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50D - Starbeck Sheds

Starbeck Shed in all its Glory with original roof, cramped conditions, and one of the largest D49 allocations on British Railways. Located in the fork of the Leeds and Knaresborough Lines Just south of Starbeck Station, this engine Shed became one of the longest two-road buildings to house locomotives on BR although the North Eastern Railway were responsible for the successive lengthening which took place every decade up to the 1880s after the Shed had opened in 1857. Contrary to popular belief that the Shed was roofless when BR took over, the Shed was still very much intact but was soon to change as money became available to the BR Regions for rebuilding and renewing certain facilities. BR North Eastern Region were already committed to building a completely new motive power depot at Thornaby and the cost of that project budget had eaten into most of the budget set aside for the engine sheds. However, as funds became available they were quickly snapped up and in many cases unwisely squandered simply to spend what had been allocated; Starbeck was a case in point. The Locomotive stud at this time was down only slightly in numbers on the period when BR took over ( 44 on 1st January 1948 ) but as dieselisation took over passenger services in the 50s originating from Harrogate, the Steam locomotive allocation was cut by a third, the depot relying on freight traffic during its final years. £40,000 had been ear - marked by the LNER for the modernisation of this Shed in 1943 but circumstances changed dramatically and it was to be some 13 years later before money was once again available for any work to start. Of course, by then other unseen forces i’ve changed yet more circumstances and Starbeck’s place in the North Eastern Region motive power hierarchy was suddenly about implode and the depot was closed on the 13th September 1959 with most of its allocated Engines being transferred to York MPD. The roof of the rebuilt Shed was ripped down almost immediately apparently but the walls, which in some places were now over a Century old, were left standing and remained so until a gale in 1962 demolished at least part of a wall of not both. It was reported that during the rebuilding the Shed was shortened and that did indeed occur as the North end was cut back so that the end gable wall was virtually brought behind the line of the amenities block. http://shedbashuk.blogspot.com/2012/1... I do not own any of the audio or images in this video which belongs to their rightful owners.