GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Leamington Spa Station: gwrls2164

Schematic drawing showing the layout of the 1852 engine shed including turntable, water tower and coal plant. The shed's timber construction was surprisingly quite common across many railway companies, the low cost and speed of erection outweighing its flammable nature. However on 10th March 1902 the shed caught alight and burnt to the ground. For the next four years the locomotives were kept out in the open with only the stores, offices and messroom being accommodated in temporary corrugated iron huts. The shed officially closed in September 1906 when the new shed was built to the south of the station.

Key
Item 1 - Engine Shed
Item 2 - Stores
Item 3 - Office
Item 4 - Messroom
Item 5 - Sand Furnace
Item 6 - Coal Platform
Item 7 - Water Tank

Allocation:
On the 1st January 1901 the following locomotives were allocated to Leamington shed:
2-4-0:- No 20
0-6-0:- Nos 32, 325, 390, 711, 2425
0-4-2T:- Nos 837, 1427, 1429, 1432, 1475
0-6-0ST:- No 1780.

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