witherbrow Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Morning all I've been spending some time planning and contemplating a layout using a modified peco plan and I'm thinking about possibly incorporating an engine shed. What I would like to know is has there been any instances of a shed being built right next to the platform at a small terminus I.E you could walk down the platform ramp and into the shed? regards - LB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2014 Whitby. Not really a small terminus though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 You mean something like the GWR examples at Bodmin, Helston, and Launceston ? Or what about stations with a small shed opposite a single platform, with rail access off the run-round loop, like Ongar on the GER, and Seaton on the LSWR ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Sidelines Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 If you need to incorporate a turntable you might like to consider Rothbury and perhaps Kirkcudbright - although I do not have the track plan for the latter but am pretty sure that the buildings wer were all linked to the end of the platfrom. Regards Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2014 The engine shed at Kingsbridge was built butting up to the edge of the bay platform, although not on the side of the platform that passengers would have normally used. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2014 Littlehampton engine shed, a small two road loco shed abuts platform 3 and is at the end of platform 4. You can even go inside it as it is now a large waiting room and staff accommodation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Fife Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Ex-NER Hornsea and Withernsea stations had the engine shed adjoining the station building. Thane of Fife Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Torrington on the old LSWR has one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2014 Closer to the OP's home, Tunbridge Wells West, now home to the Spa Valley Railway, had/has a loco shed only one road away from the bay platform road, and adjoining a dock. Not much compromise there to meet his intended design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Hither green? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2014 Hither green? Yes, even if the station is a bit bigger (6 platforms) than the OP probably imagined. There was, maybe is, a gate just off the end of the platform into the shed area. 50+ years ago I used it to sneak round the shed and snatch numbers. 40 years ago I used it on my early-turn walk back from Hither Green to Grove Park via the yard...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Buxton Mike Wiltshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MPR Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2014 Paignton, on the Dartmouth Steam Railway! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
witherbrow Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 evening Thanks all for the suggestions I've looked at them all and will start getting some ideas together Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Holliday Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 You don't have to go very far to find a perfect example! Your local station, Hailsham, when it first opened, was a terminus of the line from Polegate, and immediately next to the station building was the engine shed, behind the single platform. Sadly, although it was a substantially brick built structure, it didn't last too long, being surplus to requirements when the rest of the Cuckoo Line to Tunbridge Wells was opened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondy Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Another one to look at cold be Ryde St Johns Road. Although it's not now, when built it was a terminus with a Tramway running on to Ryde Pier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Cambridge. Hitchin. Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
witherbrow Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 You don't have to go very far to find a perfect example! Your local station, Hailsham, when it first opened, was a terminus of the line from Polegate, and immediately next to the station building was the engine shed, behind the single platform. Sadly, although it was a substantially brick built structure, it didn't last too long, being surplus to requirements when the rest of the Cuckoo Line to Tunbridge Wells was opened. I've got my vic mitchell book out and having a gander thanks Another one to look at cold be Ryde St Johns Road. Although it's not now, when built it was a terminus with a Tramway running on to Ryde Pier. Cambridge. Hitchin. Stewart I have both these routes on TS2014 tis a good excuse to fire up the game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branwell Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Langholm in the Scottish borders - http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/langholm/index8.shtml Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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