Saltley Depot
Regular price
€19.99
Regular price
€22.60
Sale
Sale price
€19.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Andrew Cole
Author_Andrew Cole
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=NL-HB
Category=NL-WG
Category=WGF
COP=United Kingdom
Discount=15
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Format=BC
Format_Paperback
History
History & Criticism
History of Engineering & Technology
HMM=234
IMPN=Amberley Publishing
Industrialisation
ISBN13=9781445680477
Language_English
PA=Available
PD=20180415
POP=Chalford
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
PUB=Amberley Publishing
Railway Books
Railways
Social & Economic History
Subject=History
Subject=Transport: General Interest
Trains
WG=280
WMM=165
Product details
- ISBN 9781445680477
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 280g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Apr 2018
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
The very first depot at Saltley was opened by the Midland Railway in 1854. Due to the fast-growing levels of traffic, the depot was to prove inadequate, and it was relocated near to Lawley Street, where it remained until closure. With three massive roundhouses, Saltley was one of the largest depots in the West Midlands, servicing freight and passenger locomotives around Birmingham.
With the end of steam in the late 1960s, the depot was no longer fit for purpose, and the majority of it was demolished to make way for a three-road diesel shed, with the depot now becoming a locomotive inspection point. As in the steam days, the depot proved to be an extremely busy and well-used location in diesel times, with locomotives visiting from all parts of the country.
This book aims to show the many different types of locomotives that found their way to the depot, from the 1960s until its final closure in the mid-2000s.
Andrew Cole has been interested in railways for over thirty years, sharing the hobby with his brother and late father, who ignited his interest. He has been lucky enough to see many different classes of loco. He lives in Birmingham with his wife and daughter, and has been employed by the railways for more than fifteen years.
