Wellingborough Loco Shed

Wellingborough Loco Shed was a stabling point located in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. The depot was situated on the Midland Main Line and was located just north of Wellingborough station.

Wellingborough Loco Shed
Location
LocationWellingborough, Northamptonshire
Coordinates52.307678°N 0.675435°W / 52.307678; -0.675435
OS gridSP904685
Characteristics
Owner(s)British Rail
Depot code(s)WO (1973 - 1987)[1]
TypeDiesel
History
Opened1868[2]
Closed1987
Former depot code(s)15A (1 January 1948 - 31 August 1963) 15B (1 September 1963 - 5 May 1973)
Wellingborough loco shed seen from Finedon Road overbridge. The sidings on the left lead into the sheds

The depot code is WO.

History

The sidings at the north end of the loco sheds once served the Finedonhill Tramway a narrow-gauge railway that carried iron ore from quarries to the south of Finedon to the sidings. The tramway was in operation from 1875 to 1926.[3] Another narrow gauge tramway, the Wellingborough Tramway passed under the railway immediately north of the Finedon Road overbridge. This line operated until 1966 and was the last narrow-gauge railway operating in The Midlands iron fields.[3]

Before its closure in 1984, Class 08 shunters, 25, British Rail Class 31, 45 and 46 locomotives, British Rail class 47 could be seen at the depot.[4]

References
  1. "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. "Locomotive Depots: Wellingborough (Details)". BRDatabase. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. Quine, Dan (2016). Four East Midlands Ironstone Tramways Part Three: Wellingborough. 108. Garndolbenmaen: Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review.
  4. "Locomotive Depots: Wellingborough (Allocation)". BRDatabase. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
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