running shed

English

Noun

running shed (plural running sheds)

  1. (rail transport) A building used for the maintenance and preparation for service of locomotives.
    • 1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 358:
      The running sheds consist of four round-houses, and still bear traces of the notorious "Baedeker" raid on the City of York itself.
    • 1963 January, “Motive power miscellany”, in Modern Railways, page 65:
      A correspondent points out that the new diesel depot at March is being fashioned by conversion of the former steam and repair depot; two roads in the running shed have now been adapted for such steam locomotive repair work as remains.
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