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locomotive shed en · NOUN
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Synonym of engine shed.
Crewe North Motive Power Depot is to be modernised completely. This includes the provision of a new coaling plant, ash handling plant, and two new locomotive sheds of the latest roundhouse type, each with 32 roads radiating from a 70-ft. dia. turntable.
1948 November and December, “Crewe M.P.D. to be Modernised”, in Railway Magazine, page 372:Short form: locoshed
The locomotive shed at Portadown is gradually becoming the principal Great Northern section steam motive power depot.
1961 March, “The Irish scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 138:
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engine shed