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After the railways of the Isle of Wight had merged into one with the formation of the Southern Railway the locomotive servicing and repair facilities were centred on Ryde St John’s Road where the premises were either side of the station. On the west side of the station was a two road engine shed with two other roads alongside whilst on the east side were the C.M.E’s sidings consisting of a three road shed plus four other sidings, the first and fourth of which ran into another, smaller, shed alongside the main one. Five O2 Class engines and the engine shed. From left isNº2 road with the loco being cleaned,Nº3 andNº4 roads leading inside the shed and, on the far right, the stores road. photograph by Keith Harwood O2 ClassNºW26 Whitwell waiting outside the shed for the next duty on 3rd September 1961. photograph by Chris Knowles-Thomas O2 ClassNºW30 Shorwell is at the front of the queue of O2s standing inNº3 road. As can be seen, the shed was quite deep and more than capable of holding eight engines. photograph by Keith Harwood Here O2 ClassNºW29 Alverstone is taking water in º2 road.Nº1 road ran away to the left of this view at an angle of about 45° from this road. photograph by Keith Harwood A general view of Ryde MPD on 13th February 1966, with W29 Alverstone on the right. photograph by Keith Harwood O2 ClassNºW28 Ashey simmering in the sunshine outside the shed!. photograph: Mike Morant collection O2 ClassNºW27 Merstone has just moved forward from the coaling stage at Ryde MPD and is ready to take a train to Ventnor. The date is 13th February 1966. photograph by Keith Harwood This page was created 3 July 2010 |