Hi all;
In the large railway yard just short of Walsall opposite the M6 motorway lies a decaying relic of another era,an era when the railways served the industrial needs of our once great nation and privatisation and the greedy shareholders were a million miles away.!!Tucked away in the top right hand corner lies Bescot steam shed built by the LNWR to service the hundreds of locos working the West Midlands goods trains.With the rundown of the railways Bescot shed was made redundent and was finally replaced by the modern diesel maintenance depot on March 28th 1966.Since that day it has remained abandoned and slowly rotting,a monument to our once great railway past.
External view of the 8 road shed building.
The inside of the shed, has in the intervening years, become a forest.But the unique atmosphere of a large steam shed is still in evidence.
Internally the vegetation has all but engulfed the building,here is a view looking from a store room into the main shed.
At the far end of the building the weeds are slightly less in evidence and the rear wall is still visible.
The entrance to the messrooms and toilets is visible here.
Once inside it is quite clear that many of the local youth have visited in the last 43 years.this is the entrance lobby.
and this WAS the toilets and shower block.
Upstairs were Mess and locker rooms.
Along the sidewall of the main building are many rooms of various shapes and sizes all are completely stripped and there are few clues to their usage.
......and finally the Fire alarm.
Thanks for viewing !!!
In the large railway yard just short of Walsall opposite the M6 motorway lies a decaying relic of another era,an era when the railways served the industrial needs of our once great nation and privatisation and the greedy shareholders were a million miles away.!!Tucked away in the top right hand corner lies Bescot steam shed built by the LNWR to service the hundreds of locos working the West Midlands goods trains.With the rundown of the railways Bescot shed was made redundent and was finally replaced by the modern diesel maintenance depot on March 28th 1966.Since that day it has remained abandoned and slowly rotting,a monument to our once great railway past.
External view of the 8 road shed building.
The inside of the shed, has in the intervening years, become a forest.But the unique atmosphere of a large steam shed is still in evidence.
Internally the vegetation has all but engulfed the building,here is a view looking from a store room into the main shed.
At the far end of the building the weeds are slightly less in evidence and the rear wall is still visible.
The entrance to the messrooms and toilets is visible here.
Once inside it is quite clear that many of the local youth have visited in the last 43 years.this is the entrance lobby.
and this WAS the toilets and shower block.
Upstairs were Mess and locker rooms.
Along the sidewall of the main building are many rooms of various shapes and sizes all are completely stripped and there are few clues to their usage.
......and finally the Fire alarm.
Thanks for viewing !!!
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