Carnforth shed + Hest Bank : trainspotting notebook December 23rd 1967

This is my trainspotting logbook for a visit to Carnforth engine shed/depot (code 10A, formerly 24L) and a part-afternoon by the lineside at Hest Bank (West Coast Main Line near Lancaster) in December 1967. The date is about 6 months before the end of all steam engines on British Railways, with most steam by that time concentrated in this area of North-West England. Carnforth was a large steam shed with several large and smaller diesels also on-shed by 1967. Hest Bank was and still is a wonderful place to watch trains; a handy car park with the line on one side and a Morecambe Bay beach on the other.

Hest Bank page ABBREVIATIONS etc:

'XP' and 'pass' are express and regular passenger.

'R.S' is the Royal Scot express Glasgow-London.

'light' is light engine (engine only).

'd' is towards the North (Scotland etc.)

'u' is towards the South (London etc.)

On the right are times of day.

note: D in front of a number indicates a diesel engine, as per system at that time. Other numbers are steam engines.

Done