Location type

Loco shed

Names and dates

Eastfield Shed (1904-1973)
Eastfield MPD (1973-1993)
Eastfield TMD (2005-)

Opened on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

Description

Eastfield Shed did not date from the opening of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. It replaced Cowlairs Shed, which closed, located north of the Cowlairs Works.

The new shed was built after the opening of both the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway and the Hamiltonhill Branch (Caledonian Railway). It opened in September 1904. Opening must have been planned when the Hamiltonhill line opened as it crossed the then vacant site on a long viaduct. The southern part of the site was previously the Possil Brick Works.

The shed was approached from the south and was double ended. The offices building had a clocktower.

Eastfield was assigned code 65D by British Railways. It had sub sheds at Aberfoyle Shed, Helensburgh Shed, Kilsyth Shed, Kipps Shed, Lennoxtown Shed, Motherwell Shed, Parkhead Shed and Polmadie Shed.

After the end of steam the shed continued to cater for diesels. It closed around 1993 and was demolished and the track was lifted in 1994.

A new DMU depot opened on the site in 2005, partly due to overcrowding at Haymarket MPD.

Tags

Shed

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67

Nearby stations Eastfield Platform Ashfield Cowlairs Possilpark and Parkhouse Springburn Possilpark (Private) Possil North Bishopbriggs Barnhill St Rollox [2nd] Glasgow (Townhead) Garngad Lochburn Cowcaddens [Subway] St Georges Cross [Subway]	Cowlairs East Junction Eastfield Viaduct Cowlairs Panel Box Ironstone Pit Cowlairs North Junction Cowlairs West Junction Ironstone Pit Possil Junction Cowlairs Shed Cowlairs Carriage Sidings Clydesdale Iron Works [Possil Park] Ironstone Pit Cowlairs Works Ironstone Pit Turkey Yard
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.