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BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.

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GATESHEAD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (52A) - The first engine shed at Gateshead was built by the North Eastern Railway in 1854. The main shed housed four turntables for most of its working life. In 1908, an extension built to accommodate three larger 60 foot turntables. In the 1920's, the arrival of large 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotives necessitated converting the adjoining locomotive works' tender shop into a shed which could accommodate them, as even the 60 foot turntables in the main shed were not large enough. The problem of turning these locomotives without a large enough turntable was overcome by utilising the triangular junctions at the southern ends of the High Level and King Edward VII bridges. The rebuilding of the shed in the 1950's would include the provision of a 70 foot turntable which these locomotives could use. After the steam locomotives departed in 1965, the main shed at Gateshead was converted into a five-road straight shed, in which various diesels were stored and maintained. The conversion drastically altered the depot, one survivor being the water tower at the western end of the shed, which would remain until closure in 1991. Seen here 'on shed' in 1964 is Gresley Class A3 4-6-2 No.60052 PRINCE PALATINE, a Gateshead-based engine at that time.
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GATESHEAD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (52A) - The first engine shed at Gateshead was built by the North Eastern Railway in 1854. The main shed housed four turntables for most of its working life. In 1908, an extension built to accommodate three larger 60 foot turntables. In the 1920's, the arrival of large 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotives necessitated converting the adjoining locomotive works' tender shop into a shed which could accommodate them, as even the 60 foot turntables in the main shed were not large enough. The problem of turning these locomotives without a large enough turntable was overcome by utilising the triangular junctions at the southern ends of the High Level and King Edward VII bridges. The rebuilding of the shed in the 1950's would include the provision of a 70 foot turntable which these locomotives could use. After the steam locomotives departed in 1965, the main shed at Gateshead was converted into a five-road straight shed, in which various diesels were stored and maintained. The conversion drastically altered the depot, one survivor being the water tower at the western end of the shed, which would remain until closure in 1991. Seen here 'on shed' in 1964 is Gresley Class A3 4-6-2 No.60052 PRINCE PALATINE, a Gateshead-based engine at that time.

  • GATESHEAD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (52A) - After closing to steam in 1965, Gateshead Depot was considerably reduced in size and modernised, although elements of the old shed remained. The depot closed in 1991 and the site is now a housing estate. Seen here is 46011 in front of the servicing shed in 1981.
  • GATESHEAD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (52A) - Seen here on June 28th, 1964. Although there are none visible in this shot, the depot stayed open to steam for another year, just a Class 03 and what is probably a Class 46 on show today. The depot closed in 1991 but in 1954 had been home to 35 Pacific's.
  • GATESHEAD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (52A) - The first engine shed at Gateshead was built by the North Eastern Railway in 1854. The main shed housed four turntables for most of its working life. In 1908, an extension built to accommodate three larger 60 foot turntables. In the 1920's, the arrival of large 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotives necessitated converting the adjoining locomotive works' tender shop into a shed which could accommodate them, as even the 60 foot turntables in the main shed were not large enough. The problem of turning these locomotives without a large enough turntable was overcome by utilising the triangular junctions at the southern ends of the High Level and King Edward VII bridges. The rebuilding of the shed in the 1950's would include the provision of a 70 foot turntable which these locomotives could use. After the steam locomotives departed in 1965, the main shed at Gateshead was converted into a five-road straight shed, in which various diesels were stored and maintained. The conversion drastically altered the depot, one survivor being the water tower at the western end of the shed, which would remain until closure in 1991. Seen here 'on shed' in 1964 is Gresley Class A3 4-6-2 No.60052 PRINCE PALATINE, a Gateshead-based engine at that time.
  • GATESHEAD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (52A) - The first engine shed at Gateshead was built by the North Eastern Railway in 1854. The main shed housed four turntables for most of its working life. In 1908, an extension built to accommodate three larger 60 foot turntables. In the 1920's, the arrival of large 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotives necessitated converting the adjoining locomotive works' tender shop into a shed which could accommodate them, as even the 60 foot turntables in the main shed were not large enough. The problem of turning these locomotives without a large enough turntable was overcome by utilising the triangular junctions at the southern ends of the High Level and King Edward VII bridges. The rebuilding of the shed in the 1950's would include the provision of a 70 foot turntable which these locomotives could use. After the steam locomotives departed in 1965, the main shed at Gateshead was converted into a five-road straight shed, in which various diesels were stored and maintained. The conversion drastically altered the depot, one survivor being the water tower at the western end of the shed, which would remain until closure in 1991. Seen here 'on shed' in July 1964 is Peppercorn BR Class A1 4-6-2 No.60156 GREAT CENTRAL, nameplates removed, withdrawn in May 1965 from 50A York.
  • GATESHEAD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (52A) - The first engine shed at Gateshead was built by the North Eastern Railway in 1854. The main shed housed four turntables for most of its working life. In 1908, an extension built to accommodate three larger 60 foot turntables. In the 1920's, the arrival of large 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotives necessitated converting the adjoining locomotive works' tender shop into a shed which could accommodate them, as even the 60 foot turntables in the main shed were not large enough. The problem of turning these locomotives without a large enough turntable was overcome by utilising the triangular junctions at the southern ends of the High Level and King Edward VII bridges. The rebuilding of the shed in the 1950's would include the provision of a 70 foot turntable which these locomotives could use. After the steam locomotives departed in 1965, the main shed at Gateshead was converted into a five-road straight shed, in which various diesels were stored and maintained. The conversion drastically altered the depot, one survivor being the water tower at the western end of the shed, which would remain until closure in 1991. Seen here 'on shed' is Thompson Class A2 4-6-2 No.60519 HONEYWAY carrying a 64A St Margarets shedplate. It was based there from October 1961 until withdrawal in December 1962.
  • GATESHEAD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (52A) - The first engine shed at Gateshead was built by the North Eastern Railway in 1854. The main shed housed four turntables for most of its working life. In 1908, an extension built to accommodate three larger 60 foot turntables. In the 1920's, the arrival of large 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotives necessitated converting the adjoining locomotive works' tender shop into a shed which could accommodate them, as even the 60 foot turntables in the main shed were not large enough. The problem of turning these locomotives without a large enough turntable was overcome by utilising the triangular junctions at the southern ends of the High Level and King Edward VII bridges. The rebuilding of the shed in the 1950's would include the provision of a 70 foot turntable which these locomotives could use. After the steam locomotives departed in 1965, the main shed at Gateshead was converted into a five-road straight shed, in which various diesels were stored and maintained. The conversion drastically altered the depot, one survivor being the water tower at the western end of the shed, which would remain until closure in 1991. Seen here in September 1953 is Worsdell NER Class P1 LNER Class J25 0-6-0 No.5648, withdrawn from 51J Northallerton in August 1950 without being renumbered and utilised as a stationary boiler at Gateshead until broken up in June 1955.
  • GATESHEAD WORKS -Gateshead was, before 1910, the NER's locomotive department headquarters and main works. Part of the works occupied the former site of the original Gateshead Station, where trains from London terminated until the High Level Bridge and Newcastle Central Station opened. Gateshead Station's train shed subsequently became the works' No. 1 erecting shop and the hotel adjoining the station became offices. On the opposite side of the running lines, at the Eastern end of Chater's Bank sidings, a roundhouse built sometime between 1895 and 1898 served as the Works' paint shop. Locomotive production at Gateshead ceased in 1910, when production was switched to Darlington. However, the works continued to maintain and overhaul engines until they closed in 1932. The Works re-opened during the Second World War to ease the pressure on Darlington for maintaining and overhauling locomotives. A new 60-ton crane was installed during this time. The Works remained open until 1959, when they closed for the last time. Most of the works was demolished in 2002, along with the adjacent engine sheds, although some of the buildings nearest the river have survived and have been converted into apartments. Seen here is NER Class J27 0-6-0 No.65869 undergoing overhaul in the Works.
  • GLASGOW CORKERHILL LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (67A) - This depot was built by the Glasgow & South Western Railway in 1896 and was a brick 6-road through shed on the south side of the Paisley Canal Line and just east of Corkerhill station. The allocation March 1959 was 87 engines, 24 of them being tank engines for local passenger services, the remainder being goods and mixed traffic engines with the exception of 8 Class 6XP 'Jubilee' 4-6-0's. By April 1965, the allocation had decreased to just 32 locos, mainly of BR origin, only 3 of the 18 Class 5MT 4-6-0's based here being LMS engines. The depot closed to steam in May 1967 but continued in use a diesel depot. The line to the shed was electrified in 1986 when the Ayrshire lines were electrified. As of 2020, Corkerhill is responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of all 43 ScotRail Class 156's & 18 of the 40 ScotRail Class 158's. It is also a cleaning and stabling point for ScotRail Class 318's, Class 320's, Class 380's and Class 385's. Up until the December 2019 timetable change, TransPennine Express Class 185's and Class 350's could also be seen visiting Corkerhill overnight for cleaning, stabling and light maintenance after working the evening services from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central. When built, this shed was in countryside outside Glasgow and a station was required to bring the staff to the shed. Corkerhill Village, built by the G&SWR, lay adjacent. Seen here is CR Class 2P 0-4-4T No.55264, based at Corkerhill but not looking very active.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos, and seen here are Class B1 4-6-0 No.61008 KUDU, a 65A loco, a 2-6-4T and a Class WD 2-8-0 probably not long before the end of steam.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos. Seen here in April 1954 is Gresley LNER Class J39 0-6-0 No.64795, an Aberdeen Ferryhill loco, withdrawn from 62C Dunfermline Upper in December 1962.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos. Seen here in October 1988, operations had been scaled back somewhat.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos. Seen here in September 1952 is Gresley LNER Class K4 2-6-0 No.61993 LOCH LONG. This small class of engines was especially built for service on the Highland lines with small driving wheels to give extra power. They were displaced from this work by more powerful Class B1's and K1's and transferred away. 61993 was withdrawn in October 1961 from 62A Thornton Junction.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos. Seen here in September 1953 is Holmes NBR Class D LNER Class J83 0-6-0T No.68468, an Eastfield loco, withdrawn from there in June 1959.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos. Seen here is 24006, withdrawn in August 1975, the depot's re-railing loco, in April 1977. Most major depots with a breakdown crane had a withdrawn engine used for re-railing practice.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos. Seen here is Class 4MT 2-6-4T No.42224, wearing a 5D Stoke shedplate, 'on shed' in April 1963. Perhaps it had been one of the Works in Glasgow.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos. Seen here is Class 21 North British Type 2 Bo-Bo DE No.D6117, another North British Loco Co. 'success' story. Based at Stratford and Ipswich for the first year of it's life, it was packed off to Scotland with the rest of the class, where they proved to be so lamentable that Class 26 and 27 had to be sent to replace them. Some were re-engined but showed little improvement and all were withdrawn early. This fine example was withdrawn from Eastfield in August 1968.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos. Seen here is Gresley GNR Class K2 2-6-0 No.61726, based at Eastfield for use on the Highland lines. However, they were gradually replaced on this work by newer class like B1's and K1's and transferred away. This loco was withdrawn from 4oE Colwick in May 1957.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos. Seen here is Gresley GNR Class K2 2-6-0 No.61787 LOCH QUOICH, based at Eastfield for use on the Highland lines. However, they were gradually replaced on this work by newer class like B1's and K1's and transferred away or withdrawn. This loco was withdrawn from Eastfield in October 1959 and is seen here in August 1957.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos. Seen here is Gresley GNR Class K2 2-6-0 No.61794 LOCH OICH, based at Eastfield for use on the Highland lines. However, they were gradually replaced on this work by newer class like B1's and K1's and transferred away or withdrawn. This loco was withdrawn from Eastfield in July 1960 and is seen 'on shed' in May 1955.
  • GLASGOW EASTFIELD LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT (65A) - Eastfield Shed opened to replace the smaller Cowlairs shed closed when new lines opened in the area in 1904. It was a 14-road, brick-built through shed and had at least 8 sub-sheds attached to it. After the end of steam in November 1966, the shed continued to cater for diesels and closed in around 1993, was demolished. A new DMU depot opened in 2005 on the same site. In March 1959, it had an allocation of 111 engines, covering all types except express passenger locos and seen here in August 1948 is Class D34 4-4-0 No.2469 GLEN DOUGLAS, renumbered to it's NBR number 256 and in NBR livery in 1959, withdrawn in November 1962 and since preserved.
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