Thornton Shed [2nd]
Location type
Loco shedName and dates
Thornton Shed [2nd] (1933-1969)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway).Description
Thornton Junction Shed relocated from within the triangular junction to west of Thornton West Junction. The new shed was a larger site, located to the south of the line and approached from the east.
British Railways assigned the code 62A and had sub sheds at Anstruther Shed, Burntisland Shed, Ladybank Shed and Methil Shed.
The shed closed in 1969.
This shed replaced Thornton Shed [1st] and was replaced by the diesel shed at Thornton Junction TMD.
Access to the shed site was controlled by Thornton Weighs box (the second of this name). This opened in 1906 and closed the year after the shed in 1970. It was located on the south side of the railway within the yard to the east of the shed building.
The shed site is now a field.
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Thornton Shed
| Nearby stations Glenrothes with Thornton Thornton Junction Thornton Junction [W&BR] West Wemyss Dysart Sinclairtown [1st] Sinclairtown [2nd] Markinch Wemyss Castle Kirkcaldy Leslie Cardenden Cameron Bridge [1st] Buckhaven Cameron Bridge | Rothes Pit Fife Railway Wagon Works Balbeggie Farm Open Cast Thornton West Junction Ore Bridge Works (Flax) Thornton Wagon Works Middlefield Engine House Thornton Colliery Thornton Scrapyard Thornton West Junction [1st] Redford Junction Orrsmill Pit Thornton Shed [1st] Thornton South Junction Lochty Bleachfield Works |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Inverkeithing To Thornton Junction: Via Cowdenbeath (Scottish Mainlines) |
