Carlisle Kingmoor Marshalling Yard is a
stabling point
A rail yard, railway yard, railroad yard (US) or simply yard, is a series of tracks in a rail network for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading rail vehicles and locomotives. Yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock or ...
located in
Carlisle, Cumbria
Carlisle ( , ; from ) is a city in the Cumberland (unitary authority), Cumberland district of Cumbria, England.
Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a settlement called Luguvalium to serve castra, forts along Hadrian's ...
, England. The depot is situated on the
West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest ...
and is near
Carlisle station.
History
From 1950 to 1982,
Class 03,
04,
08,
09 and
11 shunters, and
Class 17,
25,
27,
28 and
40 mainline diesel locomotives.
Present
From 2013, the depot has no allocation. It is, instead, a stabling point for EWS
Class 66 locomotives.
References
Railway depots in England
Buildings and structures in Carlisle, Cumbria
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