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St Margarets Shed
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Looking north east over the rear of St Margarets shed in the mid 1960s with Standard class 4 no 80003 centre stage. Beyond the wall Restalrig Road South drops down to run under the ECML. In common with many of their near neighbours on London Road, the residents of Restalrig Road South were never great fans of St Margarets! [See image 31386]<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/26000/26920.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Steam more dead than alive in this mid 1960s shot from London Road showing the south side of St Margarets shed, with V2 60816 centre-stage. Note the wagons dropping below ground level for spent ash collection, and, in the right background, the downwind (and long-suffering) flats on Restalrig Road North.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/31000/31096.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Looking through the haze over the south side of St Margaret's shed in the 1960s. A1 Pacific no 60147 <I>North Eastern</I> stands in the centre of the photograph.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/32000/32374.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![A diesel discussion in progress around the turntable on the north side of St Margaret's shed in the mid 1960s.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/34000/34409.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![BR class Y9 0-4-0 ST no 68102, complete with wooden tender and dumb buffers, stands at St Margarets shed in January 1958. Introduced as the Holmes G class by the NBR in 1882 the last example was withdrawn by BR in 1962. Another long term resident of St Margarets, W Worsdell J72 0-6-0T no 69014, stands alongside.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/01/1958]](/images/22000/22190.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Scene on the up side of St Margarets shed, looking south across the ECML towards London Road on a Saturday morning in September 1958. Standing around the turntable is a North British 0-4-0 DH shunter, no D2723 of 1957, alongside a Reid ex-NBR N15 0-6-2T no 69152 of 1910. Even on a fine day it is questionable how much of a view was ever enjoyed by the nearby residents of London Road at that time, given the 200+ steam locomotives to whom St Margarets was home during much of the 1950s. <br>
<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 06/09/1958]](/images/22000/22462.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Busy scene at St Margarets shed in the autumn of 1958 with class Y9 0-4-0ST no 68097, complete with wooden tender, moving slowly through the yard. The smoky atmosphere seems to have blotted out the tenements on London Road almost completely on this occasion.<br>
<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 06/09/1958]](/images/23000/23775.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Fowler 0-6-0T no 47162 photographed on one of the turntable roads on the north side of the running lines at St Margarets shed in September 1958.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 06/09/1958]](/images/31000/31715.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Holmes J88 0-6-0T no 68325 stands on the up side of St Margarets shed on 6 September 1958. The usual mixture of North Sea haar and 64A haze hangs over London Road in the background.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 06/09/1958]](/images/35000/35389.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![C16 4-4-2T no 67492 adding to the haze hanging over St Margarets shed on 6 September 1958. The locomotive took charge of that days SLS <i>Lothian Lines Tour</i> from Edinburgh Waverley, visiting various locations in Edinburgh and the Lothians.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 06/09/1958]](/images/35000/35518.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![NBL diesel hydraulic locomotive D2722 photographed on St Margarets shed on 2 May 1959.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 02/05/1959]](/images/26000/26769.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![One of a batch of 6 class 08 diesel shunters to arrive at St Margarets in the spring of 1959, this one numbered D3733. The locomotive is standing on the north side of the depot on 2 May, looking as though it's still waiting for the paint to dry. <br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 02/05/1959]](/images/26000/26829.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Early NBL diesel-hydraulic shunter no D2727 stands at St Margarets in May 1959, one of a number of the class to be delivered new to the depot around that time.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 02/05/1959]](/images/26000/26941.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Old and new at St Margarets in 1959 with D3560 standing alongside N15 0-6-2T no 69186 on the north side of the main line.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 02/05/1959]](/images/27000/27651.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Detail of D3733 at St Margarets in May 1959. The locomotive was one of a batch of 6 of the class which had recently arrived off the line at Crewe Works.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 02/05/1959]](/images/28000/28133.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![D3733 stands on the north side of St Margarets shed in May 1959, not long after delivery.<br><br>[A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 02/05/1959]](/images/32000/32576.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60955 on shed at St Margarets c 1962. Beyond the wall is Restalrig Road South.<br><br>[K A Gray //1962]](/images/22000/22756.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![65929 and 60955 stabled alongside the south wall of St Margarets shed around 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray //1962]](/images/24000/24025.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![BR class Y9 (Ex-NBR G class) 0-4-0ST no 68095 on shed at St Margarets on 3 February 1962. This was the last example of the class to be withdrawn at the end of that year and can now be seen on display at the SRPS, Boness, having been repainted in NBR bronze green passenger livery. [See image 24229]<br>
<br><br>[K A Gray 03/02/1962]](/images/24000/24705.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![B1 4-6-0 no 61359 seems to be peering into the gloom of St Margarets shed in February 1962. The locomotive was withdrawn by BR at the end of the following year.<br><br>[K A Gray 03/02/1962]](/images/25000/25495.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Gresley J38 0-6-0 no 65929 photographed on St Margarets shed in February 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 03/02/1962]](/images/40000/40163.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![N15 0-6-2T 69150 stands alongside V3 2-6-2T 67669 in the sidings along the south side of St Margarets shed in February 1962. 69150 would be withdrawn in October that year and cut up at Inverurie Works the following February. The V3 was already 'stored', at this stage having been officially withdrawn 5 months earlier. It was cut up at Darlington Works the following month. <br><br>[K A Gray 03/02/1962]](/images/44000/44379.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![B1 61308 at St Margarets in January 1964.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/01/1964]](/images/25000/25252.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![BR Standard class 4 2-6-4T no 80114 alongside the coaling stage at St Margarets shed in January 1964.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/01/1964]](/images/27000/27364.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Snow-plough fitted J38 0-6-0 no 65922 in the yard at St Margarets in the spring of 1964.<br><br>[K A Gray 28/03/1964]](/images/45000/45461.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![4472 <I>Flying Scotsman</I> photographed in the shed yard at St Margarets on 18 May 1964. The locomotive had hauled an Edinburgh - Aberdeen special two days earlier [see image 25697].<br><br>[K A Gray 18/05/1964]](/images/40000/40505.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![BR Standard, Ex-LMS and Ex-LNER types lined up alongside the north wall of St Margarets shed in 1964. From left to right stand 80122, 42691 and 61404. <br>
<br><br>[K A Gray 09/08/1964]](/images/23000/23176.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Reid N15/2 no 69128 stands amongst the stationary boilers at St Margarets Shed in August 1964. This was one of a small number of the class originally equipped to undertake Cowlairs banking duties.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 18/08/1964]](/images/23000/23994.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![60027 Merlin stands with other withdrawn locomotives at the rear of St Margarets shed, thought to be in the autumn of 1965. The A4 had been officially withdrawn by BR from 64A on 30 September that year and was finally disposed of through Campbells of Shieldhall during December.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1965]](/images/32000/32945.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T no 80007 photographed on St Margarets shed in early 1965.<br><br>[K A Gray //1965]](/images/40000/40399.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![View south across the ECML at St Margarets shed in February 1965 with the usual haze hanging over London Road. 64A residents on shed that day included Standard Class 4 2-6-4T 80022 and B1 4-6-0 61099 in the right background alongside the coaling stage. <br><br>[K A Gray 06/02/1965]](/images/22000/22561.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![A3 Pacific 60041 <I>Salmon Trout</I> stands on St Margarets shed, in February 1965. The locomotive was withdrawn at the end of that year.<br><br>[K A Gray 06/02/1965]](/images/22000/22763.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Scene inside St Margarets shed on 6 February 1965. Gresley A4 Pacific 60024 <i>Kingfisher</I> stands nearest the camera, with sister locomotive 60027 <I>Merlin</I> beyond. <br><br>[K A Gray 06/02/1965]](/images/27000/27640.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Sunshine at St Margarets in April 1965, with Gresley V2 2-6-2 60816 centre stage.<br><br>[K A Gray /04/1965]](/images/62000/62941.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Inside St Margarets shed in April 1965. Resident V2s 60955 and 60835 stand on the right, with A1 Pacific no 60145 <I>Saint Mungo</I>, a visitor from York, on the left. [See image 27075] <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 16/04/1965]](/images/26000/26768.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![The gloomy interior of St Margarets shed on 16 April 1965. A4 Pacific no 60027 <I>Merlin</I>, with only a few months to go until official withdrawal, is temporarily illuminated by the rays of the sun. On the right stands Black 5 no 45477, having recently moved across the city from Dalry Road shed, where final closure was imminent, while in the centre background stands A3 no 60041 <I>Salmon Trout</I>, which would itself be withdrawn from 64A in December of that year. <br>
<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 16/04/1965]](/images/27000/27019.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Looking out from the back of St Margarets shed on 16 April 1965 A1 Pacific no 60145 <I>St Mungo</I> stands on the left with V2 60955 in the centre. Over to the right a <I>Peak</I> hides in the shadows. [Note: the Pacific had worked the previous day's 9.30am York - Glasgow Queen Street, possibly as far as Edinburgh.] [See image 26768]<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 16/04/1965]](/images/27000/27075.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![V2 2-6-2 no 60955 stands inside the shed at St Margarets in April 1965.<br><br>[K A Gray 16/04/1965]](/images/32000/32070.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![A shed visit to St. Margaret's on Sunday 4th July 1965 produced one particularly unexpected 'cop', Kingmoor 9F No. 92009 which was stabled in the open on the south side of the shed building. Although unusual, this wouldn't have been a unique occurrence because at least sixteen 12A 9Fs are known to have worked over the Waverley route and these would all have visited St. Margaret's for servicing after bringing their freights into Millerhill Yard. The other possibility is that Motherwell shed might have purloined a visiting loco for a Mossend to Millerhill freight but as the loco is facing in the right diction for setting off south on the Monday morning I would regard this as less likely.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 04/07/1965]](/images/51000/51698.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![A fireman poses for the camera beside a BRCW Type 2 on the Down side of St Margarets shed on a Summer day in 1966. A 2-6-4 tank is simmering in the background and a diesel shunter can just be seen on the Up side, beyond the running lines of the ECML.<br>
<br><br>[David Spaven //1966]](/images/35000/35399.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![J36 0-6-0 no 65234 survives as a stationary boiler at St Margarets shed in the summer of 1966. The 0-6-0 was officially withdrawn by BR in April 1967 and was eventually cut up at Motherwell Machinery and Scrap, Wishaw, in August that year. [See image 23124]<br><br>[David Spaven //1966]](/images/37000/37557.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![The shed yard at St Margarets in the summer of 1966 with a 2-6-4 tank locomotive simmering in the foreground.<br><br>[David Spaven //1966]](/images/37000/37601.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Scene at St Margarets during the summer of 1966, with Black 5 No. 45483 receiving some attention on the south side of the shed.<br><br>[David Spaven //1966]](/images/38000/38094.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![A3 Pacific no 60052 <I>Prince Palatine</I>, stands behind St Margarets shed, minus nameplates and various mechanical components on 21 May 1966, some 4 months after its official withdrawal by BR. The locomotive, which had first emerged from Doncaster Works in November 1924 was eventually taken to Coatbridge and the scrapyard of Messrs McLellan at Langloan, where it was cut up the following June. 60052 was the last of the A3s to be withdrawn, with only one example, no 60103 (LNER 4472) <I>Flying Scotsman</I> surviving into preservation.<br>
<br><br>[K A Gray 21/05/1966]](/images/24000/24718.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![60024 <I>Kingfisher</I> stands in the shed yard at St Margarets on a grey 21 May 1966. The A4 had worked into Waverley earlier that day with the A4 Preservation Society <I>'East Coast Ltd'</I> 08.40 ex-Doncaster. <br><br>[K A Gray 21/05/1966]](/images/32000/32459.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![The changing scene at St Margarets shed in September of 1966, the year before official closure. Outside the now roofless section of the shed stands Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42128 which had been reallocated here from Hamilton three years earlier and would survive for a further six months or so before its final journey to Campbells of Airdrie at the end of November. Alongside on the left stands part of the 'new order' in the form of Type 2's D5062 and D5094, which had been moved north from Finsbury Park to Haymarket earlier that same year.<br><br>[K A Gray 04/09/1966]](/images/28000/28341.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![A4 Pacific no 60024 <I>Kingfisher</I> mixing with the rabble on St Margarets shed. Thought to have been photographed on 4 September 1966 following the 'Granite City' railtour.<br><br>[K A Gray 04/09/1966]](/images/28000/28704.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T no 80114 stands in the gloom of St Margarets shed in September 1966. The locomotive was withdrawn from here at the end of that year, age 12, and broken up at Shipbuilding Industries, Faslane, 4 months later.<br><br>[K A Gray 04/09/1966]](/images/29000/29278.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![60024 <I>Kingfisher</I> at the west end of St Margarets shed in September 1966. St Margarets signal box stands in the background with the bridge carrying London Road over the ECML just beyond [see image 28704].<br><br>[K A Gray 04/09/1966]](/images/41000/41626.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Brush Type 4 no 1972 photographed just west of the site of St Margarets on 28 February 1970, with Meadowbank stadium in the left background. The train is thought to be the empty stock for the 1440 Edinburgh Waverley - Aberdeen service.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/27000/27778.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![The remains of 64A on the last day of February 1970, seen from the Restalrig Road end of the shed looking towards Waverley. St Margarets signal box is just visible in the centre background, adjacent to the bridge carrying London Road over the ECML. <br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/27000/27793.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![The unusual sight (in this part of the world at least) of NBL type 2 no D6102 passing St Margarets signal box hauling ecs. The photograph was taken on the afternoon of Saturday 28 February 1970 and the stock is that of a football special from the west of Scotland which had brought fans to Edinburgh for the Hibs v Rangers match at Easter Road (an entertaining 2-2 draw I understand). [See image 37779] <br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/27000/27804.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![The 10.30 Aberdeen - Kings Cross (14.00 ex-Waverley) photographed near St Margarets on 28 February 1970. Deltic 9003 <I>Meld</I>, would have taken over the train at Waveley, most probably from a Haymarket Brush Type 4.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/27000/27842.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Deltic 9013 <I>The Black Watch</I> passing St Margarets on 28 February 1970 with train 1S48 the 09.50 SO York - Edinburgh.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/27000/27865.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Sulzer Type 2 (class 25) no D7591 passing St Margarets with an ECS working from Waverley to Craigentinny Carriage Sidings on 28 February 1970. Along with D7590, the locomotive is one I always associate with the ECS workings to and from Craigentinny around that time. <br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/27000/27886.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Train 1E83, the 14.20 Edinburgh Waverley - Newcastle Central, passes between the site of the old St Margarets shed and the new Meadowbank stadium on 28 February 1970, hauled by Brush Type 4 no D1761 (the'D' prefix was in the process of being phased out at that time but not every depot had completed the painting over). A 19th century relic of 64A gives some foreground interest.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/27000/27966.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Brush Type 4, D1997, passing St Margarets on Saturday 28 February 1970 with the 4E35 13.58 from Bathgate Upper to Ripple Lane (Dagenham) composed mostly of Cartic 4s with a couple of Carflats at the head of the train. On weekdays this train would have been routed via the Sub to Niddrie West then via Wanton Walls to Monktonhall Junction, but on Saturdays was booked to run via Waverley (with a stop from 14.32 to 14.38 for a crew change) as the few signalboxes still extant on the Sub would normally be closed then.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/28000/28551.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Brush type 4 no D1984 restarts train 2F28 eastbound following a signal check at St Margarets on 28 February 1970. This was possibly the empty stock of the 12.55 from Glasgow Central via Shotts (due in Waverley at 14.28) with the usual DMU replaced by a locomotive and coaches that particular Saturday because of the Hibs v Rangers match at Easter Road [see image 27804]. <br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/29000/29002.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Class 50 No. D405 brings an eastbound Freightliner cautiously past St. Margarets box, preparatory to stopping at the up starter. The section ahead to Craigentinny was occupied by a preceding train, probably the football special ECS hauled by D6102, which would be entering the carriage sidings [see image 27804]. <br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/37000/37779.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![D405 stands at St. Margarets up starter on 28 February 1970 waiting to proceed eastwards with a Freightliner working. The reporting number on the Class 50's trailing end indicates that it had arrived in Glasgow on the previous evening's sleeper departure from Birmingham New St., so the origin of this particular train was probably Gushetfaulds FLT. There was a booked SX afternoon working from there at 14.48 to Portobello and I surmise this was an additional working of that train, albeit running rather earlier than the weekday timings. <br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/37000/37860.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![BR Sulzer Type 2 No. D7591 brings a Craigentinny - Edinburgh Waverley ECS working past the piles of rubble which, in February 1970, were all that remained of St. Margarets shed. The stock is thought to be that for the 16.00 departure to Kings Cross.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/37000/37985.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![EE Type 4 No. 345 swoops under London Road and past St. Margarets box on the 11.50 Aberdeen to Kings Cross Freightliner service on 28 February 1970. Meadowbank stadium is bathed in sunshine on what had been a fine afternoon but by four o'clock or so the railway is completely in shadow and this was the last shot of the day.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 28/02/1970]](/images/38000/38719.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![One mile to the east of Waverley, just south of the ECML alongside London Road, stands an office block and car parks. This was part of the site of St Margarets shed, in the early 1950s home to over 200 steam locomotives. Photographed from a passing train in December 2006. <br><br>[John Furnevel /12/2006]](/images/12000/12869.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Standing on London Road in September 2010, looking down on where Bill Jamieson was looking up in 1972 [see image 27804]. St Margarets shed was to the right of the ECML on a site now occupied by dull government office blocks, one of which is currently empty. To the left of the line ran Clockmill Lane, at the far end of which was the entrance to Piershill station. The lane was obliterated for the construction of outbuildings for Meadowbank Stadium, opened for the Commonwealth Games, 40 years before the current games in Delhi. <br>
<br><br>[David Panton 29/09/2010]](/images/30000/30952.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![Except for the western side the surroundings of the former St Margarets shed have not changed greatly since closure in the 1960s. Unfortunately there are two dirty great office blocks on the site itself, which makes taking 'now' pictures to the 'thens' on Railscot a bit diffy. This update [see image 26920] is not thus affected, but this time it's planted vegetation that gets in the way a bit. Anyway, that row of tenements is still there, looking half the age it did then, standing on Restalrig Road South, semi-officially called Smokey Brae (with the misspelling of 'smoky' immortalised). <br>
<br><br>[David Panton 12/02/2011]](/images/32000/32809.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![View south east over the car park at Meadowbank Stadium on 17 May 2013. The buildings stand on the site of what was, in the 1950s, home to over 200 steam locomotives. The grey structure on the right is alongside the site of St Margarets signal box, with the tunnel just beyond. Top right are the tenements of London Road itself... nowadays a smoke-free zone. Passing is the 13.30 Edinburgh - Kings Cross.<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/05/2013]](/images/43000/43125.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![The 13.17 Newcraighall - Glenrothes with Thornton passing the site of St Margarets shed in bright sunshine on 17 May 2013. The train is just about to enter the tunnel under London Road.<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/05/2013]](/images/43000/43457.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
![The 1018 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Waverley passing the site of St Margarets shed on 28 October 2017, seen from the top deck of a bus on London Road. At nationalisation the shed had an allocation of over 200 steam locomotives [see image 31096]. The site is now occupied by St Margarets House, a former government office building, now used as an arts centre providing studio, exhibition and event space. <br><br>[Andy Furnevel 28/10/2017]](/images/61000/61527.jpg "St Margarets Shed")
