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Galashiels Shed

Location type

Loco shed

Name and dates

Galashiels Shed (1903-1962)

Opened on the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway).

Description

This shed was established in 1903, supplementing a turntable which was located at the north end of Galashiels [1st] station, west side.

The two road shed was south of the station, east side.

Tags

Shed

Nearby stations Galashiels [1st] Galashiels Abbotsford Ferry [2nd] Abbotsford Ferry [1st] Tweedbank Clovenfords Lindean Melrose Bowland Angling Club Cottage Newstead [Melrose] Selkirk Thornielee Earlston St Boswells	Galashiels Goods Gala Mill Paterson^s No 1 Siding Ladhope Tunnel Paterson^s No 2 Siding Comelybank Works Skin Works Siding Netherdale Mill Galabank Mill Selkirk Junction Comelybank Mill Galashiels and District Electric Supply Co Bridge No 95 Tourist/other Galashiels North Signal Box Galashiels South Signal Box
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Books

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

Galashiels 1897: Selkirkshire Sheet 08.02 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Selkirkshire)

Galashiels to Edinburgh: Including the Lauder and Dalkeith Branches - the Waverley Route (Scml)

Hawick 1897: Roxburghshire Sheet 25.07 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Roxburghshire)

Hawick to Galashiels: The Waverley Route Including the Selkirk Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

Last Years of the Waverley Route

North British Railway, Vol. 1 (Standard Railway History)

North British Railway, Vol. 2 (Standard Railway History)

On the Waverley Route

Railways Of Scotland 2: The Waverley Route DVD - Cinerail

The Waverley Route Through Time

The Waverley Route: Its Heritage and Revival

The Waverley Route: The Postwar Years

Waverley Route: The battle for the Borders Railway

Waverley Route: The Life, Death and Rebirth of the Borders Railway

Waverley: Portrait of a Famous Route