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LOCO SHEDS |
Brian's RAILWAY YEARS 12C Canal | |||
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To the best of my information the Canal shed was opened by the North British Railway in 1862 and was numbered 68E.12C came when the railways were nationalized in 1948. The shed served the lines of the Waverley Route to Edinburgh, Riddings Jct to Langhom, Silloth, Alston, and Newcastle. Canal was the smallest of the three Carlisle engine sheds, Yet it had a full size coaling tower. An external & internal turntable would turn a pacific loco. Some how the shed became my favorite, you seemed to be welcome has long as you asked to go round, depending which foreman was on duty. The shed closed on Saturday the 10th June 1963 after achieving over 100 years of operation. The locomotives were moved to 12A Kingmoor by the staff who did not take the voluntary redundancy. The shed officially closed on the 19th June 1963. The transferred staff had to learn the new roads out of Carlisle, so the former L.N.E.R engines were seen on the Settle & Carlisle and the G.&.S.W.R via Dumfries. The men had to learn to drive the L.M.S locomotives as well. So lets have a look back at the Ex N.B / L.N.E.R locomotives which were housed along with some L.M.S and standard locos at Carlisle CANAL. . Enjoy the pictures in the columns.
A4 60009 Union of South Africa on the Turntable, having just come down from Edinburgh.
Immaculate A3 60057 Ormande is fresh from Doncaster works. |
A2 Introduced in 1947 Peppercorn development of the A2/2 with a shorted wheel base 60535 Hornet's Beauty steamed up ready for a run up the Waverley.
A3 60093 Coronach heads down the yard for duty, while Visiting A1 60143 Sir Walter Scott is under the coaling tower.
How the mighty have fallen A4 60016 Silver King was the standby engine at 52A Gateshead Newcastle, for any failures of the three1935 Silver Jubilee Express locomotives out of London Kings Cross to Newcastle. Who would have ever thought she would come to Carlisle Canal, she may have been see passing through when the E.C.M.L trains were diverted because of flooding in the 1950s.
L.N.E.R steam rail car. |
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