Electric Type 4's (class 40). There was also a steady flow of new diesel multiple units.
New Locomotives
Steam Class 9F – 92205/06
Class 03 – D2043/55/56/57/58/59
Class 08 – D3697/98/99, D3700/01/02/36/37/39/65/66/67/68/69/70, D3825/26/27/28/29
Class 21 – D6103/10/11/12/13/14
Class 22 – D6303
Class 23 – D5900/01/02/05/06/07/08
Class 24 – D5014/15/16
Class 26 – D5323/24/25/26
Class 28 – D5716
Class 30 – D5529/30/31
Class 40 – D210/11/12
Class 42 – D805
Class 71 – E5005
New Diesel Multiple Units
Metro Cammell (Class 102) – E51434/44, Sc51445/46/47/48/49, E51504/14, Sc51515/16/17/18/19, E59541/42, Sc59543/44/45/46/47
Cravens (Class 105) –Sc51488/89/90/91/92, Sc56477/78/79/80/81
BR Derby (Class 108) – M50964/65/66/68, M56247/48/49/51
BR Derby (Class 125) – E51006, E51172, E59467
BR Swindon Inter City (Class 126) – Sc51030/31/32/33/34/35, ScSc59404/05
BR Derby (Class 127) – M51591/92, M59589, M59619
In the month one hundred and three steam locomotives were withdrawn, forty three being over fifty years old with Midland Railway Johnson 0-6-0’s 58130 and 58132 being the oldest, having entering traffic in April 1875 and condemned eighty four 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. Thirty six engines condemned were built post the 1923 grouping with Great Western Railway 0-6-0PT 7411 being the youngest at twenty two years old..
A number I have photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome.
D2056 (03056) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8115176460/
D2059 (03059) -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14059257375/
D3697 (13002) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5643878786/
D3698 (13003) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/11248003366/
D3699 (08535) -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/30257434007/
D3739 (08572) -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5661686719/
D3826 (08659) –
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32698850326/
D3827 (08660) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/9515281086/
D5015 (24015) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6048534126/
D5325 (26025) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5642363511/
D5326 (26026) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5711789003/
D5529 (31111) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5893193606/
D5531 (31113) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6174399850/
D210 (40010) –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5564753738/
D212 (40012) -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7334025504/
E5005 (74008) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6220016626/
M51492 –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6837872956/
M51591 -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32406683433/