Immingham engine shed

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]

Immingham TMD

Immingham engine shed and locomotives 1978
Location
Location	Immingham, North East Lincolnshire, England
Coordinates	53.619°N 0.1894°W / 53.619; -0.1894[1]
OS grid	TA197151
Characteristics
Owner	DB Schenker
Depot code	40B (1948-1973) IM (1973–present)[2]
Type	Diesel
History
Opened	1912[3]
Original	Great Central Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	British Railways

v t e Passenger lines of North East Lincolnshire
Legend
Hull Corporation Pier Barton- on-Humber Humber Ferry Barrow Haven New Holland Pier New Holland engine shed New Holland Town New Holland Goxhill East Halton Killingholme Admiralty Platform Thornton Abbey Killingholme Thornton Curtis Immingham West Jn Humber Road Jn Immingham Western Jetty Ulceby Aerodrome Platform Eastfield Road Ulceby North Jn Immingham Dock Ulceby Dock Entrance Immingham engine shed Immingham Eastern Jetty Immingham Queens Road Immingham Dock Immingham Town Eastern Entrance to Immingham Dock Sheffield– Lincoln line & South Humberside Main Line Immingham Halt Habrough Kiln Lane Stallingborough Marsh Road LC Healing No.5 Passing Place Great Coates Great Coates LC Pyewipe Depot Halt Pyewipe car sheds Cleveland Bridge Grimsby Pyewipe Road West Marsh Jn East Marsh Jn Cleveland Street Stortford Street Grimsby Town Boulevard Recreation Ground East Lincolnshire Rlwy to Boston Jackson Street Grimsby engine shed Yarborough Street Grimsby Docks Corporation Bridge Grimsby Pier Riby Street Platform New Clee Cleethorpes Kingsway (CCLR) Discovery Lakeside Central North Sea Lane Humberston North Sea Lane Beach South Sea Lane Lincolnshire Coast Lt Rly 1960–1985

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]

History

LNER Class J39 at the shed (1947)

Shed building behind the camera, two 9F 2-10-0s and a named B1 4-6-0 in shot (1964)

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]

See also

• List of British Railways shed codes

References

1. Griffiths & Smith 2000, p. 249.
2. "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. Mummery & Butler 1999, Chapter 7.
4. Railway Engineer International. 3–5: 37. 1978. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. Baker, S. K. (1996) [1977]. Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland, 8th Ed. Sparkford, Yeovil: Oxford Publishing Company. p. 64. ISBN 0-86093-534-5.
6. Ludlam 2016, pp. 21–48.
7. Mummery & Butler 1999, pp. 99–101.
8. King 2019, pp. 50–58.
9. The Engineer & 17 May 1912, p.513, col.1; p.512, map.
10. Dow 1965, especially Chapters 9&10.
11. Historic England. "Coaling Tower (1419878)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
12. Jackson & Russell 1986, p. 79.
13. "Demolition of Immingham steam shed". The Journal of the Great Central Railway Society (157): 9. September 2008., reproduced from The Railway Magazine, September 2008
14. ABC 2006, ER Shedcodes.
15. Ludlam 1996, pp. 49–56.
16. Bates & Bairstow 2005, p. 97.
17. Ludlam 2006, p. 432.
18. King & Hewins 1989, Photos 103–8.
19. Mitchell & Smith 2017, Photo 95.
20. Ludlam 2006, pp. 433–4.
21. Mummery & Butler 1999, pp. 111–113.
22. King & Hewins 1989, Photo 29.
23. Jackson 1996, pp. 132–3.
24. Ludlam 2016, pp. 36–7.
25. King & Hewins 1989, Photo 43.
26. Railway Magazine November 1966 p. 620
27. Jennison, John. "IMMINGHAM PASSENGER TRAINS". Archived from the original on 22 October 2006.
28. "End of and era at Immingham". Grimsby Telegraph. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
29. "Loadhaul". Railfan & Railroad. 15: 44. 1996.
30. "Two character TOPS depot codes". Retrieved 3 August 2015.
31. "TOPS Depot Codes". Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

Sources

• "The Immingham Dock. No.I" (PDF). The Engineer. 113. pp.512–513. 17 May 1912.
• ABC (2006) [1963]. ABC British Railways Motive Power Combined Volume Spring 1963. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3168-5.
• Bates, Chris; Bairstow, Martin (2005). Railways in North Lincolnshire. Leeds: Martin Bairstow. ISBN 978-1-871944-30-3.
• Crossland, G. J.; Turner, C. E. (2012) [2006]. Immingham A History of the Deep Water Port. T&C Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9543051-2-3.
• Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0263-0. OCLC 500447049.
• Griffiths, Roger; Smith, Paul (2000). The Directory of British Engine Sheds and Principal Locomotive Servicing Points: 2 North Midlands, Northern England and Scotland. OPC Railprint. ISBN 978-0-86093-548-3. OCLC 59558605.
• Jackson, David; Russell, Owen (1986). Great Central in L.N.E.R.Days: v. 2. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-1612-5.
• Jackson, David (1996). J. G. Robinson, A Lifetime's Work. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-497-5. OL98.
• King, Paul K. (2019). The Railways of North-east Lincolnshire Part 1 The Engine Sheds and their Allocations. Grimsby: Pyewipe Publications. ISBN 978-1-9164603-0-0.
• King, Paul K.; Hewins, Dave R. (1989). Scenes from the Past: 5 The Railways around Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham and North-east Lincolnshire. Stockport: Foxline Publishing. ISBN 978-1-870119-04-7.
• Ludlam, A. J. (2016). Immingham - A Lincolnshire Railway Centre (Lincolnshire Railway Centres). Ludborough: Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society. ISBN 978-0-9954610-0-0.
• Ludlam, A. J. (1996). Railways to New Holland and the Humber Ferries. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-494-4. LP 198.
• Ludlam, A. J. (July 2006). Kennedy, Rex (ed.). "Immingham-Gateway to the Continent". Steam Days (203). Bournemouth: Redgauntlet Publications. ISSN 0269-0020.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2017). Branch Lines North of Grimsby, including Immingham. Midhurst: Middleton Press (MD). ISBN 978-1-910356-09-8.
• Mummery, Brian; Butler, Ian (1999). Immingham and the Great Central Legacy. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7524-1714-1.

Further reading

• Hunt, John (3–16 June 1998). "Heavy tools for a tough job...". RAIL. No. 332. EMAP Apex Publications. pp. 36–41. ISSN 0953-4563. OCLC 49953699.

External links

• Immingham Engine Shed on an OS map surveyed in 1930 National Library of Scotland
• The shed DavesRailPics
• Steam on shed DavesRailPics
• Steam on shed flickr
• Diesel on shed flickr
• On shed RailScot
• Diesels on shed YouTube
• On shed Yahoo
• The shed, coaling tower and Barracks from the air Britain from Above