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master brummie
The thread on Monument Lane needs some expansion, perhaps.
Monument Lane was an London & North Western shed originally with the shed code 10. The was another shed at Curzon Street, which predated it, and was the subject of recent posts following the excavation work for HS2. The former Grand Junction Railway shed lasted longer than the Curzon Street Shed and its foundations near Duddeston Station are presently buried under the cabin blocks for some HS 2 workers. It is strange that no body has looked for it.
Aston Shed replaced the Duddeston Shed and was built when the Aston- Stechford line was constructed. This was also a LNWR shed.
The GWR first had a shed at Bordesley near the canal, again on a lost site, and also one that was both standard and broad gauge. it would seem. Tyseley replaced Bordesley. Tyseley had roundhouses for the locos, like Curzon Street. Monument Lane, Duddeston and Aston were all straight sheds
The Birmingham & Derby Junction shed and workshops were located at Hampton in Arden and Deeley's house is still there. At Lawley Street, when the Midland Railway took control there was a round house for the locomotives.
Later Saltley was built with round houses and Lawley Street was closed.
Loco shed were also found on some industrial railways in the town. For example Nechells Power Station and the Gasworks railways.
Monument Lane was an London & North Western shed originally with the shed code 10. The was another shed at Curzon Street, which predated it, and was the subject of recent posts following the excavation work for HS2. The former Grand Junction Railway shed lasted longer than the Curzon Street Shed and its foundations near Duddeston Station are presently buried under the cabin blocks for some HS 2 workers. It is strange that no body has looked for it.
Aston Shed replaced the Duddeston Shed and was built when the Aston- Stechford line was constructed. This was also a LNWR shed.
The GWR first had a shed at Bordesley near the canal, again on a lost site, and also one that was both standard and broad gauge. it would seem. Tyseley replaced Bordesley. Tyseley had roundhouses for the locos, like Curzon Street. Monument Lane, Duddeston and Aston were all straight sheds
The Birmingham & Derby Junction shed and workshops were located at Hampton in Arden and Deeley's house is still there. At Lawley Street, when the Midland Railway took control there was a round house for the locomotives.
Later Saltley was built with round houses and Lawley Street was closed.
Loco shed were also found on some industrial railways in the town. For example Nechells Power Station and the Gasworks railways.
