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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 All passed to the GWR on Grouping and most were withdrawn by 1930. No.25 was built by Kitson & Co. as Mersey Railway No.16 and became GWR No.1199 in 1923, being withdrawn in March 1931.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.
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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 All passed to the GWR on Grouping and most were withdrawn by 1930. No.25 was built by Kitson & Co. as Mersey Railway No.16 and became GWR No.1199 in 1923, being withdrawn in March 1931.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.

  • NEASDEN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (34E/14D) - Neasden locoshed was built in 1899 by the Great Central Railway as part of its London Extension. It was a 6-road dead-end shed with a manual coaling stage. In March 1959, the allocation was 70 engines, largely made up of passenger tank engines for local passenger services. There were also 8 Class 5MT 4-6-0's, 5 Class B1 4-6-0's and 10 BR Standard Class 2-6-0's plus, rather oddly, 2 GWR tank engines which were outshedded to Aylesbury. The depot closed in June 1962 with the wind down of the GCR system, even though at that time 'Britannia' Class Pacific No.70048 TERRITORIAL ARMY was based there. Major work was undertaken at Neasden between 2010 and 2011, with much of the 1930's layout being altered to make it suitable for maintenance of the London Underground S Stock. Due to the rebuild, Neasden's steam shed has now been decommissioned and converted into the Depot's training facility. 24 Jubilee line trains also stable at Neasden Depot, however these are now serviced in Stratford Market Depot, an extensive new build facility built as part of the Jubilee Line Extension on part of the site of the old Stratford Works. Neasden is now the main depot for the Metropolitan line, stabling passenger trains, and works vehicles including battery electric locomotives and wagons. The depot also carries out S Stock servicing for trains used on the District line, on the Hammersmith & City line and on the Circle line. Seen here is Class A3 4-6-2 No.60111 ENTERPRISE, a Neasden-based loco, in March 1953 with the mechanical coaling stage in the distance.
  • NEASDEN LONDON TRANSPORT STEAM DEPOT - Unable to find much out about this shed but it looks to be relatively modern, 2 road dead-end shed. Metropolitan Railway Class F 0-4-4T No.L50 was withdrawn in 1962. Seen here in June 1957.
  • NEMESIS RAIL, BURTON ON TRENT - Nemesis Rail is a railway maintenance and spot-hire company, based at the former British Rail wagon works on Derby Road, Burton upon Trent, that had closed in the 1990's. The company was formed in early 2007 by former FM Rail owner Mark Sargent. It was initially based at Barrow Hill Roundhouse. In July 2011 the company moved to Burton upon Trent. The company provides full maintenance services, returning passenger and freight stock to service, and completes examinations on locomotives and coaches for various companies. It also has business ties with Europhoenix, who supply refurbished British locos for European use, and UKRail based at Leicester. Seen here in September 2012 is former BR Class 56 No.56115, returned to service for Floyd Zrt., an Open Access company in Hungary, as No.659 002. The company now operates 9 Class 86's and 3 Class 56's plus a number of engines from other European networks.
  • NEMESIS RAIL, BURTON ON TRENT - Nemesis Rail is a railway maintenance and spot-hire company, based at the former British Rail wagon works on Derby Road, Burton upon Trent, that had closed in the 1990's. The company was formed in early 2007 by former FM Rail owner Mark Sargent. It was initially based at Barrow Hill Roundhouse. In July 2011 the company moved to Burton upon Trent. The company provides full maintenance services, returning passenger and freight stock to service, and completes examinations on locomotives and coaches for various companies. It also has business ties with Europhoenix, who supply refurbished British locos for European use, and UKRail based at Leicester. Seen here in the yard is rather careworn 37255 and beyond the immaculate 25067 in June 2016.
  • NEMESIS RAIL, BURTON ON TRENT - Nemesis Rail is a railway maintenance and spot-hire company, based at the former British Rail wagon works on Derby Road, Burton upon Trent, that had closed in the 1990's. The company was formed in early 2007 by former FM Rail owner Mark Sargent. It was initially based at Barrow Hill Roundhouse. In July 2011 the company moved to Burton upon Trent. The company provides full maintenance services, returning passenger and freight stock to service, and completes examinations on locomotives and coaches for various companies. It also has business ties with Europhoenix, who supply refurbished British locos for European use, and UKRail based at Leicester Seen here in September 2018, Class 55 'Deltic' No. D9009 ALYCIDON stands with a rake of stock from a railtour, while 68004 stands to the left of it.
  • NEWARK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This depot was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1880 and was a brick 2-road dead-end shed to the south of Newark Northgate Station. It had no fixed allocation and was a sub-shed of 36E Retford Thrumpton. It closed in January 1959, shortly before the Southwell branch which was it's main raison d'etre. Seen here on shed in May 1956 is Robinson Class N5 0-6-2T No.69260, allocated to Retford Thrumpton, withdrawn from there just two moths later.
  • NEWARK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This depot was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1880 and was a brick 2-road dead-end shed to the south of Newark Northgate Station. It had no fixed allocation and was a sub-shed of 36E Retford Thrumpton. It closed in January 1959, shortly before the Southwell branch which was it's main raison d'etre. Seen here on shed in May 1956 is Robinson Class N5 0-6-2T No.69321, allocated to Retford Thrumpton, withdrawn from there that October.
  • NEWARK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This depot was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1880 and was a brick 2-road dead-end shed to the south of Newark Northgate Station. It had no fixed allocation and was a sub-shed of 36E Retford Thrumpton. It closed in January 1959, shortly before the Southwell branch which was it's main raison d'etre. This branch was operated by antiquated Johnson MR 1532 Class 1P 0-4-4T's like No.58065, seen here at Newark in July 1958, at which time it was based at 36E Retford Thrumpton but was withdrawn in October 1959 from 40A Lincoln.
  • NEWHAVEN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - Opened by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1887, Newhaven was a sub-shed of Brighton from 1950. It was a corrugated iron 4-road dead-ended shed on the west side of the station. In January 1947, it had an allocation of 15 engines: 10 small tank engines, 1 Class C2X 0-6-0 goods engine and 4 Class H2 4-4-2's. Even as a sub-shed, it could still often produce 10 or a dozen engines. The depot closed in September 1963. Seen here in April 1961 is Class A1X 'Terrier' 0-6-0T No.32670, a locomotive with a very colourful history, withdrawn from 71A Eastleigh in November 1963 and preserved subsequently.
  • NEWHAVEN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - Opened by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1887, Newhaven was a sub-shed of Brighton from 1950. It was a corrugated iron 4-road dead-ended shed on the west side of the station. In January 1947, it had an allocation of 15 engines: 10 small tank engines, 1 Class C2X 0-6-0 goods engine and 4 Class H2 4-4-2's. Even as a sub-shed, it could still often produce 10 or a dozen engines. The depot closed in September 1963. Seen here in August 1934 with Class C2X No.434 on the right and another couple of engines hiding in the shed.
  • NEW HOLLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This was a sub-shed of 40B Immingham built by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway in 1848. It was brick-built, 4-road through building located in a triangle of lines, south of New Holland station. The shed never had a fixed allocation and officially closed in April 1941 but was used for stabling branch line locomotives until 1960. Seen here in LNER days, it plays host to two engines, one of them an ex-GNR Class D3 4-4-0.
  • NEW HOLLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This was a sub-shed of 40B Immingham built by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway in 1848. It was brick-built, 4-road through building located in a triangle of lines, south of New Holland station. The shed never had a fixed allocation and officially closed in April 1941 but was used for stabling branch line locomotives until 1960. Seen here in LNER days with NER Class J21 No.289 at the coal stage. I'm not quite sure what it's doing here but the loco was withdrawn in August 1938 from Norwich Thorpe so it was obviously prone to wander!
  • NEW HOLLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - This was a sub-shed of 40B Immingham built by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway in 1848. It was brick-built, 4-road through building located in a triangle of lines, south of New Holland station. The shed never had a fixed allocation and officially closed in April 1941 but was used for stabling branch line locomotives until 1960. Seen here in the mid 1950's pretty much demolished. The Class 03 doesn't seem very busy either.
  • 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.
  • NEW ROMNEY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT, Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, Kent - The depot facilities at New Romney are quite extensive and relatively modern. Inside the three road shed we see engines Nos. 1,2 and 9 ready for work.
  • NEW ROMNEY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT, Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, Kent - The depot facilities at New Romney are quite extensive and relatively modern. The 3-road locoshed is directly behind No.8 HURRICANE and, as can be seen, the yard is large and well equipped, as it needs to be, the RH&DR being a large concern on a small scale.
  • NEWTON STEWART LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - The depot here was opened by the Glasgow & South Western Railway in 1921 after the previous depot burned down. It was rebuilt as a 2-road dead-ended shed, but only one track was in use during BR days, in the fork of the Whithorn and Stranraer lines, west of the station. It was a sub-shed of Stranraer and so had no fixed allocation but at weekends would see perhaps 4 or 5 engines on shed. It closed in 1959. It is seen here in July 1955 with a couple of locos hidden away inside.
  • NEWTON STEWART LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - The depot here was opened by the Glasgow & South Western Railway in 1921 after the previous depot burned down. It was rebuilt as a 2-road dead-ended shed, but only one track was in use during BR days, in the fork of the Whithorn and Stranraer lines, west of the station. It was a sub-shed of Stranraer and so had no fixed allocation but at weekends would see perhaps 4 or 5 engines on shed. It closed in 1959. It is seen here in May 1958 looking a little reduced in circumstances.
  • NINE ELMS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (70A) - Nine Elms was probably the biggest depot on the Southern Region and the location of the LSWR's original engine works. It consisted to two buildings, an old one of 15 roads and a new of 10 roads, both dead-end buildings, located on a spur, between Vauxhall and Queens Road stations, and surrounded by housing developments. In May 1959, it was home to 90 locomotives ranging from 6 GWR Class 57xx 0-6-0PT's for inter-regional transfer goods to 10 'Merchant Navy' Class Pacific's. The depot closed in July 1967 with end of steam on the Southern Region. Seen here in 1962 is Drummond LSWR Class 700 0-6-0 No.30690, a 70C Guildford loco, from where it was withdrawn in December 1962.
  • NINE ELMS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (70A) - Nine Elms was probably the biggest depot on the Southern Region and the location of the LSWR's original engine works. It consisted to two buildings, an old one of 15 roads and a new of 10 roads, both dead-end buildings, located on a spur, between Vauxhall and Queens Road stations, and surrounded by housing developments. In May 1959, it was home to 90 locomotives ranging from 6 GWR Class 57xx 0-6-0PT's for inter-regional transfer goods to 10 'Merchant Navy' Class Pacific's. The depot closed in July 1967 with end of steam on the Southern Region. Seen here in June 1939 is Class T9 4-4-0 No.119, withdrawn from Dorchester in 1962.
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