Birkenhead Mollington Street TMD
| Birkenhead Mollington Street | |
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 North London Railway Class 75 in 1948 |
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| Details | |
| Location | Birkenhead, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°23′10″N 3°01′01″W / 53.386189°N 3.016852°W |
| Depot Code | 6C, 8H, BC |
| Type | Locomotive |
| Closed | 1985 |
| Original | Chester and Birkenhead Railway |
Birkenhead Mollington Street was a former Traction Maintenance Depot located at Mollington Street in Birkenhead, England, on the Birkenhead Dock Branch railway. The depot serviced steam and subsequently diesel locomotives until 1985 when it was closed and demolished. The depot code was 6C until September 1963. The depot code was 8H, between September 1963 and May 1973[1] and finally, as BC between May 1973 and closure, in 1985.
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[edit] Steam Era
Steam locomotives stabled at the depot in early British Railways days included GWR 6800 Class, GWR 5101 Class and GWR 5700 Class. When the London Midland Region imposed its policies, LMS loco classes stabled at Birkenhead included Black Fives, Class 8F and Class 9F. The final day of steam at the shed was the 5th November 1967.[2]
[edit] Diesel Era
During the final years of the depot, locomotives stabled included Class 03[3], Class 25, Class 40[4] and Class 47[5] traction. In the early 1980s, circa. 1984, during the Merseyrail changeover from Class 503 to Class 508 electric multiple units, those units were also stabled at the depot.[6][7]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ All Time Shed Codes, The Railway Centre, http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Resource_data/AllTimeShedCodes.pdf, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ British Railways, Penmorfa.com, http://www.penmorfa.com/steaming60%27s/ten.htm, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ 24.09.83 Birkenhead Mollington Street MPD 03189, Flickr, https://secure.flickr.com/photos/philstephenrichards/6191677017/, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ Class 25 and class 40 Birkenhead Mollington Street, Flickr, https://secure.flickr.com/photos/traindriver/2204039489/, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ 3 x 47's on shed at Birkenhead Mollington Street, Flickr, https://secure.flickr.com/photos/36034969@N08/4876465321/, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ Birkenhead Mollington Street, Flickr, https://secure.flickr.com/photos/kerryp28/6630052419/, retrieved 19 January 2012
- ^ Stored 508 EMU's in Birkenhead Mollington Street steam shed., Flickr, https://secure.flickr.com/photos/36034969@N08/4889254668/, retrieved 19 January 2012
