Carlisle Kingmoor Shed

Location type

Loco shed

Name and dates

Carlisle Kingmoor Shed (1876-1968)

Opened on the Caledonian Railway.

Description

This double ended shed was located on the east side of the Caledonian Railway, approached from the south.

British Railways assigned the code 68A and sub shed Durranhill Shed. Later 12A.

The shed was replaced with a diesel motive power depot on the west side of the Caledonian Railway across from the steam shed, formerly a yard.

The site of the shed is now a wildlife sanctuary.

Tags

Shed




Chronology Dates

  /  /1872Caledonian Railway
Authorisation of a land purchase at Etterby for locomotive sheds, Carlisle Kingmoor Shed.
  /  /1876Caledonian Railway
Opens Carlisle Kingmoor Shed at Etterby.
13/07/1915Caledonian Railway
Authorisation to rebuilt Carlisle Kingmoor Shed.
  /  /1935Portpatrick Railway
Stranraer Shed numbered 12H under Carlisle Kingmoor Shed.

Books


An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Caledonian Dunalastairs and Associated Classes (Locomotive Monograph)

Caledonian in LMS Days (Railways in Retrospect)

Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Railway Carriages

Caledonian Railway Livery: The True Line Elegance and Style

Caledonian Railway Wagons & Non-Passenger Coaching Stock

Caledonian Routes 3: Stirling to Crianlarich - DVD - Oakwood Press

Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

Callander & Oban Railway Through Time

Callander and Oban Railway (Library of Railway History)

Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

Carlisle to Hawick: The Waverley Route (Scml)

Signalling the Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway 'jumbos' the 18in. X 26in. 0-6-0s

The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History

The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Through Scotland with the Caledonian Railway

Vanished Railways of West Lothian