Dundee West MPD
Location type
Loco shedNames and dates
Dundee West Shed (1885-1958)Dundee West MPD (1960-1980)
Opened on the Dundee and Perth Railway.
Description
This shed replaced Seabraes Shed in 1885. It was built at the far west of the Dundee West Goods yard.
Under British Railways it became a sub shed of Dundee Tay Bridge Shed.
It closed in 1958 and reopened as a diesel shed in 1960.
After closure of Dundee Tay Bridge Shed in 1967 it became the main Dundee shed, a diesel shed, due to the cramped facilities at Tay Bridge.
Closure came in the 1980s and the site has since been cleared.
Tags
Shed
| Nearby stations Dundee Esplanade Magdalen Green Dundee Dundee West Dundee Ward Road Dundee Trades Lane Dundee East Lochee Offset at Back of Law Ninewells Junction [Station] Crossroads Roodyards Wormit Lochee West Newport-on-Tay West | Buckingham Junction Dundee Central Junction Dundee West Mineral Yard Seabraes Engine Works Dundee Tay Bridge Shed Tay Bridge Minerals Blackness Foundry Tay Bridge Goods Ward Foundry Dundee Signalling Centre Dundee West Goods Dundee Ward Road Shed Dundee Craig Harbour Tourist/other Discovery Point RRS Discovery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /08/1861 | Alyth Railway Brick single road shed opened at Alyth, Alyth Shed. (Later a sub shed of Dundee West Shed.) A 40ft turntable was later added. |
| / /1885 | Dundee and Perth Railway Dundee West Shed opened replacing Seabraes Shed and works. The new shed was west of Dundee West Mineral Yard, further west than the older shed. Approach was from a reversing spur to the east of the shed. |
| 03/01/1942 | Blairgowrie Branch (Scottish Midland Junction Railway) Alyth Railway Blairgowrie Shed and Alyth Shed closed. Blairgowrie Shed closed, but not demolished. A sub-shed of Dundee West Shed. Alyth Shed closed, but continues to be used until 1951. By this date the turntable is 42ft. |
| / /1952 | Dundee and Perth Railway Dundee West Shed becomes a sub shed of Dundee Tay Bridge Shed. |
| / /1960 | Dundee and Perth Railway Dundee West Shed closed. |
