Brodie Engineering

Location type

Works

Names and dates

Kilmarnock Goods (1843-1990)
Hunslet Barclay (1990-2007)
Wabtec Rail Scotland Works (2007-2020)
Brodie Engineering (2020-)

Served by the Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co.

Description

This is a railway works on the south side of Kilmarnock station, at its west end.

This was the site of the goods yard of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. Approach was originally from the north west at Kilmarnock Junction, the Dalry direction. This has been altered to be from the line to Barassie.

Prior to the 1990 relocation of the railway works, from Caledonia Works on the south side of West Langlands Street, the sidings formed the exchange yard with the works.

After closure in the early part of the year, the site was taken over by Brodie Engineering (also based at the Bonnyton Rail Depot across the Troon line) in 2020.

Tags

Goods sidings locomotive works railway works



Chronology Dates

  /  /1990Hunslet Barclay
Caledonia Works closed and new works opened on the site of the former Kilmarnock Goods yard (used as exchange and other sidings by the works before relocation).
  /10/2019ScotRail
Work begins to convert Class 153s, leased from Angel Trains, for carrying bicycles on the West Highland Railway (for Oban services). The work was undertaken by Brodie Engineering, Kilmarnock. The Class 153s are coupled with Class 156s.

News items

24/08/2011ScotRail announces £4m train fleet overhaul [BBC News]
20/08/2020First Arrival at Brodie Engineering's Caledonia Works [Brodie Engineering]
21/10/2020First look inside ScotRails active travel carriages [ScotRail]
30/10/2020Ayrshire firms new active travel train carriage design for ScotRail unveiled [Ayr Advertiser]