24th Railway Squadron

Composition

Equipment

• Shunters Poles
• Oil Lamps
• Coal & Water Points (Formerly)
• Battery Charging Points

Weaponry

• KSAF M.1904/22 Bolt Action Rifle .303 / 7.7×56mmR
• Beattie Arms Co. M.1899 Revolver 7.62×38mmR
• NHSAF M.1937 Submachine Gun .32 Automatic

Vehicles

WW1 / WW2 Era:

Locomotives:

• Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T (Works № 1601/1918) - ROD № 416
• Avonside 0-4-0STs (Works №s 1617, 1618 & 1619 / 1912) ROD №s 303 - 305
• Ex - LB&SCR E1 Class 0-6-0T № 93 - ROD № 413
• Ex - Royal Kapolcian Railways Жъ Class 0-8-0 №s 31 & 36 - ROD №s 1567 & 1568
• Baldwin 0-6-0T (Works №s 46636 & 46637) - ROD №s 620 "Lorraine" & 621
• Ex - Eastern Counties Railway 0-6-0 "17.5in Express Goods" №s 117 & 114 - ROD №s 117 & 114
• Fletcher, Jennings & Co. Works (№ 92 / 1896 - Ex Calsley, Ashington & Newport Railway № 6 "Hurlton Lodge") - ROD No. 248

Goods Wagons:

• 8x Ex - Northern Counties Railway Committee 10T Vans
• 3x Ex - North Etorean Railway Diag. V4 8 plank 15T hoppers
• 12x RCH 7 Plank Open Wagons
• 4x W C Lyon 10T Brake Vans
• 1x Flat Wagon (Previously 2, 1 converted to trackside maintenance wagon)
• 4x Ex - South Western Railway Designed 8T Vans
• 2x Ex - Aleyeshire Western Junction Railway 10T Outside Framed Van
• 4x Calsley Railway Carriage & Wagon Company 1 Plank Wagons

Coaches:

1x Ex - Central Redwick Railway 4 Wheel "Birdcage" Brake Third

1x Ex - Great Northern & Southern Railway 46ft Third

1x Ex - Highland Railway 4 Wheel Third

1x Ex - Great Eastern Railway 54ft Third

1x Ex - Great Northern & Southern Railway 6 Wheel Full Brake

Modern Era:

Locomotives:

• Hunslet 204hp 0-6-0DM - ROD № 98
• Hunslet 0-6-0BE (Previously DM) - ROD № 104
• Hunslet 0-6-0BE (Previously DM) - ROD № 105
• Kerr, Stuart 0-4-0BE (North Staffordshire Railway designed battery electric shunter) - ROD № 112
• NBL/MAN 440hp 0-6-0DH - ROD № 141

Wagons:

• 12x Ex - ENR Diag. 114 Goods Vans
• 2x W. C. Lyon 10T Goods Vans
• 12x Calsley Railway Carriage & Wagon Company 15T Steel Open Wagons
• 7x Ex - ENR Diag. 15 (Ex - USATC) Tank Wagons

Coaches:

• 3x Ex - Knightsbury Corporation Tramways 1955 Stock Coaches

History

• 1922 - Permanent base made at Colwell Docks

Type

Support

Founding

19/02/1907

Overall training Level

Professional

Parent Formation

Railway Operating Division