Scott's Road Depot
Location type
Loco shed
Name and dates
Scott^s Road Depot (1901-1970)
Opened on the Wemyss Private Railway.
Description
This depot consisted of a locomotive shed, workshops and wagon workshops. The depot belonged to the Wemyss Estate's Wemyss Private Railway and was located on that system in the west of East Wemyss, just to the west of Wemyss Castle station on the neighbouring Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway.
The depot was bounded to the north by the [[Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway and to the south by the Wemyss Private Railway.
To the west on the private railway were the Scott's Road Sidings from which a line ran south to the Michael Colliery.
Approach to the depot was from the west.
The depot site has been cleared, around 1995, and is now housing.
Tags
Shed workshops
Nearby stations Wemyss Castle West Wemyss Buckhaven Thornton Junction [W&BR] Thornton Junction Cameron Bridge Glenrothes with Thornton Methil Dysart Sinclairtown [2nd] Sinclairtown [1st] Markinch Leven [1st] Leven [2nd] Kirkcaldy | Other railway and industry locations Michael Colliery Pits Nos 1,2 Den Sidings Den Crossing Black Box Signal Box Wellesley Colliery Lochhead Colliery Wellesley Colliery Lady Lilian Pit Rosie Pit Wellsgreen Colliery Wellesley Colliery Hugo Pit Hugo Tunnel Wellesley Colliery Duncan Pit Earlseat Colliery Tourist/other East Wemyss Level Crossing Macduff^s Castle Wemyss Castle [Castle] West Wemyss Dock |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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