Brechin Shed [2nd]

Location type

Loco shed

Name and dates

Brechin Shed [2nd] (1895-1952)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Aberdeen Railway.

Description

The shed at Brechin was replaced at the same time as the Forfar and Brechin Railway opened (1895) and in readiness for the opening of Brechin and Edzell District Railway (1896). This was a two road shed. The shed was served by a headshunt which was approached from the east. From the headshunt lines served the shed building, a siding and the turntable. The water tank was on the south side of the headshunt. It was located east of the original Brechin Shed [1st] and Brechin Goods [2nd].

Edzell Shed closed in 1910 and its duties were taken over by the shed at Brechin. The Edzell branch closed (for a second time) to passengers in 1938. In 1939 Montrose Shed [CR] burned down and the locomotives were reallocated to Brechin shed.

Brechin Shed's duties were taken over by Montrose Shed [NBR] in 1952. Shortly afterwards, also in 1952, passenger services were withdrawn from Bridge of Dun to Brechin and from Brechin to Forfar [2nd] (Forfar South Junction).

The Forfar route was closed between Brechin and Careston in 1958 and the Edzell branch closed in 1964.

The Strathmore main line itself closed in 1967, although a portion was retained between Kinnaber Junction and Bridge of Dun so that the Brechin line could remain open to goods traffic. Brechin to Kinnaber Junction closed in 1981, unfortunately the shed was demolished in the late 1970s.

Brechin to Bridge of Dun has survived as the preserved Caledonian Railway.

Andover Primary School occupies the location of the shed now, the school building being south west of the engine shed site.

Tags

Shed

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
09/04/2023

Nearby stations
Brechin
Farnell Road
Stracathro
Bridge of Dun
Careston
Edzell
Glasterlaw
Craigo
Dubton
Hillside [NB]
Montrose
Friockheim
Guthrie
Broomfield
Marykirk
[Brechin West Junction]
City Sawmills [Brechin]
Brechin Goods [2nd]
Brechin Shed [1st]
Brechin Goods [1st]
Den Burn Linen Works
Caldhame Linen Works
Brechin North Junction
Brechin East Junction
Kincraig Siding
Tourist/other
Glencadam Distillery
Brechin Cathedral
Maison Dieu Chapel Brechin
Aldbar Chapel
Aldbar Castle
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Aberdeen 1900: Aberdeenshire Sheet 75.11 (Old O.S. Maps of Aberdeenshire)

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: 40 Coast and Country Walks

Aberdeen City Centre History Tour

Aberdeen City Centre Through Time

Aberdeen in Old Picture Postcards

Aberdeen in the Fifties and Sixties

Aberdeen Remembered: By Aberdeen City Libraries and Museums

Aberdeen, Inverurie and Pitmedden (OS Landranger Map)

Aberdeen: An Illustrated Architectural Guide (RIAS illustrated architectural guides to Scotland)

Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland)

Aberdeenshire's Lost Railways

Angus and Kincardineshire's Lost Railways

BR Steam in Colour: London to Aberdeen from the Bill Reed Collection

Bradshaw's Guide Scotland's Railways East Coast Berwick to Aberdeen & Beyond: Volume 6

Brechin 1901: Forfarshire Sheet 28.13 (Old O.S. Maps of Forfarshire)

British Railways Steam - King's Cross to Aberdeen: From the Bill Reed Collection

Bygone Montrose: With Inverkeilor, Lunan Bay, Rossie, Usan, Ferryden, Bridge of Dun, Hillside, Dubton and Craigo

Caledonian Routes 1: Aberdeen, Strathmore Line & Branches

Cock o' the North: Aberdeen to Kyle of Lochalsh - Study in Diesel Power Through Its Various Stages

Great North Memories: Aberdeen No. 2: Scenes of the North East's Own Railway

Hidden Aberdeen: History on Your Doorstep and Under Your Feet

Joint Station: Aberdeen Station, 1867-1992

Landranger (54) Dundee & Montrose, Forfar & Arbroath (OS Landranger Map)

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Montrose The Postcard Collection

Montrose Through Time
National Series of Waterway, Tramway and Railway Atlases: Aberdeen v. 1m
On Either Side, 1939: The Train between London King's Cross & Edinburgh Waverley, Fort William, Inverness & Aberdeen (Old House)

OS Explorer Map (389) Forfar, Brechin and Edzell (OS Explorer Paper Map) (OS Explorer Active Map)

Railways Of Scotland 4: Aberdeen And The Grampians DVD - Cinerail

Railways Of Scotland 7: Perth To Kinnaber Junction DVD - Cinerail

The Montrose & Bervie Railway: A Study of Transport in South-East Kincardineshire 1770-1966

The Railways of Aberdeen: 150 Years of History: One Hundred and Fifty Years of History
The Railways of Strathmore (Perth, Forfar and Brechin)The 'Subbies': The story of Aberdeen's suburban trains 1887-1987