The great western railway, which had amalgamated with the south devon railway on 1 february 1876, a new engine shed opened at laira in 1901 on a site inside a triangle of lines formed by the main line, sutton harbour branch, and a curve that was mainly used by london and south western railway trains to reach their terminus at plymouth friary.. On the great western railway up to 1947 this allocation would be identified by a three latter code painted in white letters just behind the buffer beam. gloucester horton road, for example, was glo. further examples of pre-nationalisation great western shed codes are listed below in [ square brackets ].. A generation of enthusiasts recorded the movements of locomotives around the railway system. these records of visits to locomotive depots have been collected and carefully analysed to provide an overall portrait for the period 1943 to 1968..
Kidderminster was gwr great western railway shed number 125, code kdr, and was part of the worcester division. the shed was situated on the south side of the line between hoo road bridge and worcester road bridge (on the left when travelling from kidderminster towards bewdley).. The following compliments the locomotive pool codes section. depots recorded with asterisks have an allocation of locomotives although in some cases rsl/tops records may not be accurate.. A generation of enthusiasts recorded the movements of locomotives around the railway system. these records of visits to locomotive depots have been collected and carefully analysed to provide an overall portrait for the period 1943 to 1968..