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BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.

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THAXTED LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This single road brick shed was a subshed of Cambridge and sat at the very eastern end of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway. It only ever housed whatever Class J67 or J69 0-6-0T was the current branch locomotive. The branch closed in June 1953, nine months after this picture was taken of Class 69 No.68579 taking advantage of the facilities.
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THAXTED LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This single road brick shed was a subshed of Cambridge and sat at the very eastern end of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway. It only ever housed whatever Class J67 or J69 0-6-0T was the current branch locomotive. The branch closed in June 1953, nine months after this picture was taken of Class 69 No.68579 taking advantage of the facilities.

  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here are NER Class J27's Nos. 65831 and 65788 outside the shed in September 1966. Both had supposedly been withdrawn by them but 65831 is definitely in steam.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here are NER Class J27's Nos.65885, 65853, 65873 and 65868. The first three were all Sunderland locos and withdrawn in May 1967, February 1967 and October 1966 respectively. 65868 was a Thornaby loco and withdrawn in May 1961.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here in July 1965 is Thompson LNER/BR Class K1 2-6-0 No.62026, a Sunderland loco at the time, looking to be in pretty poor trim. However, it was withdrawn until July 1967 from 51C West Hartlepool.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here in May 1954 outside a depot packed with engines are two Class G5 0-4-4T's, one of then Sunderland's No.62747, and a BR Class 4MT 2-6-0.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here is Class Q6 0-8-0 No.63395 fitted with a snowplough and two Class WD 8F 2-8-0's.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here is NER Class G5 0-4-4T No.67248, a Sunderland loco during 1957.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. Seen here is NER Class Q7 0-8-0 No.63466 outside the roundhouse. This loco was withdrawn in December 1962.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. The inside of the roundhouse is seen here in September 1967 with 5 Class J27 0-6-0's around the turntable, right to left, 65882, 65855, 65894 and two others. Note the lack of train braking.
  • SUNDERLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (54A/52G) - opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 adjacent to Sunderland Docks, this locoshed was a brick-built roundhouse with an adjacent 4-road dead-end shed. This depot was certainly not home to the glamorous! The allocation in April 1959 was 45 engines, all of them goods engines except for 2 Class V1 2-6-2T's for local passenger services. By April 1965, this had reduced to 23, all again goods engines, remarkably 21 of them of NER origin. The depot hung on right up to the end of steam, closing in September 1967, still host to engines of Classes J27 and Q6, all without train braking. The shed yard is seen here in May 1967 with withdrawn Class K1 2-6-0 No.62012, a classmate and a Class J27 in residence.
  • TAIN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - The Highland Railway built vTain Depot in 1877 as sub-shed of Helmsdale, itself a sub-shed of 60A Inverness. It was a stone-built two road dead-end shed on the west side of the line, north of the station. As a sub-shed it had no fixed allocation and would generally house one or two locomotives based at Inverness. It closed in June 1962 and is seen here in July 1955.
  • TEBAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (11E/11D/12H/12E) - The London & North Western Railway opened an engine shed at Tebay in the 1860's when the need arose to provide banking engines to enable increasingly heavy trains to surmount the 1 in 75 gradient up to Shap Summit. A new 4 road dead-end shed was built in 1947. The allocation of engines here was never large. 2-6-4T's were favoured for banking duties as they did not need turning and provided better protection for their crews in the ferocious local winters and, in March 1959, Tebay was home to 5 of them:banking engines could perform their duites a number of times on any given day. There were also 4 Class 4MT 2-6-0's, which largely worked on the services going east over Stainmore Summit and 2 LMS Class 4F 0-6-0's. By the time that the shed closed in January 1968, diesel and electric loco's rarely needing to be banked, these duties were being performed by 5 BR Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0's. Seen here in June 1962 is Class 4MT 2-6-4T No.42414, a Tebay loco, with classmates visible inside.
  • TEBAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (11E/11D/12H/12E) - The London & North Western Railway opened an engine shed at Tebay in the 1860's when the need arose to provide banking engines to enable increasingly heavy trains to surmount the 1 in 75 gradient up to Shap Summit. A new 4 road dead-end shed was built in 1947. The allocation of engines here was never large. 2-6-4T's were favoured for banking duties as they did not need turning and provided better protection for their crews in the ferocious local winters and, in March 1959, Tebay was home to 5 of them:banking engines could perform their duites a number of times on any given day. There were also 4 Class 4MT 2-6-0's, which largely worked on the services going east over Stainmore Summit and 2 LMS Class 4F 0-6-0's. By the time that the shed closed in January 1968, diesel and electric loco's rarely needing to be banked, these duties were being performed by 5 BR Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0's. The shed and yard are seen here in the 1950's.
  • TEBAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (11E/11D/12H/12E) - The London & North Western Railway opened an engine shed at Tebay in the 1860's when the need arose to provide banking engines to enable increasingly heavy trains to surmount the 1 in 75 gradient up to Shap Summit. A new 4 road dead-end shed was built in 1947. The allocation of engines here was never large. 2-6-4T's were favoured for banking duties as they did not need turning and provided better protection for their crews in the ferocious local winters and, in March 1959, Tebay was home to 5 of them:banking engines could perform their duites a number of times on any given day. There were also 4 Class 4MT 2-6-0's, which largely worked on the services going east over Stainmore Summit and 2 LMS Class 4F 0-6-0's. By the time that the shed closed in January 1968, diesel and electric loco's rarely needing to be banked, these duties were being performed by 5 BR Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0's. Two of the successors to the 2-6-4T's stand in the shed yard, No.75037 nearest the camera.
  • TEMPLECOMBE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (22D/71H/82G/83G) - The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway opened wooden depot here in 1877, a structure which was demolished in 1951 and replaced by this 2-road dead-end shed. The depot, due to the line's joint nature, always had a very mixed allocation and in May 1959 it consisted of 18 locos, 1 GWR 0-6-0PT, 4 Fowler 2P 4-4-0's, 2 LMS/BR 2-6-2T's, 10 Class 3F/4F 0-6-0's, some of S&DJR origin, and 1 LMS Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0T - quite a collection. By May 1965, this number had been reduced to 13, 7 of them LMS/BR tank engines. The depot closed in March 1966, at which time the whole system was closed with it. It is seen here in July 1962.
  • THAXTED LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This single road brick shed was a subshed of Cambridge and sat at the very eastern end of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway. It only ever housed whatever Class J67 or J69 0-6-0T was the current branch locomotive. It closed when the line lost its passenger services in September 1952. It is seen here in 2010, both shed and water tower still in use.
  • THAXTED LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This single road brick shed was a subshed of Cambridge and sat at the very eastern end of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway. It only ever housed whatever Class J67 or J69 0-6-0T was the current branch locomotive. It closed when the line lost its passenger services in September 1952. It is seen here in LNER days with Class J69 No.8545 in the shed doorway.
  • THAXTED LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This single road brick shed was a subshed of Cambridge and sat at the very eastern end of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway. It only ever housed whatever Class J67 or J69 0-6-0T was the current branch locomotive. The branch closed in June 1953, nine months after this picture was taken of Class 69 No.68579 taking advantage of the facilities.
  • THAXTED LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This single road brick shed was a subshed of Cambridge and sat at the very eastern end of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway. It only ever housed whatever Class J67 or J69 0-6-0T was the current branch locomotive. The branch closed in June 1953, nine months after this picture was taken of Class 69 No.68579 taking advantage of the facilities.
  • THAXTED LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This single road brick shed was a subshed of Cambridge and sat at the very eastern end of the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway. It only ever housed whatever Class J67 or J69 0-6-0T was the current branch locomotive. The branch closed in June 1953, nine months after this picture was taken of Class 69 No.68579 taking advantage of the facilities. This picture shows just how rural the setting was.
  • THORNABY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (51L/TE) - The Middlesbrough area of the North East was an absolute mass of railway lines and there were many locosheds and railway marshalling yards in the area. In the mid-1950's, it was decided to rationalise this confused situation and build a large new marshalling yard with an adjacent locoshed at Thornaby. BR began construction in 1957, building its last roundhouse for steam locomotives. Developed on a 70 acre site for the shed and its associated facilities alone, it was equipped with a 300 feet diameter octagonal roundhouse, containing 22 covered sidings accessed via a 70 feet turntable, a running shed with covered preparation sheds and wet ash pits, a repair shed with two wheeldrops, a blacksmith, coppersmith and machine shop, a 390 tons mechanised coaling plant, capable of fuelling four locomotives simultaneously and a 200,000 gallon water tank with 15 distribution points, and a second 70 feet turntable. All the structures were made from pre-stressed and pre-formed concrete pieces, and when the shed opened in June 1958 with shed code (51L), the total construction had been completed for £1.25million. On opening, the shed initially took over the allocations at Newport (51B) and Middlesbrough (51D). In June 1959 the depots at Stockton (51E) and Haverton Hill (51G)were closed and the bulk of their locomotives added to Thornaby's allocation. At this time the depot had the largest allocation of any single depot in the country, 109 locomotives in 1959. The depot was closed to steam in December 1964. Gradually the yard and depot declined in importance with the rise of the block train that had no need for marshalling and the depot closed in 2009 and was demolished in 2011 - seen here on 26/08/99, with 66133 coming off depot and examples of class 37, 56 and 60 on view.
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