In total 2,925 locomotives are listed against 40 sheds. The smallest allocation of three engines is to Redditch and the largest of 231 is to Nottingham. However, this does not tell the whole story of where the engines were actually allocated. Most engines in this list are allocated to one of the Midland’s principal depots — reflecting the Midland Railway practice of only allocating locomotives to the principal sheds. These sheds would then supply their sub-sheds with the appropriate engines. So, though Nottingham may have been allocated 231 locomotives, these would be distributed around its sub- sheds of Mansfield, Kirkby, Lincoln and Southwell. According to Stephen Summerson’s work (see below), the Midland never made any locomotive shed plates bearing the suffix letters of the sub-sheds. So, even though an engine may have been allocated to, say, Keighley it would still bear a Manningham shed plate.
Allocations are shown for some sub-sheds, namely: Bournville, Hellifield, Redditch, St. Albans, Trafford Park and Walsall. This means that Saltley and Cricklewood have all of their sub-sheds accounted for separately in this listing.
Of Manchester Belle Vue shed, Hawkins & Reeve (again, see below) say that over half of its allocation of engines were out-stationed at the Trafford Park and Heaton Mersey sub-sheds. This listing shows 22 engines at Trafford Park, which may seem a small number for so large a shed, but then the Midland shared it with the Great Central and Great Northern Railways. Heaton Mersey, though smaller on the ground, had a larger allocation of Midland locomotives than Trafford Park.
The locomotives shown as allocated to LT&S are Midland engines that were transferred to the London Tilbury & Southend line and not the engines the Midland inherited from that line when they took it over.
References
Stephen Summerson, Midland Railway locomotives : a comprehensive primary account general survey 1844-1922, growth and development, boilers, tenders, fittings and details (Irwell Press, 2000.
C. Hawkins & G. Reeve, LMS engine sheds : their history and development ; Volume 2, The Midland Railway (Wild Swan, 1981.
Acknowledgements
This work would not have possible without the assistance of various members of the Midland Railway Society. Special thanks go to John True for supplying the original allocation list, Tony Etches for the data entry and Peter Witts for the detailed captions to the photographs which appeared in the original publication (copies of which can still be obtained from the Midland Railway Society at very favourable rates!). Ashley Sanders compiled the section “Listing by shed” and typeset the original document.
Bedford (14).
53–57, 61, 62, 69, 89, 229, 230, 461, 462, 533– 535, 551–556, 618, 624–626, 634, 641, 660, 1724, 1735, 2497, 2645, 2787, 2788, 2795, 2796, 2799, 2800, 2821, 3058–3060, 3103, 3112, 3119, 3170, 3195, 3197, 3198, 3214, 3217, 3402, 3427, 3477, 3626, 3707, 3708. Total = 58.
Bournville (3a) sub shed of Saltley.
23, 1251, 1253, 1323, 1740, 1741, 2015, 2027, 2031, 2038, 2314, 2349, 2353, 2467, 3223, 3425, 3431, 3432, 3523, 3531, 3534, 3536, 3542, 3544, 3624, 3673, 3696, 3697, 3704, 3728, 3786, 3787, 3827, 3828. Total = 34.
Brecon (5).
1331, 1421–1423, 1508, 1620, 1621, 1932, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1959, 2465, 2599, 2848. Total = 16.
Bristol (8) includes Bath (8a) and Thornbury (8b).
90, 92, 104, 155, 157, 426, 506, 513–527, 531, 607, 614, 635, 636, 639, 648, 661, 662, 664, 665, 670, 1228, 1334–1339, 1388–1390, 1870–1874, 2490, 2576, 2609, 2610, 2632, 2634, 2665, 2752–2755, 2829, 2951, 2952, 2988, 3034, 3062, 3071, 3072, 3076, 3079, 3087, 3155, 3159, 3181, 3326, 3593, 3594, 3604, 3615, 3621, 3712, 3713, 3829. Total = 83.
Burton (2) includes Overseal (2a).
7–9, 13, 200, 241, 1248, 1249, 1332, 1333, 1500, 1504, 1516, 1519, 1600–1602, 1604, 1625, 1758, 1770– 1772, 1774, 1833, 1880, 1881, 2395, 2398, 2466, 2469, 2479, 2544, 2567, 2581, 2688, 2701, 2742–2744, 2801– 2803, 2824, 2825, 2953, 3051–3053, 3055, 3057, 3061, 3067, 3069, 3335, 3360, 3362, 3472, 3478, 3537, 3539, 3596, 3623, 3641–3643, 3646, 3647, 3654, 3655, 3657, 3658, 3685, 3785. Total = 74.
Buxton (20) incudes Rowsley (20a).
128, 139–146, 258, 260, 1263, 1272, 1273, 1397, 1404, 1420, 1695–1697, 1957, 2324, 2444, 2460, 2498, 2499, 2510, 2512, 2513, 2519, 2520, 2727–2731, 2912, 3044, 3045, 3090, 3118, 3267–3271, 3274–3276, 3278– 3284, 3310, 3349, 3394, 3445, 3479, 3493, 3512, 3538, 3645, 3717, 3750, 3780–3784. Total = 72.
Carlisle (33) includes Appleby (33a).
49, 182, 228, 431–434, 436–438, 442–446, 458, 463, 468, 990–999, 1010, 1023, 1650, 1652–1654, 1768, 1769, 2901, 2972, 2979, 2995–3008, 3386, 3465, 3466, 3468, 3491, 3492, 3495, 3497, 3562, 3569, 3570, 3630, 3656, 3788, 3791–3795, 3830. Total = 73.
Carnforth (31).
209–211, 213, 1659, 3189, 3314, 3357–3359, 3389, 3390, 3410, 3502, 3680. Total = 15.
Cricklewood (15).
1213, 1214, 1216, 1219, 1254, 1372–1376, 1379–1381, 1383, 1385, 1710–1719, 1791–1794, 1805– 1815, 1854, 1900–1915, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1924–1929, 1942, 1943, 2931, 3256, 3260, 3261, 3289, 3508, 3554, 3555, 3559, 3560, 3564–3567, 3659. Total = 83.
Derby (1).
4, 5, 74, 77, 201, 203, 205, 236–239, 328, 488–504, 600, 644, 751, 754, 756, 757, 759–761, 763, 765–770, 773, 776–779, 1210, 1215, 1428, 1429, 1501, 1506, 1507, 1512, 1515, 1526, 1527, 1644–1646, 1795, 1797, 1834, 1839, 1865, 2016, 2020, 2401, 2660, 2737–2741, 2844, 2845, 2847, 2849, 2850, 2852–2856, 2858, 2859, 2865, 2867, 3056, 3068, 3088, 3193, 3196, 3218, 3219, 3227, 3229, 3230, 3312, 3315, 3395–3397, 3399, 3401, 3488, 3489, 3600, 3603, 3613, 3770, 3816–3818. Total = 118.
Gloucester (7) includes Tewksbury (7a), Evesham (7b) and Dursley (7c).
2, 158, 159, 164–168, 368, 414, 420, 459, 466, 604, 668, 1206, 1230, 1231, 1361–1364, 1525, 1531, 1690, 1691, 1875–1878, 2411, 2412, 2415, 2471, 2505, 2541, 2570–2572, 2578, 2594–2596, 2672, 2681, 2683, 2692, 2792, 2860, 3194, 3388, 3400, 3424, 3460, 3461, 3464, 3561, 3611, 3638, 3756, 3776, 3815. Total = 62.
Hasland (23).
71, 100, 103, 112, 116–119, 122, 187–190, 256, 257, 259, 261, 262, 266, 1518, 1799–1804, 2305, 2419, 2446–2453, 2542, 2573, 2575, 2626, 2631, 2685, 2861, 2862, 2925, 2978, 3130–3134, 3136–3138, 3285, 3287, 3288, 3620. Total = 58.
Hellifield (30a) sub-shed of Skipton.
78, 310, 311, 314, 460, 464, 465, 467, 469–472. Total = 12.
Kentish Town (16) includes Poplar (16a).
15, 20, 110, 171, 419, 548, 557–559, 562, 608, 610–613, 615, 685, 687–694, 709, 712, 714–719, 745, 746, 752, 753, 758, 762, 1024, 1029–1044, 1200– 1205, 1207–1209, 1211, 1212, 1217, 1218, 1220–1225, 1234, 1283–1285, 1294, 1311–1321, 1371, 1377, 1378, 1425–1427, 1610–1619, 1660–1666, 1668–1675, 1721, 1722, 1787–1790, 1921–1923, 1940, 1941, 1944–1949, 1951, 3242–3246, 3251, 3253, 3258, 3548, 3550, 3552, 3575, 3801, 3806–3808. Total = 156.
Kettering (12).
30, 64, 108, 109, 130, 133, 135, 138, 212, 227, 231, 233–235, 240, 528, 627, 642, 666, 683, 1242, 1780, 1889, 2779–2786, 2937, 2962, 3011, 3040–3043, 3080, 3139, 3177, 3199, 3240, 3262, 3291, 3480, 3481, 3545, 3547, 3670. Total = 50.
LT&S includes Plaistow, Tilbury, Upminster and Shoeburyness.
44, 127, 134, 136, 137, 1405, 1406, 1416, 1667, 1786, 2454, 2589, 3035, 3102, 3513, 3528. Total = 16.
Lancaster (32).
242, 243, 254, 255, 448, 449, 451–456, 1656, 1693, 1767, 2486, 2500, 2651, 2695, 2708, 2989, 2990,
3393. Total = 23.
Leeds (28) includes Stourton (28a).
3, 45–47, 50, 245–253, 359–367, 370, 372, 440, 441, 473–482, 617, 638, 643, 645, 667, 669, 680, 724, 729, 731, 732, 734–737, 739–741, 744, 755, 771, 772, 1000– 1009, 1014, 1025, 1027, 1028, 1237, 1274–1279, 1655, 1657, 1692, 1728, 1745, 1760, 1762–1766, 1783, 1840– 1843, 1882, 2303, 2408, 2480, 2492, 2494–2496, 2508, 2509, 2511, 2518, 2534, 2602, 2689, 2691, 2709–2711, 2713, 2714, 2814–2816, 2831, 2837, 2851, 2909, 2920– 2924, 2927–2929, 2935, 2973, 2975, 3016–3019, 3026, 3028, 3091, 3099, 3348, 3447–3449, 3451–3454, 3456, 3469, 3579, 3581, 3730, 3735, 3737, 3739–3748, 3773, 3778, 3789. Total = 171.
Leicester (10) includes Stockingford (10a), Coalville (10b) and West Bridge (10c).
29, 31–34, 105, 107, 272, 274–278, 280, 333, 529, 530, 532, 536–547, 549, 550, 561, 628, 629, 651–657, 659, 671, 673, 674, 700–704, 707, 710, 711, 713, 749, 750, 764, 1365–1370, 1743, 1744, 1825–1831, 2310, 2315, 2333, 2407, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2545, 2546, 2590, 2591, 2696, 2699, 2703, 2768–2772, 2790, 2791, 2804, 2809, 2863, 2947–2949, 2954, 2955, 3049, 3050, 3081, 3089, 3105–3111, 3113–3117, 3120–3128, 3160– 3167, 3190, 3192, 3200, 3202, 3204–3206, 3208–3211, 3213, 3255, 3355, 3407, 3409, 3411–3423, 3434, 3463, 3558, 3648, 3649, 3804, 3805, 3824–3826, 3930–3934. Total = 180.
Liverpool (Brunswick) (19).
329–332, 334–338, 616, 620, 623. Total = 12.
Manchester (Belle Vue) (21) includes Heaton Mersey (21b), Northwich (21 c) and Lower Darwen (21d).
339–358, 398, 447, 708, 726, 727, 742, 1233, 1236, 1240, 1244, 1264, 1265, 1280, 1622, 1623, 1658, 1698, 1699, 1726, 1781, 1782, 1784, 1785, 2001, 2006– 2010, 2022, 2900, 2904, 2932, 2933, 2974, 2991–2994, 3046–3048, 3078, 3172, 3179, 3180, 3182–3184, 3186, 3191, 3221, 3226, 3265, 3266, 3272, 3273, 3302, 3305, 3307–3309, 3324, 3329, 3361, 3498, 3616, 3684, 3701, 3702, 3710, 3711, 3714–3716, 3718, 3720–3725, 3727, 3765, 3766, 3777, 3796, 3797, 3802, 3803, 3832–3834. Total = 113.
Manningham (29) includes Keighley (29a) and Ilkley (29b).
40, 152, 154, 217–219, 221, 1286–1293, 1295–1299, 1351–1360, 1679, 1725, 1727, 1820–1823, 1859, 1939, 1952, 2309, 2472, 2488, 2489, 2491, 2501, 2682, 3022–3025, 3027, 3029–3033. Total = 57.
Normanton (26).
10, 21, 22, 36–38, 41, 153, 220, 606, 676, 1678, 1729, 1737–1739, 1761, 1844, 2025, 2026, 2030, 2514–2517, 2522–2525, 2532, 2533, 2535–2540, 2547, 2601, 2633, 2635, 2830, 2834–2836, 2838–2841, 2857, 2866, 2926, 2936, 3015, 3020, 3021, 3092, 3222, 3731– 3734, 3736, 3738, 3799. Total = 65.
Northampton (13a) sub-shed of Wellingborough.
222–226. Total = 5.
Nottingham (18) incudes Mansfield (18a), Kirkby (18b), Lincoln (18c) and Southwell (18d).
16, 17, 26, 28, 63, 67, 98, 102, 113, 147, 149, 150, 160–163, 172, 178–181, 183, 184, 403, 404, 406– 411, 415–418, 420–425, 427, 428, 450, 457, 483–487, 560, 675, 677–679, 720–723, 730, 733, 738, 774, 775, 1227, 1235, 1243, 1246, 1261, 1300–1303, 1305–1310, 1325, 1340–1350, 1401–1403, 1407–1410, 1418, 1419, 1502, 1505, 1511, 1517, 1626, 1627, 1682, 1684–1689, 1845–1849, 1895–1899, 2018, 2019, 2354, 2366, 2369– 2371, 2388, 2389, 2406, 2463, 2476, 2579, 2603, 2679, 2684, 2687, 2693, 2698, 2704, 2706, 2732–2736, 2793, 2794, 2797, 2798, 2806, 2817, 2826, 2827, 2842, 2843, 2959, 2964, 3073, 3075, 3096, 3187, 3228, 3235, 3236, 3248, 3249, 3319, 3320, 3363–3372, 3374, 3376–3378, 3380, 3382–3385, 3458, 3494, 3510, 3511, 3514, 3515, 3517, 3518, 3571, 3572, 3574, 3577, 3578, 3582–3592, 3597–3599, 3729, 3759–3764, 3767, 3768, 3811–3814. Total = 231.
Peterborough (9).
129, 131, 132, 602, 619, 621, 622, 637, 663, 1257, 1304, 1630, 1883–1885, 2423–2428, 2431, 2434– 2436, 2438, 2440–2443, 2445, 2526, 2700, 2705, 2789, 2828, 2983–2985, 3013, 3014, 3054, 3064, 3083, 3129, 3201, 3203, 3220, 3316, 3473, 3474, 3625, 3627–3629, 3650–3652. Total = 58.
Redditch (3c) sub-shed of Saltley.
1327, 1386, 1391. Total = 3.
St. Albans (15a) sub-shed of Cricklewood.
35, 58–60, 115, 123, 169, 170, 1382, 1384, 1916, 1919, 3150. Total = 13.
Staveley (24) includes Sheepbridge (24a).
6, 1238, 1239, 1262, 1267, 1326, 1513, 1514, 1520–1522, 1528–1530, 1532, 1746–1754, 1835, 2300, 177, 2481, 2568, 2569, 2580, 2604, 2605, 2613, 2661, 2663, 2668, 2722, 2725, 2726, 2766, 2767, 2819, 2864, 3009, 3135, 3151–3153, 3157, 3158, 3215, 3234, 3290, 3292– 3299, 3337, 3338, 3406, 3430, 3438, 3490, 3505, 3602, 3612, 3617–3619, 3622, 3676, 3705, 3751. Total = 77.
Saltley (3).
1, 18, 19, 24, 25, 39, 80, 93, 96, 120, 121, 126, 173– 198, 281, 375, 395, 405, 429, 430, 435, 439, 505, 507–512, 1247, 1324, 1328, 1387, 1647, 1649, 1742, 1756, 1757, 1759, 1773, 1879, 2014, 2023, 2032, 2035, 2039, 2302, 2320, 2327, 2334–2337, 2340, 2347, 2356, 2357, 2359, 2360, 2363, 2402, 2413, 2416, 2457, 2462, 2470, 2474, 2582, 2593, 2600, 2625, 2627, 2629, 2674, 2675, 2677, 2678, 2680, 2686, 2697, 2702, 2745–2749, 2813, 2832, 2833, 2934, 2956, 2957, 3063, 3065, 3066, 3070, 3074, 3077, 3084, 3154, 3156, 3171, 3173, 3277, 3352, 3373, 3392, 3433, 3520–3522, 3524, 3526, 3527, 3529, 3530, 3532, 3533, 3535, 3540, 3541, 3543, 3551, 3595, 3640, 3644, 3653, 3671, 3672, 3674, 3675, 3677– 3679, 3681, 3683, 3686, 3687, 3689–3695, 3698–3700, 3703, 3726, 3822, 3823. Total = 156.
Sheffield (Grimesthorpe) (25) includes Millhouses (25a) and Canklow (25b).
271, 373, 81–85, 87, 185, 186, 193, 232, 264, 265, 268, 270, 300, 303–306, 308, 317, 319, 320, 325–327, 369, 374, 376–394, 396, 412, 413, 1232, 1250, 1255, 1256, 1258, 1392–1396, 1398–1400, 1639, 1694, 1755, 1796, 1855, 1857, 1861–1863, 1866–1869, 1890–1894, 2410, 2473, 2487, 2502, 2503, 2636, 2642–2644, 2646– 2650, 2652–2656, 2658, 2659, 2662, 2667, 2717–2721, 2818, 2822, 2846, 2946, 2950, 2965, 2970, 3082, 3085, 3086, 3093–3095, 3097, 3098, 3100, 3101, 3140–3149, 3325, 3343, 3471, 3475, 3476, 3482, 3485–3487, 3499, 3568, 3631–3634, 3636, 3637, 3639, 3660–3669, 3706, 3749, 3752, 3754, 3755, 3758, 3798, 3819–3821. Total = 176.
Skipton (30).
11, 14, 156, 207, 208, 214–216, 267, 269, 1266, 1268–1271, 1411–1415, 1417, 1430, 1680, 1681, 2404, 2437, 2455, 2456, 2458, 2468, 2475, 2484, 2485, 2493, 2504, 2506, 2507, 2598, 2707, 2914, 3036–3039, 3188, 3237, 3333, 3345–3347, 3350, 3351, 3353, 3354, 3387, 3429, 3553. Total = 57.
Toton (17).
68, 70, 72, 75, 202, 273, 323, 605, 630–633, 646, 647, 649, 650, 681, 682, 684, 1624, 1640, 1641, 1700–1709, 1856, 1858, 2004, 2005, 2011–2013, 2017, 2024, 2029, 2034, 2409, 2417, 2420, 2421, 2430, 2432, 2433, 2439, 2543, 2597, 2637–2641, 2664, 2666, 2694, 2756–2765, 2805, 2807, 2808, 2810–2812, 2820, 2823, 2908, 2917, 2987, 3178, 3212, 3225, 3231, 3300, 3301, 3303, 3304, 3306, 3317, 3318, 3321–3323, 3327, 3328, 3330–3332, 3334, 3336, 3339–3342, 3379, 3398, 3408, 3426, 3435, 3436, 3439, 3440, 3443, 3444, 3446, 3457, 3549, 3557, 3573, 3719, 3753, 3771, 3774, 3775, 3831, 3835–3884, 3903–3911. Total = 187.
Trafford Park (21a) sub-shed of Manchester.
705, 706, 725, 728, 743, 747, 748, 1011– 1013, 1015–1022, 1026, 2000, 2002, 2003. Total = 22. Upper Bank, 1424, 1523, 1524, 1629, 1632–1638, 1648, 1676, 1677, 1775–1779, 1816–1819, 1824, 1832, 1850– 1853, 1860, 1864, 1930, 1931, 3207. Total = 34.
Walsall (3b) sub-shed of Saltley.
1226, 1503, 1509, 1510, 1643, 1723, 1730–1732, 1734, 1736, 2028, 2033, 2036, 2037, 3104, 3168, 3169, 3224, 3233, 3247, 3250, 3252, 3254, 3356, 3391, 3500, 3501, 3503, 3504, 3506, 3507, 3509, 3516, 3519, 3525, 3546, 3556, 3576. Total = 39.
Wellingborough (13) includes Northampton (13a).
603, 640, 658, 672, 1241, 1252, 1260, 1329, 1642, 1683, 1886–1888, 2916, 2930, 2958, 2960, 2963, 2966–2969, 2976, 2980–2982, 2986, 3012, 3175, 3176, 3232, 3239, 3241, 3257, 3259, 3313, 3344, 3375, 3381, 3405, 3428, 3441, 3450, 3459, 3483, 3484, 3496, 3580, 3601, 3605–3609, 3635, 3688, 3769, 3772, 3779, 3790, 3800, 3809, 3810, 3885–3902, 3912–3929. Total = 99.
Westhouses (22).
12, 99, 101, 263, 1798, 1836–1838, 2311, 2328, 2393, 2399, 2400, 2405, 2461, 2477, 2478, 2483, 2574, 2577, 2592, 2606, 2607, 2611, 2612, 2621–2624, 2669–2671, 2673, 2690, 2723, 2724, 2777, 2778, 2902, 2903, 2906, 2907, 2910, 2911, 2913, 2915, 2918, 2919, 2961, 2971, 2977, 3216, 3311, 3442, 3610, 3614. Total = 56.
Wigston Magna (11).
76, 94, 194, 195, 197, 1229, 1259, 1631, 1733, 2021, 2548–2566, 2583–2588, 2657, 2773–2776, 2938–2945, 3403, 3404, 3437, 3467, 3563, 3682. Total = 54.
Worcester (4) includes Bromsgrove (4a) and Malvern (4b).
95, 97, 204, 206, 244, 279, 371, 397, 1322, 1330, 1720, 1933–1938, 1954, 1955, 2307, 2403, 2414, 2608, 2614–2616, 2628, 2630, 2750, 2751, 2905, 3010, 3174, 3185, 3263, 3264, 3462, 3757. Total = 38.
York (27).
124, 191, 192, 196, 399–402, 2617–2620, 2715, 2716, 3238, 3286, 3455, 3470, 3709. Total = 19.
The numerical listing is arbitrarily broken up thus:-
1 to 399
400 to 779 []
990 to 1532 []
1600 to 1959 []
2000 to 2499
2500 to 2999
3000 to 3499
3500 to 3934
Note the “blanks” left in the system denoted by []
Nos. 780 to 989 not issued
Nos. 1533 to 1599 not issued
Nos. 1960 to 1999 not issued
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