Also see Michael J Davis' Gloucestershire Railway Memories 'Gloucester Horton Road Fireman - 1966'
All ex GW/LM/BR types were withdrawn from Horton Road at the end of 1965 and the shed no longer had its own allocation of steam locos. Any steam footplate turns for Gloucester crews from now would be on visiting ex-Midland and BR engines.
3-1-1966
48628 light to Charfield then continue with a sidelined freight to Bristol, relieved at St Philips Marsh. 48628 was seen at Cheltenham the previous day hauling empty banana wagons, so it was possibly the same train.
9-1-1966
92151 3.15 Washwood Heath - Stoke Gifford, light to 85B (I drove back). One of those Sunday workings that cleared backlogs of freight, this one had come down the Honeybourne line into Cheltenham.
23-1-1966
92218 11.15 New Yard - Bristol West Depot, light to 85B via Mangotsfield, the Midland route out of Bristol. Another Sunday, more steam freights in the area, including with 92029, 48133, 48332 and 92150.
24-1-1966
48103 Washwood Heath - Severn Tunnel Junction from Docks Branch, light to 85B.
29-1-1966
44843 6.0 Rogerstone - Stourbridge from Gloucester Central station.
24-2-1966
48531 (2C) light to Saltley with 44912 and 48673.
Two days later, an Immingham – Severn Beach tanks train was hauled by 'B1' 61035. Not ex-Midland or BR, but ex-LNER!
14-3-1966
48131 11.55 New Yard -Swindon, back light to 85B coupled to 92205.
16-3-1966
48156 (probably 48056 as 48156 was withdrawn in 1965) light to Bristol Bath Road.
31-3-1966
48351 light to Saltley towing 'Peak' D86
7-5-1966
48254 10/00 New Yard - Sapperton ballast, banked by 48628.
9-5-1966
92155 light to 21A coupled in front of 48254 and 48628 after their weekend work.
28-7-1966 - this is where it all ended for me,
92013 10/30 Tavistock Junction - Crewe fully fitted freight from Gloucester Upper Yard to Worcester.
Well that’s it, a very varied list of duties on a lot of broken down engines.
For young firemen, we were used on a lot of hard jobs. The tank trains and iron ores with 9Fs were hard work, but that could be another story, if I could type faster.
Footnote:
More Gloucester steam observations from 1966 are in Keith Bannister's Gloucestershire Railway Memories and Michael J Davis - Diary of a Teenage Railwayman.