It mainly provided for Teesside freight and local passenger routes to Penrith, Richmond and Saltburn.

The brick stores block south of the repair shop had an oil-fired boiler in the basement.

[8] The Civic Trust said it was built by the Great North of England Railway and dated from 1841, which is when that line opened.

[8] The listing notes that the first trains to run on the 1841 line used locomotives borrowed or purchased from the Stockton and Darlington.

While this cannot be confirmed the balance of evidence supports this view as Andrews is confirmed as a prolific designer of very many railway buildings in the area including stations, goods stations and engine sheds during this period including work for the Great North of England Railway.

4-road, 12-engine shed also survives in Whessoe Rd, designed by William Peachey in the angle between the S&D main line and the track serving North Road Works, into which it was merged.