Acronym Question ('Rugby DED')

[Welshguy1048]

Hello

Can anybody tell mewhat the Acronym "DED" - in the context of Rugby DED is please?

Dave

 

[yorkie]

From another thread:

A spur to Rugby DED (District Electric Depot) now a Colas depot....

 

[Welshguy1048]

From another thread:

Thanks Yorkie

Dave

 

[DarloRich]

I was told it was district engineers depot

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I was told it was district engineers depot

DED, in relation to Rugby, does seem to be District Electric Depot as per what's been mentioned upthread and an acronym search using...
http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/electrification/mast_prefix1.shtm

 

[DarloRich]

DED, in relation to Rugby, does seem to be District Electric Depot as per what's been mentioned upthread and an acronym search using...
http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/electrification/mast_prefix1.shtm

sorry - far form suggesting i was right - just that i had been told the wrong name!

 

[Mcr Warrior]

sorry - far form suggesting i was right - just that i had been told the wrong name!

As the veteran TV presenter / comedian Roy Walker often used to say... "It's good, but it's not right".

 

[Dr Hoo]

Back in the day DEDs, including Rugby and Willesden, were usually referred to as “the dead shed” for obvious reasons.