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BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.

Photographs in this gallery are of locomotive depots, both steam and diesel, locomotive works, stabling points and withdrawn locomotives but not those being scrapped. Some of these pictures were taken by me, some passed on by friends and others have been bought and are part of my collection. These pictures are published for pleasure/information/research purposes only and are not for sale or copy under any circumstances. Information in captions has been researched as thoroughly as possible but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
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PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Steam locomotive depots always had a need for ample supplies if steam and the most common way to obtain this was to requisition an engine that had been withdrawn but had a good boiler and hook it up to the depot's steam lines, using it until the boiler gave out. A replacement was easily obtained. Seen here is Gresley GNR/LNER Class K1 No.61742 being used for that purpose. it had been withdrawn from New England in September 1960 and is seen here in December 1961 in use as a stationary boiler. It was retired from this job in May 1962.
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PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Steam locomotive depots always had a need for ample supplies if steam and the most common way to obtain this was to requisition an engine that had been withdrawn but had a good boiler and hook it up to the depot's steam lines, using it until the boiler gave out. A replacement was easily obtained. Seen here is Gresley GNR/LNER Class K1 No.61742 being used for that purpose. it had been withdrawn from New England in September 1960 and is seen here in December 1961 in use as a stationary boiler. It was retired from this job in May 1962.

  • PETERBOROUGH LOCOMOTIVE STABLING POINT - 56131 ELLINGTON COLLIERY sits on depot at Peterborough with 37370 and 31407 to the left, 31/12/96. This loco was withdrawn 07/02.
  • PETERBOROUGH LOCOMOTIVE STABLING POINT - In the early morning of 12/09/98, showing, right to left, 31 466/31 203 with 58 007/31 188 behind and 56 098 to the right.
  • PETERBOROUGH LOCOMOTIVE STABLING POINT - The small loco inspection point at Peterborough could sometimes, especially at weekends, get quite a few locos stabled on it. Here, in April 1999, it has four Class 37's in a row, 37220 the nearest, and beyond the Class 08 is a row of Class 56's.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Class N5 0-6-2T No.69274 stands on the scrapline at New England in September 1960. Although not officially withdrawn until November, it looks as though it has been here for a while. Behind it is a Class N2 0-6-2T complete with condensing gear for working to Moorgate. These locos had been the mainstay of suburban services from Kings Cross for many years but had been replaced by DMU's and quite a number ended up at New England, mainly on pilot duties and shunting.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Peterborough's principal depot, with a very large allocation of engines of all types from Pacifics down to Class J52 0-6-0ST shunting engines. Until 1959, it also hosted the engines of the M&GNJR, mainly of Midland Railway design or else Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0's. Class J15 Holden GER Class Y14 0-6-0 No.7854 is seen here in September 1937. This was a March-based loco, built in 1889 by Stratford Works as GER No.854, which survived until September 1949 when it was withdrawn from March as BR No.65372
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Peterborough's principal depot, with a very large allocation of engines of all types from Pacifics down to Class J52 0-6-0ST shunting engines. Until 1959, it also hosted the engines of the M&GNJR, mainly of Midland Railway design or else Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0's. Seen here in 1960 is Riddles BR Class 9F 2-10-0 No.92146, which arrived at New England straight from the builders in August 1957 and was withdrawn from 36A Doncaster in April 1966.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Peterborough's principal depot, with a very large allocation of engines of all types from Pacifics down to Class J52 0-6-0ST shunting engines. Until 1959, it also hosted the engines of the M&GNJR, mainly of Midland Railway design or else Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0's. Seen here in 1961 is Ivatt/Gresley GNR Class J22 LNER Class J6 0-6-0 No.64233, a New England engine, withdrawn from here in July 1961.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Peterborough's principal depot, with a very large allocation of engines of all types from Pacifics down to Class J52 0-6-0ST shunting engines. Until 1959, it also hosted the engines of the M&GNJR, mainly of Midland Railway design or else Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0's. Seen here in December 1961 is Gresley GNR/LNER Class N2 0-6-2T No.69575, withdrawn from New England on September 1962 but already in store when seen. It was not unusual for official withdrawal to come some months after a loco had been set aside by it's home depot.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Peterborough's principal depot, with a very large allocation of engines of all types from Pacifics down to Class J52 0-6-0ST shunting engines. Until 1959, it also hosted the engines of the M&GNJR, mainly of Midland Railway design or else Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0's. Seen here in March 1963 is Riddles BR Class 9F 2-10-0 No.92144, just transferred to New England from 40B Immingham. It was transferred to 40E Colwick in November 1965 and withdrawn just one month later.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Peterborough's principal depot, with a very large allocation of engines of all types from Pacifics down to Class J52 0-6-0ST shunting engines. Until 1959, it also hosted the engines of the M&GNJR, mainly of Midland Railway design or else Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0's. Seen here in May 1964 is a visitor from 36A Doncaster, Peppercorn Class A1 4-6-2 No.60125 SCOTTISH UNION, withdrawn just two months later from that depot.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Peterborough's principal depot, with a very large allocation of engines of all types from Pacifics down to Class J52 0-6-0ST shunting engines. Until 1959, it also hosted the engines of the M&GNJR, mainly of Midland Railway design or else Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0's. Seen here is Ivatt/Gresley GNR Class J22 LNER Class J6 0-6-0 No.64253, a New England engine from February 1960 until withdrawn in May 1962.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Peterborough's principal depot, with a very large allocation of engines of all types from Pacifics down to Class J52 0-6-0ST shunting engines. Until 1959, it also hosted the engines of the M&GNJR, mainly of Midland Railway design or else Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0's. This Class O4 2-8-0 standing outside the shed in 1959 was a visitor from 40D Tuxford.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Seen here from the south side in about 1960, a line of locos under the water gantry, Class 9F No.92148, two Ivatt Class 4MT's and what looks like the back of a B1.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Seen here in 1932 with the tracks of the traverser running across the front of the shot. Here we see Class O3 2-8-0 No.3472 on the left and Class K3 2-6-0 No.126 next to it.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Seen here just under the water gantry is Class J6 0-6-0 No.64233, a local engine, in September 1960.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Steam locomotive depots always had a need for ample supplies if steam and the most common way to obtain this was to requisition an engine that had been withdrawn but had a good boiler and hook it up to the depot's steam lines, using it until the boiler gave out. A replacement was easily obtained. Seen here is Gresley GNR/LNER Class K1 No.61742 being used for that purpose. it had been withdrawn from New England in September 1960 and is seen here in December 1961 in use as a stationary boiler. It was retired from this job in May 1962.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - Steam locomotive depots always had a need for ample supplies if steam and the most common way to obtain this was to requisition an engine that had been withdrawn but had a good boiler and hook it up to the depot's steam lines, using it until the boiler gave out. A replacement was easily obtained. Seen here is Gresley GNR/LNER Class K3 No.61912 being used for that purpose. it had been withdrawn from 34A Kings Cross in September 1962 and is seen here in August 1964 in use as a stationary boiler. It was retired from this job in May 1965, the last member of the class in existence.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - The Great Northern Railway built the first locoshed at Peterborough in 1852. Besides being a major junction, Peterborough was also the first stop for loco changes north of Kings Cross and soon outgrew these facilities, a new shed being built at New England in what was then open countryside. The shed was a nine road through shed with repair and storage sheds alongside. There was no turntable, a turning triangle running right around the depot like a boundary line. There were overhead gantries at each end for watering. The shed was rebuilt in 1952. The allocation in March 1959 was 111 engines, over half of them heavy goods engines, coal being a major part of the goods traffic, and 7 Class A2 Pacific's. As the 60's wore on and engines were redeployed from sheds further south, so New England gained allocations of both Class A3 and A4 Pacific's. The shed closed in January 1965, steam having been banned south of Peterborough since Christmas 1963. A visit to the depot just two weeks after closure found 19 steam locos in residence, all withdrawn, including 3 Class A3's. Seen here in the early 1960's, not long before closure to steam. We can date this shot fairly exactly. The M&GN, going from extreme left then over the mainline via the exotically named Rhubarb Bridge, closed in 1959 and this section in March 1961. Rhubarb Bridge was dismantled in October 1961 and steam was banned south of Peterborough at Christmas 1963. So, there is quite a narrow time window for this picture and this is the period when I remember it best, me and my mate Bill catching the Delaine from Bourne on a Saturday, two bob return, to go and stand at Walton level crossing or maybe to North station, trying to bunk the shed every time, always in the afternoon (less workers about!), and succeeding about every fourth time. The running shed is on the left, workshops on the right. The vast turning triangle surrounds the whole place. The Loco Depot closed completely in the New Year of 1965. However many thousands of coal wagons stand in these sidings? Nothing now remains from this view except the railwaymen's houses on the right.
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - The Great Northern Railway built the first locoshed at Peterborough in 1852. Besides being a major junction, Peterborough was also the first stop for loco changes north of Kings Cross and soon outgrew these facilities, a new shed being built at New England in what was then open countryside. The shed was a nine road through shed with repair and storage sheds alongside. There was no turntable, a turning triangle running right around the depot like a boundary line. There were overhead gantries at each end for watering. The shed was rebuilt in 1952. The allocation in March 1959 was 111 engines, over half of them heavy goods engines, coal being a major part of the goods traffic, and 7 Class A2 Pacific's. As the 60's wore on and engines were redeployed from sheds further south, so New England gained allocations of both Class A3 and A4 Pacific's. The shed closed in January 1965, steam having been banned south of Peterborough since Christmas 1963. Seen here at the north end of the shed is Class V2 2-6-2 No.60872 KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, a Doncaster engine, in about 1958. V2's were not really designed with nameplates in mind!
  • PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - The Great Northern Railway built the first locoshed at Peterborough in 1852. Besides being a major junction, Peterborough was also the first stop for loco changes north of Kings Cross and soon outgrew these facilities, a new shed being built at New England in what was then open countryside. The shed was a nine road through shed with repair and storage sheds alongside. There was no turntable, a turning triangle running right around the depot like a boundary line. There were overhead gantries at each end for watering. The shed was rebuilt in 1952. The allocation in March 1959 was 111 engines, over half of them heavy goods engines, coal being a major part of the goods traffic, and 7 Class A2 Pacific's. As the 60's wore on and engines were redeployed from sheds further south, so New England gained allocations of both Class A3 and A4 Pacific's. The shed closed in January 1965, steam having been banned south of Peterborough since Christmas 1963. Seen here from the south in the 1950's, packed out with locos.
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