St Blazey engine shed

St Blazey
Location
LocationPar, Cornwall
Coordinates50°21′08″N 4°42′33″W / 50.3521°N 4.7092°W / 50.3521; -4.7092
Characteristics
OperatorDB Cargo
Depot codeBZ (1973-)[1]
History
Opened1874 (1874)
OriginalCornwall Minerals Railway
Pre-groupingGWR
Post-groupingGWR
Former depot code
  • SBLZ, STB or SBZ (1877 - 1947)
  • 83E (1948 - 1963)
  • 84B (1963 - 1973)[1]

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.

  1. ^ a b "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)