locomotive shed

English

Noun

locomotive shed (plural locomotive sheds)

1. (rail transport) Synonym of engine shed.
   • 1948 November and December, “Crewe M.P.D. to be Modernised”, in Railway Magazine, page 372:

     Crewe North Motive Power Depot is to be modernised completely. This includes the provision of a new coaling plant, ash handling plant, and two new locomotive sheds of the latest roundhouse type, each with 32 roads radiating from a 70-ft. dia. turntable.

   • 1961 March, “The Irish scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 138:

     The locomotive shed at Portadown is gradually becoming the principal Great Northern section steam motive power depot.

   Short form: locoshed

References

• “locomotive shed”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.