Carstairs Shed
Location type
Loco shedName and dates
Carstairs Shed (1849-1970)Opened on the Caledonian Railway.
Description
This shed was located to the north of the West-East chord of the Carstairs triangular junction. It was immediately north and east of Carstairs station. Approach was from west and east.
This was the location of the emergency Control Office in the Second World War.
British Railways assigned the code 64D and later 66E.
It closed to steam in 1966, then re-opened and then remained in use as a diesel depot, and later as a stabling point after the building was demolished. Sidings remain, approached from the west.
Tags
Shed
| Nearby stations Carstairs Carnwath Bankhead [Lanarkshire] Cleghorn Lanark Racecourse Newbigging [Lanarkshire] Lanark Thankerton Auchengray Sandilands [Lanarkshire] Wilsontown Haywood Symington [2nd] Symington [1st] Braidwood | Carstairs East Junction Carstairs South Junction Carstairs Sand Pit Carstairs Mains Lampits Junction Float Junction Float Viaduct Strawfrank Watertroughs Carstairs Sand Pit Signal Box Sand Pit Ravenstruther Tourist/other Carstairs No 1 Signal Box Carstairs Hospital Montieth House Carstairs Castle |
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