In August 1968, British Rail finally abolished steam traction for its trains This marked the completion of one aspect of the 1955 British Railways Modernisation plan, which sought to replace steam engines with diesel and electric locomotives

BR STEAM ALLOCATIONS has compiled a comprehensive list of all steam locomotive allocations, transfers and withdrawals from the Spring of 1960 (when "Evening Star," the last steam engine to be built for British Railways was introduced) until the end of steam in 1968.

Unlike our competitors, BR STEAM ALLOCATIONS does not simply give a list of locomotive histories, or year-by-year snapshots of locomotive allocations and the number remaining. BR STEAM ALLOCATIONS is believed to be the only product that will give you details of month-by-month changes.

With BR STEAM ALLOCATIONS, you can look at individual engine histories, and allocation histories for every depot with a steam allocation, from May 1960 each month until its closure to steam, and right up until August 1968.

BR STEAM ALLOCATIONS is available on a CD. When you buy the package and put it in the CD drive on your computer you will find a number of different files on it. Click on the tabs on the left of this page to see what the files contain.

YOU WILL NEED MICROSOFT EXCEL OR OPEN OFFICE INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER TO BE ABLE TO READ THE FILES

Please look through the rest of the website to find out everything that BR STEAM ALLOCATIONS has to offer

(The photograph on the cover shows Standard Class 5 no 73092, in not the best of condition, waiting to leave Weymouth on the 1212 to Bournemouth on the last day of steam on the Southern region, 8th July 1967)