Location; In the fork of the Colwick North Junction to Colwick East and Netherfield & Colwick Station lines.
Originally opened as a 4TS dead ended shed by the Great Northern Railway in 1876, the depot was expanded westwards with 8TS and 4TS dead ended sheds being added by the GNR. The first building was located at SK62654092 and known as the “Old” Shed, the second, located at SK62624095, as the “Big” Shed and the third, located at SK62594097, as the “New” Shed. The depot possessed all main facilities, including a Repair Shop, and closed to steam on December 5th, 1966. It closed totally on April 13th, 1970 and was demolished in the following year
BR Coding;
38A [1949-July 1958],
40E [July 1958-January 1966],
16B [January 1966- ]
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
25 Depot Stationary Boiler [April 1965-November 1965]
28 Carriage Heating at Thornton Fields Carriage Sidings, Stratford [August 1965-June 1966]
29 Depot Stationary Boiler [December 11th, 1965-July 1967]
Nos 25 and 29 were never employed on carriage heating duties but used as the shed stationary boiler whilst No.28 was effectively transferred to Stratford.