Ex-L&YR 0-8-0 in LMS days at Liverpool (UK)

Ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) 0-8-0 Locomotive in LMS Days at Liverpool, Bank Hall Locomotive Shed – 1937

The featured image for this short article is a relatively poor/grainy photograph taken on Sunday 25th July 1937 at Liverpool Bank Hall Engine Shed. Prominent in the photograph and identified by the photographer, is ex-L&YR 0-8-0 7F Locomotive No. 12981. In the background LMS 4-6-0 No. 5229 can be glimpsed. [Unknown Photographer]

In June 2026, I was given an image printed on a postcard in 1937. The photograph was taken at Liverpool Bank Hall Engine Shed (Code 27A) which was in north Liverpool, located just off Stanley Road in Kirkdale/Bootle. This is a ‘down-the-rabbit-hole’ kind of article in which I follow my nose from the photograph above and see where that leads. ….

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2026/07/08/ex-lancashire-yorkshire-railway-lyr-0-8-0-locomotive-in-lms-days-at-liverpool-bank-hall-locomotive-shed-1937/