Engine Sheds of the Cheshire Lines Committee

Helsby and Alvanley Shed c.1910 (c. R. Griffiths)
Shed Name Shed Type Shed Closed Shed Code 1950
Allerton 10 road straight, dead end, brick c.1897
Birkenhead (Shore Road) 1 road straight, dead end, timber. 90ft long. Gable roof. 5/06/1961
Brunswick (Garston&Liverpool) Half-roundhouse. 6 covered roads. Probably brick. Opened 1864. 1879-80
Brunswick (MSLR Shed No.1) 3 road timber. Opened 1874. 02/1929
Brunswick (MSLR Shed No.2) 5 road straight, dead end, brick. Opened 1879. Re-roofed 1956. 12/09/1961 8E
Chester 2 road straight, dead end, brick 04/01/1960 6D
Cornbrook (Junction) 3 road partially curved, through, brick. MS&LR origin. March 1895
Heaton Mersey 8 road straight, dead end, brick 06/05/1968 9F
Helsby & Alvanley 2-road shed, dead end, wood 1929
Knutsford 2 road straight. Cheshire Midland origin. 1869
Northwich 4 road straight (2 pitch roof), dead end, brick 04/03/1968; diesel to 1980s 9G
Padgate 1 road through, timber. 1929
Southport (Lord Street) 2 road straight, dead end. Slated gable roof 07/07/1952
Stockport Tiviot Dale 2 road straight, dead end. March 1889
Trafford Park 20 road straight, dead end, brick 04/03/1968 9E
Walton-on-the-Hill 4 road straight, dead end, brick. Northlight pattern roof. 6 roads 1885-1952. 15/12/1963 13F (1948-9), 27E (1950-63), 8R (1963)
Warrington Central Small 1 road straight, through. Servicing only from 1905-66. 1966 8F
Winsford 1 road straight, dead end. 2 roads from 1892. July 1929

Note: Birkenhead shed was remote from the system and reached by means of MS&LR / GCR.

Brunswick shed with MR 603, circa.1913 (c. R. Griffiths)

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Richard Barron and Phil Mackie for the above information.

Thank you to Roger Griffiths for the photographs of Helsby & Alvanley and Brunswick sheds.