Middlesbrough Locomotive Depot, open-air roundhouse

  • Description

    "View northward towards the River Tees, east of Middlesbrough Station; one of three turntables which was exposed by enemy air attack in World War II. Middlesbrough Depot served much of the massive freight demands of the local industry and associated railway yards, also the local passenger services. Coded 51D in the Darlington District, it had an allocation of 64 locomotives in 1954:- 19 0-8-0s, 7 0-6-0s, 7 LMS-type 2-6-0s, 7 4-6-2Ts, 8 2-6-2Ts and 17 0-6-0Ts. Featuring here are:- V1 2-6-2T No. 67677, J39 0-6-0 No. 64756 and LMS Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 No. 43074. The Depot closed on 31/5/58." Photo by Ben Brooksbank, 1954.
  • Owner

    Ben Brooksbank
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2073640
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 6 years, 7 months ago
    Viewed: 543 times
    Picture Taken: 1954-06-13
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