Midland Railway RoundHouse Carnforth Still Standing 78 Years After It Shut!! 

My uncle, Sydneý Preston, bought the shed with Warren Construction in the early 1960s. He wanted it as a depot and workshop for his transport company and Warren wanted it for a depot. When we first went in, all the rails were still there, as was the turntable. Warren got a third of the shed, nearest the A6 plus all the outside yard and Syd got the two thirds nearest the Leeds line. After removing the rails and filling in the turntable, a concrete wall was built up to the roof, splitting the shed into a third and two thirds. I see they have moved the footpath too, as you used to walk down to, across the line, and up the other side. However, as you know, Network Rail doesn't like footpaths crossing railway lines. I don't live in Carnforth anymore, but the buttresses weren't there when I was around. A relatively new addition.

Frank Barton and myself built the Buttresses on the Truckhaven side in the early 90s. The crack in the front wall was due to too much animal feed piled against it.

Remember passing this shed on the Leeds train,back in the 70's and there were still some of the old buffer stops there ! The ash pits of the old L&NWR were still visible up near the carraige & wagon shop on the former Steamtown site circa 1976/78.

Hi 👋🏻 TE 😊What a little gem 💎 love truck haven truck stop 🙂 Had plenty of good grub there 😋 Those white container tanks on that class 88 container train are usually sugar 😆

Back on form .. i ve passed here loads of times didnt know it was a midland shed....cracking info look forward to part two Thank you Thomas... Regards frank & Lee.....

@ThomasEdward Two more Midland Roundhouse Sheds located in Wellingborough under industrial use.

It would be nice to see this place as a Heritage Center.

Passed it many times and knew it was an ex railway building, always wondeted what it was, and now i know. Thanks TE

Another interesting video,i do enjoy them

Great that you found some good photos of the shed. You said it dated from 1857 but actually it's a lot later. The original Midland shed was on the missing line from East Junction to F&M Junction. Philip Grosse's book on Carnforth station will tell you.

How about some favourite TE nose bag truck stop videos? Would keep up your tradition of eclectic content.

I think it would be better to put that building out of it’s misery, unfortunately. Enjoyed, QI TE👍👏🏻

Very interesting, went there about 6 years ago to buy some old rosemary roof tiles to repair my mum's roof as there was a roofing reclamation place in there. Waiting for part 2 hope you mention about the steam engine that ran away from there in the 60s and got as far as about Arnside if I remember correctly. Keep up the good work.

Really enjoyed this, very informative, cheers

I think TE should buy a station house when he goes full on showbiz!!

Great content loved it. Really looking forward to part 2. Did you manage to get in? Thank you for your work in producing these

Are you going to show us west coast railways shed ex steamtown railway museum