Meadows yard

[52D]

Being on the English side im not sure where Cadder is can you enlighten me please.

[v3man]

In my previous post Word has got the tabbing mixed up so I’ll set it out another way. Meadows Yard arrivals and departures in summer 1953 were as follows:

Weekday Departures

Time Class Destination

0028MX E Cadder
0038 H Polmont
0120MX H Grahamston
0215MO E Heaton
0220MX H Parkhead
0258MX H Kipps
0358MX E Grahamston
0410 H Shettleston
0435 E Heaton
0520MO H Bathgate Up.
0550MX E Sighthill
0650MO E Sighthill
0815 E Shettleston
0930MO E Cadder
1025SO H Grangemouth
1035 H Bathgate Up,
1125SX E Cadder
1135SX H Bathgate Up.
1350SX H Sighthill
1403SX Q H Cadder
1450SX H Parkhead
1810 E Gunnie
1823 E High Street
1900SX H Parkhead No.
1935 Q H Cadder
1955 H Bathgate
2140SO E Cadder
2300 H Cadder
2350SX H Bathgate

Sunday Departures

0035 H Cadder
0120 H Grahamston
0225 H Cadder
0358 E Grahamston


Weekday Arrivals

0033MX H Tweedmouth
0104MX E Heaton
0655MX E Carlisle
0723 F Perth
0936SX E Cadder
1110 E Shettleston
1118SX E Heaton
1205SX E Heaton
1258SO E Heaton
1605 H Bathgate
1848SX E Heaton
1900 E Carlisle
2008SX E Dundee
2254SO E Shettleston
2305SX H Heaton
2310SO E Heaton

Sunday Arrivals

1233 H Tweedmouth
0104 E Heaton
0135 F Grahamston
0430 E Cadder

[v3man]

Cadder Yard was (or is) the railway yard situated between Bishopbriggs and Lenzie on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.(I got this from Wikepedia)

What is interesting is that there are more longer distance trains among the arrivals which might suggest that traffic from the north of England was arriving at Meadows for sorting and passing on to Central Scotland destinations.

The WTT also gives details Meadows Yard having four Pilot or Shunting engines which worked as follows:

No 1 Goods 1215 Mon to 0600 Sat Shunt and Assist
No 2 Goods 0600 Mon to 2200 Sat Shunt and Assist
No 3 Goods 1205 Mon to 0600 Sun Shunt, Trip and Assist
No4 Goods 0600 Mon to 0600 Sun Shunt, Trip and Assist

No3 goods makes SX trip at 1730 to Portobello, thence LE and guard to Craigentinny. Works lift to Portobello thence LE and guard to Meadows.

All 4 were provided by St.Margarets Shed (64A)

[v3man]

Interesting map showing Meadows Yard Edinburgh in quite good detail

[v3man]

Oops, forgot the link:

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebysi ... ht=BingHyb

[52D]

Got a lot of info on the Edinburgh yards in Harry Knox St Margarets book well worth the investment.