Beattock Shed

Location type

Loco shed

Name and dates

Beattock Shed (1847-1967)

Opened on the Caledonian Railway.

Description

Beattock Shed was located by Beattock station, just to the north on the west side. It was a double ended two road shed approached from the north and south.

British Railways assigned the code 68D and sub shed Lockerbie Shed. It was later 66F.

After closure in 1967 the shed was demolished, but the site remains in railway use as sidings.

Tags

Shed


Nearby stations
Beattock
Auchencastle
Moffat
Ruttonside [Private]
Wamphray
Dinwoodie
Nethercleugh
Shieldhill
Elvanfoot
Lochmaben
Thornhill
Carronbridge
Closeburn
Victoria Lodge
Amisfield
Beattock Bank Ballast Quarry
Harthope Viaduct
Sidings Cottage
Beattock Summit
Corncockle Bridge
Corncockle Quarry
Start of River Clyde
Lockerbie Sawmills
Bodsberry Hill
Newton Quarry
Tourist/other
Murthat Signal Box
Greskine Signal Box
Harthope Signal Box
Gray Mare^s Tail Waterfalls
Bodsberry Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books


An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Caledonian Dunalastairs and Associated Classes (Locomotive Monograph)

Caledonian in LMS Days (Railways in Retrospect)

Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Railway Carriages

Caledonian Railway Livery: The True Line Elegance and Style

Caledonian Railway Wagons & Non-Passenger Coaching Stock

Caledonian Routes 3: Stirling to Crianlarich - DVD - Oakwood Press

Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

Callander & Oban Railway Through Time

Callander and Oban Railway (Library of Railway History)

Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

Carlisle to Hawick: The Waverley Route (Scml)

Signalling the Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway 'jumbos' the 18in. X 26in. 0-6-0s

The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History

The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Through Scotland with the Caledonian Railway

Vanished Railways of West Lothian