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Gateshead MPD
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Portrait of A4 Pacific no 60013 <I>Dominion of New Zealand</I> standing at the west end of Gateshead shed in the 1960s. The streamliner would doubtless be diagrammed to take an up ECML service out of Newcastle Central later that day returning home to Kings Cross.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/28000/28751.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![J72 0-6-0T no 68736 photographed inside one of the roundhouses at Gateshead in the early 1960s.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/28000/28800.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![One of the Newcastle Central station pilots, J72 0-6-0T no 68723, stands on Gateshead shed in the early sixties.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/29000/29065.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Class K1 2-6-0 no 62024 on shed at 52A Gateshead in the early 1960s. Part of 'the new order' in the form of EE Type 4 and Type 2 diesels can be seen in the background.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/29000/29121.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![60041 <I>Salmon Trout</I> standing amongst the Deltics on Gateshead shed in the early sixties. The A3 is doubtless on turnaround before working back to Waverley on an ECML service. The Pacific spent the entire post-nationalisation period based in Edinburgh, being finally withdrawn from St Margarets at the end of 1965.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/29000/29799.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Gateshead A4 Pacific no 60023 <I>Golden Eagle</I> takes on water at its home shed on a grey, wet day in the early sixties.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/30000/30102.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![A4 Pacific no 60017 <I>'Silver Fox'</I> on shed at Gateshead in the early 1960s, with V2 2-6-2 no 60847 <i>'St Peter's School, York, AD 627'</i> standing alongside.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/30000/30159.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Gresley A4 no 60010 <I>'Dominion of Canada'</I> stands amongst a gathering of various 'top link' Pacifics at the west end of Gateshead shed in the 1960s.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/35000/35522.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![The unique 'shovel-rim' V2 no 60813 of St Margarets shed is a visitor to Gateshead in the 1960s. A 'Peak' and a 'Deltic' are amongst the locomotives in the background.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/35000/35999.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Gateshead A4 no 60001 <I>Sir Ronald Matthews</I> photographed at 52A in the 1960s. The locomotive spent almost the whole of its operational life based in the north east. Following withdrawal in October 1964 it was cut up at Hughes Bolckows, North Blyth, towards the end of that year.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/37000/37694.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![An unidentified V3 2-6-2T with a westbound parcels train passes Gateshead shed between Greensfield and King Edward Bridge Junction, thought to be in the early 1960s. The original 1862 shed at Chaytor's Bank stands in the right background - the roundhouse latterly serving as the Gateshead Works paint shop.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/37000/37963.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60886 photographed on Gateshead shed in the 1960s. The locomotive spent its last years at York, from where it was eventually withdrawn by BR in April 1966.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/40000/40523.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![One of the Newcastle Central station pilots, J72 0-6-0T no 68736, painted in LNER green. Photographed in the Pacific shed at Gateshead in the early 1960s. [See image 40715]<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/43000/43842.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60842 stands in the shed yard at Gateshead in the early sixties. The locomotive was withdrawn from York in October 1962 and cut up at Darlington Works by the end of that year.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/44000/44566.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![The changing balance of power is apparent in this photograph taken in the shed yard at Gateshead in the 1960s, with an unidentified Gresley A3 Pacific surrounded by recently arrived Type 3 and Type 4 diesel locomotives. <br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/62000/62054.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Class J72 0-6-0T no 68736, a regular station pilot at Newcastle Central, relaxing on Gateshead shed in October 1962. One of the depot's growing allocation of EE Type 4 diesels stands in the background.<br><br>[K A Gray 06/10/1962]](/images/31000/31392.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![A4 no 60028 <I>Walter K Whigham</I> beginning to sense the winds of change at Gateshead shed in October 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 06/10/1962]](/images/32000/32713.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Saturday 6 October 1962 on Gateshead shed, with Holbeck Royal Scot no 46109 <I>Royal Engineer</I> a visitor. <br><br>[K A Gray 06/10/1962]](/images/39000/39419.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![J72 0-6-0T no 69005 in the shed yard at Gateshead in October 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 06/10/1962]](/images/41000/41982.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Gresley Class V3 2-6-2T no 67656 in the yard at Gateshed, thought have been taken in the early part of 1963. In the left background is EE Type 4 no D395, delivered new to 52A the previous June.<br><br>[K A Gray //1963]](/images/46000/46474.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Gresley A3 Pacific 60084 <I>Trigo</I> appears to be surrounded by Deltics in the shed yard at Gateshead in early 1963.<br><br>[K A Gray //1963]](/images/56000/56331.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![An unidentified Gresley V2 2-6-2 stabled in the shed yard at Gateshead in 1963.<br><br>[K A Gray //1963]](/images/61000/61232.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Class A1 Pacific no 60134 <I>Foxhunter</I>, a visitor from Copley Hill, stands alongside A3 no 60091 <I>Captain Cuttle</I>, at Gateshead around 1964, a year before withdrawal.<br>
<br><br>[K A Gray //1964]](/images/24000/24460.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Another of the Gresley A3s to spend her final days at St Margarets was no 60042 <I>Singapore</I>. The Pacific, seen here displaying a 64A shed plate and looking very businesslike, is standing in the rain at Gateshead, near the end, with some of the depot's growing number of diesel locomotives in the background. 60042 was withdrawn from St Margarets in July of 1964 and cut up at Arnott Young, Carmyle, three months later.<br>
<br><br>[K A Gray //1964]](/images/24000/24763.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![A3 Pacific no 60042 <I>Singapore</I> stands on Gateshead shed on turnaound pending working an ECML service back to Edinburgh. Thought to have been taken in early 1964, with 60042 being withdrawn from 64A in July of that year. The A3 is standing alongside Peppercorn A1 no 60134 <I>Foxhunter</I> who's own retirement would come at Neville Hill shed, Leeds, in October the following year. <br><br>[K A Gray //1964]](/images/30000/30191.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![A3 Pacific no 60092 <I>Fairway</I> on shed at Gateshead in 1964. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //1964]](/images/30000/30506.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![A3 Pacific 60080 <I>'Dick Turpin'</I> is amongst the locomotives stabled in the shed yard at Gateshead on 11 April 1964.<br><br>[K A Gray 11/04/1964]](/images/39000/39080.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Gresley A3 Pacific no 60092 <I>Fairway</I> standing in the sidings alongside Gateshead shed on 17 October 1964, a week after its withdrawal by BR.<br><br>[K A Gray 17/10/1964]](/images/45000/45656.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Gresley V3 No 67643 on shed at Gateshead in October 1964.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 24/10/1964]](/images/22000/22617.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![67628 at Gateshead Shed on 24 October 1964.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 24/10/1964]](/images/23000/23384.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![J72 0-6-0T no 69028 stabled inside one of the roundhouses at Gateshead shed in October 1964.<br>
<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 24/10/1964]](/images/23000/23696.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![North Eastern line up inside the repair shop at Gateshead on 24 October 1964 with 65791 nearest the camera on the left, 65832 beyond that and 63455 at the end of the line.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 24/10/1964]](/images/24000/24823.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![A3 no 60051 <I>Blink Bonny</I> photographed in the Pacific shed (originally part of the old tender shop) at Gateshead on 24 October 1964. The locomotive was withdrawn by BR the following month.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 24/10/1964]](/images/29000/29666.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Thompson B1 4-6-0 no 61019 <i>Nilghai</i> photographed on Gateshead shed circa 1965.<br><br>[K A Gray //1965]](/images/23000/23580.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Scene on Gateshead shed in 1965, with J72 0-6-0T no 69005, a regular station pilot across the Tyne at Newcastle Central, standing in front of Thompson B1 4-6-0 no 61019 <I>Nilghai</I>.<br><br>[K A Gray //1965]](/images/27000/27785.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![A few diesel shunting locomotives stand around in an area once occupied by Gresley Pacifics. Scene at Gateshead MPD in November 1980.<br><br>[Colin Alexander /11/1980]](/images/38000/38858.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Shunters stand in the evening sun on the <I>ash heaps</I> at Gateshead shed on 1 November 1980. Picture shows 08274, 08058, 08053 and 03061.<br><br>[Colin Alexander 01/11/1980]](/images/18000/18896.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![The evening sun sets on the old <I>ash heaps</I> at Gateshead shed in 1981 and on the various class 40 locomotives lined up there. In the front row left to right stand 40152, 40029 (which once carried the name <I>Saxonia</I>) and 40003 (the first of this particular group to be withdrawn - in September the following year). <br><br>[Colin Alexander //1981]](/images/18000/18269.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Locomotive lineup at Gateshead in 1981. Those present include 47405, 40006 and 45002.<br><br>[Colin Alexander //1981]](/images/40000/40695.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![37242 ambles past 55012 <I>Crepello</I> in the yards at Gateshead shed on 7 March 1981. The Deltic had gone for scrap within 6 months.<br><br>[Colin Alexander 07/03/1981]](/images/19000/19540.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Standing in the rain at Gateshead in 1982 are 40003, 31256 and an unidentified class 37.<br><br>[Colin Alexander //1982]](/images/22000/22144.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![View west towards King Edward Bridge East Junction from Gateshead MPD on a summer evening in 1982 with the Gateshead breakdown crane standing on the <I>ash heaps</I> at the west end of the depot. The line to the right at the junction runs onto the bridge, part of which can be seen between the breakdown train and the class 31. The line to the left joins the ECML from Newcastle Central shortly after it leaves the bridge. <br>
<br><br>[Colin Alexander //1982]](/images/22000/22341.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
![Ex-Cunarder 40 024, the former <I>Lucania</I>, stands at Gateshead shed in 1983.<br><br>[Colin Alexander //1983]](/images/21000/21589.jpg "Gateshead MPD")
