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Thanks Ged. All that is a haze as the Waterloo Goods depot was demolished in the 1800s I was under the impression Gt Howard St was above on the viaduct and was passenger only with steps access to the Waterloo Good Depot below, which meant that the Goods depot was goods and passenger at one time.
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I have seen no artists impressions, or photos of the Waterloo Goods Depot, which was historical in itself. I was under the impression it was all under a roof.
I recall its sister at Park Lane, at the end of the Wapping Tunnel, which was in operation until around 1971/72.
The most impressive rail Goods Depot was the Cheshire Lines goods Terminal at Sefton St at Brunswick Dock. A very large, well made, good looking building, that was demolished around 1976.
Out of these goods depots, at the front, MDHB trains would cross the Dock Rd and run under the Overhead railway taking cargos to and from the various docks. Small three wheel unit Scamell articulator trucks would be buzzing around everywhere in and out of the docks and goods yards.
I joined British Rail in 1966 in the centralised accounts office at Waterloo Dock depot. The goods side had been closed for a few years so we played football at lunchtime in the empty warehouse. The yard was fully roofed over and I remember watching from the office window the demolition of the yard. I also remember standing by the rail side as a steam engine pulled a train of West Indian immigrants from the Riverside station and went through the tunnel to Edge Hill.
There was a fire in the office in 1966 (Harry Lightfoot got the blame) which meant we decanted to an office at Alexandra Dock before moving onto Nelson House at Lime Street probably in 1967.
By the way the fire was purely accidental.Harry was a true WW11 hero.
Since then I have been fascinated by the old tunnels and despair at the lack of imagination which closed the tunnels and the same lackof imagination that struggles to see them as part of the answer to today's problems
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