MY LIFE IN TRAINS
Engine Portraits - Part Fourteen
Swindon and beyond – 7 May 1961
An organised trip by coach on 7 May 1961, with permits and everything, took me first to Swindon shed and Swindon Works, and then on to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Ross on Wye, Hereford, Leominster, Worcester shed and Works, Evesham and Honeybourne.
I’ve managed to decipher and transcribe my notes of this trip, so along with the photos I took you will get a flavour of what it was like by looking at the lists of engines by class – the photos follow the lists.
Swindon (82C) – 7 May 1961
GWR Hawksworth 1600 Class 0-6-0PT
1640
GWR Collett 2251 Class 0-6-0
2250
GWR Churchward 2800 Class 2-8-0
2852
GWR Collett ‘Castle’ 4073 Class 4-6-0
5000 ‘Launceston Castle’, 5023 ‘Brecon Castle’, 5035 ‘Coity Castle’, 5050 ‘Devizes Castle’, 5068 ‘Beverston Castle’, 7031 ‘Cromwell's Castle’ and 7032 ‘Denbigh Castle’
GWR Churchward 4300 Class 2-6-0
6309
GWR Collett ‘Hall’ 4900 Class 4-6-0
5904 ‘Kelham Hall’ and 5997 ‘Sparkford Hall’
GWR Collett 5101 Class 2-6-2T
4102
GWR Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT
3711, 3724, 3763, 9720 and 9773
GWR Collett 5800 Class 0-4-2T
5815
GWR Collett 6100 Class 2-6-2T
6131
GWR Collett ‘Grange’ 6800 Class 4-6-0
6872 ‘Crawley Grange’
GWR Collett 7200 Class 2-8-2T
7214
GWR Hawksworth 9400 Class 0-6-0PT
8465
BR Riddles Class 5 4-6-0
73001
BR 204hp 0-6-0 Diesel Mechanical Shunter
D2146
BR 400hp 0-6-0 Diesel Electric Shunter
D3027 and D3804
North British B-B Type 2 Diesel Hydraulic
D6327
Swindon Works – 7 May 1961
GWR Hawksworth ‘County’ 1000 Class 4-6-0
1001 ‘County of Buckingham’, 1002 ‘County of Berks’, 1004 ‘County of Somerset’, 1012 ‘County of Denbigh’, 1014 ‘County of Glamorgan’, 1015 ‘County of Gloucester’ and 1029 ‘County of Worcester’
GWR Churchward 1361 Class 0-6-0ST
1361, 1364 and 1365
GWR Collett 1366 Class 0-6-0PT
1366 and 1371
GWR Collett 1400 Class 0-4-2T
1414, 1431, 1433, 1454 and 1463
GWR Hawksworth 1500 Class 0-6-0PT
1501, 1502 and 1509
GWR Hawksworth 1600 Class 0-6-0PT
1603, 1604, 1621, 1634, 1652, 1658 and 1659
GWR Collett 2251 Class 0-6-0
2202 and 2227
GWR Churchward 2800 Class 2-8-0
2816, 2832, 2857, 2875 and 2879
GWR Collett 2884 Class 2-8-0
2885, 3817, 3839, 3850 and 3854
GWR Collett ‘Castle’ 4073 Class 4-6-0
4074 ‘Caldicot Castle’, 4088 ‘Dartmouth Castle’, 4090 ‘Dorchester Castle’, 5002 ‘Ludlow Castle’, 5022 ‘Wigmore Castle’, 5027 ‘Farleigh Castle’, 5041 ‘Tiverton Castle’, 5051 ‘Earl Bathurst’, 5060 ‘Earl of Berkeley’, 5064 ‘Bishop's Castle’, 5070 ‘Sir Daniel Gooch’, 5072 ‘Hurricane’, 5085 ‘Evesham Abbey’, 5099 ‘Compton Castle’, 7007 ‘Great Western’, 7009 ‘Athelney Castle’, 7011 ‘Banbury Castle’, 7014 ‘Caerhays Castle’, 7030 ‘Cranbrook Castle’ and 7036 ‘Taunton Castle’
GWR Churchwood 4200 Class 2-8-0T
4203, 4294 and 4284
GWR Churchward 4300 Class 2-6-0
5337, 5339, 6360, 6372, 7304 and 7340
GWR Collett 4575 Class 2-6-2T
5503
GWR Churchward 4700 Class 2-8-0
4704, 4705 and 4706
GWR Collett ‘Hall’ 4900 Class 4-6-0
4912 ‘Berrington Hall’, 4914 ‘Cranmore Hall’. 4927 ‘Farnborough Hall’, 4942 ‘Maindy Hall’, 4950 ‘Patshull Hall’, 4955 ‘Plaspower Hall’, 4958 ‘Priory Hall’, 4970 ‘Sketty Hall’, 4978 ‘Westwood Hall’, 4985 ‘Allesley Hall’, 4988 ‘Bulwell Hall’, 4991 ‘Cobham Hall’, 4994 ‘Downton Hall’, 5914 ‘Ripon Hall’, 5922 ‘Caxton Hall’, 5927 ‘Guild Hall’, 5933 ‘Kingsway Hall’, 5937 ‘Stanford Hall’, 5949 ‘Trematon Hall’, 5951 ‘Clyffe Hall’, 5958 ‘Knolton Hall’, 5966 ‘Ashford Hall’, 5970 ‘Hengrave Hall’, 5973 ‘Hengrave Hall’, 5978 ‘Bodinnick Hall’, 5981 ‘Frensham Hall’, 5986 ‘Arbury Hall’, 5987 ‘Brocket Hall’, 6902 ‘Butlers Hall’, 6911 ‘Holker Hall’, 6923 ‘Croxteth Hall’, 6937 ‘Conyngham Hall’, 6949 ‘Haberfield Hall’ and 6957 ‘Norcliffe Hall’
GWR Collett 5101 Class 2-6-2T
5103, 5110, 5158, 5175, 5176 and 5194
GWR Collett 5205 Class 2-8-0T
5207 and 5223
GWR Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT
3666, 3682, 3684, 3746, 3780, 4651, 4697, 5768, 5771, 5791, 6769, 7747, 7748, 7761, 7775, 7776, 8711, 8740, 8769, 8779, 9672, 9721, 9735, 9740, 9749, 9790 and L91
GWR Collett ‘King’ 6000 Class 4-6-0
6001 ‘King Edward VII’, 6003 ‘King George IV’, 6009 ‘King Charles II’, 6012 ‘King Edward VI’ and 6020 ‘King Henry IV’
GWR Collett 6100 Class 2-6-2T
6101
GWR Collett 6400 Class 0-6-0PT
6425 and 6426
GWR Collett ‘Grange’ 6800 Class 4-6-0
6828 ‘Trellech Grange’ and 6844 ‘Penhydd Grange’
GWR Hawksworth ‘Modified Hall’ 6959 Class 4-6-0
6977 ‘Grundisburgh Hall’, 6979 ‘Helperly Hall’, 6988 ‘Swithland Hall’ and 7911 ‘North Aston Hall’
GWR Collett 7200 Class 2-8-2T
7231
GWR Collett 7400 Class 0-6-0PT
7410, 7421, 7427, 7429 and 7433
GWR Hawksworth 9400 Class 0-6-0PT
8427, 8429, 8433, 8454, 8457, 9400 and 9481
BR Riddles ‘Britannia’ 4-6-2
70016 ‘Ariel’
BR Riddles Class 2 2-6-0
78030 and 78057
BR Riddles Class 3 2-6-2T
82020
BR Riddles 9F 2-10-0
92234 and 92245
GWR Diesel Railcar
W8W, W13W, W14W and W20W
GWR English Electric 350hp Diesel Electric Shunter
15100
BR Swindon 350hp Diesel Electric Shunter
15104
North British A1A-A1A Diesel Hydraulic ‘Warship’ Class
D601 ‘ Ark Royal’
BR Swindon B-B Diesel Hydraulic ‘Warship’ Class
D812 ‘Royal Naval Reserve 1859-1959’ , D817 ‘Foxhound’, D818 ‘Glory’, D820 ‘Grenville’, D829 ‘Magpie’, D832 ‘Onslaught’, D868 ‘Zephyr’, D869 ‘Zest’ and D870 ‘Zulu’
North British B-B Diesel Hydraulic ‘Warship’ Class
D835 ‘Pegasus’, D836 ‘Powerful’, D844 ‘Spartan’ and D849 ‘Superb’
BR Swindon C-C Diesel Hydraulic ‘Western’ Class
D1000 ‘Western Enterprise’, D1002 ‘Western Explorer’, D1003 ‘Western Pioneer’, D1004 ‘Western Crusader’, D1005 ‘Western Venturer’, D1006 ‘Western Stalwart’, D1007 ‘Western Talisman’, D1008 ‘Western Harrier’ and D1009 ‘Western Invader’
BR 204hp 0-6-0 Diesel Mechanical Shunter
D2086, D2087, D2088, D2143, D2144, D2145, D2187, D2188, D2189, D2190, D2191, D2192, D2193, D2194, D2195, D2196 and D2197
Ruston & Hornsby 275hp 0-6-0 Diesel Electric Shunter
D2998
Brush Demonstrator 200hp 0-4-0 Diesel Shunter
D2999
BR 400hp 0-6-0 Diesel Electric Shunter
13262, D3163, D3187, D3194, D3256 and D3267
North British B-B Type 2 Diesel Hydraulic
D6301, D6303 and D6305
Cheltenham (Subshed of Gloucester 85B) – 7 May 1961
GWR Collett 5101 Class 2-6-2T
4143, 5173 and 5182
GWR Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT
8743
GWR Hawksworth 9400 Class 0-6-0PT
8491
LMSR Fowler 3F ‘Jinty’ 0-6-0T
47417
BR 400hp 0-6-0 Diesel Electric Shunter
D3990
Gloucester GWR (85B) – 7 May 1961
GWR Collett 1400 Class 0-4-2T
1409 and 1473
GWR Hawksworth 1600 Class 0-6-0PT
1605
GWR Collett 2251 Class 0-6-0
2245 and 3203
GWR Collett 2884 Class 2-8-0
3812
GWR Collett ‘Castle’ 4073 Class 4-6-0
5007 ‘Rougemont Castle’, 5017 ‘The Gloucestershire Regiment 28th 61st’, 7000 ‘Viscount Portal’, 7003 ‘Elmley Castle’ and 7035 ‘Ogmore Castle’
GWR Churchward 4200 Class 2-8-0T
4299
GWR Churchward 4300 Class 2-6-0
6341
GWR Collett ‘Hall’ 4900 Class 4-6-0
4910 ‘Blaisdon Hall’, 4929 ‘Goytrey Hall’, 6901 ‘Arley Hall’, 6917 ‘Oldlands Hall’ and 6941 ‘Fillongley Hall’
GWR Collett 5101 Class 2-6-2T
4100, 4123 and 4141
GWR Collett 5205 Class 2-8-0T
5220
GWR Collett 5600 Class 0-6-0T
6669 and 6696
GWR Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT
3725, 4614 and 8705
GWR Collett 6100 Class 2-6-2T
6137
GWR Collett 6400 Class 0-6-0PT
6415 and 6437
GWR Hawksworth ‘Modified Hall’ 6959 Class 4-6-0
6985 ‘Parwick Hall’
GWR Collett ‘Manor’ 7800 Class 4-6-0
7805 ‘Broome Manor’
GWR Hawksworth 9400 Class 0-6-0PT
8404, 9453, 9464 and 9471
WD Riddles 2-8-0
90323 and 90638
BR Riddles 9F 2-10-0
92233 and 92235
BR 204hp 0-6-0 Diesel Mechanical Shunter
D2137 and D2138
BR 400hp 0-6-0 Diesel Electric Shunter
D3986, D3987, D3989, D3991, D3993 and D3994
Gloucester Barnwood LMSR (85C) – 7 May 1961
MR Fowler Rebuilt 2P 4-4-0
40540
MR Deeley 0F 0-4-0T
41535 and 41537
LMSR Hughes-Fowler ‘Crab’ 2-6-0
42791 and 42827
MR Johnson 3F 0-6-0
43645, 43673 and 43754
LMSR Fowler 4F 0-6-0
43853, 43924, 43936, 44045, 44123, 44171, 44179, 44264 and 44272
LMSR Stanier ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0
44659, 45042 and 45263
LMSR Stanier ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0
45683 ‘Hogue’
LMSR Fowler 3F ‘Jinty’ 0-6-0T
47422, 47539 and 47623
LMSR Stanier 8F 2-8-0
48388
S&DJR Fowler 7F 2-8-0
53806
BR Riddles Class 4 4-6-0
75002 and 75009
BR Riddles 9F 2-10-0
92055
Ross on Wye (Subshed of Hereford 86C) – 7 May 1961
GWR Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT
3729
Hereford (86C) – 7 May 1961
GWR Hawksworth ‘County’ 1000 Class 4-6-0
1023 ‘County of Oxford’
GWR Collett 1400 Class 0-4-2T
1455 and 1455
GWR Hawksworth 1600 Class 0-6-0PT
1657 and 1667
GWR Collett 2251 Class 0-6-0
2241, 2242, 2249, 2295 and 3201
GWR Collett 2884 Class 2-8-0
3826
GWR Collett ‘Castle’ 4073 Class 4-6-0
7005 ‘Sir Edward Elgar’
GWR Churchward 4300 Class 2-6-0
6350 and 6378
GWR Collett ‘Hall’ 4900 Class 4-6-0
4945 ‘Milligan Hall’, 4960 ‘Pyle Hall’, 4990 ‘Clifton Hall’, 5952 ‘Cogan Hall’, 6915 ‘Mursley Hall’, 6922 ‘Burton Hall’ and 6948 ‘Holbrooke Hall’
GWR Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT
3728, 4659, 4678, 8781, 8787, 9665 and 9717
GWR Collett ‘King’ 6000 Class 4-6-0
6018 ‘King Henry VI’
GWR Collett ‘Manor’ 7800 Class 4-6-0
7821 ‘Ditcheat Manor’
LMSR Stanier ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0
44911 and 45190
LMSR Stanier 8F 2-8-0
48707
BR Riddles ‘Britannia’ 4-6-2
70023 ‘Venus’ and 70027 ‘Rising Star’
BR Riddles Class 2 2-6-0
78004
Leominster (Subshed of Hereford 86C) – 7 May 1961
GWR Collett 7400 Class 0-6-0PT
7418
GWR Collett ‘Manor’ 7800 Class 4-6-0
7828 ‘Odney Manor’
Worcester Works – 7 May 1961
GWR Collett 2251 Class 0-6-0
3207
GWR Collett ‘Castle’ 4073 Class 4-6-0
7004 ‘Eastnor Castle’
GWR Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT
3605
GWR Collett 8100 Class 2-6-2T
8107
Worcester (85A) – 7 May 1961
GWR Hawksworth 1600 Class 0-6-0PT
1639, 1647 and 1661
GWR Collett 2251 Class 0-6-0
2234 and 2246
GWR Churchward 2800 Class 2-8-0
2807 and 2849
GWR Churchward 4300 Class 2-6-0
6368, 6370, 6387 and 7338
GWR Collett ‘Castle’ 4073 Class 4-6-0
5056 ‘Earl of Powis’ and 7027 ‘Thornbury Castle’
GWR Collett ‘Hall’ 4900 Class 4-6-0
4907 ‘Broughton Hall’, 4918 ‘Dartington Hall’, 4993 ‘Dalton Hall’, 5913 ‘Rushton Hall’, 5947 ‘Saint Benet’s Hall’, 5950 ‘Wardley Hall’, 5996 ‘Mytton Hall’, 6947 ‘Helmingham Hall’ and 6950 ‘Kingsthorpe Hall’
GWR Collett 5101 Class 2-6-2T
4109
GWR Collett 5205 Class 2-8-0T
5226 and 5245
GWR Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT
3607, 3775, 4625, 4628, 4664, 4680 and 8718
GWR Collett 6100 Class 2-6-2T
6106
GWR Collett ‘Grange’ 6800 Class 4-6-0
6807 ‘Birchwood Grange’
GWR Hawksworth ‘Modified Hall’ 6959 Class 4-6-0
6984 ‘Owsden Hall’, 7920 ‘Coney Hall’ and 7928 ‘Wolf Hall’
GWR Collett 8100 2-6-2T
8106
GWR Hawksworth 9400 Class 0-6-0PT
8400, 9401 and 9429
LMSR Fowler Side Cab Class 4 2-6-4T
42417 and 42422
LMSR Stanier ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0
44945
BR Riddles Class 2 2-6-0
78009
BR Riddles Class 3 2-6-2T
82008
GWR Railcar
W22W, W23W, W24W, W26W, W29W, W30W and W32W
BR 204hp 0-6-0 Diesel Mechanical Shunter
D2126 and D2131
Evesham (Subshed of Worcester 85A) – 7 May 1961
GWR Collett 5101 Class 2-6-2T
4124
BR 204hp 0-6-0 Diesel Mechanical Shunter
D2132
Honeybourne – 7 May 1961
GWR Collett 2251 Class 0-6-0
2273
GWR Churchward 4300 Class 2-6-0
5358 and 7315
GWR Hawksworth 9400 Class 0-6-0PT
8480
You will have seen some of these before if you followed My Story.
All Photographs by Alan Lewis Chambers ©
Colourised Photographs by Stephen Arrandale ©
GWR 5100 Class 2-6-2T No 5103 poses at Swindon Works on 7 May 1961.
GWR 4200 Class 2-8-0T No 4203 poses at Swindon Works on 7 May 1961.
As a treat for you, Stephen Arrandale has colourised my photo of GWR 4200 Class 2-8-0T No 4203 at Swindon Works on 7 May 1961.
Copyright Stephen Arrandale ©
GWR 5100 Class 2-6-2T No 5110 at Swindon Works on 7 May 1961.
GWR 1361 Class 0-6-0ST No 1361 stored at Swindon Works with GWR streamlined diesel railcar W8W on 7 May 1961.
Much damaged and about to be scrapped crash victim, GWR Hall 4-6-0 No 6902 'Butlers Hall' stands at Swindon Works on 7 May 1961,
with North British Type 2 and Warship diesels in the background.
GWR 5100 Class 2-6-2T No 4143, complete with the Cheltenham Spa Express headboard in an unusual position,
on Cheltenham shed on 7 May 1961.
Cheltenham GWR shed on 7 May 1961 with GWR 5100 Class 2-6-2Ts Nos 5173 and 4143.
GWR 5100 Class 2-6-2T No 5173 in the sun outside Cheltenham shed on 7 May 1961.
GWR 1600 Class 0-6-0PT No 1605 at Gloucester GWR shed on 7 May 1961.
GWR Manor 4-6-0 No 7805 'Broome Manor' on Gloucester GWR shed on 7 May 1961.
MR 0-4-0T No 41535 shelters inside Gloucester Barnwood roundhouse with sister engine No 41537 and S&DJR 2-8-0 No 53806 on 7 May 1961.
LMSR 4F 0-6-0 No 44171 at Gloucester Barnwood shed on 7 May 1961.
End of the line for MR 4-4-0 No 40540 outside Gloucester Barnwood shed on 7 May 1961.
No engine in sight - this is Ross on Wye shed on 7 May 1961. Note the interesting re-use of the Toad body.
GWR King 4-6-0 No 6018 'King Henry VI' waits to leave Hereford shed on 7 May 1961.
GWR 1600 0-6-0PT No 1661 with spark arresting chimney in Worcester shed yard on 7 May 1961.
GWR 5100 Class 2-6-2T No 4124 outside Evesham shed on 7 May 1961.
GWR 2251 Class 0-6-0 No 2273 by the coaling stage at Honeybourne shed on 7 May 1961.
GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 No 7315 with GWR 9400 Class 0-6-0PT No 8480 at Honeybourne shed on 7 May 1961.
