BR DEPARTMENTAL DEPOTS & STABLING POINTS
Location; On the east side of the line, south of Ipswich Station.
Sited at TM16274312 and originally opened as a brick built 2TS through road shed by the Eastern Union Railway on June 1st, 1846 it was totally rebuilt by BR in 1954 as a 6TS through road building with a shallow pitched roof. A Mechanical Coaling Stage was also installed but its use was short-lived as the depot closed to steam on November 2nd, 1959 and, despite being designed specifically to accommodate diesel traction, totally in 1968.
BR Coding;
32B [1949- ]
Sited at TM16274312 and originally opened as a brick built 2TS through road shed by the Eastern Union Railway on June 1st, 1846 it was totally rebuilt by BR in 1954 as a 6TS through road building with a shallow pitched roof. A Mechanical Coaling Stage was also installed but its use was short-
BR Coding;
32B [1949-
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
17 Carriage Heating [1965-April 2nd, 1966]
17 Carriage Heating [1965-
22 Carriage Heating [December 7th, 1963-1965]
As well as the regular carriage heating the locomotives were also employed on additional, unauthorized, work. After the loco had been serviced in the morning it moved over to the adjacent Wagon Works [at TM16224330] and was used for light shunting and steam testing repaired carriages. During the summer the B1s were stored on sidings at the north end of the shed yard.
In 1963 D8221 was hauling D5046 north from the Repair Shop when the driver inadvertently opened the controller instead of applying the brakes and the locos overran the tracks at Croft Street. D8221 ended up in the street with the Class 24 teetering on the brink! As No.22 was the heaviest locomotive available it was seconded to rescue the diesel engines
As well as the regular carriage heating the locomotives were also employed on additional, unauthorized, work. After the loco had been serviced in the morning it moved over to the adjacent Wagon Works [at TM16224330] and was used for light shunting and steam testing repaired carriages. During the summer the B1s were stored on sidings at the north end of the shed yard.
In 1963 D8221 was hauling D5046 north from the Repair Shop when the driver inadvertently opened the controller instead of applying the brakes and the locos overran the tracks at Croft Street. D8221 ended up in the street with the Class 24 teetering on the brink! As No.22 was the heaviest locomotive available it was seconded to rescue the diesel engines
The locomotive was stabled and serviced at TM16284328 on the “Old Turntable Road” north of the shed. Coaling was by hand from a wagon and water was either taken at the station or at the depot via a small hose. This view shows No.17 stabled here on April 1st, 1965.
GR Mortimer
GR Mortimer
SERVICING THE B1s AT IPSWICH MPD
No.17 AT IPSWICH WAGON WORKS
These two photographs, taken in 1965, show Engineman Reg Farrow and No.17 on the west side of the Wagon Works. Left; Looking north west with the tunnel to Ipswich Station on the left and, Right; North along the works yard. Reg Farrow
STABLING & SERVICING AREA
Shed Yard
WAGON
WORKS
WORKS
A totally dieselized Ipswich MPD on September 2nd, 1960 WT Stubbs Collection
B1 SUMMER STORAGE AREA