Description

A nationwide tour of some of Britain’s best loved locomotive sheds.

1A, 34A, 50A, 70F, 5B – in the 1950s these codes were an integral part of the steam scene. The motive power depots they denoted became a source of pilgrimage for enthusiats. This programme explores the sheds of the era using archive film and features the following:

34A   Kings Cross Top Shed
1A    Willesden
70A   Nine Elms
70F   Bournemouth
70G   Weymouth
81C   Southall
82C   Swindon
6C    Croes Newydd
5D    Stoke
5B    Crewe South
9F    Heaton Mersey
9B    Stockport
9H    Patricroft
10A   Carnforth
12E   Tebay
12A   Carlisle Kingmoor
36A   Doncaster
50A   York
52G   Sunderland
64A   St Margarets
62A   Thornton
66B   Motherwell

PLUS bonus section – Steam in Barrow Hill Roundhouse

60 mins approx