The End of Steam At Mirfield

Probably from mid - November there had been a pair of EE type 4s working from Mirfield - so it was obvious that the end of steam was approaching. However it was a bit of a shock to turn up on the morning of January 1st 1967 and find that all Mirfield's remaining allocation of steam locos had departed - never to return! The replacements were six EE Type 4s each coupled to a brake tender which were to work from the depot until the following June when the depot finally closed.

The six EE Type 4s present were D250 D259 D345 D356 D385 D394 D395. D259 & D356 were recorded as having 56B shedplates fitted (was Ardsley shed until it closed in 1965 but 56B was thought to have been adopted by BR as a 'Wakefield Area' shed code prior to the new alphabetical system and transpiration to HM depot allocation). No 8 road was filled with wagons which were to be loaded with any spare kit that could be used elsewhere or just to carry off scrap. In addition two steam visitors from the LM were present; 92082 (Birkenhead) and 45395 (Wigan Springs Branch) - they departed during the next 24 hours.

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Thankyou Jim