Elgin Shed [2nd]
Location type
Loco shedName and dates
Elgin Shed [2nd] (1902-1968)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Where: MorayOpened on the Morayshire Railway.
Description
This four road shed replaced Elgin Shed [1st]. It was probably opened in 1902, the great reconstruction of Elgin [GNSR] station. This rebuilding made access to the original shed awkward and, with steady increase in traffic, inadequate with its two roads.
The new shed was further east and was accessed from the west, from Elgin [GNSR]. It stood south of the railway with a turntable to its north. It was a little east of Elgin East Junction with the 'coast' and 'glen' routes dividing to its north. Its site was north of the former Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway alignment.
The shed closed in 1968 but still stands, in non railway use.
Tags
Shed
| Nearby stations Elgin East Elgin Calcots Longmorn Lhanbryde Mosstowie Greens of Drainie Urquhart Rifle Range Halt Coleburn^s Platform Lossiemouth Orbliston Alves Birchfield Platform Balnacoul Halt | Elgin Gas Works Elgin East Junction Elgin East Coal Yard Elgin Shed [1st] Elgin Centre Signal Box Lossie Viaduct Lossie Junction Tourist/other Elgin Cathedral Linkwood Distillery Ladyhill Castle Linksfield Level Crossing Glen Moray Distillery Spynie Palace Benriach Distillery Longmorn Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Two shedsUnusually both of the former sheds at Elgin East still stand, both Elgin Shed [1st] and its replacement Elgin Shed [2nd]. Both are now in non railway use. |
Books
 The Travellers Joy: The Story of the Morayshire Railway |
