BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.
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NEWPORT PILL LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (86B) - This was a two-track dead-end shed opened by the Alexandra Docks & Harbour Co. in 1898, who owned a sizable fleet of locos: in 1919 it's roster consisted of 19 0-6-0T's, seven 2-6-2T's, three 0-6-4T's and 3 0-6-2T,s, an 0-4-2T and two 0-4-0T's, as many as some mainline companies. The 2-6-2T's, like No.25 seen here, and the 0-6-4T's were bought second-hand from the Mersey Railway after it electrified it's system from 1903. They also ran some public passenger services using steam railmotors. All passed to the GWR on Grouping and most were withdrawn by 1930. No.25 was built by Kitson & Co. as Mersey Railway No.16 and became GWR No.1199 in 1923, being withdrawn in March 1931. Pill Depot closed in June 1963.