TMD's / Stabling Points Next To Stations

[Ash Bridge]

Yes I'd forgotten about Guide Bridge. I often wondered why Guide Bridge was used given how close Reddish was. So much was swept away when the Woodhead route was closed.

Could be wrong but possibly handier for loco changes at Mottram yard a bit further up the line where the 76 that had come over the Woodhead would be replaced by a 40 or 47 etc. and visa versa.

 

[Lukeo2311]

A few off the top of my head:
> Birkenhead Central (still there but not much uses the shed now, only the siding next the Chester Platform is used.
> Rock Ferry, platforms 3 & 4, used for stabling and the odd terminating train when there is work beyond Rock Ferry or if there is an incident.
> the sidings used for stabling trains at New Brighton & West Kirby

 

[RichmondCommu]

A few off the top of my head:
> Birkenhead Central (still there but not much uses the shed now, only the siding next the Chester Platform is used.
> Rock Ferry, platforms 3 & 4, used for stabling and the odd terminating train when there is work beyond Rock Ferry or if there is an incident.
> the sidings used for stabling trains at New Brighton & West Kirby

Given that you are now an Aussie I wonder if the sidings between Milsons Point and North Sydney might count! I think most Sydney residents are only aware of the fun fair!

 

[ac6000cw]

I remember seeing the clock on the front of the shed. Given that it was home to the Deltic fleet the place never seemed to be that big.

Only part of it (the 'racehorses') - some of the fleet was allocated to Gateshead and Haymarket (the 'regiments').

 

[Lukeo2311]

Given that you are now an Aussie I wonder if the sidings between Milsons Point and North Sydney might count! I think most Sydney residents are only aware of the fun fair!

I am technically a dual citizen both UK & Australian, I haved lived down under for 9yrs now. The sidings between Milsons Point go from Waverton and Lavender Bay probably will count and the stabling sidings next to the station here in Canberra!, the following is sped up view, the user also has many other cab rides! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgvnB0WhVQE&list=UUgjRusN9wXmIC3NtzmUIY8w

 

[RichmondCommu]

I am technically a dual citizen both UK & Australian, I haved lived down under for 9yrs now. The sidings between Milsons Point go from Waverton and Lavender Bay probably will count and the stabling sidings next to the station here in Canberra!, the following is sped up view, the user also has many other cab rides! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgvnB0WhVQE&list=UUgjRusN9wXmIC3NtzmUIY8w

Good stuff my friend! I'm Sydney this week with work, staying at a friends place in Randwick. Looking forward to a night at the Coogee Bay Hotel later. What brings you to Canberra?

 

[CallySleeper]

Eastcroft Depot next to Nottingham for all you Sprinter fans!

And not forgetting of course Worksop Sidings.

 

[Minilad]

How about Tyseley

 

[Lukeo2311]

Good stuff my friend! I'm Sydney this week with work, staying at a friends place in Randwick. Looking forward to a night at the Coogee Bay Hotel later. What brings you to Canberra?

My mum basically saw a nursing job in Canberra (through an agency looking for nurses in Australia and mum & dad decided on Canberra) advertised in the Liverpool Echo (I'm from the Wirral, across the water from Liverpool) in 2004 and it just took off from there, I was only 13 when I left the UK so I had no way of staying there (if I was 18 or older I would of stayed in the UK alas I was too young to have a say in it).

Now to get back on topic! Another few I know of:
> The stabling sidings next to Macdonaldtown station in Sydney and the depot
> stabling sidings near Moss Vale Station NSW
> The depot and various sidings at Cambelltown Station NSW

 

[RichmondCommu]

My mum basically saw a nursing job in Canberra (through an agency looking for nurses in Australia and mum & dad decided on Canberra) advertised in the Liverpool Echo (I'm from the Wirral, across the water from Liverpool) in 2004 and it just took off from there, I was only 13 when I left the UK so I had no way of staying there (if I was 18 or older I would of stayed in the UK alas I was too young to have a say in it).

Now to get back on topic! Another few I know of:
> The stabling sidings next to Macdonaldtown station in Sydney and the depot
> stabling sidings near Moss Vale Station NSW
> The depot and various sidings at Cambelltown Station NSW

From memory there is a large maintenance facility at Hornsby on the North Shore but I can't remember whether you can see it from the station.

I'm also pretty certain that there is a stabling point at Newcastle station.

As for Canberra; damn cold in winter but hotter than Sydney in the summer!

 

[Springs Branch]

Since we've strayed onto an Australian theme. . . . .
The main railcar depot for suburban trains in Adelaide, South Australia used to be directly outside Adelaide's city-centre station and was visible from the platform ends & departing trains (see photo).

This scene is now history, as in last year or two the whole facility has been transferred to an industrial suburb on the northern outskirts (Dry Creek), a new teaching hospital is being built on the site and 25kV electrification has been installed on four of the 8 tracks here. New 3-car Bombardier EMUs are replacing some of the DMUs (specifically the 1970s-era diesel-hydraulic "Jumbos" seen entering the depot in this pic).

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Newport (High Street), now just plain Newport, of course, used to have a shed at the west end of the station.

Known as (but possibly not officially called) Godfrey Road, it was quite large, with one and possibly two multi dead end road sheds. Although the yard closed many years ago, one of the sheds is still there; it's now used by one of the railway contractors.

 

[GatwickDepress]

In 1935 the Southern Railway built an 800 foot carriage shed parallel to Ore station to store electric stock following East Coastway electrification. As no space was available at Hastings, five electrified sidings were built - four under the shed and one to the north. An emergency Pullman store for 6-PULs was also located here.

The sheds continued to be used by the South Central Division until 1987, when the staff and stock were transferred to St Leonards West Marina. With the South Eastern Division's Hastings Line electrified a year previously, withdrawn "Hastings" DEMUs were stored at Ore for a period of time and were frequently vandalised. Some stock was even broken up on site as a result.

The carriage shed suffered from arson years later but the debris remained until a few years before the site was regenerated into The Sidings, a rather nice housing estate.

 

[RichmondCommu]

One that I'd forgotten about was Gloucester Horton Road. From memory the depot had not been modernised since the days of steam (this was in the early to mid 1980's). I remember seeing class 25's there which had been retained in the hope of winning new freight traffic; I seem to remember that they had been renumbered but I dare say someone will be able to confirm whether this is true or not.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

That would be the 25/9s I imagine? Fleet of 12, based at Chester.

 

[RichmondCommu]

That would be the 25/9s I imagine? Fleet of 12, based at Chester.

Fantastic stuff Peter, many thanks for this! Do you know why they would have been based at Chester and not Crewe Diesel? I remember many class 25's being allocated to Crewe Diesel during the early 1980's and wrongly thought that Chester only had an allocation of DMU's / shunters.

Thanks again Peter!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

The reason is lost in the mists of time in my mind, but I seem to vaguely recall that the bulk of their intended work was in fact North Wales / Cheshire.

 

[RichmondCommu]

The reason is lost in the mists of time in my mind, but I seem to vaguely recall that the bulk of their intended work was in fact North Wales / Cheshire.

The chemicals plant on the Anglesey branch certainly rings a bell. Heaven knows why they had ended up at Gloucester though.

 

[Ash Bridge]

The chemicals plant on the Anglesey branch certainly rings a bell. Heaven knows why they had ended up at Gloucester though.

Just a thought, if this was in the mid 1980s perhaps they were actually en route to Swindon works for scrapping? Just read that the traffic they were retained for was actually handled by Class 31s in the end, maybe Gloucester was just a storage point on the journey South?

 

[RichmondCommu]

Just a thought, if this was in the mid 1980s perhaps they were actually en route to Swindon works for scrapping? Just read that the traffic they were retained for was actually handled by Class 31s in the end, maybe Gloucester was just a storage point on the journey South?

You may well be right! As an aside I seem to remember that Tamworth Castle was part of the sub-class, having been repainted and nursed back to health by apprentices at Tyseley.

 

[Ash Bridge]

You may well be right! As an aside I seem to remember that Tamworth Castle was part of the sub-class, having been repainted and nursed back to health by apprentices at Tyseley.

Blimey now you are jogging my memory! Managed to get a run behind that from Carlisle to Leeds on a service train after they restored it to two tone green, great run, had a 47/4 tucked inside to provide ETH to the mk2 coaches, although Iam sure it was giving the 25 a helping hand on the uphill grades.Happy days!

 

[RichmondCommu]

Blimey now you are jogging my memory! Managed to get a run behind that from Carlisle to Leeds on a service train after they restored it to two tone green, great run, had a 47/4 tucked inside to provide ETH to the mk2 coaches, although Iam sure it was giving the 25 a helping hand on the uphill grades.Happy days!

Up to Aisgill on a service train I have no doubt that you are correct! Do you remember the ETHEL's? A subject for a forthcoming thread me thinks!

As an aside, did the Tamworth Castle class 25 survive the chop? If so where is it based?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Up to Aisgill on a service train I have no doubt that you are correct! Do you remember the ETHEL's? A subject for a forthcoming thread me thinks!

As an aside, did the Tamworth Castle class 25 survive the chop? If so where is it based?

Yes, but never saw an ETHEL in service though, returning to Tamworth Castle it did make it into preservation, and is current located at the Churnet Valley line in Staffordshire wearing rail blue livery and numbered D7672 although according to wiki not currently serviceable.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

One that I'd forgotten about was Gloucester Horton Road. From memory the depot had not been modernised since the days of steam (this was in the early to mid 1980's).

Much of Horton Road shed is still there, but it looks pretty derelict now.

I'm pretty sure that nothing is allocated there now, although others will be able to confirm this. I only see the odd track machine there when I pass; it all looks very sad.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Can't believe non of us have mentioned Buxton yet? So close to the station you could almost touch it!

 

[RichmondCommu]

Can't believe non of us have mentioned Buxton yet? So close to the station you could almost touch it!

Yes of course! Packed full of locos at weekends and great for class 25's and then later on class 20's. And the occasional class 40. And of course units.

The High Peak can be a nasty old place in winter and I pity those who have to service locos in the open at Peak Forest when it used to be done undercover at Buxton.

Someone posted on here awhile a go that they had read that Buxton TMD was damaged by fire but no one else was able to confirm it. I've not been able to head up there to have a look but will try and make the effort at Christmas.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Yes of course! Packed full of locos at weekends and great for class 25's and then later on class 20's. And the occasional class 40. And of course units.

The High Peak can be a nasty old place in winter and I pity those who have to service locos in the open at Peak Forest when it used to be done undercover at Buxton.

Someone posted on here awhile a go that they had read that Buxton TMD was damaged by fire but no one else was able to confirm it. I've not been able to head up there to have a look but will try and make the effort at Christmas.

Went to Buxton for a day out in the late summer, as we rolled in on the 156 was looking out for this, but apart from dereliction couldn't see any fire damage.

 

[Bodiddly]

Quite surprised nobody has mentioned Inverness. Good views of the sleeper shunting and Stobarts container from the Morrisons car park just outside the station. Walk up to the Longman road bridge and get good views of the fuel road. The DRS loco is usually in being fuelled between 10 and 11 most days.
Let me know if you will be up and I'll try to arrange the pug to be left outside the wagonshop for a photocall!

 

[D6975]

Fantastic stuff Peter, many thanks for this! Do you know why they would have been based at Chester and not Crewe Diesel? I remember many class 25's being allocated to Crewe Diesel during the early 1980's and wrongly thought that Chester only had an allocation of DMU's / shunters.

Thanks again Peter!

The 25/9s weren't allocated to Chester, they were allocated to Crewe Diesel (CD).
They did do a lot of work in the Chester/Warrington area though.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Much of Horton Road shed is still there, but it looks pretty derelict now.

I'm pretty sure that nothing is allocated there now, although others will be able to confirm this. I only see the odd track machine there when I pass; it all looks very sad.

Yes, I went past there a week last Saturday, and it looks very bleak. There wasn't even "the odd track machine" there, either!