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Montfode Fuel Depot Sidings
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Jubilee 45697 <I>Achilles</I> approaching Ardrossan on 24 May 1960 with a Largs to Penrith excursion train. [Ref query 10055]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 24/05/1960]](/images/52000/52619.jpg "Montfode Fuel Depot Sidings")
![A train on the Ayrshire coast line heading north away from Ardrossan in 1962.<br><br>[R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //1962]](/images/37000/37510.jpg "Montfode Fuel Depot Sidings")
![Ardrossan's Black 5 no 45479 approaching the town from the north in early July 1962. The train is passing the site of the former Montfode fuel depot, built during WW II to store aviation fuel produced at the nearby Shell refinery for use by the RAF [see image 25001]. The facility was rail served and included 5 large underground storage tanks.<br><br>[R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/07/1962]](/images/37000/37664.jpg "Montfode Fuel Depot Sidings")
