Oban Shed
Location type
Loco shedName and dates
Oban Shed (1880-1962)Opened on the Callander and Oban Railway.
Description
This two road shed was south of Oban station and accessed from the junction for the Lochavullin Goods at Oban Goods Junction. Access to the goods yard was from the south and a reversal was necessary to reach the shed.
British Railways assigned the code 31C and sub shed Ballachulish Shed. It was subsequently re-coded 63E, 63D and 63C. It closed in 1962.
The turntable pit still remains and a disused oil siding exists at roughly its location.
Tags
Shed| Nearby stations Oban Ticket Platform Oban Connel Ferry North Connel Benderloch Ach-na-Cloich Torosay Castle Taynuilt Craignure Barcaldine Halt Appin Creagan Falls of Cruachan Loch Awe Duror | Oban Oil Depot Ground Frame Oban Auction Mart Oban Gas Works Oban High Level Oil Siding Oban Hills Hydropathic Sanatorium Kerrera Seaplane Base Tourist/other Pulpit Hill Oban Station Pier Northern Lighthouse Board Pier Oban North Pier Oban Distillery Oban War and Peace Museum McCaig^s Tower Oban Bay St Columba^s Cathedral |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
