BR DEPARTMENTAL DEPOTS & STABLING POINTS
The Ex-LNER Class B1 4-6-0 Departmental Locomotives
INCLUDING OPERATING LOCATIONS & SERVICING
FACILITIES
FACILITIES
OIL-FIRED BOILER VANS
With the elimination of steam as the prime motive power source in East Anglia and elsewhere, the deployment of redundant B1s for carriage heating was an enforced interim measure until purpose-built oil-fired boiler vans became available.
This view shows the Steam Breakdown Crane at Ipswich Diesel Depot in 1966. Attached to it is the then-brand new boiler van that led to the final redundancy of No. 16
Richard Smith/Over Stoke History Group
No.19
Date Observed with Number;
April 1964
Style;
Freehand painting over cab side number
Date Observed with Number;
April 1964
Style;
Freehand painting over cab side number
No.20
Date Observed with Number;
cMarch 1964
Style;
Stencilled on a dark blue background
Date Observed with Number;
cMarch 1964
Style;
Stencilled on a dark blue background
No.23
Date Observed with Number;
-
Freehand painting over cab side number
Date Observed with Number;
-
Freehand painting over cab side number
No.24
Date Observed with Number;
April 11th, 1965
Style;
Stencilled
Date Observed with Number;
April 11th, 1965
Style;
Stencilled
No.27
Date Observed with Number;
March 27th, 1965
Style;
Stencilled
Date Observed with Number;
March 27th, 1965
Style;
Stencilled
No.28
The new number was never carried
The new number was never carried
No.31 [2nd]
The new number was never carried
The new number was never carried
No.32 [2nd]
Date Observed with Number;
1968
Style;
Freehand painting over cab side number
Date Observed with Number;
1968
Style;
Freehand painting over cab side number
Carriage heating by steam locomotives in the East Anglian area ceased at the end of the winter of 1965/6
but use at Sheffield Carriage Sidings continued until January 1968.
but use at Sheffield Carriage Sidings continued until January 1968.
No.17
Date Observed with Number;
March 1964
Style;
Standard BR Paint Shop
Date Observed with Number;
March 1964
Style;
Standard BR Paint Shop
No.18
Date Observed with Number;
March 15th, 1964
Style;
Freehand painting over cab side number
Date Observed with Number;
March 15th, 1964
Style;
Freehand painting over cab side number
No.21 [2nd]
Date Observed with Number;
-
Freehand painting over cab side number
Date Observed with Number;
-
Freehand painting over cab side number
No.22
Date Observed with Number;
February 1964
Style;
Cab side number blanked over and freehand painted
Date Observed with Number;
February 1964
Style;
Cab side number blanked over and freehand painted
No.25
Date Observed with Number;
-
Stencilled
Date Observed with Number;
-
Stencilled
No.26
Date Observed with Number;
February 27th, 1965
Style;
Stencilled
Date Observed with Number;
February 27th, 1965
Style;
Stencilled
No.29
Date Observed with Number;
November 1965
Style;
Freehand painting over cab side number
Date Observed with Number;
November 1965
Style;
Freehand painting over cab side number
No.30
Date Observed with Number;
1968
Style;
Freehand painting over cab side number
Date Observed with Number;
1968
Style;
Freehand painting over cab side number
