St Blazey engine shed
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St Blazey depot
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| Location | Par, Cornwall |
| Coordinates | 50°21′08″N 4°42′33″W / 50.3521°N 4.7092°WCoordinates: 50°21′08″N 4°42′33″W / 50.3521°N 4.7092°W |
| Characteristics | |
| Operator(s) | DB Cargo |
| Depot code(s) | BZ (1973-) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1874 |
| Original | Cornwall Minerals Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
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St Blazey Engine Shed is located in Par, Cornwall, United Kingdom, although it is named after the adjacent village of St Blazey. It was built in 1874 as the headquarters of the Cornwall Minerals Railway but for many years was a depot of the Great Western Railway. The current depot operator (in 2016) is DB Cargo and the depot TOPS code is BZ.
St Blazey engine shed dates from the opening of the Cornwall Minerals Railway on 1 June 1874. This line linked Fowey and Newquay via Par in Cornwall. The engineer was Sir Morton Peto and he built workshops for the railway on the north side of Par, close to the adjoining town of St Blazey. The workshops included a distinctive roundhouse engine shed of nine 70 feet long roads around a turntable. Each shed road had a 58 feet long pit between the rails for servicing engines. The area also boasted an erecting and repair shop, a fitting shop, a smithy, boiler house and a 2,500 gallon water tower.
Because of their location, the engine shed was initially known as Par. On 1 January 1879 a loop line was built to the Cornwall Railway station at Par after which the Cornwall Minerals Railway engine shed and adjacent station were known as St Blazey to avoid the confusion of two stations with the same name.
The Cornwall Minerals Railway was operated by the Great Western Railway from October 1877. A new, elevated coaling road and 45,000 gallon water tank was provided before 1908.
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