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Call me a dyed-in-the wool steam man, but this is what Bridlington REALLY used to be about! From my late lamented friend Ken Cockerill, an early 1950s picture of 53D with at least 30 - yes gents THIRTY - visiting steam locos with the ubiquitous 61434 the nearest. Plus you get that superb signal gantry and the South Box. Sorry folks there is nothing to compare with such an animated scene - all that lovely pollution, serving thousand of holidaymakers enjoying a day on the Yorkshire coast, then they get to go home with a 2 or 3-cylinder roar from the front end. The perfect way to end the day!

Three more engine sheds with HBR connections: Bullcroft Junction in 1935 (W.A.Camwell); Denaby Junction first shed after a fire of July 1921 (Dr.J.Hollick) and the rebuilt Denaby Junction shed in 1930 (W.H.Whitworth), note the patch repair using as much as possible of the first building.

Hello, with reference to the picture of Hensall Jct/Drax Jct. Did you know that in the trees to the left were, until quite recently, the ruined remains of Hensall Junction engine shed? Built by the HBR in 1885 and closed in 1914, but not demolished as the attached picture of 10th July 1937, by W.A.Camwell, shows.