Meanings
plural engine sheds
- datedrail transportA building for housing railway locomotives.
Modern engine sheds of advanced design have also been built at Radyr, Abercynon, and elsewhere, whilst other depots have been remodelled and re-equipped.
1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 1611 more example
Tons of engine sheds would bite the dust with the end of steam, and many would be demolished with their time in the spotlight over. We're lucky that the one at Didcot survived into preservation.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61Synonyms: locomotive shed, motive power depot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA building for housing railway locomotives.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 機務段 /机务段
- 機務段 /机务段 (jīwùduàn)railway building
Danish remise
- remiserailway building
Finnish veturivarikko
- veturivarikkorailway building
Norwegian Bokmål lokomotivstall
- lokomotivstallrailway building
Polish lokomotywownia
- lokomotywowniarailway building
Russian железнодоро́жное депо́
- железнодоро́жное депо́ (železnodoróžnoje depó)railway building
Cite this entry
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