Explanation of Shed Codes

Each engine was allocated to a home engine shed. This shed was where it was serviced and where it usually returned when it's duty cycle was completed. For freight engines a duty cycle was usually in one day. For express engines it could be several days, so an express engine may stay overnight at another shed.

Smaller sheds were known as sub-sheds. Leighton Buzzard was one such sub-shed, with it's parent shed being Bletchley.

Shed codes Main sheds Sub-shed illustration
1A Willesden
1B Camden
1C Watford
1D
1E
2A Rugby
2B Bletchley Leighton Buzzard & Newport Pagnell
2C Northampton
2D Nuneaton
2E Warwick
2F Coventry
3A Bescot
3B Bushbury
3C Walsall
3D Aston
3E Monument Lane
4A Shrewsbury
4B Swansea
4C Upper Bank
4D Abergavenny
4E Tredegar
5A Crewe North
5B Crewe South
5C Stafford
5D Stoke
5E Alsager
5F Uttoxeter
6A Chester
6B Mold Junction
6C Birkenhead
7A Llandudno Junction
7B Bangor
7C Holyhead
7D Rhyl
8A Edge Hill
8B Warrington
8C Speke Junction
8D Widnes
8E Brunswick (Liverpool)
9A Longsight
9B Stockport (Edgeley)
9C Macclesfield
9D Buxton
10A Springs Branch (Wigan)
10B Preston
10C Patricroft
10D Plodder Lane (Bolton)
10E Sutton Oak
11A Carnforth
11B Barrow Coniston
11D Oxenholme
11E Tebay
12A Carlisle
12B Appleby
12C Penrith
12D Workington
12E Moor Row
12F Beattock
12G Dumfries
12H Stranraer
13A Plaistow
13B Devon Rd (Bow)
13C Tilbury
13D Shoeburyness
13E Upminster
14 A Cricklewood
14B Kentish Town (for St Pancras)
14C St Albans
15A Wellingborough
15 B Kettering
15C Leicester
15D Bradford
16A Nottingham
16B Peterborough
16C Kirkby in Ashfield
16D Mansfield
17A Derby
17B Burton
17C Coalville
17D Rowsley
18A Toton
18B West Houses
18C Hasland
18D Stavely
19A Grimesthorpe (Sheffield)
19B Millhouses
19C Canklow?
19D Heaton Mersey
19E Belle Vue
20A Leeds (Holbeck)
20B Stourton (Leeds
20C Carlton
20D Normanton
20E Manningham
20F Skipton
20G Hellifield
20H Lancaster
21A Saltley
21B Bournville
21C Bromsgrove
21D Stratford-on-Avon
22A Bristiol
22B Gloucester
22C Bath
22D Templecombe
22E Highbridge
23A Bank Hall
23B Aintree
23C Southport
23D Wogan
23E Lostock Hall
24A Accrington
24B Rose grove
24C
24D Lower Darwen
24E Blackpool
24F Fleetwood
25A Wakefield
25B Huddersfield
25C Goole
25D Mirfield
25E Sowerby Bridge
25F Low Moor
25G Farnley Junction
26A Newton Heath
26B Agecroft?
26C Bolton
26D Bury
26E Bacup
26F Lees
27A Polmadie
27B Greenock
27C Hamilton
27D
27E Girvan