A stone built round house with a brick built 3ts dead ended shed. London road engine shed continued to serve the newcastle line until 1933 when that role was transferred to canal shed and the midland railway engine shed at durran hill at the convergence of the settle and carlisle line with the newcastle line closed on 16 february 1936.
Carlisle canal was the former north british engine shed in carlisle coded 12c under nationalisation.
Carlisle canal engine shed. On the north side of the silloth line west of canal junction. Oct 1951 jan 1958. This single ended shed was in the v of the junction between the border union railway and the silloth branch.
The layout is set in lner days where the shed served the waverly route up to edinburgh and eastern region routes across to newcastle. 60095 flamingo was there all of its life down to 1961 save for an initial few days when new at doncaster in 1928. A3s at carlisle canal.
4480 60111 18 12 28 2745 60091 arrived 26 10 28 2748 60094 5 4 29 2749 60095 6 2 29. Location type loco shed name and dates carlisle canal shed 1861 1963 opened on the border union railway north british railway. In the shed yard the diminutive features of ex nb glen 4 4 0 no 62484 contrast with the powerful outline of a3 pacific no 60093 coronach with a b1 in attendance on the left.
Feb 1950 oct 1951. General view of carlisle upperby shed 46200 92006 47295 46426 46110 45545 all visible 30 8 64. World war ii and nationalisation.
The lost engine sheds of carlisle canal upperby and kingmoor. The canal closed in 1853 and engine lonning and the canal basin became the site of railway sidings engine sheds a coaling tower and watering station for the next 100 years until the rails were finally removed in the. Lms class 5s although not regular performers over the waverley route in the 1950s this changed in the 1960s with the closure of carlisle canal shed and use of ex lms locos from kingmoor shed.
Originally the carlisle navigation canal passed through this area to the canal basin on primrose bank as it was then known. 45483 however was noted on the waverley route after its transfer to st margarets shed from dalry road in the 1960s. Various other members of the class were also allocated to canal over the years for varying periods particularly 2567 60068 and 2578 60079.
Apr 30 2017 an idyllic scene at carlisle canal mpd on the late afternoon of 30th september 1961. Pre grouping ownership north british railway. The miniature gauge railway seen in the foreground was u.
It was served from the east from canal junction splitting off the border union just after the junction.
