RAILSCOT | Cook Street Shed

Loco shed

Cook Street Shed (1840-1960)

Opened on the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway.

This small works and locomotive running shed was the principal railway works of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. It was replaced by the Glasgow and South Western Railway's Kilmarnock Works in 1855.

The site was bounded by Cook Street, to the north, Salkeld Street, to the east, Eglinton Street Goods, to the south, and the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway to the west.

Rail access was from the north, from the Glasgow Bridge Street terminus, with a turntable on the west side. On the east side were stables.

Although close to Bridge Street station it was a cramped site and with the relocation of the works to Kilmarnock it was given over to being a locomotive shed only. It was replaced with the opening of St Enoch Locomotive Depot in 1884 at the Glasgow and South Western Railway's new terminus.

Even before the grouping the site was used by the Caledonian Railway, due to the proximity of Glasgow Central station, for turning locomotives on the Gourock and Wemyss Bay routes.

By the 1960s the turntable remained connected and the workshops were rail-less.

Glasgow Central's power box was built on the north part of the site, Glasgow Central Power Box.

/ /1892	Caledonian Railway Caledonian Railway repeals the Glasgow and South Western Railway's access to Cook Street Shed.

Nearby stations Bridge Street [Subway] West Street [Subway] Cumberland Street West Street Bridge Street Eglinton Street Main Street Gorbals Gorbals South Side [GB and NDR] South Side [CR] Central Station Broomielaw Hoist St Enoch [Subway] Glasgow St Enoch Shields Road [Subway] Glasgow Central Low Level	Glasgow Central Power Box Bridge Street Junction Bridge Street Junction [South] Cook Street Goods Salkeld Street Parcels Depot Cook^s Works Port Eglinton Junction Eglinton Engine Works [Glasgow] Port Eglinton Goods Port Eglinton Basin Eglinton Street Junction Eglinton Foundry McOnie and Harvey Engineering Works Scotland Street Engine Works Cook Street Junction
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.