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Ayr MPD
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Ayr local from Kilmarnock. Manson 4.4.0 14184. Ayr Sheds, 1928.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1928]](/images/28000/28203.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![G&SW Baltic Tank 15401. Ayr Sheds, 1928.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1928]](/images/28000/28214.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![P. Drummond 0.6.0 17755. Ayr Sheds, 1928.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1928]](/images/28000/28218.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![G&SW 4-4-0 14509 'Lord Glenarthur'. Ayr Sheds, 1928.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1928]](/images/28000/28220.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![McIntosh 3F 0-6-0T no 56344 photographed on Ayr shed in July 1959, some 2 months before withdrawal by BR. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/07/1959]](/images/32000/32137.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Looking over Ayr MPD from the footbridge in September 1960. Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 no 57644 nearest the camera.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/09/1960]](/images/37000/37579.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Caley 3F no 57614 outside Ayr shed in September 1960. The 0-6-0 survived for a further two years before eventual withdrawal from here in October 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/09/1960]](/images/38000/38210.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Known as <I>Horwich Moguls</I> or <I>Crabs</I>, three of these Hughes/Fowler engines are seen at Ayr MPD in August 1965. Right to left are 42740, 42909 and 42801.<br><br>[G W Robin 08/08/1965]](/images/21000/21412.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Standard mogul 76096 passing Ayr MPD in 1965 with coal train for Falkland yard.<br><br>[G W Robin 08/08/1965]](/images/21000/21420.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![<i>Crab</i> 42737 stands outside Ayr MPD on 10 April 1966.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/22000/22819.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![View east over a busy Ayr shed, thought to have been taken on 10 April 1966, with Black 5s and Crabs a-plenty standing in the yard. Blackhouse Junction signal box can be seen in the right background.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/23000/23524.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![<I>Crab</I> 2-6-0 no 42913 stands amongst the abandoned locomotives alongside Ayr shed in April 1966. Officially withdrawn at the end of July that year disposal took place in the yard of Messrs Arnott Young, Troon, some 3 months later.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/32000/32803.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![BR Standard class 4 2-6-4T no 80025 in the sidings alongside Ayr shed in April 1966. The locomotive is recorded as being withdrawn from 67A Corkerhill 4 months later and cut up at Shipbreaking Industries, Faslane, in October that year. <br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/44000/44198.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Crab 2-6-0 no 42863 stands on Ayr shed in April 1966. Officially withdrawn by BR some 4 months later, the locomotive was cut up at Arnott Young, Troon, in January 1967.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/44000/44476.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![View north east over the shed yard at Ayr in the July 1966 from Viewfield Road footbridge. Locomotives in the busy yard include 'Crab' no 42789 bottom left, with Blackhouse Junction signal box visible in the right background.<br><br>[K A Gray 31/07/1966]](/images/29000/29507.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76073 stands on the condemned line at Ayr MPD in July 1966. The locomotive had been officially withdrawn from here in June of that year and was broken up at Arnott Young, Troon, some 5 months later.<br><br>[K A Gray 31/07/1966]](/images/29000/29514.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![A Sunday scene in the shed yard at Ayr in July 1966 with the shed's steam allocation counting the days. Nearest the camera is Crab 2-6-0 no 42789, withdrawn at the end of December that year. <br><br>[K A Gray 31/07/1966]](/images/34000/34441.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![A trio of type 2s on Ayr shed in June 1970 with 5406 nearest the camera.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/06/1970]](/images/1000/1234.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![A grey day on Ayr shed. View north on 19 June 1970, with the main Ayr - Glasgow line off to the left. The shed yard is dominated by class 27 and 08 locomotives, with 5374 nearest the camera.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/06/1970]](/images/1000/1508.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![View north in the shed yard at Ayr in June 1970.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/06/1970]](/images/3000/3099.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![A crowded shed yard at Ayr, seen from the footbridge in June 1970, with D3910 the only number readable.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/06/1970]](/images/3000/3101.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![The crew of 60009 <I>Union of South Africa</I> receiving a briefing on arrival at Ayr depot for the 'open day' weekend of 29/30 October 1983.<br><br>[Colin Miller /10/1983]](/images/32000/32853.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Ayr Open Day, 29 October 1983. Then new 314211 is on display, with <I>Sans Pareil</I> replica operating on the right. Electrification came in 1986. The Class 314 units will be withdrawn in 2018.<br>
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<br><br>[Bill Roberton 29/10/1983]](/images/62000/62827.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Eastfield steam crane ADE 971589 on display at Ayr depot on 29 October 1983.<br>
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<br><br>[Bill Roberton 29/10/1983]](/images/63000/63116.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Ayr MPD Open Day on 30 October 1983 with a replica of 'Sans Pareil' on display.<br><br>[Colin Miller 30/10/1983]](/images/38000/38302.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![An open day at Ayr MPD on 31 October 1983 sees 4472 <I>Flying Scotsman</I> amongst the VIP guests.<br><br>[Colin Miller 31/10/1983]](/images/43000/43958.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![The back of Ayr MPD viewed from an eastbound train on the Newton Junction - Blackstone Junction alignment.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8794.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![The back of Ayr MPD viewed from an eastbound train on the Newton Junction - Blackstone Junction alignment.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8799.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Ayr MPD from the south in 1989 with a number of class 20s. The view is from the former Hawkhill Junction.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/02/1989]](/images/60000/60772.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![08718 (ex-D3886) (nearest) and 08586 (ex-D3753) stand out of use awaiting disposal on the north side of Ayr shed yard on 25 February 1998. The locomotives, which had ended their operational lives at Fort William and Upperby carriage depot respectively, were eventually cut up here by European Metal Recycling in May 2000.<br><br>[John Furnevel 25/02/1998]](/images/0/380.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![60100 passing Ayr shed in February 1998 with a Killoch - Ayr harbour coal train. On the left are withdrawn class 08 shunters 08718 (nearest) and 08586.<br><br>[John Furnevel 25/02/1998]](/images/4000/4630.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![380 111 heading south past the closed Ayr MPD in July 2012 on the approach to Ayr station [see image 5610]. <br><br>[Bill Roberton 19/07/2012]](/images/39000/39670.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Wagons dumped in the trackless shed yard - 24-3-16. These are the casualties of the New Cumnock collision on 1st August 2015.<br><br>[Colin Miller 24/03/2016]](/images/54000/54692.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![The out of use Ayr MPD viewed from the south, site of the former Hawkhill Junction. Track has been lifted but the buildings remain.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 07/09/2017]](/images/60000/60771.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Ayr MPD, closed, viewed from the south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 07/09/2017]](/images/60000/60781.jpg "Ayr MPD")
