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LLANDUDNO JUNCTION STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AND CARRIAGE SHED 6G [1899-2000] |
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shed was opened in April 1899 by the L.N.W.R. Upon Nationalisation it
was coded 7A then in 1952 it was re-coded to 6G which remained until
the steam shed closed on the 3rd October 1966. When the steam
locomotive shed was closed and later demolished the carriage shed was
used for diesel loco's, DMU's and storage of rolling stock. The shed
was again allocated a new code, LJ.
Llandudno junction was the "splitting point" for trains from England to Holyhead and the town of Llandudno.In the era up to the sixties it was a very busy junction, handling all the engines that came with the holiday specials along with the normal scheduled workings. Many famous steam engines were watered and fed at "the junction" but one notable visitor was the experimental gas turbine loco GT3 in March 1961. Another famous visitor was a Caledonian Railway 4-2-2-, No. 123. built in 1886. Although withdrawn by the LMS in 1935 she was fully restored to the light blue livery of the "Caley" for her visit for a "Royal Journeys" exhibition , in Coronation Year, at Llandudno Station. 10,000 people were reported to have gathered to see the Single wheeler standing next to Queen Victoria's coach from the Royal Train of her day. |
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| Although in the nineties, the shed was left to it's own devices, an extensive modernisation program was undertaken in 1957 which included the replacement of the old L.N.W.R. roof. illustrating the importance the shed still had up to the early sixties. Anybody who saw the neglected carriage shed roof just before demolition would surely ponder the fall in popularity of railway travel and the declining importance of our network and possibly ask the question why. | |
| Ffordd 6G (Road 6G) | |
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no other locomotive depot has had a road named after it as 6G has. The
new road, that swoops over the old railway site that contained the
shed and sidings, gives access to the new Tesco superstore and
the cinema multiplex and fast food outlets that now trade on the once
busy railway complex that kept the main line engines serviced and
ready. The Tesco Superstore on the opposite side of Ffordd 6G, was
built on reclaimed land from the salt marshes of the River Conwy.
It was originally stated on this page that Tesco's was built on the site of 6G's railway sidings. This was incorrect , and I thank Dave Plimmer for this information.
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