BR DEPARTMENTAL DEPOTS & STABLING POINTS
ENGINE SHED
Opened by the LB&SCR in 1912, the site covered some 64 acres. In 1927 the SR introduced an “assembly line” system of manufacture and during the pre-WWII period it became the main Carriage Works for the railway. It was closed by BR on June 28th, 1965 and the site utilized for the Churchill Industrial Estate
Facilities;
A corrugated iron clad 1TS through road shed with a corrugated iron pitched roof was provided by the SR in June 1929 for the locos. Located at TQ17680385, it was rebuilt by BR in corrugated asbestos on a steel frame
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
DS235 [May 1963-June 28th, 1965]
DS236 [April 1963-June 28th, 1965]
DS515 [1948-October 1953]
DS680 [1948-February 1963]
DS681 [August 1953-June 1963]
Shunting and manœuvring materials and wagons around the works
Facilities;
A corrugated iron clad 1TS through road shed with a corrugated iron pitched roof was provided by the SR in June 1929 for the locos. Located at TQ17680385, it was rebuilt by BR in corrugated asbestos on a steel frame
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
DS235 [May 1963-
DS236 [April 1963-
DS515 [1948-
DS680 [1948-
DS681 [August 1953-
Shunting and manœuvring materials and wagons around the works
Centred on TQ17650395. On the south side of the Worthing line, west of Lancing Station
The Engine Shed at Lancing Carriage Works on March 30th, 1959 with Nos DS681 and DS680 in residence. Allan Sommerfield