Scarborough engine sheds

Scarborough engine sheds are two locations used to service locomotives in the town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The first location was used between 1845 and 1963, and thereafter, locomotives were stabled within the station. In 2019, TransPennine Express opened up a new single road facility to service their leased Class 68 locomotives used on the Liverpool to Scarborough services.

Scarborough engine shed
Location
LocationScarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Coordinates54.2685°N 0.4154°W / 54.2685; -0.4154
Characteristics
Owner
TypeSteam
Routes served
History
Opened1845
Closed19 May 1963 (1963-05-19)
Former depot code50E
Scarborough TPE depot
Characteristics
OperatorTransPennine Express
Depot codeSF
TypeLocomotive and carriage
Roads1
Rolling stockClass 68
Routes servedScarborough–Liverpool
Scarborough–York
History
OpenedMarch 2019

History

1845–1963

The first depot at Scarborough, was a two-road engine shed 0.5-mile (0.8 km) south of Scarborough railway station.[1] The shed had been built by G. T. Andrews on the opening of the railway to York in 1845, to the dimensions of 100 feet (30 m) long, by 35 feet (11 m) wide. This had two lines within the shed, accessed from the south, so engines from Scarborough would have to reverse in. The depot also included a range of six houses, for the railway workers to be accommodated on site.[2] By 1882, the shed proved to be too small for the locomotives needed to operate services, but additionally, like the residents of the 21st century, the owners of the private houses around the shed complained often about the nuisance from the railway shed, though this time it was because of the effects of smoke.[3] So, the original depot was demolished and a roundhouse with fifteen internal roads was constructed with dimensions of 190 feet (58 m) by 120 feet (37 m), further south than the original depot.[2] The roundhouse had an internal turntable, but was actually rectangular as viewed from outside unlike other roundhouses, and two of the roads were to access/egress the roundhouse, and the westernmost two were too short to accommodate locomotives.[4][5] The cost, along with the earthworks and retaining wall was £8,369, (equivalent to £897,000 in 2021) but even so, due to the lack of space, a full roundhouse with twenty roads could not be constructed, which again hampered operations, so another shed was authorised further west which had eight roads.[6]

A turntable of 50-foot (15 m) in diameter was authorised as part of the 1888 rebuild. This was replaced in 1924 by one of 60-foot (18 m) in front of the roundhouse. A turntable of the same size was installed at Gallows Close/Northfield Carriage Sidings in 1907, on the northern side of the town.[6]

In June 1908, an excursion station was opened at Scarborough on the site of the original shed, which also saw the demolition of the original York and North Midland Railway shed.[7] Between closure as the shed and its demolition, it had been used as a goods depot.[2]

The foundations of the eight-road newest shed were constructed from made-up ground, and as a result, were not stable enough do that the roof had to be supported by extra stanchions as it was prone to subsidence.[8][9] This didn't help, and in 1959, the roof covering the four roads nearest the running lines was taken down.[10]

Whilst the NER did not code their depots, the LNER annotated the shed as S'BRO, then as SCA.[11] Between 1949 and May 1963, when the shed was closed, it had the shedcode 50E, a sub-shed of York (50A).[12] The introduction of DMUs into the area led to several local steam engines being stored at the shed,[13] and in 1962, the roundhouse was used to store redundant Pacific steam engines sent to the site from the main shed at York.[14] Although its official closure date was May 1963, all stock had been transferred away from Scarborough by April 1963, the last locomotive transfer being to York. Although the shed was listed as closed, it continued to service locomotives working excursions for some years afterwards.[15]

1963–2018

The end of steam operations on British Railways in 1968, prompted BR to remove the turntable and fill the pit in.[16] Thereafter, locomotives were sent to the Filey Holiday Camp branch to be turned on the triangular junction there.[17] However, the Filey Holiday Camp branch closed in November 1977, and in 1981, a 70-foot (21 m) turntable was again installed at Scarborough to allow steam locomotives that arrived on excursion trains to be turned for the outward journey.[18][19] This replacement turntable had previously been at Gateshead depot and its installation was funded by Scarborough Borough Council, which was keen to promote the steam-hauled excursions into the town.[11] After the sheds stopped being used for railway traffic, carriages and locomotives were stabled in the station area at Scarborough, with a Class 03 shunting carriages between the platforms and the carriage sidings, which were south of the station.[20]

2019 onwards

A new depot was built and opened in 2019 with a cost of £7 million. It is located in the same area as the previous depot.[21] The newer facility has been given the TOPS code of SF, which was up until 1997 the TOPS code for Stratford TMD.[22][23][24]

Complaints in 2020 about the noise of the Class 68 locomotives (Nova 3 sets) at the new depot, led to an unprecedented move to close the depot overnight, with any activities formerly undertaken at the one-road depot being sorted whilst the trainset is stabled in the station at Scarborough.[25] However, complaints persisted from local residents into 2023 about the "throbbing, thundering, and reverberating noise emanating from the site."[26]

North Bay Railway

A three-road engine shed exists on the North Bay Railway opposite Scarborough's Peasholm Park.[27] The lines into the shed face south into the station loop at Peasholm Park station. The railway's gauge is 20 inches (510 mm).[28]

See also

References
  1. "Disused Stations: Scarborough Londesborough Road Station". disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. Griffiths & Hooper 2020, p. 112.
  3. Addeyman 2020, p. 153.
  4. Hoole 1972, p. 196.
  5. Addeyman 2020, p. 156.
  6. Addeyman 2020, p. 154.
  7. Hoole, K. (1986). The North East (3 ed.). Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 83. ISBN 0946537313.
  8. Hoole 1972, p. 197.
  9. Chapman 2008, p. 52.
  10. Addeyman 2020, p. 155.
  11. Griffiths & Hooper 2020, p. 113.
  12. Bolger, Paul (1984). BR steam motive power depots, NER. London: I. Allan. p. 22. ISBN 0-7110-1362-4.
  13. Chapman 2008, p. 61.
  14. Chapman 2008, p. 60.
  15. Bolger, Paul (1984). BR steam motive power depots, NER. London: Ian Allan. p. 21. ISBN 0-7110-1362-4.
  16. Lidster, J. Robin (2014). Scarborough to Pickering Railway through time featuring the Forge Valley line. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 9781445618272.
  17. Hoole, K. (1977). Railways in Yorkshire. 3, North Riding. Clapham, N. Yorkshire: Dalesman. p. 13. ISBN 0-85206-418-7.
  18. Young, Alan (2015). The lost stations of Yorkshire; the North and East Ridings. Kettering: Silver Link. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-85794-453-2.
  19. Chapman 2008, p. 59.
  20. Fisher, Alex, ed. (2018). On Shed 4; North Eastern Region. Cudham: Kelsey Media. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-910554-85-2.
  21. "TPE considering revised Nova 3 deployment". Modern Railways. Vol. 78, no. 875. Stamford: Key Publishing. August 2021. p. 14. ISSN 0026-8356.
  22. "TOPS Depot Codes – Locomotives and Rolling Stock". rcts.org.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  23. Shannon, Paul (2019). British railway infrastructure since 1970 : an historical overview. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword. p. 122. ISBN 978-1526734792.
  24. Fisher, Alex, ed. (2019). On Shed 8: A to Z of BR Diesel Depots. Cudham: Kelsey Media. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-913263-00-3.
  25. Coward, Andy, ed. (November 2021). "TPE's Scarborough Depot closes overnight". Railways Illustrated. Horncastle: Mortons Media. p. 9. ISSN 1479-2230.
  26. Numminen, Anttoni James (1 May 2023). "Train firm sorry after residents brand depot noise 'unbearable'". The Yorkshire Post. p. 2. ISSN 0963-1496.
  27. Bond, Chris (15 May 2021). "Line of Duty". The Yorkshire Post. The Magazine. pp. 8–10. ISSN 0963-1496.
  28. Padgett, David (2016). Railway track diagrams. Book 2, Eastern. Beckington, Frome: Trackmaps (Firm). 19E. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.

Sources
  • Addeyman, John F, ed. (2020). North Eastern Railway Engine Sheds. North Eastern Railway Association. ISBN 978-1-911360-26-1.
  • Chapman, Stephen (2008). York to Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. ISBN 9781871233193.
  • Griffiths, Roger; Hooper, John (February 2020). "Scarborough Engine Shed and its Locomotives". Backtrack Magazine. Vol. 34, no. 2. Easingwold: Pendragon. ISSN 0955-5382.
  • Hoole, K. (1972). North Eastern locomotive sheds. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5323-3.
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