Featherstone Down the Years
Observation Records 1964

TEXT ABOUT 1960's HERE

January 1964

Saturday 18th January 1964:

The following locomotives passed on this day: (CONFIRMED)
B1 No.61467 (50B Hull Dairycoates)


February 1964

Saturday 1st February 1964:

The following locomotives passed on this day: (CONFIRMED)
B1 No.61189 'Sir William Gray' (56D Mirfield)

Monday 3rd AND Tuesday 4th February 1964:

The following locomotives passed on this day: (CONFIRMED)
B1 No.61131 (56A Wakefield) passed on both days

Friday 14th February 1964:

The following locomotives passed on this day: (CONFIRMED)
8F No.48703 (55B Stourton)

Thursday 20th February 1964:

The following locomotives passed on this day: (CONFIRMED)
Black Five No.44570 (10G Skipton)


March 1964

Monday 9th March 1964:

The following locomotives passed on this day: (CONFIRMED)
WD No.90581 (56A Wakefield),8F No.48352 (55D Royston)

Saturday 14th March 1964:

The following locomotives passed on this day: (CONFIRMED)
A1 No.60117 'Bois Roussel' (56C Copley Hill)
NB: 60117 'Bois Roussel' worked a special in connection with a Women's Hockey International match at Wembley.

Wednesday 18th March 1964:

The following locomotives passed on this day: (CONFIRMED)
B1 No.61131 (56A Wakefield)

Easter Monday 30th March 1964:

The following locomotives passed on this day: (CONFIRMED)
Jubilee No.45602 'British Honduras' (9D Newton Heath)
NB: 45602 worked an Easter Monday special to Belle Vue (Manchester). It would reallocate from 9D Newton Heath to 55A Holbeck 4 weeks later on 25th April 1964.

Tuesday 31st March 1964:

The following locomotives passed on this day: (CONFIRMED)
Fairburn 2-6-4T No.42116 (56F Low Moor),42285 (56F Low Moor) and Stanier 2-6-4T No.42649 (56A Wakefield)
All three worked local passenger turns during the day.