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BR DEPARTMENTAL DEPOTS & STABLING POINTS
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CROFT STORE YARD
GENEVA YARD
Originally a tip served by sidings Geneva Yard [also known as the Central Reclamation Depot] was constructed during late 1931 by the LNER and occupied some 21 acres. Under the control of the York Civil Engineers Dept, it was spilt into 12 separate areas to segregate materials and specialized in collecting re-usable track components and reforming them into panels of serviceable track. The yard closed in 1966
Croft Store Yard was a storage and assembly depot for the Darlington District PW Department and was mainly responsible for points and crossings. It may have opened in the 1920s when a 2ft gauge system was installed but this was dispensed with prior to nationalization. The yard closed in April 1969.
The site of the yards was subsequently cleared and landscaped under the Railside Revival Project.
Facilities; The loco either stabled in the yard or utilized a timber built 1TS dead ended shed with a slated gable style roof located at NZ29411314. A coal stage was installed outside of the shed entrance. The diesel locomotives were serviced at Darlington Diesel Depot
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
54 [1948-June 1961]
82 [-April 1969]
87 [June 1961-April 1969 (Stored OOU)]
Shunting and manœuvring materials throughout the yards
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ENGINE SHED
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Possibly also utilized as a Crane Shed at some point, the Engine Shed at Croft Store Yard viewed on June 14th, 1969. It was used until June 1961 when the Class Y1 Sentinel No.54 was withdrawn and the subsequently allocated  diesel shunters stabled in the yards.
                                                                                     WT Stubbs