Location of Wheel Lathes

[G0ORC]

Toton.....

 

[scrapy]

Longsight

 

[Geeves]

Yes Longsight in the ex Eurostar depot but not one in the main depot as far as I know. There is one at Queens Rd for the Metrolink too. There is wheel Lathe at the TPE depot at Ardwick.

 

[SpacePhoenix]

Does Bournemouth depot still have one or was it removed when Northam depot opened?

 

[Nym]

Neasden and Upminster for SUP / 4LM / NLU...

 

[Jd12]

Central Rivers

 

[t_star2001uk]

Dont know if they have been mentioned yet

Aylesbury
Old Oak Common

 

[507 001]

For Metrolink we have one at Queens Road and one currently being installed at Trafford. It is intended to have both operational.

 

[Deepgreen]

Is there still one at Wimbledon? Pretty sure there is...?

Well, there are regular visitors there (inc. steam) for tyre/wheel turning, so I believe so.

 

[59CosG95]

Well, there are regular visitors there (inc. steam) for tyre/wheel turning, so I believe so.

I remember that a pair of Colas 37s paid the depot a visit back in summer for tyre-turning, so Wimbledon definitely has a lathe.

 

[hwl]

Northumberland Park (LU Victoria Line)
New Cross Gate (London Overground)

Also possibly LU Jubilee line at Stratford Market

 

[Bromley boy]

Does anyone know if the London Transport Museum Depot has one?

I went round it recently and it's geared up for heavy duty restoration/maintenance.

 

[FGW_DID]

Does anyone know of a list of all the Wheel Lathes in the UK?

Alternatively, shall we see if we can compile one?

Locations identified so far:

• Allerton TMD (Northern)
• Ashford depot (Hitachi for Southeastern)
• Beckton depot (Docklands Light Railway)
• Canton TMD, Cardiff (Arriva Trains Wales)
• Craigentiny TMD, Edinburgh (Virgin East Coast)
• Crewe Arriva Traincare (Arriva)
• Crown Point, Norwich (Greater Anglia)
• Etches Park, Derby (East Midlands Trains)
• Illford Depot (Greater Anglia)
• Kirkdale TMD, Liverpool (Merseyrail)
• Longsight Electric TMD, Manchester (Alstom for Virgin West Coast)
• Northfields Depot (London Underground)
• Northam Traincare Depot, Southampton (Siemens for South West Trains)
• Polmadie T&RSMD, Glasgow (Alstom for Virgin West Coast)
• Reading TMD (Great Western Railway)
• Selhurst T&RSMD, London (GTR Southern)
• Shields Road TMD, Glasgow (ScotRail)
• Slade Green depot, Dartford (Southeastern)
• St Phillips Marsh, Bristol (Great Western Railway)
• Stonebridge Park depot, Wembley (Alstom)
• Thameslink Three Bridges depot (Siemens for GTR Thameslink)
• Tyseley Locomotive Works (Vintage Trains)
• Tyseley TMD (London Midland)

Reading doesn't have a wheel lathe, the Turbo fleet use Old Oak Common.

All Reading has at the moment is a hole in the ground

 

[BanburyBlue]

Not sure if it will happen, but the amended planning application for the new Chiltern depot at Banbury includes a wheel lathe.

 

[richard1976]

Sheffield Supertram have one at there Nunnery square Depot

 

[Ploughman]

Are there any in the preserved railway sector?
Possibles
Severn Valley.
South Devon Railway.
Ian Riley.

I know some have been acquired but don't know if they are in use.

 

[hwl]

Therpia Lane (Croydon Tramlink)

 

[seventh-heaven]

Aylesbury Depot

 

[IanXC]

Interesting stuff! I've updated the list from the locations firmly posted, I wonder how many more there are?!

 

[petersi]

Interesting stuff! I've updated the list from the locations firmly posted, I wonder how many more there are?!

Bounds Green may have a lathe
http://www.railengineer.uk/2011/11/09/getting-back-to-good-engineering/
"Bounds Green has its own Hegenscheidt wheel lathe, installed by GNER in 2007. Usually it takes a shift to reprofile the four wheelsets on a Class 91 or Mark 4 coach."

 

[GNERman]

Doncaster Roberts Road has one (apologies if already mentioned...)

 

[hwl]

Interesting stuff! I've updated the list from the locations firmly posted, I wonder how many more there are?!

Is it worth having possibles list on the first post as those who know are likely to verify either way in that case?

Also some older depots are more likely to have the older type of wheel lathes that require the wheelsets to be removed from the bogies such as LU's Acton Works and these are likely to be much less obvious and harder to verify.

 

[Deepgreen]

Northumberland Park LU depot.

 

[D6975]

The Crewe Arriva one is south of the station, yes? Because there used to be one at Crewe Electric. I remember it being demonstrated at an open day, not sure if it's still there. I'm pretty sure that there was one in the works too.

There used to be one at Thornaby too, it was earmarked to be relocated to Tyne Yard (it was fairly new), but did that move ever take place?

 

[Ploughman]

Before the closure of BREL York there used to be a Hegenscheidt lathe used for reprofiling coach wheelsets.
Was this lathe removed or is it still in place?
Seeing that NWR now use the place for their stock.

 

[childwallblues]

The one at Allerton has a small yellow tractor to haul the carriages through. Are there many of these elsewhere?

 

[D6975]

The one at Allerton has a small yellow tractor to haul the carriages through. Are there many of these elsewhere?

Yes, St Philips Marsh has one, Siemens E of Soton has one. There's probably a few more too.

 

[RailAleFan]

The Crewe Arriva one is south of the station, yes?

Yes - it's this building as seen from Bing Maps Bird's Eye View...

https://binged.it/2iAbwUg