Elgin Shed [1st]
Location type
Loco shedName and dates
Elgin Shed [1st] (1852-1902)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Where: MorayOpened on the Morayshire Railway.
Description
The original Morayshire Railway shed of 1852 was just east of Elgin East and south of the line (but north of the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway. This was a two road shed.
The shed appears on the 1871 OS map. It was approached from the west, from Elgin [GNSR], with a turntable to the north. It was a little west of Elgin East Junction.
The shed was replaced by Elgin Shed [2nd] but it still stands.
Expansion of the station's sidings followed the opening of the Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway) in 1886, when the nearby Elgin Centre Signal Box opened, and again in 1902 when Elgin [GNSR] was rebuilt as a grander station.
With this reconstruction the station was extended east of the site of the first shed, which would make access awkward requiring several reversals.
The first shed appears on the 1905 OS map without track and with the station rebuilding to the west.
The shed still stands in non railway use.
Tags
ShedExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
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| Nearby stations Elgin East Elgin Calcots Longmorn Lhanbryde Mosstowie Greens of Drainie Urquhart Rifle Range Halt Coleburn^s Platform Lossiemouth Alves Orbliston Birchfield Platform Coltfield Platform | Elgin East Junction Elgin East Coal Yard Elgin Shed [2nd] Elgin Gas Works Elgin Centre Signal Box Lossie Viaduct Lossie Junction Tourist/other Elgin Cathedral Ladyhill Castle Linkwood Distillery Glen Moray Distillery Linksfield Level Crossing Spynie Palace Benriach Distillery Longmorn Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Two shedsUnusually both of the former sheds at Elgin East still stand, both Elgin Shed [1st] and its replacement Elgin Shed [2nd]. Both are now in non railway use. |
Books
 The Travellers Joy: The Story of the Morayshire Railway |
