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BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.

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ST. LEONARDS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (74E) - St. Leonards Depot was built by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1872 and was a brick-built four road shed, with three through roads, to be found on the north side of the station. In January 1947, it had an allocation of 29 engines, 19 of then being 4-4-0's of various classes including 11 Class V 'Schools' for express services. Of the remainder, 5 were 0-6-0's and 4 were Class D1 0-4-2T's, the other being a Class R1 0-6-0T. The Depot closed June 1958. Seen here before 1948 are Class L1 No.1759 of Brighton and Class C 0-6-0No.1041 of Ashford.
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ST. LEONARDS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (74E) - St. Leonards Depot was built by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1872 and was a brick-built four road shed, with three through roads, to be found on the north side of the station. In January 1947, it had an allocation of 29 engines, 19 of then being 4-4-0's of various classes including 11 Class V 'Schools' for express services. Of the remainder, 5 were 0-6-0's and 4 were Class D1 0-4-2T's, the other being a Class R1 0-6-0T. The Depot closed June 1958. Seen here before 1948 are Class L1 No.1759 of Brighton and Class C 0-6-0No.1041 of Ashford.

  • SOUTH LYNN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (31D) - The locomotive shed at South Lynn, built almost entirely of wood, was badly damaged by fire in early 1958. Amazingly, given that the threat of closure was already hanging over the M&GN, it was decided to rebuild it, work which was still underway when the line closed.
  • SOUTH LYNN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (31D) - The locomotive shed at South Lynn, built almost entirely of wood, was badly damaged by fire in early 1958. Amazingly, given that the threat of closure was already hanging over the M&GN, it was decided to rebuild it, work which was still underway when the line closed. This shot shows the locoshed in 1980, still in use for commercial purposes. The tracks give access to the Saddlebow sugar beet factory.
  • SOUTHMINSTER LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This 2-road brick through shed was built by the Great Eastern Railway in 1889 and was a sub-shed of Southend Victoria. As can be seen, it was adjacent to the station with plenty of room for expansion, which never really happened. The shed normally housed whichever locomotive was allocated to the branch at that time, often in latter days a Class N7 0-6-2T. The shed closed in September 1956 but the station remains open as the terminus of the Crouch Valley Line from Wickford, with 135,000 passengers using the trains that run westwards every 40 minutes or so.
  • SOUTHWELL LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This was a small brick built single road shed, able to accommodate 2 small tank engines at the passenger terminus of the Southwell branch from Rolleston Junction. The branch closed to passengers in June 1959 and completely in December 1964. Seen here in July 1958 on the single coach push/pull train is Johnson MR 1532 Class 1P 0-4-4T No.58065, withdrawn in October 1959 from 40A Lincoln.
  • SPALDING LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - Spalding was just a small sub-shed of New England but used by both the LNER and M&GN in its day and as can be seen here in May 1948, could accumulate quite a stock of locos, particularly at weekends. Class J6 No.4217 still in full LNER livery is nearest the camera.
  • SPALDING LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - Spalding was just a small sub-shed of New England but used by both the LNER and M&GN in its day and as can be seen here in May 1948, could accumulate quite a stock of locos, particularly at weekends. Seen here in September 1957 is Ivatt/Gresley GNR Class J22 LNER Class J6 0-6-0 No.64220, a New England engine, from where it was withdrawn in June 1958.
  • SPALDING LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - Spalding was just a small sub-shed of New England but used by both the LNER and M&GN in its day and as can be seen here in the 1950's, could accumulate quite a stock of locos, particularly at weekends. Class J6 No.64231 nearest the camera, flanked by 2 Ivatt Class 4MT's. The shed closed in March 1960.
  • SPALDING LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - Spalding was just a small sub-shed of New England but used by both the LNER and M&GN in its day and had no allocation as such but was home to at least one Class 03 or 08 pilot and whatever else turned up, which could amount to a considerable number engines, particularly at weekends. Seen here in 1960, just after the M&GN had closed and just before it closed itself. I was at Bourne Grammar School in the early 60's and our school field abutted the railway station. If we were lucky, at lunch time a Class 03 would come pottering into the station yard with a few trucks from Spalding, run round and then disappear again, bound for Billingborough. I hated that school but the 03 made it worth it!
  • SPALDING LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - Spalding was just a small sub-shed of New England but used by both the LNER and M&GN in its day and here we see M&GN Johnson Class C 4-4-0 No.80 on shed before its 1919 rebuild.
  • SPALDING LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - Spalding was just a small sub-shed of New England but used by both the LNER and M&GN in its day and seen here in 1953 with Class J52 0-6-0ST No.68846 peeking from the shed. The shed closed in March 1960.
  • SPEAN BRIDGE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - The small locoshed at Spean Bridge on the West Highland Line was required when the 23 mile long branch line to F0rt Augustus was opened in 1903, it's usual resident being ex-HR 4-4-0T No.52, responsible for the four return trips down the branch each day. The branch lost its passenger services in 1933 and the locoshed closed, the branch reamaining open for goods services until 1946 but the loco for these trains was provided by nearby Fort William. The locoshed, seen here in 1957, was in use as workshops into the 1990's but has since been demolished.
  • ST. LEONARDS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (74E) - St. Leonards Depot was built by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1872 and was a brick-built four road shed, with three through roads, to be found on the north side of the station. In January 1947, it had an allocation of 29 engines, 19 of then being 4-4-0's of various classes including 11 Class V 'Schools' for express services. Of the remainder, 5 were 0-6-0's and 4 were Class D1 0-4-2T's, the other being a Class R1 0-6-0T. The Depot closed June 1958. Seen here before 1948 are Class L1 No.1759 of Brighton and Class C 0-6-0No.1041 of Ashford.
  • STAFFORD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (5C) - The London & North Western Railway built a locoshed at Stafford in 1852, a 6-road brick-built dead-end shed, occupying a site west of the line just north of the station. The was not a large or glamorous shed and in March 1959 it had an allocation of just 24 engines, 8 of them being 0-8-0 heavy goods engines. 7 were Class 3F 'Jinty' shunting tanks and 6 were 2-6-4T's for local passenger services, the remaining 3 being MR Class 2P 4-4-0's. As electrification of the WCML steadily crept northwards, so the allocation declined and by April 1965 it was down to just 9 engines. The depot closed in July 1965. Seen here is Class 8F 2-8-0 No.48367 of 17B Burton in November 1963.
  • STAMFORD EAST LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - A very minor sub-shed of New England, Class C12 4-4-2T No.67398 of that depot is no doubt working the branch service to Essendine, just 11 minutes away. There were just 6 return workings in 1956. Stamford East Station closed in 1957 although the Essendine branch survived until 1959, one year longer than 67398.
  • STARBECK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50C) - This was the loco depot for Harrogate and was built by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 in the fork of the lines to Leeds and Knaresborough. It was a brick 2-road through shed of great length. In April 1959, only five months before closure, it still had an allocation of 30 engines, mostly goods and mixed traffic types, but also 6 'Hunt' Class D49 4-4-0's, such as No.62773 THE SOUTH DURHAM seen here.
  • STARBECK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (50C) - This was the loco depot for Harrogate and was built by the North Eastern Railway in 1857 in the fork of the lines to Leeds and Knaresborough. It was a brick 2-road through shed of great length. In April 1959, only five months before closure, it still had an allocation of 30 engines, mostly goods and mixed traffic types, but also 6 'Hunt' Class D49 4-4-0's. Seen here is Gresley LNER Class J39 0-6-0 No.64944, a Starbeck engine from 1940 until the shed closed, withdrawn from 50B Leeds Neville Hill in December 1962.
  • STAVELEY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (41H) - Staveley loco shed was built in 1892 by the Great Central Railway as a base for locomotives which hauled coal and steel in North Derbyshire. It was originally a 12-road dead-end shed but was rebuilt in 1952 as a 5-road through shed. By April 1959, the allocation had reduced somewhat from a peak of 60+ locos to just 37, all goods and shunting engines with the exception of 2 ex-GC Class N5 0-6-2T's and 1 ex-GC Class D11 4-4-0 No.62663 PRINCE ALBERT, seen here on shed in June 1958. The depot closed in June 1965 and no trace remains.
  • STEWARTS LANE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (73A/75D/SL) - A Class 33/1 dumped at Stewarts Lane in February 1992 so badly vandalised that the number can't be nade out.
  • STEWARTS LANE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (73A/75D/SL) - an array of Class 33's, most of them withdrawn, viewed from the window of a train bound for Victoria, 28/08/96.
  • STEWARTS LANE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (73A/75D/SL) - the engine sidings at the Depot, with mainly Class 37 locos in view, 28/08/96. Note grounded Class 73 on the left and an EPS Class 37/6 nearest the camera.
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