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BARROW HILL MPD
Location: On the east side of the Springwell Branch, west of Barrow Hill Station. A brick built square 1RH shed with a slated multi-pitched roof, located at SK41337545 and opened by the Midland Railway in 1870. It was re-roofed in 1938, 1958 and 1997, latterly in corrugated sheeting. The facilities included a ramped coaling stage and water tank. It closed to steam on October 5th, 1965 and to diesels in 1987, although it remained in use as a Stabling Point until February 11th, 1991. As the last surviving operational roundhouse in the country it was successfully granted listed building status and sold to Chesterfield Council, which leased it out to the Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society in 1997. Following extensive repairs and renovations it re-opened as a preservation centre on July 18th, 1998 and is now also utilized as a maintenance base for diesel locomotive operators.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotives were serviced at the shed.
 BR Coding; 
 18D [1948-February 1958], 
41E [February 1958- ], 
BH [May 1973- ]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
30 Carriage Heating [September 1966-April 1968] 
32 [2nd] Carriage Heating [September 1966-April 1968]
Used at Sheffield Nunnery Carriage Sidings with watering being undertaken at Rotherham
                            Masborough and coaling at Normanton MPD.

  
 
 
 
 
Ex-LMS Class 0F 0-4-0ST No.47000 inside Barrow Hill MPD in 1963. Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society
 
 
 
Barrow Hill MPD in its days as a thriving Diesel Depot on July 17th, 1982 with Class 56 No.56007 awaiting entry to the roundhouse as Class 47 No.47278 moves out. Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society
 
 

 

View of Barrow Hill MPD.


 

CAMBRIDGE DIESEL DEPOT
Location; On the east side of the line, 0.75 miles north of Cambridge Station.
A 3TS dead ended shed constructed of brick and corrugated sheeting on steel frames, with a gable style corrugated sheeting clad and glazed twin pitched roof, located at TL46795860 and opened in September 1958 by BR. The allocation was withdrawn from January 18th, 1987 and it closed as an RES maintenance depot on October 11th, 1996. It was re-opened by Central Trains in w/e February 22nd, 1998.
Facilities: The Depot also maintained and serviced the Departmental Locos employed at the nearby Cambridge Engineer’s Yard;
Following the withdrawal of the dedicated fleet of Departmental Shunters one of the depot’s Capital Stock Class 08 0-6-0 locomotives was utilized.
BR Coding;
CA [May 1973-]
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
21 [2nd] Carriage Heating [December 7th, 1963-April 1966]
23 Carriage Heating [December 7th, 1963-November 1965]
81 [-July 1967]  
91 [October 1958-]   
92 [1959-]
(This was probably just a technical allocation as the locos were used in the carriage sidings at
Cambridge Station and stored at March MPD (qv) during the summer months of 1964 and 1965)

 

 

 

No.D2004 at Cambridge MPD

 

CANKLOW MPD
 Location; On the west side of the Staveley line, south of Rotherham Masborough Station. A brick built 1RH shed with a triple gable style roof, located at SK42618985 and opened by the Midland Railway in 1900. The facilities included a ramped coal stage and water tank. The shed was closed by BR on October 11th, 1965 but used as a servicing point until September 1966. It found further use as a factory prior to demolition in the 1980s and by 2006 the site had been redeveloped with housing.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotives were serviced at the shed.
BR Coding; 
19C [1948-February 1958], 
41D [February 1958-October 1965]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
30 Carriage Heating [February 1966-September 1966]
31 [February 1966-March 1966]
32 [2nd] Carriage Heating [February 1966-September 1966]

 


 


 Canklow MPD on May 13th, 1956 with ex-LMS 0-6-0s No's 43208 & 58198 on the shed entrance road. 
Ken Fairey

 

Canklow MPD and coal stage, viewed from the road on August 1st, 1966. By now the depot had lost its allocation 
but as well as servicing visiting steam locomotives, the yard was utilized to store redundant ex-Staveley Works MR Tank Engines. Although not recorded it is likely that the two B1 Departmental
Locomotives were also in summer store inside the shed. Ken Fairey

 

CARDIFF CANTON MPD (CF)
 Location; On the south side of the line, west of Cardiff General Station. Originally opened by the GWR in 1882 as a 6TS dead ended shed located at ST17187593, the depot was enlarged in 1897 with the addition of a brick built 1RH shed with a multi-pitched gable style roof. This was attached to the west end at ST17117591 and by now the depot possessed all facilities, including a Repair Shop. It closed to steam on September 10th, 1962 and the original 6TS shed was adapted for diesel use whilst a purpose built Diesel Depot was subsequently constructed on the site of the roundhouse. It closed completely on May 30th, 2004. 
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive, either a spare engine or allocated to Radar Engineer's Yard, was fuelled and serviced at the shed.
BR Coding; 
86C [1948-January 1961], 
88A [January 1961- ], 
CF [May 1973- ]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
PWM Series Shunters [Between 1952 & 1998]
Routine maintenance and stabling prior to despatch to Engineer’s Yards or on PW maintenance trains



 Cardiff Canton MPD viewed from the east end of the yard on September 13th, 1953. 
Bill Potter
 


 


 08375 at Cardiff Canton MPD
 
Class 08 0-6-0 Diesel Shunter No.08351 outside of the purpose built diesel shed 
at Cardiff Canton Diesel Depot on March 14th, 1981. 
Martin Bray



Class 08 0-6-0 Diesel Shunter No.08576 outside of the 6TS building
at Cardiff Canton Diesel Depot on June 11th, 2000.
Martin Bray

 

COLWICK MPD
Location: In the fork of the Colwick North Junction to Colwick East and Netherfield & Colwick Station lines. Originally opened as a 4TS dead ended shed by the Great Northern Railway in 1876, the depot was expanded westwards with 8TS and 4TS dead ended sheds being added by the GNR. The first building was located at SK62654092 and known as the "Old" Shed, the second, located at SK62624095, as the "Big" Shed and the third, located at SK62594097, as the "New" Shed. The depot possessed all main facilities, including a Repair Shop, and closed to steam on December 5th, 1966. It closed totally on April 13th, 1970 and was demolished in the following year.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotives were serviced at the shed.
 BR Coding; 
 38A [1949-July 1958], 
40E [July 1958-January 1966], 
 16B [January 1966- ] 
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
25 Depot Stationary Boiler [April 1965-November 1965]
28 Carriage Heating at Thornton Fields Carriage Sidings, Stratford [August 1965-June 1966]
29 Depot Stationary Boiler [December 11th, 1965-July 1967]
No's 25 and 29 were never employed on carriage heating duties but used as the shed stationary boiler 
whilst No.28 was effectively transferred to Stratford.

Ex-LNER Class B1 4-6-0 No.61000 Springbok at Colwick MPD on March 12th, 1961 
Ken Fairey




Colwick MPD viewed through a gloomy haze of smoke on September 8th, 1963 
WT Stubbs

 
EXMOUTH JUNCTION
Location: On the north side of the line 2.5 miles east of Exeter Queen Street Station, at Exmouth Junction.
A ferro-concrete 12TS dead ended shed with an eastern light pattern roof, located at SX93999380 and opened in 1927 by the SR. It had replaced an earlier ex-L&SWR 11TS shed, sited further west along the yard. The depot possessed all facilities, including a mechanical coaling plant and 65ft turntable. It was closed to steam in June 1965, totally in March 1967 and subsequently demolished.
Facilities: The Departmental stabled at the shed. Location; On the north side of the line, 1¼ miles east of Exeter Queen Street Station.
BR Coding; 
72A [1950-September 1963], 
83D [September 1963-March 1967]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
701S Utilized as a pumping engine during the brief oil firing trials of 1948 to effect the transfer of oil from a rail tanker to the locomotive tender [1948-April 1948]
 
 
 
Exmouth Junction MPD on September 24th, 1961
WT Stubbs Collection
 

 
FRATTON MPD
Location: In the fork of the Southsea and Cosham lines, at the east end of Fratton Station.
A brick built square 1RH building with a transverse twin pitched roof, located at SU65750003 and opened by the LB&SCR and L&SWR in 1891. The depot possessed all facilities including two coal stages, one for each company. Although the depot closed to steam on November 2nd, 1959 it was used to service steam locomotives until they ceased operating in the area in 1967.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive stabled at the shed.
BR Coding; 
71D [1950-October 1954], 
 70F [October 1954 - November 1959]
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
 700S Utilized as a pumping engine during the brief oil firing trials of 1948 to effect the transfer of oil from a rail tanker to the locomotive tender [1948-May 1949 (OOU from September and stored in October 1948)]


 



Stroudley Class D1 0-4-2T No.700S during its brief employment as an oil pumping device at Fratton MPD. 
HC Casserley


The Oil Pumping Area at the rear of Fratton MPD on September 11th, 1948. By this time a dedicated Boiler & Pump House had been constructed and the Departmental Locomotive No.700S was no longer required. The loco in view, L&SWR Class T9 4-4-0 No.713 had been converted to oil-burning but the experiment only lasted a few more weeks and it was placed in store.
HC Casserley

 
GATESHEAD MPD
Location: On the north side of the line, west of Gateshead Station.
Originally a brick built 4RH shed opened in 1854 by the York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway it was further enlarged by the NER to incorporate another two roundhouses. Over the years piecemeal alterations and additions were made to try to increase capacity at the constrained site. By BR days the two northernmost sheds had been absorbed into the adjacent works and in 1956 the roofs were removed from the two westernmost buildings leaving the depot as a 2RH shed centred on NZ25006323 with a 3TS dead ended shed, [known as the "Pacific Shed"] converted from a Tender Shop in c1920. In 1964 the easternmost roundhouse was converted to a 9TS Diesel Depot and although the shed closed to steam on March 20th, 1965 it continued to service steam locomotives until the following October. The remaining adjacent roundhouse was similarly rebuilt as a 9TS shed and the depot continued in use until July 8th, 1991. Prior to total abandonment it saw brief deployment as a Wagon Works until the whole site, including the works, was redeveloped with housing and shopping as well as a section of the A184.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive stabled at the shed.
BR Coding;
52A [1950- ], 
 GD [May 1973- ]
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
58 Used to supply steam for thawing bogies on diesel locomotives at the depot and de-icing points in Tyne Yard [1965-1966]
59 Stored OOU [1965-1966]

 

 
The rebuilt eastern end of Gateshead MPD on June 28th, 1964, just after the roundhouses had been converted to a 9TS diesel shed. 
WT Stubbs Collection
 



One of the last surviving ex-LNER Class N10 0-6-2Ts No.69109 inside Gateshead MPD on July 5th, 1959. 
Ken Fairey




Class 08 0-6-0 Diesel Shunter No.08058 and Class 46 1Co-Co1 No.46046 amongst other locomotives parked at Gateshead Diesel Depot on May 23rd, 1980. 
Martin Bray

 
 

Looking north east to Gateshead Diesel Depot on October 7th, 1979 with a variety of diesel types on shed. 
Martin Bray

 

GLOUCESTER HORTON ROAD DEPOT
Location: On the north side of Barnwood Junction, east of Gloucester Station.
A brick built 6TS dead ended shed with a twin gable style roof, located at SO84241826 and closed to steam on January 1st, 1966. Part of the shed was demolished by 1970 and the 1TS repair shop was utilized as a maintenance shed. Although the locomotive and dmu servicing facility had become disused by 1992 locomotives still stabled in the area.
Facilities: The locos were serviced and stabled here, as and when required, and utilized at sites throughout the area during PW operations.
BR Coding; 
85B [1950- ], 
 GL [May 1973- ]
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
97651 [June 1984-July 1990]
97654 [April-November 1984] 
and other Class 97/6 PWM Series.


 

 
Departmental 0-6-0 Diesel Shunter No.PWM650 outside of the Maintenance Shop at Gloucester 
Diesel Depot on September 5th, 1978. 
Graham Scott-Lowe



 
No.PWM651 at Gloucester
 
 
No.97651 at Gloucester on 18th June 1989.
Terry Buckett
 


 GURNOS MPD
Location: In the fork of the Brynamman and Ynyscedwyn lines at Gurnos Junction.
A brick built 2TS dead ended shed with a gable style pitched roof, located at SN77420950 and opened in 1900 by the MR. The facilities included a water tower and coal stage and it was closed by BR on April 2nd, 1962. The buildings were subsequently demolished and the site incorporated into a road improvement scheme.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive stabled at the shed.
BR Coding; 
87K (Sub) [1948-September 1959], 
87D (Sub) [September 1959-April 1962]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
1 Shunting and working the Ystalyfera Wagon Repair facility sidings and the Pwlbach Colliery 
which required the deployment of a short wheelbase and light axle loaded loco [1949-1953]






View of Gurnos MPD

 

HEATON MPD
Location: In the fork of the North Shields and Edinburgh lines, east of Heaton Station.
Originally opened by the NER on August 31st, 1875 as a brick built 3TS dead ended shed it was enlarged to 8TS in 1889. The depot possessed all facilities and was closed by BR on June 17th, 1963. It was subsequently utilized as a Stabling Point as well as for the storage and repair of steam locomotives. It was demolished in the 1970s.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive stabled at the shed.
BR Coding;
52B [1949- June 1963] 
Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
 58 [1966]
59 [1966]
Both locomotives were stored here OOU awaiting disposal.

 

 

Ex-LNER Class V3 2-6-2T No.67654 outside of Heaton MPD on July 5th, 1959. 
Ken Fairey
 

ILFORD EMU DEPOT
Location: Centred on TO44458690, on the north side of the line, west of Seven Kings Station.
The depot opened in 1949 and consisted of a 6TS heavy repair shop ["A" Shop] with four through roads constructed in brick with a high pitched roof over one bay and normal pitch over the other, located at TQ44458690 and a 3TS shed ["B" Shop] with one through road located at TQ44658694. In connection with the changeover to 25kVA an additional 16TS dead ended shed was opened on November 21st, 1960. It was constructed in corrugated sheeting on a steel frame with a steel and glazed flat roof, and located at TQ44958706.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive stabled at the depot. 
BR Coding; 
IL [May 1973- ]
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
100 [January 1959-November 4th, 1960]
Shunting emu stock. The engine was allocated as a Capital Stock loco from August 25th, 1949 and transferred to Departmental use in January 1959. It became redundant after the power system was changed from dc to the
                            standardized 25kVA on November 4th, 1960 and was removed to store at Goodmayes.
 

 

No.26510 in the shed yard at Ilford Emu Depot

 

Ex-LNER 1500Vdc Class EB1 Bo-Bo Locomotive No.26510, in the company of three of the then-new Class 26000 
Bo-Bo locomotives alongside Ilford Emu Depot on November 27th, 1950.
AJ Wills Collection
 

Renumbered as Departmental Locomotive No.100 and photographed in Goodmayes Yard where it 
remained for 3½ years after withdrawal whilst awaiting disposal.
Richard Day Collection
 
 


No. 26510 resplendent in new BR livery at Ilford Emu Depot in February 1954

 
IPSWICH MPD
Location: In the fork of the Ipswich (EUR) Station and Ipswich (GER) Station lines, south of Ipswich (GER) Station. Sited at TM16274312 and originally opened as a brick built 2TS through road shed by the Eastern Union Railway on June 1st, 1846 it was totally rebuilt by BR in 1954 as a 6TS through road building with a shallow pitched roof. A Mechanical Coaling Stage was also installed but its use was short-lived as the depot closed to steam on November 2nd, 1959 and, despite being designed specifically to accommodate diesel traction, totally in 1968.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive was serviced at Ipswich MPD.
BR Coding; 
32B [1949- ]
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
17 Carriage Heating [1965-April 2nd, 1966]
22 Carriage Heating [December 7th, 1963-1965]
As well as the regular carriage heating the locomotives were also employed on additional, unauthorized, work. After the loco had been serviced in the morning it moved over to the adjacent Wagon Works [at TM16224330] and was used for light shunting and steam testing repaired carriages. During the summer the B1s were stored on sidings at the north end of the shed yard. In 1963 D8221 was hauling D5046 north from the Repair Shop
                            when the driver inadvertently opened the controller instead of applying the brakes and the locos overran the tracks at Croft Street. D8221 ended up in the street with the Class 24 teetering on the brink! As No.22 was the 
                            heaviest locomotive available it was seconded to rescue the diesel engines.     

The locomotive was stabled and serviced at TM16284328 on the "Old Turntable Road" north of the shed. Coaling was by hand from a wagon and water was either taken at the station or at the depot via a small hose. This view shows No.17 stabled here on April 1st, 1965.
GR Mortimer

 


 A totally dieselized Ipswich MPD on September 2nd, 1960. 
WT Stubbs Collection


 LEEDS HOLBECK
 Location; On the west side of the Woodlesford line, south of Leeds City Station.
Originally opened by the MR on May 9th, 1868 as a brick built 2RH shed it possessed all facilities, including a Repair Shop and was closed by BR on October 2nd, 1967. 
The main shed building was demolished in 1970 but the Repair Shop was converted to a Diesel Depot and a Diesel Servicing Shed was subsequently constructed at the site. 
The depot closed in October 1993 and was demolished in 1999
BR Coding;
 20A [1950-June 1956]
 55A [June 1956- December 1967] 
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
ED2 [October-December 1949]
ED3 [October-December 1949]
ED4 [October-December 1949]
ED5 [October-December 1949]
                            ED6 [October-December 1949]
                            Engineering work at Thackley Tunnel on the Leeds to Shipley line in October 1949 and used to transfer 
                            materials between Apperley Bridge Station and the tunnel whilst reballasting work was being undertaken. 

 

MARCH MPD
Location: On the west side of Whitemoor Yard, north of March Station.
Originally opened as a brick built 6TS shed with two through roads and a triple gable style roof by the Great Eastern Railway in 1884. Located at TL41279839, a corrugated sheeting clad 4TS shed was constructed along the side of the building by the LNER in 1925. By BR days the facilities included a Mechanical Coaling Plant, 70ft turntable and a wash out shed sited at TL41159870, at the north end of the yard. The 4TS shed was demolished in 1962 and replaced with a purpose built Diesel Shed, a 3TS double ended steel framed single gable building with glazed panels and a corrugated sheet clad roof which opened in November 1963. The depot closed to steam in December 1963 and the original 6TS shed was also retained for diesel use until 1971 when it was demolished and replaced, on the same site, by a 2TS through road shed constructed in brick and corrugated sheeting on a steel frame with a single gable roof. The depot closed on January 3rd, 1988 but continued to service locomotives until May 1994. The depot was demolished in 1996.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotives were serviced at the shed.
Servicing Arrangements for Departmental Locomotives;
 Prior to July 1965 the B1 was hauled by a diesel locomotive to the Coaling Stage for refuelling and subsequently it was coaled by hand from an adjacent coal wagon. Water was obtained from the supply installed to fill Diesel Locomotive train heating boilers.
The primary use for the locomotive was to supply steam for the Repair Shop and boiler washouts and stood at TL41199838 on a siding adjacent to the south side of the Diesel Depot. During severe winter nights a set of up to four diesel locomotives was attached to the B1 and steam heated as required. The MPD was utilized for the storage of 21 [2nd], 23 and 24 during summer months in 1964 and 1965, the locomotives being stabled in the Washout Shed yard.
BR Coding; 
31B [1949-December 1963], 
MR [May 1973- ]
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
18 Steam supply & Locomotive Heating [December 7th, 1963-December 1965]
26 Steam supply & Locomotive Heating [December 10th, 1965-October 1967]



No.26, in steam but minus connecting rods at March MPD 
Derek Barham


No.18 at March MPD on December 6th 1964. 



View of March MPD


 
NEW ENGLAND MPD
Location: On the east side of the line, north of Peterborough North Station.
Originally opened in 1852 by the Great Northern Railway as a brick built 3TS through road shed with a twin gable style roof. It was located at TF00701794 and rapidly extended and enlarged by the GNR until, by 1866, it had become a 9TS through road building. In 1901 part of the adjacent Engine Works was taken over and converted into a 6TS dead ended shed with a twin gable style roof, and in 1952 both buildings were reconstructed by BR in concrete and brick. The depot closed to steam in January 1965 and totally on September 30th, 1968 with demolition in the following year. The site was subsequently cleared.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive stabled at the shed. 
Servicing Arrangements for Departmental Locomotive;
Coaled by hand from a coal wagon and water was obtained from the supply installed to fill Diesel Locomotive train heating boilers. 
BR Coding; 
35A [1949-July 1958], 
34E [July 1958-1968] 
Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
25 Carriage Heating at Hitchin [January 3rd, 1965-April 1965]
 

 


New England MPD on September 8th, 1963 
WT Stubbs Collection


 

NINE ELMS MPD
Location: On a spur on the south side of the line between Vauxhall and Queens Road Stations.
Opened in 1885 by the L&SWR as a brick built 15TS dead ended shed with a five gable style roof, it was originally part of a much larger complex of engine sheds and locomotive workshops. Located at TQ29497701, it became known as the "Old" shed when a 10TS dead ended shed was constructed along its north east wall in 1910. Following damage sustained during WWII the "Old"  shed was rebuilt and reduced in length prior to 1952. The depot possessed all facilities and was closed by BR on July 9th, 1967, the site being subsequently utilized by a Fruit & Vegetable market.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive stabled at the shed.
BR Coding; 
70A [1950-July 1967]
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
701S Stored OOU [1948-December 1951]




 


Nine Elms MPD

 

 

Nine Elms MPD
 


 NORTH BLYTH MPD
Location: Amongst sidings at the east end of the branch to North Blyth Docks.

A brick built square 1RH building with a triple gable style roof, located at NZ31228255 and opened in 1897 by the NER. The facilities included a water tank and ramped coaling stage. The depot closed on September 9th, 1967 and was subsequently demolished.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive stabled at the shed.
BR Coding;
52F [1948-September 1967]
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
58 [October 1964-1965]
59 [October 1964-1965]
De-freezing coal wagons on Blyth shipping staiths during the winter of 1964/5.





Ex-LNER Class J72 0-6-0T Departmental Locomotives Nos 58 & 59 inside the roundhouse at North Blyth MPD in 1965. 
PG Jump

 
 
NORWICH THORPE MPD
Location: On the south side of Norwich Thorpe Station.
A brick built 4TS through road shed located at TG24120808 and opened on April 30th, 1844 by the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway. In 1934 the shed was refurbished by the LNER and a new roof installed. The depot possessed all facilities and after it closed to steam on April 2nd, 1962 the building was reduced to 3TS for diesel locos. It closed in October 1982 upon the opening of Crown Point (constructed on the site of Norwich Engineer’s Yard) and was demolished in 1994.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive was serviced at the shed.
Carriage Heating at Norwich, Lowestoft Central and Yarmouth. Shortly after arrival here in 1963 one of the locos was allegedly utilized on an "unauthorized" freight movement when it propelled a train of empty wagons from Norwich to Cantley Sugar Factory.
Servicing Arrangements for Departmental Locomotive;
Coaled by hand from a coal wagon and water was obtained from a water column at Norwich Thorpe Station. When stabled at the depot the B1 was parked on a siding at the rear of the MPD and for storage during the summer months the locomotives were accommodated on the long siding between the running shed and the works.
BR Coding; 
32A [1948- ]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties; 
17 [December 17th, 1963-1965]
19 [December 17th, 1963-February 1966]
20 [December 17th, 1963-March 1965]
24 [March 5th, 1966-April 1966]
26 [January 23rd, 1965-December 10th, 1965]
 
 
 
Norwich Thorpe MPD on September 1st, 1968.
WT Stubbs Collection


 


No.19 in steam, standing in the stabling area at the rear of the MPD at 11.00hrs on Sunday December 19th, 1965. 
John Howard
 



No.24 in store at Norwich Thorpe MPD on June 4th, 1966 just prior to removal for scrapping. 
This particular siding is not shown on the above map as it was added at a later date and was positioned at 
Courtesy of Richard Day/Malcolm Wood
 
 
PARKESTON QUAY MPD
Location: On the east side of the line, at the south end of Parkeston Station.
A brick built 4TS dead ended shed with a twin gable style roof, located at TM24173252 and opened by the GER in March 1883. The facilities included a coal stage and 50ft turntable. In 1949, to provide a maintenance facility for the Diesel Shunters, a 1TS through road brick built shed with a corrugated asbestos clad single pitch roof was constructed along the east side of the depot. The shed building was re-roofed by BR in 1950 and the depot closed to steam in January 1960. It closed totally in February 1967.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive was serviced at the shed.
Servicing Arrangements for Departmental Locomotive; Coaled by hand from a coal wagon and water was obtained from the supply installed to fill Diesel Locomotive train heating boilers. When out of use the locomotive was stabled at TM24163256 at the end of the siding passing through the 1TS diesel depot extension.
 BR Coding;
 30F [1949-January 1960]  
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
27 Carriage Heating [March 1965-May 1966]

 
 
 
A general view of Parkeston MPD on March 27th, 1965 with No.27 parked second from the right.
David Goodyear
 
 


No.27 AT THE STABLING LOCATION AT PARKESTON MPD
Courtesy of Bob Clow, Harwich Railway & Shipping Museum
 

 
RYDE EMU DEPOT (RY)
Location; On the east side of Ryde St John’s Road Station.
Originally a brick built works and 2TS engine shed, it was located at SZ59649194 and opened on August 23rd, 1864 by the Isle of Wight Railway. At the end of steam on the island, on December 31st, 1966, it was rebuilt as a 3TS dead ended shed constructed in corrugated sheeting on a steel frame with a corrugated sheeting clad and glazed transverse triple pitched roof.
 BR Coding;
RY [May 1973-
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
97803 [February 1981-September 1983]
97805 [April 1984-February 1987]
97807 [June 1988-February 1989 (Stored OOU at RY until June 1998)]
Engineering duties along the line. 97807 was specifically used for modernization works
 

 
Ryde EMU Depot on June 13th, 1982 with some of the ex-London Transport tube stock which replaced steam traction and lasted until 1992, on view.
The two blocked doorways, visible to the right of the depot, formed the entrance to the original steam shed which closed in 1874 and was absorbed into the adjacent Loco Works. To coincide with the introduction of the 3rd rail electric scheme the works were rebuilt as a 3TS dead ended shed. CJ Marsden


 
 
 
97803 at Ryde Depot
 
 
SLADE GREEN EMU DEPOT (SG)
Location: Centred on TO52507623, at Crayford Creek Junction, on the east side of the Teddington line, south of Slade Green Station.
Located at TQ52507623 and opened in 1901 by the SE&CR as a brick built 8TS through road shed with a northlight pattern roof, it was converted to an emu depot by the SR in 1926 and refurbished and extended by BR in 1959. A Repair Depot, a brick built 10TS dead ended shed located to the south of the original building, at TQ52547618, was opened by the SR in 1925. It closed in April 1989 and was rebuilt and refurbished, re-opening on April 8th, 1991 as an 8TS Networker Depot.
Facilities: The loco stabled in the Repair Shed yard and was serviced at Selhurst TMD.
 BR Coding;
SG [May 1973- ]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
 97800 Used for shunting emu stock at the Repair Depot [March 1980-January 1990] (Had been previously in use here as a Capital Stock loco)

 



 

 
Class 08 0-6-0 Diesel Shunter No.97800 stabled in the yard at the Repair Depot
 
 
SWINDON DEPOT (SW)
Location: On the north side of the Gloucester line at the west end of Swindon Station.
A 1TS dead ended shed constructed in corrugated sheeting and glazed panels on a steel frame with a single pitched corrugated sheet clad roof, located at SU14668506 and opened at sometime between 1971 and 1980. The Capital Stock allocation was withdrawn during 1987 but was still in use in 1999. It was later demolished and the site incorporated into a commercial park.
Facilities: A one-road dead ended shed constructed in corrugated sheeting and glazed panels on a steel frame with a single pitched corrugated sheet clad roof was located at SU1 4668506
BR Coding;
SW
 Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
Class 97/6 PWM Series Shunters.
 The locos were serviced and stabled here, as and when required



 
 
 
Swindon Diesel Depot with a Class 33 Diesel Electric loco parked on the depot road,
 
 




Departmental Locomotive No.97650 stabled at Swindon Diesel Depot between duties.
 





Departmental Locomotive No.97650  at Swindon Works after repaint.


 

 
 
Departmental Locomotive No.26 at Swindon Works.
 Les Elsey
 

Text for No.26 photograph
 
 
 
TYNE DOCK MPD
Location: On the west side of the Pontop and South Shields branch, north of East Boldon Station.
Opened originally as a single brick built 1RH shed with a multi-hipped roof by the NER in 1862 it was subsequently re-modelled into a 5TS shed with one through road. Located at NZ35396395, by 1897 the shed had been expanded with another three roundhouses, of similar construction, and the facilities included a coal stage and water tank. By the time that the depot was closed by BR, on September 9th, 1967, the buildings were derelict and the site was quickly cleared and given over to housing.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive stabled at the shed.
BR Coding;
54B [1949-October 1958],
52H [October 1958-September 1967]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
 58 [1966-October 1967]
59 [1966-September 1966]
Two ex-LNER Class Q6 0-8-0s Nos 63377 & 63363 parked inside one of the roofless and semi-derelict
roundhouses at Tyne Dock MPD on September 19th, 1963.
Ken Fairey
 
 
A view of the north end of Tyne Dock MPD on August 30th, 1959 with one of its "trademark" BR Class 9F
2-10-0s [fitted with air pumps for working the Tyne Dock to Consett mineral trains] in the yard.
WT Stubbs
 
 
 
No.63431 at Tyne Dock Depot
 
 
UTTOXETER MPD
Location: In the triangle of lines, on the north side of Uttoxeter Station.
A brick built 3TS dead ended shed with a northlight pattern roof, located at SK09893333 and opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1901. The facilities included a water tank and coal stage and the depot was closed by BR on December 7th, 1964. It remained standing in a derelict condition until the 1970s and the site was subsequently occupied by industrial units.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive stabled at the shed.
BR Coding;
5F [1948-December 1964]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
10897 Used by the Research Department for conducting fuel consumption tests on the between Uttoxeter and Buxton.
The loco was fitted with a calibrated weighing grate to accurately monitor fuel consumption in preparation for further tests
with BR Standard Locomotives. It was connected to LMS Coach No.5254 and Mobile Train Unit No.1 and the whole set
stabled at the shed [1948-1949 (Stored OOU at Uttoxeter MPD April 1949)]
 

 
Former L&YR Class 2 2-4-2T No.10897 in Departmental use, with the Test Train at Ashbourne Station.
The running tests commenced on November 11th, 1948 with outward journeys starting from Uttoxeter at 1
0.55am, arriving at Buxton at 12.43pm and then returning at 2.40pm with arrival at Uttoxeter at 4.30pm.
Allan Sommerfield Collection
 

 

 
Uttoxeter MPD on April 24th, 1960

 

WATERLOO & CITY DEPOT (WC)
Location: At the south end of the Waterloo & City line. Approximately at TQ31247978, at the end of the line, beneath Spur Road and Lower Marsh Street.
The Waterloo & City Railway, London's second deep level tube line, opened on July 11th, 1898 and was "taken over" by the L&SWR on January 1st, 1907. On April 1st, 1994 it was transferred to London Underground ownership.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive stabled in a subterranean siding adjacent to the depot.
The 8TS subterranean depot was opened at the outset and currently consists of the following arrangement:
Track 1; Served by a turnplate for bogies,
Tracks 2 & 3; Maintenance Depot sidings and not electrified,
Tracks 4 to 7; Electrified Sidings [No.5 is usually used for reversing trains beyond the platforms and a Washing Plant is on No.7].
Track 8; Accessed from No.7 by hand worked points and not electrified.
The depot is utilized for normal routine servicing but any other work requires removing the trains. This was originally done by means of a lift on the west side of Waterloo Station but, since the opening of the Waterloo Eurostar Terminal, is now effected by means of a crane via a shaft in Spur Road.
BR Coding;
WC [May 1975- ]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
DS75 Originally employed on propelling coal trains to and from the Waterloo Line Power Station and shunting stock.
After the line was converted to surface outer-rail power collection, just prior to BR days, it was used for occasional
shunting and on engineering work along the line [1948-May 1968]
NB. The underground line alignments, depot boundaries and locations have been superimposed off track diagrams



Waterloo Depot

 

This view of Waterloo Depot from Waterloo Station shows the workshop on the right.
The line, wholly in tunnel and physically isolated from all other railways, consists of twin
12ft 1¾in diameter tubes running the 1½ miles between Waterloo and Bank Stations.


Siemens Electric Bo-Bo Loco No.75S in preservation at the NRM. It was built in 1898 to coincide with the opening of
the Waterloo and City Line. In 1940 it was sent to Peckham Rye, for conversion from the underground’s one central rail,
to surface outer rail power collection. Unfortunately with WWII shortages, the work stopped, leaving the loco marooned
and it was 1943 before it was able to return to the line. In May 1968 it was withdrawn from service, due to a serious
electrical fire which rendered it uneconomic to repair and moved to Brighton, where it remained in store until 1977 when it became part of the National Collection. NRM



Departmental Locomotive No.75S in BR livery

 

WORCESTER MPD
Location: In the fork of the Hartlebury and Hereford lines, north of Worcester Shrub Hill Station.
A brick built 3TS through road shed with a corrugated sheeting clad gable style roof, located at SO85735552 and closed to steam in December 1965. It was reduced to 2TS and closed as a depot in June 1978 but saw use as a stabling point until demolition on December 3rd, 1989. An 8 road stabling area was established on the site in 1990 and a refuelling point and carriage washing plant installed in 1991.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive, either a spare engine or allocated to Newland Engineer's Yard, was fuelled and serviced at the shed.
BR Coding;
WS [May 1973-June 1978]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
Class 97/6 PWM Series shunters
The locos were serviced and stabled here, as and when required, and utilized at sites throughout the area during PW operations.
 
 
 
 

Worcester MPD.
 

Ex-GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 No.7013 Bristol Castle at Worcester MPD on September 8th, 1962.
WT Stubbs
 
 
YORK MPD
Location: On the west side of the Newcastle line, north of York Station.
A depot comprising of three brick built 1RH sheds with multi-pitched roofs was opened here by the NER in 1878. Located at SE59435198 a fourth 1RH building of similar construction was added to the north side in 1915. The depot possessed all facilities and was rebuilt by BR; In 1957, two of the original roundhouses were altered to a 7TS dead ended shed and, in 1959, the other two were re-roofed. The shed closed to steam in June 1967 with the 7TS portion retained as a Diesel Depot whilst the remaining two roundhouses were refurbished and utilized for the National Railway Museum which opened in 1975. The Diesel Depot closed to all but minor maintenance in 1981 and totally in October 1983, the buildings eventually being incorporated into the NRM in 1998.
Facilities: The Departmental Locomotive was stabled and serviced at the shed
BR Coding;
50A [1950-March 1968],
YK [May 1973- ]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
55 [June 1954-November 1956]
Shed Pilot (The engine had been allocated here from May 1943 but not transferred to Departmental Stock until 1954)
 
 

Ex-LNER Class A4 4-6-2 No.60019 Bittern in store in one of the steam shed roundhouses at York North MPD on June 25th, 1968.
Ken Fairey