Location
(click on name for a list of locos)
Types of Depot Plaque
Location (click on name for a list of locos) |
Code | Symbol | Illustration | Background | |
| Acton | Player's Masks | |
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| Allerton | AN | Winged 'A' and Wheel | |
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| Barrow Hill | BH | Roundhouse | |
Plan of the Depot | |
| Bristol Barton Hill | BK | Unicorn | |
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| Barry | BY | Galleon | |
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| Bescot | BS | Saddle | |
From the main local industry; leather | |
| Brush Loughborough | LB | Falcon | |
The Falcon was the symbol of Brush for many years | Picture copyright Matt Lodge |
| Buxton | BX | Millstone | |
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| Cardiff Canton | CF | Goat | |
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| Carlisle Currock | KC | Fox | |
Picture copyright Mark Thomas | |
| Crewe Diesel | CD | Cat | |
Cheshire Cat | |
| Crewe Electric | CE | Eagle | |
Depot Mascot is an Eagle from Eagle Bridge, the rail bridge which spanned the Crewe-Chester mainline and connected Crewe Works with the ETD. | |
| Derby EDU | ZA | Ram | |
Derby Rams, the local football team | |
| Dollands Moor | Invicta and EU stars | |
European connections as it next to the Channel Tunnel | ||
| ED | Highland Terrier | |
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| Eastleigh | EH | Spitfire | |
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| Exeter | EZ | Pterodactyl | |
From the wheel flange wear gauges used by local fitters, shaped like pterodactyls | Picture copyright Matt Lodge |
| Grangemouth | Viking Ship | |
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| Healey Mills | HM | Woollen Mill | |
From the former main local industry. | |
| Hither Green | HG | Oast Houses | |
From the predominant local landmarks | |
| Immingham | IM | Star and Scroll | |
Depot is known as 'Star of the East' | |
| Ipswich WRD | IP | Suffolk Punch (horse) | |
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| Laira (Plymouth) | LA | 'Mayflower' Tall Ship | |
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| Leicester | LR | Tiger | |
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| March | MR | Hare | |
Mad as a... | |
| Margam | MG | Kite | |
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| Moscow | St. Basil's Cathedral | |
Moscow's most famous landmark | ||
| Motherwell | ML | Hammer and Anvil | |
From the main local industry; Steel (Ravenscraig Steelworks) | |
| Railfreight Distribution Traction and Rolling Stock | Class 92 and wagon | |
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| Ripple Lane | RL | Flame | |
From the main local industry; Oil refining | |
| Saltley | SY | Seagull | |
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| Southampton WRD | SZ | Ocean Liner | |
Maritime WRD is next to the port where many historic Ocean Liners have docked | |
| St. Blazey | BZ | Lizard | |
From 'the Lizard' peninsula, about 30 miles from St. Blazey. | |
| Stewarts Lane | SL | Battersea Power Station | |
Battersea PS is very close to Stewarts Lane | |
| Stratford | SF | Cockney Sparrow (cartoon style, not adopted) | |
From the local wildlife! | |
| SF | Cockney Sparrow (revised style) | |
Stratford Depot staff preferred their original sparrow logo so this was adopted instead. | ||
| Thornaby | TE | Kingfisher | |
From the local wildlife | |
| Tinsley | TI | Rose (original design, not adopted) | |
From the White Rose of Yorkshire | |
| TI | Rose (revised) | |
From the White Rose of Yorkshire | ||
| Toton | TO | Cooling Towers | |
From the main local industry; coal traffic to power stations | |
| Unallocated | HQ | Bison | |
Roaming loco? | |
| Utrecht | Dom Tower | |
Exhibited on the British Rail stand at the 'Treinen door de Tijd' exhibition in Utrecht to mark the 150th anniversary of Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the Dutch national rail operator. | ||
| Waterman Railways | Flying Pig | |
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| Westbury | WY | Horse | |
From the ancient horse carved in the chalk hill near Westbury | |
| Willesden | WN | Greyhound | |
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