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amazed that this thread I started, had now got nearing 30,000 views...

Hi, just been reading through some of the old threads which mention Motherwell. Would anyone happen to know please what the current state of Motherwell depot is?

Shirebrook's loco were near 100% those of Tinlsey. Toton locos were not see on Shirebrook at this time and the two were very separate, one being the ER the other the LMR with virtually no cross working. Toton locos were seen on the Midland access to Rufford and Clipstone however from the southern access via Mansfield South junction. As for the Class 44s, yes they worked to Toton-Tinsley freights but they returned almost immediately, as next to no Tinsley men signed them and almost certainly no Shirebrook men unless they'd come from a depot where they once did. in the 1966-70 period it was near solid Class 31 and 47, with 20, 25s and 37s appearing later. It then became one of the first to see use of Tinsley's outbased Class 56s. Only as Railfreight began to breakdown the old regional boundaries did Shirebrook begin to see Toton allocated Class 58s.

Hi, after the closure of Brighton steam depot, was this a small diesel depot set up in its place?

Hi qlukd anyone happen to know what the lean to shed was for at the side of nine elms shed was for? Along please with the bit of the old shed that seems to have been left standing? Also, never seen a pic of the semi round house building that had two turntables side by side? only maps of it on Oldmaps.co.uk, pics on flickr only seem to show the old and new sheds, has anyone any pics of it? would be interesting to see what it looked like.

evening, The south west shed of Truro was an interesting place that looking at Colin J Marsden's book on WR Diesel Depots even serviced DMUs. Would anyone happen to have any pics of the shed with the extension to the depot and or pics of diesels on Truro shed?

evening, EMU's have never held much of an interest for me, but the "old stations" website certainly has and while looking at it I came across Addiscombe station, carriage shed and later EMU depot, My question is, when was it electrified? for looking at this pic http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/addiscombe/index38.shtml a third rail seems to have been added to each of its four roads?

afternoon, would anyone happen to know what happened to Isle of Wight shunters, nos. 03079 and 03179? specifically when did they leave the IOW? Wonder how engineer's trains etc are operated these days? probably road railers?

would be interested to know what locos are using it and what for? DB 66s look the most common but also seen a shot of a 67 on there and prior to their withdrawal, a couple of Class 08s,

that left hand side wall wasn't there originally but was added at some point in the mid 1970s #I think...

saw some flickr pics recently of the depot with a class 66 on shed and prior to that a few years back some EWS liveried Class 08s, does anyone know if the depot is still owned by DB or even in use ?

When modelling Diesel Depots, little sights like Oxford always look appealing, would anyone happen to know when it closed? I'm guess it lasted into the early 1990s?

the pic is blocked here at work

hi, it merely shows two pics, with 47s, 50s and 52s,

morning, further to the interesting thread on Cambridge Street, Would anyone happen to have similar info or details for Ranelagh Bridge? the engine shed directory lists it as closing in around 1976 and yet pics on flickr suggest it went on for much longer? would anyone happen to have lists of what they saw on there? Class 22, 35, 42, 47, 50 and 52 seem the common types....

5, 7, then 6 is a very annoying sequence for a signaller as you have a “pull through”, albeit an fpl, but even still annoying to pull a lever flanked by two others

if you're modelling a box in near as built condition with no alterations, then perhaps may be, but a box that's had many alterations and track layout changes less likely.

looking at a lever frame right now where the FPL is no8 and the point it pertains to is No4.... and 29pt, 30fpl, 32pt, 31fpl and 33 fpl (one each for each point end of a facing cross over)

"Always" is a dangerous word on the railway, there are "usuallies" and "oftens", but an "always" will "always" lead to someone somewhere saying argh, but no on the xyz, or during the xyz period. so answer the question, no not always,

good evening, after the semi roundhouse was a closed a new two track diesel depot extension was added to the old wagons works building, was however the old wagon works ever used by diesel locos before during or after the closure of the semi roundhouse??

its the two rectangular buildings to the right of the words "Zoom out" that I wonder whether they were like Westbury's two small one roads sheds?

Evening, would anyone happen to know about Plymouth Harwell Street / Belmont street depot? The only details I have for it are that it seems to have opened 1959/60? and closed Oct 1969, but where exactly was it and what was there? if the link works, it seems it may well have been here? South west of the main station. https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/247275/54827/13/100952 this site has a good picture, is that a DMU window glinting under the carriage shed? http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/millbay-friary--stonehouse-branch.html regards

are DMUs still stabled there though?

never seen any pics of DMUs on there however? only locos of which there were half a dozen or more on shed at some times....

this is what I am trying to understand is The directory of British engine sheds lists "St Phillips Marsh" as double round house, closed June 1964 And Marsh junction? the DMU shed?