BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.
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PETERBOROUGH NEW ENGLAND LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (35A/34E) - The Great Northern Railway built the first locoshed at Peterborough in 1852. Besides being a major junction, Peterborough was also the first stop for loco changes north of Kings Cross and soon outgrew these facilities, a new shed being built at New England in what was then open countryside. The shed was a nine road through shed with repair and storage sheds alongside. There was no turntable, a turning triangle running right around the depot like a boundary line. There were overhead gantries at each end for watering. The shed was rebuilt in 1952. The allocation in March 1959 was 111 engines, over half of them heavy goods engines, coal being a major part of the goods traffic, and 7 Class A2 Pacific's. As the 60's wore on and engines were redeployed from sheds further south, so New England gained allocations of both Class A3 and A4 Pacific's. The shed closed in January 1965, steam having been banned south of Peterborough since Christmas 1963. Seen here at the north end of the shed is Class V2 2-6-2 No.60872 KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, a Doncaster engine, in about 1958. V2's were not really designed with nameplates in mind!