Ripple Lane TMD

Ripple Lane TMD
Location
Location Castle Green, London
Coordinates 51°31′46″N 0°07′30″E / 51.5294°N 0.1251°E / 51.5294; 0.1251Coordinates: 51°31′46″N 0°07′30″E / 51.5294°N 0.1251°E / 51.5294; 0.1251
OS grid TQ473833
Characteristics
Owner(s) British Rail
Depot code(s) RL (1973 - 1993)[1]
Type Diesel
History
Closed 1993[2]

Ripple Lane TMD was a Traction Maintenance Depot located to the south of Castle Green, London, England. The railway depot was located in the marshalling yard between Dagenham Dock and Barking stations.[3]

The depot code was RL.

History

Before its closure in 1993, British Rail Class 08 shunters, Class 47,[4] Class 20,[5] 37 locomotives[6] and Class 43 Warships could be seen at the depot.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Driver retires after half a century on the railways". Global Rail News. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Webster, Greengrass & Greaves 1987, p. 66
  4. ↑ "c.1980 - Ripple Lane depot, Barking". Flickr. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Class 20 Locomotive Society - Get You Kicks on the A13 - 20227 at Ripple Lane". Class 20 Locomotive Society. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "11th October 1992 at Ripple Lane depot, Barking, and Class 37 No. 37892 (D6849) Ripple Lane visits its home depot". Railway Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ripple Lane maintenance depot, 1960". National Railway Museum. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

Sources

  • Webster, Neil; Greengrass, Robert; Greaves, Simon (1987). British Rail Depot Directory. Metro Enterprises Ltd. ISBN 9780947773076. OCLC 20420397.
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