BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.
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BURTON ON TRENT LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (17B/16F) -This depot was a double roundhouse built in 1870 by the Midland Railway just south of the station. It had an allocation of 108 engines in September 1950, many of them small tank engines used for shunting and trip workings from the many local breweries. In this shot from 1952, and perhaps the main reason for the picture, we see BR Class 5 4-6-0 No.73019, nearly new and probably on test from Derby Works where it was built. Alongside is much older MR Johnson Class 2P No.40560 of 16A Nottingham, withdrawn in December of that year. The depot closed to steam in 1967 but diesel locos were serviced at Burton well into the 1990's. Here are Class 20's Nos. 20153 and 20183 in the modern diesel shed in January 1977.