Location; On the east side of Ryde St John’s Road Station.
Originally a brick built works and 2TS engine shed, it was located at SZ59649194 and opened on August 23rd, 1864 by the Isle of Wight Railway. At the end of steam on the island, on December 31st, 1966, it was rebuilt as a 3TS dead ended shed constructed in corrugated sheeting on a steel frame with a corrugated sheeting clad and glazed transverse triple pitched roof.
BR Coding;
RY [May 1973- ]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
97803 [February 1981-September 1983]
97805 [April 1984-February 1987]
97807 [June 1988-February 1989 (Stored OOU at RY until June 1998)]
Engineering duties along the line. 97807 was specifically used for modernization works

Ryde Emu Depot on June 13th, 1982 with some of the ex-London Transport tube stock which replaced steam traction and lasted until 1992, on view. The two blocked doorways, visible to the right of the depot, formed the entrance to the original steam shed which closed in 1874 and was absorbed into the adjacent Loco Works. To coincide with the introduction of the 3rd rail electric scheme the works were rebuilt as a 3TS dead ended shed.                                                                                                                                       CJ Marsden

Former 2nd
Engine Shed