Hamilton Shed
Location type
Loco shedName and dates
Hamilton Shed (1861-1980)Opened on the Hamilton Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This single ended twelve road shed was located on the west side of the Hamilton Branch (Caledonian Railway) just north of Hamilton West.
An earlier version of the shed was relocated to Bridgeton Goods in the 1880s as a goods shed.
British Railways assigned the code 66C.
After the withdrawal of steam the shed in 1962 it continued as a diesel depot until 1980.
After closure the site has been redeveloped as a care home and housing estate.
Tags
Shed| Nearby stations Hamilton West Peacock Cross Hamilton [NBR] Burnbank Hamilton Central Blantyre Foundry Meikle Earnock Halt Blantyre Bothwell [North British] Bothwell [CR] Ferniegair [1st] Ferniegair [2nd] High Blantyre Chatelherault Quarter Junction | Townsland Colliery Clyde Steel and Engineering Works Colliery Cadzow Junction Hamilton Engine Sheds Junction Clyde Colliery Earnock Sidings Wellhall Colliery Allanshaw Colliery Burnbank Signal Box Bent Colliery Strathaven Junction Yard Whitehill Wagon Works Whitehill Pit Greenfield Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1959 | Hamilton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Four lines for DMU servicing prepared at Hamilton Shed. |
