The 27th February 2025 marks the 60th Anniversary of the closure of 52E Percy Main Shed. 1855 - 1965.
The works was used to build maintain and store locomotives of the Blyth and Tyne Railway until they were taken over by the North Eastern Railway in 1874.
Percy Main Shed then became a running shed for British Railways, with Shed Code 52E - collating to the North Eastern Region of BR.
Percy Main was unusual in that, between 1937 and 1965, it only had j27 0-6-0's on its books.
21st July 1963, J27 0-6-0 No.65790, built 1906 at Darlington, scrapped in 1966.
Shed Foreman of Percy Main Shed, 22nd September 1963.
Our Southern most station on our railway is located at Percy Main, and is built on the site of the former Blyth and Tyne locomotive works.
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