phil gollin Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 . Is there a list anywhere of the various Southern Region empty carriage stock sidings ? I remember ones at Raynes Park and between Mitcham Junction and Streatham - I am sure there were many, many more. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bedding Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 . Is there a list anywhere of the various Southern Region empty carriage stock sidings ? I remember ones at Raynes Park and between Mitcham Junction and Streatham - I am sure there were many, many more. . On your list you should eventually find: Padstow, Plymouth Friary, Ilfracombe, Exeter, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold A Murphy Posted December 27, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 27, 2013 There's a carriage/unit shed between Balham and Streatham Hill, controversially expanded by Southern a few years back with servicing facilities in the yard on the opposite side of the line from the shed. Hither Green, Dover, Ashford (Kent),Feltham? Brighton, Gatwick, Lewes? Eastleigh, Bournemouth, Southampton, Salisbury ..... there must be close to three figures, depending on your definition (stabling points, ECS etc etc) Alastair M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
10800 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 This is a list derived for the SE Division for MUs only for 1967/68 from the CWN. I've only included locations which include at least one 'berth' or 'siding' - many stations stored trains overnight in the platforms after the last service of the day. Addiscombe Ashford Beckenham Junction Bellingham Bickley Blackfriars Bromley North Cannon Street Charing Cross Dartford Dover Marine Dover Priory Faversham Gillingham (Depot) Gravesend Grove Park Shed Hastings Hayes London Bridge (only for MLV) Maidstone Barracks Maidstone East New Beckenham Ore Orpington (Depot) Plumstead Ramsgate (Depot) St Leonards Sevenoaks Slade Green (Depot) Stewarts Lane Strood Swanley Tonbridge Victoria And for the SW Division for 1967/68 for MUs and loco hauled trains: Aldershot Alton Ascot Basingstoke Bevois Park Bournemouth Chertsey Chessington South Clapham Junction and Yard Dorchester South Eastleigh Effingham Junction Farnham Fratton Gosport Guildford Hampton Court Hounslow Northam Yard Poole Portsmouth & Southsea Reading General Richmond Salisbury Shepperton Southampton Southampton Docks Staines Strawberry Hill Weymouth Wimbledon Park Sidings Windsor & Eton Riverside Woking Unfortunately I don't have a Central Division equivalent. HTH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 27, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 27, 2013 The sidings between Streatham Junction and Mitcham Junction were called Eardley Sidings, and they were in full swing until Kent Coast Electrification. After that they and the fewer and fewer vehicles in them rotted away and it's now all housing. Off the top of my addled head, and v much E&OE.... Streatham Hill depot, as mentioned New Cross Gate Crystal Palace (low level) with sidings round on the Sydenham Spur and I think one or two on the Norwood Junction side Selhurst depot West Croydon Wallington (middle siding) Epsom Downs Epsom Leatherhead (in the old LSWR station) Dorking North Holmwood Purley Coulsdon North Caterham Tattenham Corner Redhill Reigate Gatwick Airport Three Bridges Haywards Heath Brighton (Lovers Walk) depot Seaford Eastbourne Tunbridge Wells West Oxted East Grinstead Horsham Hove West Worthing Littlehampton Ford Barnham Bognor Regis Chichester To Rod's SE list must be added Rotherhithe Road and Blackheath, in steam days To his SW list must be added two other locations at Wimbledon - Durnsford Road depot and South Sidings as well as Okehampton Halwill Bude Torrington Callington and the several coastal termini like Lyme Regis and Seaton, each of which had sidings for berthing, again in steam days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Maze Hill should be added to the (steam age) SE list. Quite a few of the SED's "long sets" were kept there. Electric sets weren't just stabled in platforms overnight but between peak hours as well. It wasn't unusual for a 4-SUB/EPB working off-peak to come in on top of a stabled 4 car (or even 6 car =4+2) unit. They would be joined up in the platform at the start of the peak and split there at the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I well remember the stabling siding at Haywards Heath. Between the Up Relief and Up Main lines on the top of the embankment at the north end of the station. The stock (2x 2HAP or, later on, a 4VEP) was used on the 08:20-something Haywards Heath to Seaford, and on frosty winter mornings could very uncomfortable until the heating kicked in. One morning, it was delayed by 20 minutes as the doors were frozen shut... Occasionally the long siding to the east of the Down Relief was also used. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 28, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2013 I well remember the stabling siding at Haywards Heath. Between the Up Relief and Up Main lines on the top of the embankment at the north end of the station. The stock (2x 2HAP or, later on, a 4VEP) was used on the 08:20-something Haywards Heath to Seaford, and on frosty winter mornings could very uncomfortable until the heating kicked in. One morning, it was delayed by 20 minutes as the doors were frozen shut... Occasionally the long siding to the east of the Down Relief was also used. Originally that service would have been the one starting at Horsted Keynes, no doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Originally that service would have been the one starting at Horsted Keynes, no doubt. Yes... by the early 70s the previously hourly service had been reduced to a single morning peak service (the one I used to catch to go to college at Lewes); a late afternoon return Seaford-HH-Seaford (the first leg of which I used to return home); and a later Seaford-HH service which was the one that was stored overnight. The morning service was well-patronised with both college and work people, but the afternoon service was very lightly loaded, on most days a single 2HAP (56xx Bulleid design, usually) sufficed and even then you could find oneself the sole occupant of one of the saloons in the power car... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slohcin Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I lived in London until 1965, and our flat was next to the Victoria carriage sheds. I well remember seeing the Golden Arrow, the Night Ferry and many other trains being stabled there. Usually, H class 0-4-4s were used to shunt the carriages to and from Victoria, 31550 and 31551 being two that I remember. West Country, Battle of Britain, Schools and others were watered and turned right outside my bedroom window. Unfortunately electrification took over and the magic was lost! I wish the was a RTR H class available, I have fond memories of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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