Washdowns

The Washdown is, as its name suggests, the place where the engines on the North Western Railway get cleaned and polished. When it was introduced in eighth season, the washdown was situated outside the Repair Yard. Another was seen at Maron Station. In the ninth season, there was one beside Knapford. Then, it was relocated to a single-road shed with a water column, situated just off the mainline in the twelfth season, and carried on in this form throughout the CGI Series.