Gloucester Horton Road diesel depot

[class37418stag]

Hello everyone 

 

please excuse my English and thank you 

 

I am aware to look for track plan of Gloucester Horton Road diesel depot 

 

i has looking photos of to s of Gloucester Horton Road diesel depot online 

 

thank you

[The Johnster]

Check out Wikipedia Images for a good selection, mostly steam but enough diesel era to give you a good flavour of the place.  The steam shed, two 4 road sections, was demolished shortly after the end of steam in the area in 1965, but 4 roads remained with inspection pits for diesel stabling, with the north wall of the steam shed left standing.  Behind that was a small maintenance shed.  The whole thing was a fan of sidings kicking back from the parcels depot and carriage sidings of Gloucester Central station.  It was divided from Horton Road by a brick wall high enough to prevent you looking over the top.

 

Just about every type of main line BR diesel loco showed up there at one time or another, exceptions being Baby Deltic, Metrovick, and D61xx.  

[F-UnitMad]

I don't know how recent the Google Maps satelite images are, but the show the old shed tracks still in place, & the maintenance shed behind them. Although the area is quite overgrown now, the general layout of the tracks can still be made out.

Not sure how to put the map location here, but search for Gloucester Royal Hospital & the engine shed was just south of that.

[Enterprisingwestern]

 

Norman Preedy must have spent half his life there so there are plenty of pictures available.

 

Mike.

[Phil Bullock]

This page may help for starters

 

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/g/gloucester_eastgate/

 

Scroll down to a map including the shed area in steam days