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Wellingborough Loco Shed

Coordinates: 52°18′28″N 0°40′32″W / 52.307678°N 0.675435°W / 52.307678; -0.675435
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Wellingborough Loco Shed
Location
LocationWellingborough, Northamptonshire
Coordinates52°18′28″N 0°40′32″W / 52.307678°N 0.675435°W / 52.307678; -0.675435
OS gridSP904685
Characteristics
OwnerBritish Rail
Depot codeWO (1973 - 1987)[1]
TypeDiesel
History
Opened1868[2]
Closed1987
Former depot code15A (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

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.

The depot code is WO.

History

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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

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  1. ^ "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Locomotive Depots: Wellingborough (Details)". BRDatabase. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b Quine, Dan (2016). Four East Midlands Ironstone Tramways Part Three: Wellingborough. Vol. 108. Garndolbenmaen: Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review.
  4. ^ "Locomotive Depots: Wellingborough (Allocation)". BRDatabase. Retrieved 3 January 2017.