Accrington Railways - Robert Kenyon

On Saturdays, the 22 nd and 29 th , there were evening trains to Blackpool departing Accrington at 16:35 for 3/9d, Church at 16:39 for 3/6d with admission to the Tower Ballroom of the Winter Gardens for 1/- extra (except on the 29 th ). The return was from Central Station at 11pm. On Sunday, the 30 th , the special excursion was for Chesterfield departing at 11:03, calling at Sowerby Bridge 3/3d, Brighouse 3/9d, Mirfield 4/6d, Thornhill 4/9d, Swinton 7/6d, Rotherham 8/-, Sheffield (Midland) 8/6d and Chesterfield 8/9d. Return was from Chesterfield at 19:17 and Sheffield at 19:50. Light refreshments would be available on this and the Millom train. Various exchanges were made to the allocation of steam engines over the period to March, 1961, when the shed closed to steam and these are listed year by year as follows starting in 1951 , when 22 locomotives came into the allocation - Origin Built New Type Class . Number In Out Withdrawn LMS Stanier North British July 1936 2 – 6 – 4 tank 4MT 42551 Dec. 1964

Aug. 1951 Dec. 1951 Dec. 1951 Dec. 1951 Aug. 1951 Sep. 1951 Sep. 1951 Sep. 1951

Dec. 1951

42716

LMS Hughes

Horwich

May 1927

2 – 6 – 0 tender 2 – 6 – 0 tender 2 – 6 – 0 tender 2 – 6 – 0 tender 4 – 6 – 0 tender 4 – 6 – 0 tender 4 – 6 – 0 tender 4 – 6 – 0 tender 4 – 6 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender 2 – 8 – 0 tender

5MT

Nov. 1953

Oct. 1964

42717

LMS Hughes

Horwich

May 1927

5MT

Nov. 1953

July 1963

42718

LMS Hughes

Horwich

May 1927

5MT

Nov. 1952

Feb. 1964

42898

LMS Hughes

Crewe

Aug. 1930 Dec. 1950

5MT

Apr .1952

Aug. 1965

44697

Stanier Black 5

Horwich

5MT

Apr. 1951

Aug. 1951

Nov. 1967

45205

Stanier Black 5

Arms/Whitworth Nov. 1935

5MT

Nov. 1953

Oct. 1966

45206

Stanier Black 5

Arms/Whitworth Nov. 1935

5MT

Aug. 1952 Aug. 1952 Aug. 1959 Aug. 1951 Aug. 1951

Aug. 1968

45209

Stanier Black 5

Arms/Whitworth Nov. 1935

5MT

June 1968

45226

Stanier Black 5

Arms/Whitworth

Aug. 1936 Sep. 1944

5MT

Nov. 1951

Sep. 1967

48453

Stanier Big 8

Swindon

8F

July 1951 Oct. 1951

Apr. 1968

48710

Stanier Big 8

Brighton

July 1944

8F

July 1951

Oct. 1967

48711

Stanier Big 8

Brighton

July 1944

8F

Aug. 1951 Aug. 1951

Jan. 1967

48762

Stanier Big 8

Doncaster

Jan. 1946

8F

Oct. 1951

Feb. 1966

48765

Stanier Big 8

Doncaster

Mar. 1946

8F

July 1951

Aug. 1951

Aug. 1968

48767

Stanier Big 8

Doncaster

Mar. 1946

8F

Aug. 1951

Nov. 1951

Sept. 1967

90194

War Dept. Riddles

North British

Sep. 1943

8F

Oct. 1951

Dec. 1951

Mar. 1964

90267

War Dept. Riddles

North British

Oct. 1943

8F

Nov. 1951 Jan. 1952

Mar. 1965

90278

War Dept. Riddles

North British

Nov. 1943

8F

Aug. 1951 Aug. 1951 Aug. 1951

Jan. 1952

Dec. 1962

90306

War Dept. Riddles

North British

Feb. 1944

8F

Jan. 1952

June 1965

90555

War Dept. Riddles Vulcan Foundry

Aug. 1943

8F

Dec. 1951 Dec. 1951

June 1964

War Dept. Riddles Vulcan Foundry Mar. 1945 Feb. 1966 The Ministry of Supply, ‘Austerity’ locomotives initially carried War Department numbers and details of these and the dates of renumbering are as follows. 90194 (77226 to September 1951), 90267 (77379 to April 1950), 90278 (77399 to May 1950), 90306 (77442 to August 1949), 90555 (77089 to February 1950) and 90718 (79281 to July 1949). Swindon-built 48453 was previously on loan to the Great 8F 90718 Oct. 1951

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