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British Railways shed codes were used to identify the engine sheds that its locomotives and multiple units were allocated to for maintenance purposes. The former London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) alpha-numeric system was extended to cover all regions and used until replaced by alphabetic codes in 1973.
The first engine shed at Lowestoft was a two-road brick structure on the north side of the station with a turntable on a separate spur. [111] It lay close to Denmark Road on the site of what was later the goods shed. [111]
At Norwich engine shed in the UK, the sludge was discharged into a tank and emptied every three years or so with the sludge being dumped into the sea at Lowestoft. [ 1 ] : 71 Inlandsbanan Water crane - similar cranes were found at engine sheds as well as stations.
During the steam era the only engine sheds located on the line were at Beccles and Lowestoft. Locomotives from Yarmouth South Town, Norwich and Ipswich engine sheds all worked services over the line and some express services would have been worked by locomotives from Stratford engine shed. Branch line terminus such as Framlingham and Aldeburgh ...
B. Bank Hall engine shed; Barrow Hill Roundhouse; Bedford Cauldwell Walk depot; Bescot TMD; Bidston engine shed; Birkenhead Central TMD; Birkenhead Mollington Street TMD
The first engine shed was located at Whalebone Lane, Chadwell Heath opening in 1839 with the railway. Following the extension of the ECR to Brentwood in 1840, a "railway factory" at Romford (between the current stations of Chadwell Heath and Gidea Park (on the east side of the line) was built being fully operational by 1842. The most ...
The lines were still in situ in the depot's shed and yard during the 1960s when the depot was being used for Lowestoft Corporation buses. [8] In 2009 the shed building was still being used, but not as a shelter for public transport vehicles. Located in Norwich Road, adjacent to the depot, was Lowestoft Corporation's electricity generating station.
The excess was mainly accounted for by the colliery branches and sidings; the station, sidings, engine shed and other facilities at Colwick; the engine sheds at Pinxton, Egginton, Gedling and Newthorpe stations; cottages for staff; alterations to bridges as required by the Board of Trade; the additional length of the Ilkeston and Dove viaducts ...