Carnforth

Carnforth is the former LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) Motive Power Depot, situated in the town of Carnforth in Lancashire.

In 1967, the former motive power depot was preserved to become "Steamtown Carnforth", which enabled mainline-certified steam engines to be based there between railtours. Sir William McApline (then the second owner of Flying Scotsman) was a shareholder in the company based at the depot. The museum owned a few former industrial shunting engines and three locomotive wrecks from Barry Scrapyard in South Wales.

However, in 1998, "Steamtown Carnforth" closed down as a museum. But, the former motive power depot is still in use under control of the West Coast Railway Company, which operate steam and diesel railtours across Britain.

Appearances

Carnforth was mentioned in Thomas and the Great Railway Show as Thomas stayed at there overnight on his journey from Sodor to the National Railway Museum in York.