BR DEPARTMENTAL DEPOTS & STABLING POINTS
The Ex-LNER Class B1 4-6-0 Departmental Locomotives
INCLUDING OPERATING LOCATIONS & SERVICING
FACILITIES
FACILITIES
OPERATING LOCATION & SERVICING FACILITIES
HITCHIN
HITCHIN
LOCOMOTIVES USED AT THIS LOCATION;
25, 61314 & 61389
ALLOCATED TO; New England MPD
Distance from Home Depot; 46 miles
25, 61314 & 61389
ALLOCATED TO; New England MPD
Distance from Home Depot; 46 miles
Location; The B1 Locomotives were utilized in the Carriage Sidings.
Servicing Arrangements; Around the end of steam working in the area watering facilities were still available at Hornsey MPD [25½ miles] and it was also usual for any steam locomotives to receive coal at Kings Cross Station Servicing Point. In April 1964 this facility was withdrawn the B1 then travelled to the depot each day for coaling and watering and, if it ran out of coal or water, hauled back “dead”.
Servicing Arrangements; Around the end of steam working in the area watering facilities were still available at Hornsey MPD [25½ miles] and it was also usual for any steam locomotives to receive coal at Kings Cross Station Servicing Point. In April 1964 this facility was withdrawn the B1 then travelled to the depot each day for coaling and watering and, if it ran out of coal or water, hauled back “dead”.
HITCHIN STATION
KINGS CROSS STATION SERVICING POINT
TQ30238343
TQ30238343
KINGS CROSS STATION
HITCHIN MPD
DISTANCE FROM OPERATING LOCATION; 30 MILES
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