Question about a prototype

The prototype of my Ramsgate Harbour terminus station suggests that the "train shed" is actually part of the terminus station.  What does this mean and how does it work?
Michael

Michael,

You've already looked at Windermere. There, the shed was incorporated into the main structure of the station to the side of platform 4 and slightly proud of the line of the rest of the building. That end of the original site was demolished in the 70s/80s and is now Booths' car park.

The OS map from 1912 available at https://maps.nls.uk/view/125824107 should answer both your questions, Michael (attached loco shed and getting from platforms 3 & 4 back towards Kendal).

[user=1512]Headmaster[/user] wrote:

The prototype of my Ramsgate Harbour terminus station suggests that the "train shed" is actually part of the terminus station.  What does this mean and how does it work?
Michael

Hi Michael

Forgive my absence, I was unavoidably detained for a while elsewhere.:roll:

A train shed is designed to enclose the carriages on a running line for the benefit of the passengers joining or leaving a train. Post war they were generally somewhat neglected.

Re single slips…..mine work fine now that I have SAs fitted to all my small locos

Best wishes

Thank you David, yes that helps enormously!
Michael

Hi John, good to hear from you, I was fearing you had deserted us!  I hope all is well.
So the "train shed" is what I may incorrectly call the station roof?  I told you I know next to nothing!

thank you for the further confirmation about the single slip.

Michael

Michael,

There may be international variations in terminology. UK usage would put an overall canopy onto a station to protect passengers and staff from bad weather, whilst the sheds might include loco(motive), carriage and goods facilities to enclose those items and work done in and around them.

Michael

This is an extract from the 1914 OS map showing the station with an enormous roof - the "train shed".  No doubt photos will reveal the shape etc but it clearly covers to platforms and tracks rather than just the platforms and probably has the neccesary to remove smoke from standing locomotives.

Hope that helps

Barry

Thank you Barry, that is excellent.  I was muddling train sheds with engine sheds, I think.  Thankfully I have photographs of the train shed for its shape and style, but the OS map is most helpful.
Michael