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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Thornton |
| Coordinates | 56°09′39″N3°09′22″W / 56.1608°N 3.156°W |
| OS grid | NT283970 |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | EWS |
| Depot code | TJ (1973 -) [1] |
| Type | Diesel, DMU |
| History | |
| Opened | 1933 [2] |
| Former depot code | 62A (1 February 1950 - 5 May 1973) |
Thornton Junction TMD was a traction maintenance depot located in Thornton, Fife, Scotland. The depot was situated on the Fife Circle Line and was adjacent to the now-closed Thornton Junction station.
The depot code is TJ.
The station formerly had sidings, which were closed in 1969 and replaced with the depot. Between 1956 and 1970, the sidings were used to stable Class 05, 06 and 08 shunters, as well as Class 11, 20 and 27 locomotives. [3] In 1987, the depot had an allocation of Class 20, 25, 26, 27 locomotives, along with a withdrawn Class 104 DMU. [4] The DMU has since been scrapped. [5]
The depot is now closed.
British Rail's Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. They were a development of the earlier Class 26; both were originally classified as the BRCW Type 2. The Class 27s were numbered D5347-D5415.
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