Railways On Line - Steam Shed Profile - 12C Carlisle Canal

Steam Shed Profile

[12C Shed Plate]

Carlisle Canal

The Shed was originally built by the North British Railway Company using sandstone. It consisted of a a 3 road straight shed and a small roundhouse.

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These 3 views show Canal Shed on the penultimate Sunday before closure, in 1966 and 1998. Use the electricity pylons in the background to identify the positions in the different views.

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12C Carlisle Canal shed on the penultamate Sunday before closure 10/6/1963. Visible are ........

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Site of Carlisle Canal shed in 1966, 3 years after closure. At this time it was being used to store wooden sleepers, mainly from the closed Carlisle-Silloth branch line.

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12C Carlisle Canal shed site in June 1998. The site has now become overgrown with trees.

These 3 views show Canal Shed straight shed.

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12C Carlisle Canal shed on the penultamate Sunday before closure 10/6/1963. The view of the straight shed is taken from the cab of Gresley A3 No. 60041 Salmon Trout. Inside the shed can be seen an A2, Black 5 and Britannia Pacific 70004 William Shakespear.

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Site of Carlisle Canal shed in 1964, a year after closure. The straight shed is being demolished.

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12C Carlisle Canal straight shed site in June 1998. The site has now become overgrown with trees.

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Last revised: 12 October 1998