GERALD WADLEY'S NOTEBOOKS

In addition to some complete locomotive listings the Gerald Wadley notebooks contain lists of locos that he saw which he needed so as time went by these notebooks became dominated by new diesel and electric locomotives. As they provide an incomplete record they provide a less than comprehensive picture but it is interesting to note the variety of locomotives seen in Worcestershire towards the end of steam operation:

Loco Number

Location

Date etc

92054

Defford

12/9/1959 (Wellingborough shed)

44156

Malvern Link

15/9/1959 (Coalville shed)

44195

Worcester

21/9/1969 (Nottingham shed)

44124, 44552

Worcester

23/9/1959 (Burton shed)

51218

Worcester

23/9/1959 (on transfer to Western Region)

48638

Worcester

25/9/1959 (Toton shed)

44586

Worcester

20/10/1959 (Stourton shed)

43130

Malvern Link

21/10/1959 (Leeds Holbeck shed)

92231

Bromsgrove

1/11/1959 (banking engine)

48060

Worcester

28/12/59 (Westhouses shed)

42896

Worcester

28/12/1959 (Burton shed)

1663

Stourbridge

20/3/1960 (recent transfer)

48220

Worcester

31/3/1960 (Saltley shed)

9490

Malvern Link

2/4/1960 (recent transfer)

43948

Worcester

2/4/1960 (Burton shed)

75055

Worcester

2/4/1960 (Leicester shed)

73167

Worcester

2/4/1960 (Stourton shed)

44420

Worcester

6/4/1960 (Derby shed)

5789

Worcester

6/4/1960 (Pontypool Road shed)

9794

Malvern Link

14/4/1960 (Pontypool Road shed)

3853

Malvern Link

16/4/1960 (Newport Ebbw Junction shed)

44337; 73160

Defford

25/7/1960 (Normanton shed)

1647

Worcester

25/4/1960 (recent transfer)

61138

Malvern Link

5/5/1960 (Sheffield Darnall shed - class B!!)

D2139

Worcester

8/5/1960 (new)

2288

Malvern Link

24/5/1960 (Bristol St Philips Marsh shed)

73158

Defford

25/7/1960 (Leeds Holbeck shed)

48006

Defford

25/7/1960 (Kirkby-in-Ashfield shed)

45351

Defford

25/7/1960 (Derby shed)

8498

Malvern Link

9/8/1960 (Wolverhampton Stafford Road shed)

42400

Malvern Link

15/8/1960 (Stafford shed)

42415

Malvern Link

5/9/1960 (Saltley shed)

42814

Malvern Link

10/9/1960 (Longsight shed)

4167

Malvern Link

15/10/196o (recent transfer to Worcester)

48184

Bromsgrove

16/`0/1960 (Toton shed)

4906

Worcester

2/12/1960 (St Blazey shed)

42934

Stourbridge

11/12/1960 (Longsight shed)

D3995, D3981, D3996, D3997, D4002

Stourbridge

11/12/1960 (new)

1639

Worcester

4/2/1961 (transfer to Worcester)

D77

Defford

5/8/1961

44728

Malvern Link

8/8/1961

D37

Worcester

8/11/1961

7762

Stourbridge

14/1/1962

D35

Worcester

3/4/1962

D123

Abbots Wood

24/8/1962

D58

Worcester

26/8/1962

D41, D114

Abbots Wood

31/8/1962

4133

Worcester

2/9/1962 (Tyseley loco)

D23

Abbots Wood

7/9/1962

D3982, D3980

Stourbridge

23/9/1962

D72

Bromsgrove

23/9/1962

D6536

Malvern Link

21/2/1963

D7076

Malvern Link

13/5/1963

D7065

Malvern Link

14/5/1963

D7029

Malvern Link

15/5/1963

D7030

Malvern Link

16/5/1963

D7034

Malvern Link

24/5/1963

D7069

Malvern Link

6/7/1963

D7063

Malvern Link

17/7/1963

D7083, D7004, D7010

Malvern Link

19/8/1963

D7089

Malvern Link

21/8/1963

D7066

Malvern Link

27/8/1963

D7038

Malvern Link

28/8/1963

D7087

Malvern Link

10/9/1963

D7071

Malvern Link

11/9/1963

D7035

Malvern Link

1/10/1963

D7056

Malvern Link

6/10/1963

D7098

Malvern Link

7/1/1964

D7092

Malvern Link

11/1/1964