.jpg) Immingham engine shed and locomotives 1978 | |
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Immingham, North East Lincolnshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°37′08″N 0°11′22″W / 53.619°N 0.1894°W[1] |
| OS grid | TA197151 |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | DB Schenker |
| Depot code |
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| Type | Diesel |
| History | |
| Opened | 1912[3] |
| Original | Great Central Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | British Railways |
Immingham engine shed, also known as Immingham depot,[4] or more recently as Immingham TMD[5] and always locally as Loco[citation needed] is a railway maintenance depot (traction maintenance depot) located on the Immingham Dock estate, in North East Lincolnshire, England. The depot code is IM.[6]
In 2015 the depot was operated by DB Schenker. A separate TMD also known as Immingham TMD, but with the depot code IN, is operated by Freightliner.[2]
The engine shed was built by the Humber Commercial Dock and Railway company in the southeastern corner of the Immingham Dock estate. As initially built[7] the engine shed had twelve "roads" (tracks)[8] providing facilities for 60 locomotives.[9]
The railways at Immingham were worked by the Great Central Railway, the developer of the Port.[10] In 1923 it was taken over by the LNER and then became part of the Eastern Region of British Railways in 1948.
During the LNER period (1930s) a concrete automatic coaling stage was added to the facilities.[11][12]
During the British Railways period the facility had a shed code of 40B[13] and had two sub-sheds: New Holland[14][15] and Grimsby.
At its peak the shed had an allotment of over 120 locomotives,[16] with 12 stabling roads[17][18] – part of the building was demolished in the 1950s and a diesel depot constructed.[13][19]
Soon after opening a dormitory block was built near the turntable for use by visiting crews on lodging turns.[20][21][22][23][24]
A new 78 feet 9 inches (24.00 m) x 367 feet 6 inches (112.01 m) diesel shed was built in 1966 south east of the steam shed, which was converted to wagon repair.[25] In 1966 it had 90 diesels, plus 35 shunters.[26]
Steam locomotive types deployed include LNER Thompson Class B1, LMS Stanier Class 8F, and BR standard class 9F.[27]
The last steam locomotive worked from the shed was No.61058 (LNER B1) on 7 February 1966, which hauled a train of empty wagons to Markham Colliery.[28]
Following the splitting up of the former BR Trainload business into three companies in 1994, the depot came briefly under the control of "shadow privatisation company" Loadhaul.[29] Loadhaul was acquired and merged into English Welsh & Scottish in 1995.
The TOPS depot code for the EWS/DB Schenker depot at Immingham is IM, and for the Freightliner Traction Maintenance Depot at Immingham, IN.[30][31]
As a result of centralisation of maintenance activities by EWS to Toton TMD the shed was used only for storage of out of service locomotives.[13]
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