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Carlisle Upperby Shed
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Patriot 4-6-0 45501 <I>St Dunstans</I> photographed in the late 1950s/early 60s alongside the 1948 concrete roundhouse built as a replacement for the old LNWR sheds at 12B Carlisle Upperby. The locomotive was withdrawn in September 1961.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/20000/20112.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Stanier Pacific 46225 <I>Duchess of Gloucester</I> stands at Upperby shed in the early 60s ready to move off to Carlisle station and take over a train on the WCML. [Thanks to David Pesterfield and Duncan Hinchley]<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/20000/20373.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Britannia Pacific 70021 <I>Morning Star</I> on shed at Carlisle Upperby in the mid 60s. Withdrawn in December 1967, the locomotive was cut up at Wards, Inverkeithing, the following April. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/21000/21949.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![<I>Whenever you're ready ma'am....</I> 46225 <I>Duchess of Gloucester</I> prepares to leave Upperby shed in the early 1960s and make the short trip to Carlisle station, prior to relieving one of her sister locomotives on arrival from Glasgow Central.<br>
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<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/22000/22389.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Stanier Coronation Pacific no 46225 <I>Duchess of Gloucester</I> stands ready for the road on Carlisle Upperby shed. Withdrawn from here at the end of September 1964, no 46225 was cut up at the Troon yard of Arnott Young the following month.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/29000/29710.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Royal Scot 46102 <I>Black Watch</I> simmers in the sidings at Upperby shed in 1958. One of the examples built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow in 1927, no 46102 was officially withdrawn at the end of 1962 and disposed of by McWilliams of Shettleston in May 1964. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 15/04/1958]](/images/22000/22781.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![45289 at Carlisle Upperby Shed in April 1958.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 15/04/1958]](/images/23000/23373.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Black 5 no 45258 looking ready for action on Upperby shed on 31 May 1958 <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 31/05/1958]](/images/28000/28717.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Fowler ex-LMS 2P 4-4-0 no 40629 languishes at the rear of Upperby shed in the summer of 1958.<br><br>[R Sillitto Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 05/07/1958]](/images/33000/33794.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![49268 stands in the shed yard at Upperby in July 1958. (This particular area of the shed yard was known locally as 'The Burma Road'.)<br><br>[R Sillitto Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 05/07/1958]](/images/33000/33997.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![G2 0-8-0 no 49228 stands on Upperby shed in May 1958.<br><br>[R Sillitto Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 05/07/1958]](/images/34000/34464.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Class G2A 0-8-0 no 49228 in the sidings at Upperby in July 1958.<br><br>[R Sillitto Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 05/07/1958]](/images/35000/35004.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Jubilee no 45588 <I>Kashmir</I> stands on Upperby shed on 3 June 1960.<br><br>[K A Gray /06/1960]](/images/35000/35435.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Portrait of Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no 48612 on Upperby shed, Carlisle, in June 1960.<br><br>[K A Gray 03/06/1960]](/images/27000/27271.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Jubilee no 45588 <I>Kashmir</I> photographed at Upperby on 3 June 1960. <br><br>[K A Gray 03/06/1960]](/images/34000/34777.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45596 <I>Bahamas</I> on shed at Upperby in the summer of 1960. [See image 38073]<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 09/07/1960]](/images/29000/29033.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Black 5 no 45158 <I>Glasgow Yeomanry</I>, photographed in July 1960 on Upperby shed.<br><br>[K A Gray 30/07/1960]](/images/40000/40542.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45580 <I>Burma</I> photographed on 12B Upperby shed in the summer of 1960. <br><br>[K A Gray 30/07/1960]](/images/44000/44082.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Locomotives on shed at Carlisle Upperby on 30 July 1960 include Fowler 4F 0-6-0 44490. <br><br>[K A Gray 30/07/1960]](/images/54000/54698.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Wigan based Black 5 45026 in the shed yard at Upperby in the summer of 1960. <br><br>[K A Gray 30/07/1960]](/images/55000/55716.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![The shed yard at Upperby on 5 August 1960, with Widnes based Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no 48139 one of the guests.<br><br>[K A Gray 05/08/1960]](/images/44000/44502.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Stanier Coronation Pacific 46253 <I>City of St Albans</I> stands in the shed yard at Upperby in the summer of 1962. The locomotive was a visitor from Crewe North, from where it was withdrawn in January the following year.<br><br>[K A Gray 07/05/1962]](/images/45000/45281.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
!['Jubilee' no 45596 <I>Bahamas</I> photographed on Upperby shed in June 1962. The locomotive had been fitted with the double chimney the previous year, something which altered its appearance considerably [see image 29033]. Following withdrawal by BR in July 1966 no 45596 was purchased for preservation by the Bahamas Locomotive Society.<br><br>[K A Gray 07/06/1962]](/images/38000/38073.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Fowler 2-6-4T no 42357 stands on Upperby shed in the summer of 1962. <br><br>[K A Gray 07/06/1962]](/images/44000/44321.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![LMS Fowler 4P 2-6-4T no 42357 on Upperby shed in the summer of 1962.<br><br>[John Robin 24/06/1962]](/images/48000/48065.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![The shed yard at Carlisle Upperby on Sunday 24 June 1962. Locomotives featured are Jubilee 45681 <I>Aboukir</I> and Black 5 45313. <br><br>[John Robin 24/06/1962]](/images/49000/49311.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![LMS <I>Jinty</I> 47269 on Upperby shed in the summer of 1962.<br><br>[John Robin 24/06/1962]](/images/52000/52535.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![The crowded shed yard at Carlisle Upperby, seen from the footbridge on 24 June 1962. <br><br>[John Robin 24/06/1962]](/images/52000/52836.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Stanier pacific 46200 <I>The Princess Royal</I> stands in the sunshine in a stored locomotive siding at Upperby following her withdrawal from Kingmoor shed in November 1962. The locomotive was subsequently shipped north and finally met her end in the Calder scrapyard of Messrs Connell & Co, Coatbridge, in October 1964.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //1963]](/images/20000/20232.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![45531 heads south on the WCML past Upperby yards and shed in June 1963. This particular BR boundary fence will be readily recognisable to a number of enthusiasts of a certain age.<br><br>[K A Gray 01/06/1963]](/images/46000/46719.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Scene at Upperby around 1964, showing an unidentified Stanier 8F with a down freight heading for Bog Junction or London Road. <br><br>[K A Gray //1964]](/images/32000/32191.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![View south at Upperby in 1964, with Fowler 4F 0-6-0 no 44081 alongside its home shed. In the background a Stanier 8F is approaching with a down freight. [See image 32191]<br><br>[K A Gray //1964]](/images/50000/50107.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Stanier <I>Princess</I> Pacific no 46200 <I>The Princess Royal</I> (or most of her) stands in a siding at Carlisle Upperby shed in March 1964 having been officially withdrawn by BR in November 1962. It was almost two years from withdrawal to eventual disposal at the hands of Messrs Connell & Co of Coatbridge, in October 1964. <br><br>[K A Gray 07/03/1964]](/images/24000/24299.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![46225 <I>Duchess of Gloucester</I> photographed in the yard at Carlisle Upperby shed on 7 March 1964.<br><br>[K A Gray 07/03/1964]](/images/30000/30242.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Fowler 3F 0-6-0T 47614 alongside Carlisle no 12 box in March 1964 about to cross onto Upperby shed.<br><br>[K A Gray 07/03/1964]](/images/32000/32143.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Stanier Coronation Pacific no 46225 <I>Duchess of Gloucester</I> stands alongside Carlisle no 12 signal box on 7 March 1964, shortly after moving off Upperby shed. The locomotive will travel tender first to Carlisle station where it will eventually take over a southbound WCML express.<br><br>[K A Gray 07/03/1964]](/images/36000/36704.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Stoke based Black 5 no 45037 alongside Carlisle no 12 box opposite Upperby shed in March 1964.<br><br>[K A Gray 07/03/1964]](/images/40000/40817.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Scene alongside Carlisle no 12 box on 7 March 1964 as Stanier Pacific no 46225 <I>Duchess of Gloucester</I> moves off Upperby shed heading tender first towards Carlisle station to take over a southbound train.<br><br>[K A Gray 07/03/1964]](/images/45000/45509.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Withdrawn Stanier Princess Pacific no 46200 <I>The Princess Royal</I> stored in the sidings at Upperby in April 1964 awaiting disposal. The locomotive was eventually moved to Coatbridge to be cut up in the Calder scrapyard of Messrs Connell & Co in October of that year.<br><br>[K A Gray 15/04/1964]](/images/48000/48256.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Stanier Pacific no 46228 <I>Duchess of Rutland</I> passes Carlisle Upperby with a down parcels train on a wet Wednesday in June 1964.<br><br>[John Robin 17/06/1964]](/images/45000/45758.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Stanier pacific 46200 <I>The Princess Royal</I> stored awaiting disposal in the sidings alongside Upperby shed in June 1964. The locomotive was cut up in the Calder scrapyard of Messrs Connell & Co at Coatbridge, some four months later.<br><br>[John Robin 17/06/1964]](/images/52000/52671.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Edge Hill based <I>Crab</I> 2-6-0 42920 brings a southbound freight past Upperby shed on 17 June 1964. Standing alone on the far right awaiting disposal is Stanier Pacific 46200 <I>The Princess Royal</I> [see image 52671]. <br><br>[John Robin 17/06/1964]](/images/52000/52865.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Stanier Pacific no 46238 <I>City of Carlisle</I> is standby locomotive at Upperby shed on 26 June 1964.<br><br>[John Robin 26/06/1964]](/images/47000/47907.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![BR Standard class 4 4-6-0 75051 in the shed yard at Carlisle Upperby in the summer of 1964. <br><br>[John Robin 27/06/1964]](/images/52000/52735.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Stanier Pacific no 46255 <I>City of Hereford</I> stands at the back of Upperby shed yard in October 1964, the month of its withdrawal from neighbouring Kingmoor. The locomotive was cut up at Arnott Young, Troon, by the end of the year.<br><br>[K A Gray 17/10/1964]](/images/42000/42517.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Withdrawn Stanier Pacific 46244 standing in Upperby yard on a grey October day in 1964 devoid of nameplates that once proclaimed its Royal identity as <I>King George VI</I>. The former LMS streamliner was broken up by Arnott Young in Troon during December that year. [See image 48141]<br><br>[K A Gray 17/10/1964]](/images/57000/57083.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Looking south over Upperby shed in late November 1964. Locomotives in the foreground include 45613, 44461, 46225 and 46237. In the middle distance are two Britannias, with 46238 and 46250 standing to their right.<br><br>[John Robin 28/11/1964]](/images/46000/46233.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![A southbound freight pulls away from Upperby yard, Carlisle, on 28 November 1964 hauled by Warrington (Dallam) based Jubilee no 45655 <I>Keith</I>.<br><br>[John Robin 28/11/1964]](/images/47000/47947.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Steam and diesel locomotives on Carlisle Upperby shed in the summer of 1965. Nearest the camera is Fowler 4F 0-6-0 no 43953, recorded as being officially withdrawn by BR some four months later. <br><br>[K A Gray 03/07/1965]](/images/49000/49896.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Metrovick Co-Bo D5712 at Upperby in 1967.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller //1967]](/images/26000/26908.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Shed bash - Upperby, thought to have taken place in 1967. Locomotive is Stanier 8F 48451. The 2-8-0 survived until May 1968 when it was officially withdrawn from Rose Grove shed. [Ref query 50184]<br><br>[Bruce McCartney Collection //1967]](/images/55000/55814.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Upperby shed yard in April 1967 with 70021 <I>Morning Star</I> nearest the camera and 70015 <I>Apollo</I> beyond.<br><br>[K A Gray 29/04/1967]](/images/38000/38639.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 no 46522 photographed on Upperby shed in April 1967, a month before official withdrawal.<br><br>[K A Gray 29/04/1967]](/images/42000/42159.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Britannia Pacific 70015 <I>Apollo</I> on Upperby shed, thought to be in July 1967, a month before withdrawal. <br><br>[K A Gray 15/07/1967]](/images/41000/41613.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![View south from the footbridge at Upperby in the summer of 1967.<br><br>[K A Gray 05/08/1967]](/images/56000/56858.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Standard Class 4 No. 75027 on Upperby shed in August 1967. The locomotive was held in reserve for banking duties from Tebay, to which shed it was nominally allocated from April 1967 until closure at the very end of the same year. However, with six of the class available at 12E to cover a dwindling number of banking duties, the call never came. <br><br>[Bill Jamieson 27/08/1967]](/images/38000/38351.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![BR Standard class 4 no 75027 at Upperby in August 1967, almost eight months after the shed had closed. Contrary to appearances, the locomotive is in store, rather than dumped, and would subsequently move to Carnforth, seeing out the end of steam there in August 1968. Stanier 8F no 48400, nominally allocated to Carnforth but actually in store at 12B, also survived until the end of steam, in this case at Rose Grove shed.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 27/08/1967]](/images/39000/39071.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Black 5 No. 44910 stored at Upperby on 27th August 1967. The painted shed code 8L is prominent on the smokebox door but the loco had been transferred to Kingmoor some weeks earlier on closure of Aintree shed. 44910 was later transferred to Newton Heath from where it was eventually withdrawn in June 1968.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 27/08/1967]](/images/46000/46364.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 No. 46470 (with classmate 46522 beyond) in store at Carlisle Upperby MPD on Sunday 27th August 1967. Supposedly transferred from Upperby to Kingmoor on the closure of the former at the end of 1966, and withdrawn from 12A in May 1967, it seems very unlikely that the loco had ever left Upperby in the intervening period.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 27/08/1967]](/images/49000/49838.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![26019 flanked by 40106 & 86204 at Carlisle Upperby on 12 September 1982.<br><br>[Colin Alexander 12/09/1982]](/images/20000/20236.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Prototype DEMU 210 001 on display at an Open Day at Upperby in September 1982. Intended as an eventual replacement for elderly Southern Region units the train was trialled in various parts of the country but never made it into full production and was eventually withdrawn.<br><br>[Colin Alexander 12/09/1982]](/images/21000/21401.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![20067 stands in a line at an Open Day at Carlisle Upperby MPD on 12 September 1983.<br><br>[Colin Alexander 12/09/1983]](/images/20000/20262.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
![Upperby Shed viewed from the west and seen across the WCML in 1989.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/53000/53444.jpg "Carlisle Upperby Shed")
