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BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.

Photographs in this gallery are of locomotive depots, both steam and diesel, locomotive works, stabling points and withdrawn locomotives but not those being scrapped. Some of these pictures were taken by me, some passed on by friends and others have been bought and are part of my collection. These pictures are published for pleasure/information/research purposes only and are not for sale or copy under any circumstances. Information in captions has been researched as thoroughly as possible but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
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CARLISLE KINGMOOR LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (12A/68A/12A/KM) - This very large depot was opened by The Caledonian Railway in 1876 and rebuilt in 1916 as a brick 8-road through shed with attached repair shops to service the marshalling yards that surrounded this border outpost. In March 1959, it was home to 143 engines covering the full range of ex-LMS classes including no less than 18 Class 6XP 'Jubilee' 4-6-0's, 5 BR 'Clan' Class Pacific's and 50 Class 5MT 4-6-0's! By April 1965, this had declined to 119 with the withdrawal of most of the pre-Grouping locos but it now housed 62 Class 5MT 4-6-0's, 16 'Britannia' Pacifics and Class 9F 2-10-0's among others. As electrification of the WCML advanced, so its roll of notables increased. In March 1967 it could lay claim to no less than 25 'Britannia' Pacific's, though not all in traffic. Increasingly, as 1967 wore on, it became a dump for withdrawn engines and closed to steam in January 1968. A new diesel depot on the same site was opened in January 1968 but this closed in 1987 and lay derelict until 1998 when the site was taken over by Direct Rail Services, who operate a fleet of Class 88, 68, 66, 57, 37 and 20 locomotives and, although concentrating mainly on nuclear traffic when first formed, they now operate traffic of all types. Although DRS have a large fleet of active locos, there are many stored there as well. The depot is seen here in LMS days.
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CARLISLE KINGMOOR LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (12A/68A/12A/KM) - This very large depot was opened by The Caledonian Railway in 1876 and rebuilt in 1916 as a brick 8-road through shed with attached repair shops to service the marshalling yards that surrounded this border outpost. In March 1959, it was home to 143 engines covering the full range of ex-LMS classes including no less than 18 Class 6XP 'Jubilee' 4-6-0's, 5 BR 'Clan' Class Pacific's and 50 Class 5MT 4-6-0's! By April 1965, this had declined to 119 with the withdrawal of most of the pre-Grouping locos but it now housed 62 Class 5MT 4-6-0's, 16 'Britannia' Pacifics and Class 9F 2-10-0's among others. As electrification of the WCML advanced, so its roll of notables increased. In March 1967 it could lay claim to no less than 25 'Britannia' Pacific's, though not all in traffic. Increasingly, as 1967 wore on, it became a dump for withdrawn engines and closed to steam in January 1968. A new diesel depot on the same site was opened in January 1968 but this closed in 1987 and lay derelict until 1998 when the site was taken over by Direct Rail Services, who operate a fleet of Class 88, 68, 66, 57, 37 and 20 locomotives and, although concentrating mainly on nuclear traffic when first formed, they now operate traffic of all types. Although DRS have a large fleet of active locos, there are many stored there as well. The depot is seen here in LMS days.

  • CAMBRIDGE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (31A/CA) - Railways came to Cambridge early on and the Great Eastern Railway opened a locomotive depot in 1847 just north of the station and to the west 0f the line. The shed building was a brick, 7-road dead-end shed and a large yard was attached. The allocation in April 1959, at which point some trains were already being worked by mainline diesel locomotives, was 71 engines. including 24 of these were 0-6-0's of GER origin, 26 were 4-6-0's to work mainline passenger trains, a mixture of mainly Class B1's and B2/B17's and 10 Class L1 2-6-4T's for local passenger work. There were also 3 LMS 2MT 2-6-0's to work to Kettering. Many local services were already in the hands of DMU's and railbuses. The depot closed to steam in June 1962 and the buildings were subsequently demolished but sidings remained and were used to stable engines right up until the 1980's, the land now being turned over to car parking and cycle sheds. In place of the steam depot, a three-road dead-end shed was opened by British Rail in 1958 adjacent to Coldhams Lane. This provided maintenance facilities for Cambridge's large allocation of Class 101, 105, 114 and 120 DMU's. It was also a stabling point for Class 03 and 08 shunters. Following the privatisation of British Rail, the depot was used for maintenance purposes by Rail Express Systems (RES) until its temporary closure in 1996, being reopened by Central Trains less than eighteen months later. As of 2022, the depot's allocation consists of Cross Country Class 170 Turbostar trains but the shed now seems to be unused and EMU's are stabled in the sidings. A new depot is under construction at the southern end of the station on the old carriage sidings for the maintenance of the new Class 720's now entering service with Greater Anglia. Seen here in 1953 is Ivatt LMS/BR Class 2MT 2-6-0 No.46404, a 15B Kettering loco, from whence it has come. It was withdrawn from 8L Aintree in May 1965.
  • CAMBRIDGE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (31A/CA) - Railways came to Cambridge early on and the Great Eastern Railway opened a locomotive depot in 1847 just north of the station and to the west 0f the line. The shed building was a brick, 7-road dead-end shed and a large yard was attached. The allocation in April 1959, at which point some trains were already being worked by mainline diesel locomotives, was 71 engines. including 24 of these were 0-6-0's of GER origin, 26 were 4-6-0's to work mainline passenger trains, a mixture of mainly Class B1's and B2/B17's and 10 Class L1 2-6-4T's for local passenger work. There were also 3 LMS 2MT 2-6-0's to work to Kettering. Many local services were already in the hands of DMU's and railbuses. The depot closed to steam in June 1962 and the buildings were subsequently demolished but sidings remained and were used to stable engines right up until the 1980's, the land now being turned over to car parking and cycle sheds. In place of the steam depot, a three-road dead-end shed was opened by British Rail in 1958 adjacent to Coldhams Lane. This provided maintenance facilities for Cambridge's large allocation of Class 101, 105, 114 and 120 DMU's. It was also a stabling point for Class 03 and 08 shunters. Following the privatisation of British Rail, the depot was used for maintenance purposes by Rail Express Systems (RES) until its temporary closure in 1996, being reopened by Central Trains less than eighteen months later. As of 2022, the depot's allocation consists of Cross Country Class 170 Turbostar trains but the shed now seems to be unused and EMU's are stabled in the sidings. A new depot is under construction at the southern end of the station on the old carriage sidings for the maintenance of the new Class 720's now entering service with Greater Anglia. Seen here in August 1953 is Holden GER Class T26 LNER Class E4 2-4-0 No.62786, a class of loco of which 10 were based at Cambridge to work on the many rural branch lines for which the depot was responsible. This loco was withdrawn in July 1956 but a few members of the class almost made it into the 1960's.
  • CAMBRIDGE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (31A/CA) - Railways came to Cambridge early on and the Great Eastern Railway opened a locomotive depot in 1847 just north of the station and to the west 0f the line. The shed building was a brick, 7-road dead-end shed and a large yard was attached. The allocation in April 1959, at which point some trains were already being worked by mainline diesel locomotives, was 71 engines. including 24 of these were 0-6-0's of GER origin, 26 were 4-6-0's to work mainline passenger trains, a mixture of mainly Class B1's and B2/B17's and 10 Class L1 2-6-4T's for local passenger work. There were also 3 LMS 2MT 2-6-0's to work to Kettering. Many local services were already in the hands of DMU's and railbuses. The depot closed to steam in June 1962 and the buildings were subsequently demolished but sidings remained and were used to stable engines right up until the 1980's, the land now being turned over to car parking and cycle sheds. In place of the steam depot, a three-road dead-end shed was opened by British Rail in 1958 adjacent to Coldhams Lane. This provided maintenance facilities for Cambridge's large allocation of Class 101, 105, 114 and 120 DMU's. It was also a stabling point for Class 03 and 08 shunters. Following the privatisation of British Rail, the depot was used for maintenance purposes by Rail Express Systems (RES) until its temporary closure in 1996, being reopened by Central Trains less than eighteen months later. As of 2022, the depot's allocation consists of Cross Country Class 170 Turbostar trains but the shed now seems to be unused and EMU's are stabled in the sidings. A new depot is under construction at the southern end of the station on the old carriage sidings for the maintenance of the new Class 720's now entering service with Greater Anglia. Seen here in June 1932 is Ivatt GNR Class C2 4-4-2 No.3260, withdrawn from Kings Cross MPD in April 1936.
  • CAMBRIDGE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (31A/CA) - Railways came to Cambridge early on and the Great Eastern Railway opened a locomotive depot in 1847 just north of the station and to the west 0f the line. The shed building was a brick, 7-road dead-end shed and a large yard was attached. The allocation in April 1959, at which point some trains were already being worked by mainline diesel locomotives, was 71 engines. including 24 of these were 0-6-0's of GER origin, 26 were 4-6-0's to work mainline passenger trains, a mixture of mainly Class B1's and B2/B17's and 10 Class L1 2-6-4T's for local passenger work. There were also 3 LMS 2MT 2-6-0's to work to Kettering. Many local services were already in the hands of DMU's and railbuses. The depot closed to steam in June 1962 and the buildings were subsequently demolished but sidings remained and were used to stable engines right up until the 1980's, the land now being turned over to car parking and cycle sheds. In place of the steam depot, a three-road dead-end shed was opened by British Rail in 1958 adjacent to Coldhams Lane. This provided maintenance facilities for Cambridge's large allocation of Class 101, 105, 114 and 120 DMU's. It was also a stabling point for Class 03 and 08 shunters. Following the privatisation of British Rail, the depot was used for maintenance purposes by Rail Express Systems (RES) until its temporary closure in 1996, being reopened by Central Trains less than eighteen months later. As of 2022, the depot's allocation consists of Cross Country Class 170 Turbostar trains but the shed now seems to be unused and EMU's are stabled in the sidings. A new depot is under construction at the southern end of the station on the old carriage sidings for the maintenance of the new Class 720's now entering service with Greater Anglia. Seen here in the Coldhams Lane depot in 1959 is Waggon und Maschinenbau railbus No.E79962, one of five built in 1958 and all withdrawn by 1967, although this is preserved on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. While based at Cambridge, these units worked services on the minor branch lines in the area.
  • CAMBRIDGE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (31A/CA) - Railways came to Cambridge early on and the Great Eastern Railway opened a locomotive depot in 1847 just north of the station and to the west 0f the line. The shed building was a brick, 7-road dead-end shed and a large yard was attached. The allocation in April 1959, at which point some trains were already being worked by mainline diesel locomotives, was 71 engines. including 24 of these were 0-6-0's of GER origin, 26 were 4-6-0's to work mainline passenger trains, a mixture of mainly Class B1's and B2/B17's and 10 Class L1 2-6-4T's for local passenger work. There were also 3 LMS 2MT 2-6-0's to work to Kettering. Many local services were already in the hands of DMU's and railbuses. The depot closed to steam in June 1962 and the buildings were subsequently demolished but sidings remained and were used to stable engines right up until the 1980's, the land now being turned over to car parking and cycle sheds. In place of the steam depot, a three-road dead-end shed was opened by British Rail in 1958 adjacent to Coldhams Lane. This provided maintenance facilities for Cambridge's large allocation of Class 101, 105, 114 and 120 DMU's. It was also a stabling point for Class 03 and 08 shunters. Following the privatisation of British Rail, the depot was used for maintenance purposes by Rail Express Systems (RES) until its temporary closure in 1996, being reopened by Central Trains less than eighteen months later. As of 2022, the depot's allocation consists of Cross Country Class 170 Turbostar trains but the shed now seems to be unused and EMU's are stabled in the sidings. A new depot is under construction at the southern end of the station on the old carriage sidings for the maintenance of the new Class 720's now entering service with Greater Anglia. Seen here is Class O1 No.63725 was taken in front of the Lifting Shed in 1960.
  • CAMBRIDGE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (31A/CA) - Railways came to Cambridge early on and the Great Eastern Railway opened a locomotive depot in 1847 just north of the station and to the west 0f the line. The shed building was a brick, 7-road dead-end shed and a large yard was attached. The allocation in April 1959, at which point some trains were already being worked by mainline diesel locomotives, was 71 engines. including 24 of these were 0-6-0's of GER origin, 26 were 4-6-0's to work mainline passenger trains, a mixture of mainly Class B1's and B2/B17's and 10 Class L1 2-6-4T's for local passenger work. There were also 3 LMS 2MT 2-6-0's to work to Kettering. Many local services were already in the hands of DMU's and railbuses. The depot closed to steam in June 1962 and the buildings were subsequently demolished but sidings remained and were used to stable engines right up until the 1980's, the land now being turned over to car parking and cycle sheds. In place of the steam depot, a three-road dead-end shed was opened by British Rail in 1958 adjacent to Coldhams Lane. This provided maintenance facilities for Cambridge's large allocation of Class 101, 105, 114 and 120 DMU's. It was also a stabling point for Class 03 and 08 shunters. Following the privatisation of British Rail, the depot was used for maintenance purposes by Rail Express Systems (RES) until its temporary closure in 1996, being reopened by Central Trains less than eighteen months later. As of 2022, the depot's allocation consists of Cross Country Class 170 Turbostar trains but the shed now seems to be unused and EMU's are stabled in the sidings. A new depot is under construction at the southern end of the station on the old carriage sidings for the maintenance of the new Class 720's now entering service with Greater Anglia. The loco depot yard seen from the top of the coaling tower looking north, sometime in the 1930's. All of the engines on view seem to be 'Claud Hamilton' Class 4-4-0's.
  • CAMBRIDGE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (31A/CA) - Railways came to Cambridge early on and the Great Eastern Railway opened a locomotive depot in 1847 just north of the station and to the west 0f the line. The shed building was a brick, 7-road dead-end shed and a large yard was attached. The allocation in April 1959, at which point some trains were already being worked by mainline diesel locomotives, was 71 engines. including 24 of these were 0-6-0's of GER origin, 26 were 4-6-0's to work mainline passenger trains, a mixture of mainly Class B1's and B2/B17's and 10 Class L1 2-6-4T's for local passenger work. There were also 3 LMS 2MT 2-6-0's to work to Kettering. Many local services were already in the hands of DMU's and railbuses. The depot closed to steam in June 1962 and the buildings were subsequently demolished but sidings remained and were used to stable engines right up until the 1980's, the land now being turned over to car parking and cycle sheds. In place of the steam depot, a three-road dead-end shed was opened by British Rail in 1958 adjacent to Coldhams Lane. This provided maintenance facilities for Cambridge's large allocation of Class 101, 105, 114 and 120 DMU's. It was also a stabling point for Class 03 and 08 shunters. Following the privatisation of British Rail, the depot was used for maintenance purposes by Rail Express Systems (RES) until its temporary closure in 1996, being reopened by Central Trains less than eighteen months later. As of 2022, the depot's allocation consists of Cross Country Class 170 Turbostar trains but the shed now seems to be unused and EMU's are stabled in the sidings. A new depot is under construction at the southern end of the station on the old carriage sidings for the maintenance of the new Class 720's now entering service with Greater Anglia. This picture, taken in April 1960, shows a line of engines beside the locoshed headed by Class B1 4-6-0 No.61171, a Cambridge engine at that time.
  • CAMBRIDGE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (31A/CA) - Railways came to Cambridge early on and the Great Eastern Railway opened a locomotive depot in 1847 just north of the station and to the west 0f the line. The shed building was a brick, 7-road dead-end shed and a large yard was attached. The allocation in April 1959, at which point some trains were already being worked by mainline diesel locomotives, was 71 engines. including 24 of these were 0-6-0's of GER origin, 26 were 4-6-0's to work mainline passenger trains, a mixture of mainly Class B1's and B2/B17's and 10 Class L1 2-6-4T's for local passenger work. There were also 3 LMS 2MT 2-6-0's to work to Kettering. Many local services were already in the hands of DMU's and railbuses. The depot closed to steam in June 1962 and the buildings were subsequently demolished but sidings remained and were used to stable engines right up until the 1980's, the land now being turned over to car parking and cycle sheds. In place of the steam depot, a three-road dead-end shed was opened by British Rail in 1958 adjacent to Coldhams Lane. This provided maintenance facilities for Cambridge's large allocation of Class 101, 105, 114 and 120 DMU's. It was also a stabling point for Class 03 and 08 shunters. Following the privatisation of British Rail, the depot was used for maintenance purposes by Rail Express Systems (RES) until its temporary closure in 1996, being reopened by Central Trains less than eighteen months later. As of 2022, the depot's allocation consists of Cross Country Class 170 Turbostar trains but the shed now seems to be unused and EMU's are stabled in the sidings. A new depot is under construction at the southern end of the station on the old carriage sidings for the maintenance of the new Class 720's now entering service with Greater Anglia. This picture must date from just before the depot closed to steam in June 1962 at which time BR Class 4MT 2-6-4T No.80071 was based at 31B March.
  • CAMDEN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (1B) - This depot was built by the London & Birmingham Railway in 1847 and was a brick-built 5 road through-road shed located on the south side of the line, east of Chalk Farm station. It housed mainly passenger engines that hauled trains in and out of Euston, goods engines being dealt with at the more northerly Willesden. In March 1959, it boasted an allocation of 41 engines, 4 of them being LMS 'Patriot' Class 4-6-0's, 8 LMS 'Jubilee' Class 4-6-0's, 9 LMS 'Royal Scot' Class 4-6-0's and 8 LMS 'Coronation' Class 4-6-2's, the only concession to goods being the presence of 12 LMS Class 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0 shunting tanks. The depot closed to steam in September 1963 but remained open fir diesel servicing thereafter. It is seen here in the late 195o's when BR Class 40 diesels were taking over most of the express trains, only to be displaced themselves a few years later by electrification.
  • CANADA DOCK LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - Situated within the miles of docks operated by the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board in Liverpool was the locoshed in the Canada Dock, a single road, timber built shed seen here in September 1946 with MHDB 0-6-0ST No.29 standing in the doorway.
  • CANKLOW LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (19C/41D) - This depot was opened by the Midland Railway in 1875 and was brick-built roundhouse located on the west side of the Rotherham to Staveley line, south of Masborough station. It was built for one purpose: the carriage of coal. The allocation in March 1959 reflected this - 45 engines, no less than 16 of which were LMS Class 8F 2-8-0's and a further 23 were ex-MR 0-6-0's. The depot closed in October 1965 but was for some time after as a dump for withdrawn locos, 19 od then in April 1966. Seen here in November 1974, tracks long gone, doors and windows bricked up and coaling stage abandoned.
  • CARLISLE DURRAN HILL (12C) - A sub-shed of Carlisle Kingmoor, it stood south of the Appleby line, about a mile east of Carlisle Station. It opened in 1875 but lost its allocation in February 1936 but was used for loco storage until 1959. Here we see ex-LTSR 4-4-2T's No.41973, 41974 and 41972 in storage. These engines, along with 41971, were officially withdrawn in 1955 from Skipton but had been in store here since at least 1950. How did they end up this far from home?
  • CARLISLE KINGMOOR LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (12A/68A/12A/KM) - This very large depot was opened by The Caledonian Railway in 1876 and rebuilt in 1916 as a brick 8-road through shed with attached repair shops to service the marshalling yards that surrounded this border outpost. In March 1959, it was home to 143 engines covering the full range of ex-LMS classes including no less than 18 Class 6XP 'Jubilee' 4-6-0's, 5 BR 'Clan' Class Pacific's and 50 Class 5MT 4-6-0's! By April 1965, this had declined to 119 with the withdrawal of most of the pre-Grouping locos but it now housed 62 Class 5MT 4-6-0's, 16 'Britannia' Pacifics and Class 9F 2-10-0's among others. As electrification of the WCML advanced, so its roll of notables increased. In March 1967 it could lay claim to no less than 25 'Britannia' Pacific's, though not all in traffic. Increasingly, as 1967 wore on, it became a dump for withdrawn engines and closed to steam in January 1968. A new diesel depot on the same site was opened in January 1968 but this closed in 1987 and lay derelict until 1998 when the site was taken over by Direct Rail Services, who operate a fleet of Class 88, 68, 66, 57, 37 and 20 locomotives and, although concentrating mainly on nuclear traffic when first formed, they now operate traffic of all types. Although DRS have a large fleet of active locos, there are many stored there as well. Seen here are Riddles BR Class 9F 2-10-0 No.92110 and a number of it's classmates. 92110 was withdrawn from here in December 1967.
  • CARLISLE KINGMOOR LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (12A/68A/12A/KM) - This very large depot was opened by The Caledonian Railway in 1876 and rebuilt in 1916 as a brick 8-road through shed with attached repair shops to service the marshalling yards that surrounded this border outpost. In March 1959, it was home to 143 engines covering the full range of ex-LMS classes including no less than 18 Class 6XP 'Jubilee' 4-6-0's, 5 BR 'Clan' Class Pacific's and 50 Class 5MT 4-6-0's! By April 1965, this had declined to 119 with the withdrawal of most of the pre-Grouping locos but it now housed 62 Class 5MT 4-6-0's, 16 'Britannia' Pacifics and Class 9F 2-10-0's among others. As electrification of the WCML advanced, so its roll of notables increased. In March 1967 it could lay claim to no less than 25 'Britannia' Pacific's, though not all in traffic. Increasingly, as 1967 wore on, it became a dump for withdrawn engines and closed to steam in January 1968. A new diesel depot on the same site was opened in January 1968 but this closed in 1987 and lay derelict until 1998 when the site was taken over by Direct Rail Services, who operate a fleet of Class 88, 68, 66, 57, 37 and 20 locomotives and, although concentrating mainly on nuclear traffic when first formed, they now operate traffic of all types. Although DRS have a large fleet of active locos, there are many stored there as well. Seen here in August 1964 is Riddles BR Clan Class 4-6-2 No.72005 CLAN MACGREGOR, withdrawn from Kingmoor in May 1965. Ten of this class were built by BR to handle expresses over the old G&SWR routes to South Western Scotland.
  • CARLISLE KINGMOOR LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (12A/68A/12A/KM) - This very large depot was opened by The Caledonian Railway in 1876 and rebuilt in 1916 as a brick 8-road through shed with attached repair shops to service the marshalling yards that surrounded this border outpost. In March 1959, it was home to 143 engines covering the full range of ex-LMS classes including no less than 18 Class 6XP 'Jubilee' 4-6-0's, 5 BR 'Clan' Class Pacific's and 50 Class 5MT 4-6-0's! By April 1965, this had declined to 119 with the withdrawal of most of the pre-Grouping locos but it now housed 62 Class 5MT 4-6-0's, 16 'Britannia' Pacifics and Class 9F 2-10-0's among others. As electrification of the WCML advanced, so its roll of notables increased. In March 1967 it could lay claim to no less than 25 'Britannia' Pacific's, though not all in traffic. Increasingly, as 1967 wore on, it became a dump for withdrawn engines and closed to steam in January 1968. A new diesel depot on the same site was opened in January 1968 but this closed in 1987 and lay derelict until 1998 when the site was taken over by Direct Rail Services, who operate a fleet of Class 88, 68, 66, 57, 37 and 20 locomotives and, although concentrating mainly on nuclear traffic when first formed, they now operate traffic of all types. Although DRS have a large fleet of active locos, there are many stored there as well. Seen here in August 1967 is Stanier LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No.45593 KOHLAPUR, a resident of 55A Leeds Holbeck from where it was withdrawn just 2 months later. The locomotive is preserved at Tyseley Railway Museum.
  • CARLISLE KINGMOOR LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (12A/68A/12A/KM) - This very large depot was opened by The Caledonian Railway in 1876 and rebuilt in 1916 as a brick 8-road through shed with attached repair shops to service the marshalling yards that surrounded this border outpost. In March 1959, it was home to 143 engines covering the full range of ex-LMS classes including no less than 18 Class 6XP 'Jubilee' 4-6-0's, 5 BR 'Clan' Class Pacific's and 50 Class 5MT 4-6-0's! By April 1965, this had declined to 119 with the withdrawal of most of the pre-Grouping locos but it now housed 62 Class 5MT 4-6-0's, 16 'Britannia' Pacifics and Class 9F 2-10-0's among others. As electrification of the WCML advanced, so its roll of notables increased. In March 1967 it could lay claim to no less than 25 'Britannia' Pacific's, though not all in traffic. Increasingly, as 1967 wore on, it became a dump for withdrawn engines and closed to steam in January 1968. A new diesel depot on the same site was opened in January 1968 but this closed in 1987 and lay derelict until 1998 when the site was taken over by Direct Rail Services, who operate a fleet of Class 88, 68, 66, 57, 37 and 20 locomotives and, although concentrating mainly on nuclear traffic when first formed, they now operate traffic of all types. Although DRS have a large fleet of active locos, there are many stored there as well. Seen here in July 1952 is Riddles BR Class 5MT 4-6-0 No.73012, only one year old and based at 20A Leeds Holbeck. It was withdrawn in November 1964 from 82E Bristol Barrow Road.
  • CARLISLE KINGMOOR LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (12A/68A/12A/KM) - This very large depot was opened by The Caledonian Railway in 1876 and rebuilt in 1916 as a brick 8-road through shed with attached repair shops to service the marshalling yards that surrounded this border outpost. In March 1959, it was home to 143 engines covering the full range of ex-LMS classes including no less than 18 Class 6XP 'Jubilee' 4-6-0's, 5 BR 'Clan' Class Pacific's and 50 Class 5MT 4-6-0's! By April 1965, this had declined to 119 with the withdrawal of most of the pre-Grouping locos but it now housed 62 Class 5MT 4-6-0's, 16 'Britannia' Pacifics and Class 9F 2-10-0's among others. As electrification of the WCML advanced, so its roll of notables increased. In March 1967 it could lay claim to no less than 25 'Britannia' Pacific's, though not all in traffic. Increasingly, as 1967 wore on, it became a dump for withdrawn engines and closed to steam in January 1968. A new diesel depot on the same site was opened in January 1968 but this closed in 1987 and lay derelict until 1998 when the site was taken over by Direct Rail Services, who operate a fleet of Class 88, 68, 66, 57, 37 and 20 locomotives and, although concentrating mainly on nuclear traffic when first formed, they now operate traffic of all types. Although DRS have a large fleet of active locos, there are many stored there as well. Seen here in September 1964 are a variety of engines including a CR 0-6-0T, an MR Class 4F 0-6-0 and a BR Class 7MT 'Britannia'.
  • CARLISLE KINGMOOR LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (12A/68A/12A/KM) - This very large depot was opened by The Caledonian Railway in 1876 and rebuilt in 1916 as a brick 8-road through shed with attached repair shops to service the marshalling yards that surrounded this border outpost. In March 1959, it was home to 143 engines covering the full range of ex-LMS classes including no less than 18 Class 6XP 'Jubilee' 4-6-0's, 5 BR 'Clan' Class Pacific's and 50 Class 5MT 4-6-0's! By April 1965, this had declined to 119 with the withdrawal of most of the pre-Grouping locos but it now housed 62 Class 5MT 4-6-0's, 16 'Britannia' Pacifics and Class 9F 2-10-0's among others. As electrification of the WCML advanced, so its roll of notables increased. In March 1967 it could lay claim to no less than 25 'Britannia' Pacific's, though not all in traffic. Increasingly, as 1967 wore on, it became a dump for withdrawn engines and closed to steam in January 1968. A new diesel depot on the same site was opened in January 1968 but this closed in 1987 and lay derelict until 1998 when the site was taken over by Direct Rail Services, who operate a fleet of Class 88, 68, 66, 57, 37 and 20 locomotives and, although concentrating mainly on nuclear traffic when first formed, they now operate traffic of all types. Although DRS have a large fleet of active locos, there are many stored there as well. The depot is seen here in LMS days.
  • CARLISLE UPPERBY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (12A/12B) - The London and North Western Railway opened this depot in 1875 and it consisted of a brick-built eleven track shed with 4 through tracks, later rebuilt as a roundhouse, on the east side of the main Penrith line, south of Carlisle Station. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 103 engines of all types, ranging from 8 'Coronation' Class Pacific's down through 62 4-6-0's to one MR Class 2F 0-6-0. Upperby closed to steam in December 1966, but continued to service steam engines until the end of 1967. Seen here in September 1967 is Stanier Class 2MT No.46522, a 10A Carnforth engine, already withdrawn and dumped here.
  • CARNBROE, Coatbridge - Lines of ex-Caledonian Railway locomotives awaiting scrapping at Carnbroe in October 1961, 57418 nearest the camera.
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