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unusual facts about locomotive shed



Dresden Transport Museum

After Dresden was confirmed as the location, the first vehicles were stabled in a locomotive shed at Dresden's Neustadt station.


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GCR Class 9K

The South Yorkshire engines gradually moved to Gorton locomotive shed, from where they were used on Manchester suburban services, and destinations as far as Hayfield and Macclesfield, later joined by the 9Ls, until they were both replaced by DMUs after post-1955 dieselisation.

Michael Grigsby

Along with a bunch of disaffected Granada colleagues, he set up a filmmaking collective, Unit Five Seven, and spent several years shooting and editing Enginemen, a short film about work in a locomotive shed, in his spare time.

Port Erin railway station

Housed in a former bus garage the Port Erin Railway Museum was opened in 1975 and houses a number of exhibits charting the history of the railway from its beginnings to the present day; prior to its opening the goods shed (which today houses the associated souvenir shop and entrance hall) had acted as locomotive shed for several years, whilst two out of service locomotives (Nos.