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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2010 11:03:31 GMT
I was looking through an old Ian Allan stock book and at the headcodes carried on various lines. In the Met/District section I found a destination code (all 5 markers lit) for "Little Ilford". What did that refer to and where is it today?
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Post by slugabed on Feb 16, 2010 11:23:55 GMT
Little Ilford is a parish adjacent to (Great) Ilford,separated from its larger neighbour by the River Roding.It has an old parish church and not much else of note.There is a "Little Ilford Lane".
In a railway context,I believe it refers to the sidings in the triangle where the lines from East Ham and Woodgrange Park converge towards Barking.
Please correct me if I'm wrong or incomplete....
Update!
What is now East Ham car shed was called Little Ilford before its transfer from the District to BR in ?1958? so there you go!
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Post by mowat on Feb 16, 2010 11:50:52 GMT
There was also a District line depot there until it was replaced by Upminster.
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Post by Bighat on Feb 16, 2010 13:40:45 GMT
There was also a District line depot there until it was replaced by Upminster. It's between East Ham and Barking, and is now used by c2c to supplement its other depot at Shoeburyness. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2010 15:30:11 GMT
Lubberly! Explains everything. The book dated from 1957, so just predated Upminster depot and (as stated above) evidently related to the (now c2c) carsheds at East Ham. It also explains why in the 1963 edition of the same book that code of 5 lit now related to "barking sidings". Thanks all.  |
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