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Thankyou, but that wasn't quite what I was after. When the railways were nationalised, they had to renumber the steam locos otherwise there was the potential for many cases of 4 locos having the same number. They got round this by adding 30000 to SR loco numbers, 40000 to LMS loco numbers, etc...

I haven't tried Edge yet, but just to let you know, it seems that Clarence Yard has found what was causing the problem. It seems the data I was looking at was not the same data the database owner was looking at (and I dont mean two versions of the database). On this database there is a full list...

During BR days, all steam loco sheds had been allocated shed codes. For example, Plaistow was 33A. During the time it was part of the LMS, it was 13A. I dont know what the GWR, SR and LNER did as an equivalent. Was this type of shed code started by the LMS, or were they earlier than that? In...

Yes. I didn't know I could get details of each individual shed, so you have taught me something. It looks like I need to get back to the database owner and let him know. Thankyou Clarence. Have a good Christmas

One correction was that Plaistow shed was listed as LNER. The original railway should be LTSR, the Grouping railway was LMSR, and the BR part should be Eastern Region (so ER) Clearing cache and cookies for that site - I'm afraid I dont know how to do that. A little guidance would be a great...

Every now and then I use brdatabase. I think it is a very good database, and must have taken a lot of work to build it. Now I'm not complaining but twice I have had a mystery problem with it, and I'm wondering if any of this forum's users have ever had the same - and have they found a solution...

Yes I knew about the L&BR, but the GER had a 999 year lease so as good as owned it, and both the L&BR and GER disappeared as companies when they were absorbed into the LNER in 1923. Putting the history into words was complicated enough in what I was trying to describe, so I wasn't too bothered...

This is just for information, but apparently, back in the days before Nationalisation, the line into London Fenchurch Street station from Gas Factory Junction was owned by the Great Eastern and then the LNER. This line had several weak bridges. However, the main users of that stretch of line...

I was at Swanage Railway Station yesterday and saw 34028 Eddystone. I noticed on the cabside, just above the number, it had "7P 5FA". Now, I know what the 7P and 5F refer to, but what does the A mean? On the sublect of Steam Locomotive Power Classification, how do they work out what the P...

My thanks to both Clarence and Harvester. Have had some success already. A copy (dont know which issue) should be here next week

Hello Harvester. I would like to get hold of a copy of 'Top Shed' assuming I can find one. Is that the actual title, or is there more to it? A book seller that is not a railway expert may not recognise the name Peter Townend. Does it have what I think they call an ISDN Number? My condolences...

I'm puzzled. If freight still used steam, what was the point of the steam ban?

Well thanks very much to everyone. That answered everything I wanted to know.

A couple of things about Top Shed:- 1.Back in 1963, after steam had been banned south of Grantham(?) some steam still got to Kings Cross Station (needs must,etc). Was Top Shed in a suitable state to service them, or did the locos get sent elsewhere before heading back north? 2. When they...

Well one bit of info I hadn't known about was that the Shenfield trains will only be running to Paddington - or I have I misunderstood? I thought they too would go to Reading. The other thing was that press release from Network Rail. It seems to mix two different subjects into their...

Can anyone on this forum tell me why the Elizabeth Line trains from Reading still do not go through to the underground section? Ditto the trains from Shenfield? How much longer before they connect? Thanks

BobDaviesrbd (the original poster for this subject) stated "early 1950s". After nationalisation it took a long time to give some locos their BR numbers. Perhaps he remembers a loco that was still bearing its pre-nationalisation number. Perhaps the loco was old enough even then to not have much...

Thankyou 30907. That not only explained the situation clearly, but then answered a question I only thought of after I read your reply - namely about the movable parts being interlocked with the signals. I'm old but I'm still learning. Take care.

I have been reading Peter Kay's books "The London, Tilbury & Southend Railway : A History Of The Company and Line", and at one point he talks about a track modification at a junction as "relaid with switch diamonds". Would someone please explain - does this mean a diamond crossing was replaced...

If the fusible plug melts, what do the footplate men do? I assume they would need to drop the fire quickly, but can they do that without opening the firebox door? If they open the door, would they not be scalded by the steam leaking into the firebox? Would the steam leaking into the firebox...